Catherine Tyldesley stepped out with her husband on Monday after her Coronation Street comeback was confirmed eight years after leaving the soap.
The soap star, 42, played barmaid icon Eva Price from 2011 to 2018 but bid farewell to the show when her character went to live in France with her daughter Susie.
Catherine will soon reprise the role alongside her on-screen partner Ben Driscoll, played by Aaron McCusker.
After the huge soap news she enjoyed a low-key outing with her husband Tom Pitfield in Manchester to start off the week.
She wore a casual white jumper, black leggings and trainers and toted a brown suede handbag.
Meanwhile Tom kept it sporty in a grey hoodie, black joggers, and bright red trainers.
Catherine Tyldesley stepped out with her husband on Monday after her Coronation Street comeback was confirmed eight years after leaving the soap
The soap star, 42, played barmaid icon Eva Price from 2011 to 2018 but bid farewell to the show years ago when her character went to live in France with her daughter Susie
It comes after Catherine admitted she once would have killed to play the landlady of the Rovers Return on Corrie as she prepares to take on the role.
When producer Kate Brooks reached out to the actress to propose a return to the role, Catherine admitted she assumed it could be the case of a funeral rather than a job offer.
Little did Catherine know, she was about to be offered one of the most desired roles in the soap world – the owner of the legendary fictional pub, The Rovers Return.
Catherine will reprise the role alongside her on-screen partner Ben.
The TV star revealed she was in Malta filming when Kate contacted her, believing at the time that a character had died and Eva needed to return for a funeral.
‘We were on a Zoom call and Kate said, ‘Would you like to be landlady?’ and I went ‘Aaargh!’,’ she told The Sun.
‘My agent was like, ‘Nice one.’ I was just really shocked.
‘It’s an absolute dream. I remember watching the show as a kid, thinking, ‘God, I’d kill to be landlady one day. How cool would that be?’
Catherine will reprise the role alongside her on-screen partner Ben Driscoll, played by Aaron McCusker
Catherine quit the soap to pursue other acting roles, but also to dedicate more time to her son Alfie, 10, whom she shares personal trainer husband Tom, as they also share daughter Iris, three.
She was the on-screen daughter of Stella Price, played by EastEnders star Michelle Collins, who was also the long-lost mother of Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson).
During her time on the show, Eva famously had a relationship with Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward) but he had an affair with Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon).
As an act of revenge when she found out, Eva faked a pregnancy and spent Aidan’s savings on a pink Range Rover.
The pair later became engaged but Maria burst into the wedding to expose the truth about the fake pregnancy.
A short time later, Eva discovered that she was actually pregnant with Aidan’s baby but agreed to give the child to her half-sister Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor).
Soon after that, Aidan took his own life in 2017, and Eva became attached to baby Susie and left the Cobbles in the back of a taxi with her.
Catherine then starred in the short-lived sitcom Scarborough and played a leading role in Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical, but it was cancelled halfway through the tour amid poor ticket sales.
The soap star reunited with X Factor winner Shayne on The Good Ship Murder, which began airing its second series in January.
