CORONATION Street newcomer Sydney Martin has revealed she was working at Tesco before landing her dream role. The actress, 22, has landed the role of headstrong 16-year-old Betsy who has already made an enemy of killer Joel Deering. 4 Sydney Martin was stacking shelves before walking the cobbles Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk 4 She plays Betsey, Swain's daughter Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk Viewers have watched this week as Betsy arrived on the cobbles with pal Sabrina before saving her from Joel’s clutches and realising he’s a wrong-un.
But in a shocking twist, having worked out Joel is a predator, teen Betsy began to blackmail him - even confronting him in front of his family, successfully as it happens. Actress Sydney told The Sun: “I think it’s really interesting, having this powerful girl character, seeing her fight back, she doesn’t just let it happen she fights back straight away. “She doesn’t know what she’s done, I love girls sticking up for girls and fighting back! She’s going to give him a run for his money.
” The star, who comes from Rossendale near Manchester, landed her role after previously auditioning for two other bit parts on the cobbles. But after being invited back and two screen tests later, she won the role of DS Swain’s tearaway daughter - and it’s world’s away from her old life. She said: “I initially went up for two smaller roles, back in January, which was great to get seen by Coronation Street.
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