THROWBACK Coronation Street legend looks unrecognisable 27 years after leaving the soap – can you guess who she is?

A CORONATION Street legend looks completely different 27 years after last appearing in the soap opera.

Actress Chloe Newsome portrayed the role on and off between 1991 and 1998.

Woman holding roller skates in front of a large pink roller skate and a mural.

𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐 

Do you recognise this former soap star? 

Chloe Newsome as Vicky McDonald in Coronation Street.

𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐

She played Vicky McDonald – Steve’s first wife – in Coronation Street 

The Sheffield-born actress has largely shunned fame since leaving the programme – but do you remember her character?

Chloe played Vicky McDonald – and was the second actress to take on the role.

A year prior to her joining, the role was briefly played by Helen Warbuton.

Vicky made her arrival in Weatherfield as the daughter of Alec Gilroy.

She soon wound up becoming the first wife of Steve McDonald – one of many.

Vicky was raised by Alec and Bet following her parent’s death where she inherited a huge £240,000 after turning 18.

Steve soon became to get rather happy with splashing Vicky’s cash and their marriage ended up crumbling soon after Christmas 1995 when he spent a fortune on stolen whiskey.

Vicky eventually went off to Brighton to run her very own wine bar.

In 1999, it ran into financial difficulty and she was forced to call on Bet for a loan in order to keep things afloat.

She soon after married a man named Martin with Bet revealing in 2002 that they were still happily married.

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Vicky has seldom been mentioned since.

Off-screen, Chloe has shunned fame and lives a quiet family life with her children.

She is understood to still live in her hometown of Sheffield and shares snaps of her family life on Instagram.

Chloe Newsome and Simon Gregson as Vicky and Steve McDonald in Coronation Street.

𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐

Steve went on to marry a whole host of women – but Vicky was his first love 

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