What happened to Georgia May Foote’s character Katy Armstrong in Coronation Street?
LIFE in the cobbles is full of ups and downs but some characters are meant for tragic demises.
Diehard Coronation Street fans may still remember Katy Armstrong but what exactly happened to her?
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Katy Armstrong was portrayed by actress Georgia May Foote and she first appeared in Weatherfield in July, 2010, before leaving five years later.
The character was Chesney Brown’s (Sam Aston) first real love as the pair met when her sister Izzy (Cherylee Houston) invited him to her 16th birthday party.
After immediately striking a chord, the pair attended Hayley and Roy Cropper’s wedding and Katy moved in to the builder’s yard flat with her father Owen shortly after.
But while Katy and Chesney grew closer, Owen (Ian Puleston-Davies) fought tooth and nail to keep them apart, failing to realise his overprotectiveness actually brought them together.
Despite the conflict, and with Ches’ sister Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine) refusing to allow Katy into her own home, Owen eventually relented and allowed the lovebirds to stay with him at No.5.
In March, 2011, Katy and Chesney moved out and into 14a Victoria Street, although Owen tried to sabotage their plans.
Izzy then took action by signing on the flat on their behalf, allowing them to move in properly.
Unfortunately, they developed money woes quickly after, prompting Katy to want to get a job straight after her GCSEs but both Chesney and Owen disapproved.
The young couple decided to build a family together and, in December, 2011, they welcomed a son named Joseph.
However, Katy grew bored with the drudgery of life with Chesney, which led to her embarking on an affair with Prima Doner boss Ryan Connor.
Heartbroken, Chesney ended things with Katy and she retained custody of little Joseph.
Katy’s relationship with Ryan was brief and she later became a receptionist at V Court Fitness but her routine was turned upside down when her mother Linda re-surfaced in 2015.
Both Katy and her sister Izzy found out that their father Owen had been preventing her from contacting them since they were little, while the pair thought she’d abandoned them.
Katy reconciled with her mother accepted her invitation for her and Joseph to live with her at her villa in Portugal.
The mother and son duo left Weatherfield in 2015 – but their happiness in the sun was short-lived.
Katy died in a car accident off-screen in 2017, leading to Joseph moving back to the UK and living with his father Chesney.
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What is Georgia May Foote doing now?
Bury actress Georgia May Foote already had several TV credits to her name when she first rocked up the cobbles.
The 32-year-old first appeared on screens in 2004 as murder victim Angela Fairley in Conviction and she reiterated the experience in Life On Mars two years later.
Georgia then proceeded to appear in medical dramas Doctors and Casualty, while she was also a series regular in Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008.
Grange Hill viewers may remember her as Alison Simmons in the BBC One program.
After appearances in Cotton Stones and Heartbeat, Georgia ended up having her first stint in soapland as she took on the role of Bryony Gregson for one episode of Emmerdale.
Georgia has also been seen as herself on other TV shows in the likes of Celebrity Juice, Loose Women, Strictly Come Dancing and Saturday Kitchen.
As mentioned above, Georgia made her exit from Weatherfield in 2015 and, since then, she has appeared in other TV shows such as Trollied, Queen of Diamonds, The Outpost and We Are Not Alone.
In 2020, she even returned to Doctors as Gracie Bradshaw.
While she remains active in the spotlight, Georgia is just as present online, particularly on Instagram.
She frequently shares snaps of her day-to-day, including shots of her fiancé Kris Evans.
The musician popped the question organised a beachside proposal in Gran Canaria.
Meanwhile, Coronation Street continues to air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.