What happened to Amy James-Kelly’s character Maddie Heath in Coronation Street?
WHILE she may have had rough beginnings, Maddie Heath always tried to stay on the straight and narrow.
But what happened to the Coronation Street character and who portrayed her? Here’s what you need to know.
What happened to Maddie Heath on Corrie?
Budding actress Amy James-Kelly played the wayward teen from December, 2013 and until June, 2015, before moving on to many other projects.
Maddie was introduced to viewers on Christmas Day as a young girl living rough who had just started visiting the Weatherfield soup kitchen.
This is where she first bumped into Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and her mother Sally (Sally Dynevor).
With little to no cash in hand, Maddie immediately got on Sally’s bad side when she pushed her face into a trifle and stole her handbag.
However, despite not liking her confrontational attitude, Sophie gave Maddie a chance and convinced Sally not to involve the police.
Instead, she continued to talk to Maddie at the soup kitchen and the latter opened up, showing what was truly hiding behind her tough exterior.
In February, 2014, Sophie and Sally found out that Maddie’s brother Ben was in foster care and that her mother Fran suffered from mental health issues.
Two months later, Sophie and Maddie’s bond turned romantic but Sally was unable to accept the relationship.
The Underworld machinist told Maddie she never wanted to see her again, prompting both her and Sophie to move out of No.4 and sleep on the streets.
But Sophie’s father Kevin (Michael Le Vell) refused to let this happen and allowed them to move in with him at No.13.
As mentioned above, Maddie’s heart was in the right place but she often took action at the expense of her reputation.
During the summer of 2014, Maddie stole Carla Connor’s (Alison King) car to rush a sick Eccles to the vet.
Carla decided to make Maddie work in the Underworld packing department as a “community” service but she was so impressed with her that she eventually gave her a full time job.
Maddie narrowly escaped death in January, 2015, with the rest of the Underworld staff.
At the time, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) was driving their minibus when boy racers chased the vehicle and cut it off.
This led to Steve swerving and the bus tipped over before going over a cliff.
Unfortunately, Maddie had limited time left with Sophie in the cobbles.
In May, 2015, Maddie returned to No.13 and bumped into Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) kidnapping Kevin’s son Jack.
Although she managed to escape, Maddy was caught in an explosion at the Builder’s Yard which was triggered by a fire in Victoria Court.
She was rushed unconscious to Weatherfield General before she could even tell Sophie or Kevin about Jenny and died of her injuries on June 1, 2015, at eighteen years old.
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Who is Amy James-Kelly and what TV shows has she been in?
Hailing from Antrim in Northern Ireland, Amy is an actress who rose to prominence through her stint in the cobbles.
She spent the first year of her life in Catterick, North Yorkshire, before settling down in Greater Manchester’s Failsworth.
Prior to her time in Weatherfield, Amy kicked off her acting career on stage with productions in the likes of Beauty Manifesto, Trojan Women, My Fair Lady and Frank and Ferdinand.
But it wasn’t until she joined the Corrie line-up that the acting work came flooding in.
Following her stint as Maddie Heath, Amy made appearances in shows like Jericho, Moving On and Safe.
From 2019 and until 2022, Amy appeared as Suzannah Washington in seven episodes of Gentleman Jack – which, coincidentally, is fronted by fellow former Corrie star Suranne Jones.
Amy’s TV credits also include ITV drama The Bay and Three Families but she most recently appeared in Netflix‘s Blood, Sex & Royalty, a three-part docu-drama, as Anne Boleyn.
She wasn’t the only former soap star to show up in the series as Luke Posner actor Max Parker bagged the role of King Henry VIII.
Since January, 2023, Amy has been part of the Channel 4 sitcom Everyone Else Burns, starring in the program as Rachel Lewis.
Meanwhile, Coronation Street continues to air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.