Catherine Tyldesley will reportedly finally make a return to Coronation Street seven years after quitting the coblbes.
The actress, 41, became a household name when she was first cast as glamorous barmaid Eva Price on the ITV soap in 2011.
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).
But Catherine quit the cobbles in 2018, and producers are said to have been trying to entice her back for years, and she will finally begin filming again this summer.
It is believed that after some persuading by soap bosses, Eva is going to take over the Rovers Return Inn as will be the brand new landlady, according to The Sun.
A source told the publication: ‘It’s one of the biggest jobs in soap, the landlady of the Rovers Return pub.
Catherine Tyldesley is reportedly set to make a return to Coronation Street as she is said to become the new landlady of the Rovers Return pub
The actress (pictured in October), 41, became a household name when she was first cast as glamorous barmaid Eva Price on the ITV soap in 2011 before quitting in 2018
‘Bosses were desperate to get Cath back, they came up with the perfect storyline with her being unveiled as the new landlady of the Rovers.’
Daily Mail has contacted ITV and Catherine’s representatives for comment.
During her time on the serial, 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 become 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.
The actress, 41, made her name when she was cast as glamorous barmaid Eva Price on the ITV soap in 2011 (pictured alongside Shayne Ward as her on-screen boyfriend Aidan Connor)
During her time on the serial, Eva famously had a relationship with Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward) but he had an affair with Maria Connor
The soap star reunited with her Corrie on-screen boyfriend, X Factor winner Shayne, on The Good Ship Murder, which began airing its second series in January
There was also another Weatherfield reunion when Catherine starred alongside her former co-star Michelle Keegan once again earlier this year on Brassic
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 her Corrie on-screen boyfriend, X Factor winner Shayne, on The Good Ship Murder, which began airing its second series in January.
There was also another Weatherfield reunion when Catherine starred alongside her former co-star Michelle Keegan once again earlier this year.
Catherine took on a guest starring role on Michelle’s comedy series Brassic, with the pair sharing photographs from set during filming.
News of Catherine’s comeback comes shortly after she admitted she would ‘never say never’ to returning to Corrie.
She told Prima magazine: ‘Coronation Street feels like forever ago, but I always look back with such great fondness
‘But if they approached me with an amazing storyline and the time was right, of course, I’d go back. So it’s always a case of never say never.’
