Coronation Street’s Vanessa Hehir returns to her ‘normal job’ after quitting soap amid controversial surrogacy storyline
24.01.2023 - 20:13 / thesun.co.uk
CORONATION Street star Vanessa Hehir has gone back to her job as a professional photographer just days after revealing she has quit the soap. The 41-year-old, who also starred in Waterloo Road, played church goer Esther Hargrave on the Cobbles since September.
On Saturday she confirmed that she had left the role, and today gave her Instagram followers an insight into her normal day job when she revealed she is currently focusing on the photography portrait company she runs. Sharing a snap of her holding her camera, Vanessa admitted it was good to be back behind the camera for a change.
Captioning the photo, the actress wrote: “Lovely to be back behind the camera! Busy week shooting.” Vanessa then added the link to the account for her photography company named Vanessa Valentine Photography. READ MORE ON CORRIECOBBLE HEARTBREAK Three Coronation Street Valentine's Day plots as love dies on the cobblesbatters-bye bye Corrie's Wendi Peters looks unrecognisable 9 years after quitting as Cilla Vanessa’s bio describes her as ‘London’s leading headshot photographer’.
It also mentions that her work has been featured in publications including Variety and Vogue Bambini. Vanessa last week paid tribute to Corrie and her co-stars as she revealed she had bowed out after a five month stint.
Vanessa's character was at the heart of the recent controversial baby surrogacy storyline involving teen Summer Spellman, which concluded on screen in dramatic scenes aired last week. Most read in Soapsbatters-bye bye Corrie's Wendi Peters looks unrecognisable 9 years after quitting as Cilladingle drama Emmerdale fans convinced an exit for legendary character after spotting cluecat-astrophe Enders fans left 'wheezing' as they spot 'hysterical' Billy
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