EX-CORRIE actress Michelle Keegan is raking in more than £4,000 a day, after leaving the cobbles for the heady heights of Netflix. She scored the lead role in crime thriller Fool Me Once , starring with Joanna Lumley which racked up almost 85 million views in just 35 days and helped bump up her bank balance to a whopping £3.6million.
But Michelle’s not the only Brit star who is raking it in after swapping soaps for streaming platforms. Brand and culture expert Nick Ede says: “Gone are the days when you had to be in a Hollywood blockbuster to become a huge star. "With better opportunities, more money and the guarantee you’ll be watched by tens of millions, Netflix is the perfect platform for soap stars to send their fame into the stratosphere.
” From Corrie to Hollyoaks, Nick reveals the talented soap stars who jumped ship and the millions they are estimated to have made. From Corrie to Emily In Paris WORTH: £7m YOU’LL know him best as sarcastic charmer Alfie in Netflix hit Emily In Paris, but global star Lucien , 32, has modest TV roots. He first found fame on iconic kids’ show Grange Hill, before playing swimmer Ben Richardson in Corrie.
He then landed a part as frat boy Earl Grey in US comedy Scream Queens, before scoring big in Emily, which was seen by 58 million house-holds in its first month on Netflix. Nick says: “From dating Kerry Katona to being Shakira ’s squeeze, he’s one of the fashion scene’s most popular stars, with two million followers on .
