Corrie icon films final scenes in bombshell exit after | UK News

Nearly 4 a long time after she first set foot on the cobbles Coronation Street legend Sally Ann Matthews is said to have filmed her final scenes as Jenny Connor in the long operating ITV cleaning soap. The actress, 54, first appeared in Weatherfield in 1986 but has been given the axe as the show undergoes a shake up in the wake of brutal cuts at the broadcaster.

The community’s income have reportedly dipped by 44% to £99 million over the first half of 2025, which means a renewed push to rein in manufacturing prices. Although she’s going to still be seen on screens for the foreseeable future, the star is said to have already packed up her Manchester flat and moved back to her household in London to live full time. “Sal wanted a lowkey exit. She said her goodbyes and has now left Manchester. She was filming her exit when news about her axing first came to light,” a source said.

“Once she’d finished she wasted no time packing up her life in Manchester and moving straight back to London. She had a flat in Manchester where she would stay while working but she’s given that up now,” a source said.

“She didn’t want a big leaving do or anything and just wanted to leave as quickly as she could. She filmed her final scenes and was gone,” they told The Sun.

Sally Ann made her debut as Jenny Connor in 1986 and stayed until 1993. She made a return in 2006, which was only meant to be for a few months. However, her character proved so well-liked she has ended up staying for a decade and has develop into a central determine in the ITV show.

Until just lately she was the landlady of the Rovers Return but when she was conned out of all her money by stepdaughter Daisy Midgely (Charlotte Jordan) she was compelled to abandon hopes of buying the pub and left the position.

Coronation Street at the moment employs 84 everlasting forged members, while Emmerdale has 70. Sources have beforehand claimed that executives are now urging cleaning soap producers to slash their growing budgets, with forged numbers said to be a important space under review.

Both Coronation Street and Emmerdale might also see the quantity of scenes per episode diminished as ITV makes an attempt to shave a additional £15 million from its complete price range, The Sun reported.

Corrie has seen a mass cull of cleaning soap favourites in latest months as top stars have left the cleaning soap.

Sue Cleaver, Colson Smith, Charlotte Jordan and Shelley King have all departed, and Daniel Brocklebank just lately announced he too will bid farewell to Weatherfield.