Coronation Street's Sydney Martin is relieved the secret is finally out. The soap star is the newest addition to the cast of the and her character has been immediately thrown into the drama as she is blackmailing the villainous Joel Deering. Sydney's character was named in the credits as "Sabrina's friend" with the vague identity leaving fans suspicious there would be another twist to come.
This was confirmed on Friday's episode when it was revealed Sydney is playing none other than Betsy Swain, the daughter of Weatherfield Police detective, Lisa Swain. Sydney took to Instagram after the bombshell ending to officially announce her character. She said: "The hardest secret to keep - Betsy Swain has officially landed on the Cobbles.
I couldn’t be more grateful to join the Coronation Street family and to play the daughter of DS Swain. Thank you to everyone for welcoming me with open arms, I can’t wait for everyone to get to know her!" The role is Sydney's first and the rising star told the ECHO and other press she is "over the moon" after landing the dream job. Although she is playing a 16-year-old in the show, Sydney is actually aged 22 and the soap star explained she is grateful to be older than her character.
She said: "To come in on the Lauren [Bolton] storyline, which is such an important, massive storyline and to be a little bit older and understand the serious topics it's dealing with more has been nice." She added: "It is weird though, don't get me wrong, because [Bet.