Coronation Street star Sally Carman has just celebrated a milestone birthday, and fans are shocked by her real age.
The Abi Webster star took to Instagram to share photos from her special day, revealing in the hashtags that she had been ‘spoilt rotten’ for her 50th birthday.
Sally shared a variety of snaps, including some with co-star and real-life husband Joe Duttine, who plays Tim Metcalfe in the ITV soap.
Elsewhere, she enjoyed drinks with friends, including DS Lisa Swain star Vicky Myers.
‘You deserve the world! Happy birthday,’ Vicky commented on the post, adding, ‘Love you,’ with a hand heart emoji.
Sally Webster actress Sally Dynevor was also quick to share the love, writing, ‘stunning’, while Claire Sweeney, who plays Cassie Plummer, left a series of love heart emojis.
Alongside well wishes, fans left comments revealing their shock at Sally’s real age.
’50?! My goodness I thought you were only just in your 40s! You look amazing!’ One fan wrote.
’50??? No way! Amazing, happy birthday,’ another said, while a third added: ‘You don’t look a day over 30.’
Another joked, ’50? Wow, you drank the potion’, while a fifth added: ‘I’d have guessed about 36. Share your secrets.’
Sally has had a busy year so far, with her cobbles alter ego Abi having been involved in some enormous storylines.
In January, Abi was left traumatised when she found teenager Mason Radcliffe bleeding from a stab wound, and his subsequent death had a devastating effect on her mental health.
With the attack having reminded her of son Seb Franklin’s death four years ago, Abi began suffering from PTSD, and started hallucinating Seb.
She has since received help for the disorder after agreeing to go to therapy, but faced more trauma when husband Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
In recent weeks, she has been rocked by the arrival of Kevin’s younger brother Carl (Jonathan Howard), with sparks instantly flying between them.
The tension boiled over in recent scenes when Carl leaned in to kiss Abi, with the mechanic quickly pushing him away and warning him to never mention it again.
