NEWEST UPDATE!!! Coronation Street issues update on Audrey as Sue Nicholls remains missing from screens

Coronation Street fans have been wondering where Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) has been recently, with the Weatherfield icon not having appeared on screen since November, 2025.

The matriarch of the Platt clan, who first appeared on the street in 1979, has been missing in action for a number of months now, with our last update on her revealing that she was off on holiday.

Amid the drama of Shona Platt’s (Julia Goulding) missing wedding ring, Sarah (Tina O’Brien) called Gail (Helen Worth) to update her, while making her promise not to relay the situation to Audrey, not wanting to spoil her holiday.

On yesterday’s (April 16) episode, David also gave Gail a bell to wish her a happy birthday.

While doing so, he added ‘give my love to gran’, suggesting that Audrey’s travels continue, and she’s made her way to France to spend some time with her daughter, who’s hopefully enjoying a far less dramatic life than she did in Weatherfield, having traded in serial killer husbands and demonic offspring for baguettes and brie.

Back on the cobbles, things are as torturous as ever for the members of the Platt family.

Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) has been deeply involved in ex boyfriend turned bestie Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) harrowing domestic abuse plot at the hands of Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), eager to save and support him as he navigates his escape from his torturous relationship.

Big brother Ben Price (Nick Tilsley) has been dealing with the emotional and psychological fall out of his son, Sam Blakeman’s (Jude Riordan) mental torture at the hands of paedophile, Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon), after he discovered that she was sexually abusing Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale).

Meanwhile, Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) has had a much quieter time of it recently, though actress Lucy recently revealed that she has a big plot coming up, which could potentially see her character upset viewers, saying: ‘I can’t tell you what it is, but it’s not going to be great.

‘I don’t think people are going to be happy about it. This one is low-key her fault. Everyone is going to be like, ‘She is a d**k.’ Which is fine.’

Perennially dramatic David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) and wife Shona have also had an incredibly dramatic year.

Following the news that their pregnancy came with great risks, as the baby had developed a mass on her neck. Doctors explained that there was a procedure they could undertake, but it came with sizeable risks. Though David was firmly against the idea, with the thought of losing Shona too painful, she was determined to go ahead with it, though the choice was eventually ripped from her hands.

In the aftermath of the Corriedale crash, Shona went into premature labour, while David’s epilepsy reared it’s head as he suffered a seizure.

Perhaps the scariest thing to come out of the ordeal, though, was the emergence of Shona’s long lost sister, Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown), who’s twisted and devious nature continues to become more and more apparent as time goes on.

While evidently attempting to destroy Shona and David’s marriage, she’s been playing games with various street residents and collecting a myriad of ‘prizes’ from her victims, storing them in a creepy trinket box.

With her family still wrapped up in their various dramas, perhaps it’s best if Audrey stays in France for a while…

Soap star Sue Nicholls has became a staple to our TV screens over the years, having portrayed Audrey Roberts on Coronation Street for 43 years.

The popular actress, 79, is a firm favourite amongst fans of the hit ITV soap, and has found herself at the centre of several dramatic storylines over the years.

Over recent months, Audrey’s son Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) has been causing disruption across Weatherfield after he returned in 2022 to care for his mother, who was suffering with her mental health.

Sue has won numerous awards for her role as Audrey on Coronation Street, and she also found love thanks to her soap role.

Here we take a peek inside Sue’s life away from Weatherfield…

Sue hails from Darlaston, Walsall, and she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

The actress found fame on ITV soap Crossroads, when she was cast as Marilyn Gates in 1964.

Sue starred on the hit show for around four years, and during that time a song she sang on Crossroads, Where Will You Be?, reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart.

She released a second single shortly after, before embarking on a career in a cabaret which saw her perform all across the country.

In 1976, Sue toured America and Canada with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London Assurance, and finished off with a six-week run on Broadway.

She returned to acting during that same year, having landed the role of Joan Greengross in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

Sue went on to star in titles such as Rentaghost, Pipkins, The Professionals, and The Gentle Touch.

In April 1979, Sue appeared as Audrey in Coronation Street for the first time, and played the role on and off for a number of years before becoming a permanent fixture on the soap in 1985.

In 2011, Sister Anna Bianconi-Moore, a Senior nurse at the dermatology department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, was watching an episode of Corrie when she spotted a mole on Sue’s shoulder.

She immediately contacted the soap, and after Sue was seen by a doctor she was referred to a skin cancer specialist, and she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma.

The actress had the mole surgically removed, and ITV then contacted Sister Anna Bianconi-Moore to update her on the situation and invite her to the Coronation Street set to meet Sue in person.

Sue married her co-star Mark Eden in 1993, and the pair enjoyed a long and happy marriage.

Mark was famed for his portrayal of Coronation Street villain Alan Bradley, with the actor starring on the ITV soap from 1986 until 1989.

He passed away on 1 January 2021, after being admitted to hospital in November 2020 while suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.