Ex-Corrie Star Georgia May Foote Discusses Acting Struggles Amid Divorce Rumors

Former Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote has opened up on the ‘nightmare’ struggle she faced to find acting work after leaving the soap.

The actress, 34, is famed for playing Katy Armstrong on the ITV show between 2010-2015, with her character going on to be killed in an off-screen car crash in 2017. 

She’s since appeared on reality TV shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Juice, while she had a regular role on American fantasy series The Outpost between 2020-2021.

However in a new interview, the beauty revealed how the work has dried up since returning to the UK from Serbia where she’d filmed The Outpost, detailing how this has been the ‘quietest time’ in her life.

She told Sausage on a Fork podcast: ‘I came back in the December of 2020 and I just realised, “Oh my God, there’s no work.”

‘Everything that got stopped filming in the UK then got put on a back burner, and then there was a backlog of what was about to start filming. Then everything behind that took four years to come out, then we had the writers’ strikes.’

Former Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote has opened up on the ‘nightmare’ struggle she faced to find acting work after leaving the soap

The actress, 34, is famed for playing Katy Armstrong on the ITV show between 2010-2015, with her character going on to be killed in an off-screen car crash in 2017

Georgia continued: ‘It’s just been a nightmare. And that’s why this has been the quietest I’ve ever been in my life. I think a lot of actors around the world will say the exact time.’

In addition to her lack of screen work, Georgia was dealt another devastating blow last month when her nail salon burnt down, having started the business to earn extra income amid her struggle to bag acting jobs. 

Georgia was forced to start a crowdfunding page to raise cash to get her company, as well as other businesses affected, back up and running. 

She said of the blaze: ‘Within two hours the whole building was alight, and the whole thing burnt down. We weren’t allowed back in there and nothing has been salvaged. 

‘Four years’ worth of products and stock and everything. We can’t get back to work without that stuff. It’s thousands of pounds of stuff. You can’t just go and buy it.

‘I did start a fundraiser to raise some money for these ladies to help us get back on our feet and build our stock back up again that we’ve lost.

‘It’s passed the £12,000 mark. I’m really happy. It makes me really emotional to speak about it. I just know it’s a lot of women’s only income. I’m lucky that I still do my voiceovers and I do have jobs coming in.

‘But, at the same time, I lost a lot of money in that fire. But people have lost entire homes worth of stuff that can’t be replaced.’ 

The beauty revealed how the work has dried up since returning to the UK from Serbia where she’d filmed The Outpost, detailing how this has been the ‘quietest time’ in her life

‘It’s just been a nightmare. And that’s why this has been the quietest I’ve ever been in my life. I think a lot of actors around the world will say the exact time’ [pictured in 2020]

In addition to her lack of screen work, Georgia was dealt another devastating blow last month when her nail salon burnt down, having started the business to earn extra income

Georgia’s woes comes after she recently hinted she is no longer with husband Kris Evans after removing all traces of him from social media. 

The ex Corrie actress, who initially found fame playing Alison Simmons in Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008, married Kris in an intimate ceremony back in 2023.

However it looks like their relationship could be over, with the couple reportedly ‘heading for a divorce’.

‘Georgia’s marriage to Kris seems to be over,’ a source told The Sun. They added: ‘It’s on the rocks.’

It’s claimed Georgia is ‘looking to the future’ amid their marital woes. 

Georgia has reportedly removed her wedding ring and wiped all traces of the musician from her Instagram – including glossy snaps from their wedding day.

MailOnline contacted a representative for Georgia for comment at the time.

Georgia’s woes comes after she recently hinted she is no longer with husband Kris Evans after removing all traces of him from social media [pictured on their wedding day in 2023]

Georgia’s wedding ring was noticeably absent in a recent Instagram post, where she enjoyed a spa break with her best friend

The actress – who also competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 – married Kris in an intimate ceremony back in 2023 after getting engaged two years earlier (pictured)

Georgia’s wedding ring was noticeably absent in a recent Instagram post, where she enjoyed a spa break with her best friend. 

In her post, Georgia showed off her incredible figure in a skimpy bikini, and penned the caption: ‘A day of pure gorgeousness with my bestest friend in the whole world.’

Georgia tied the knot with Kris in a beaded fishtail gown in a lavish log cabin-style venue back in 2023.

At the time, Georgia shared a sweet message ahead of her wedding. 

She said: ‘I am about to marry my best friend. The person who makes me a better person. Didn’t think I would find someone who would love me for me but I did it,’ Georgia penned as she gushed over her partner.

‘Thanks to all my people who showed up for me this weekend. I had a ball, and I’m forever grateful to you all for loving me for me too. Here is to the last month of being a Foote.’