Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine's reveals mystery troublemaker to cause soap upset

EXCLUSIVE: Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine's reveals mystery troublemaker to cause soap upsetDestined to appear in just four episodes playing Fiz Brown, it’s now 25 years since fan favourite Jennie McAlpine first set foot on Coronation Street’s famous cobblesFeaturesSue Lee and Hannah Britt, Senior Reporter Mirror Features17:00, 07 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesJennie McAlpine, who plays Fiz Brown, says of Corrie: “I don’t want to do anything else. Coronation Street is like a second home to me."Jennie McAlpine first set foot on the Corrie cobbles 25 years ago, and was only supposed to appear in four episodes as Fiz Brown. She was just 17 when she landed the cameo role back in 2001 as Roy and Hayley Cropper’s latest foster child, she then went back to her day job on the checkout of her local Boots.‌But David Neilson, who plays Roy Cropper, knew they had found a star and predicted great things for Jennie. She recalls her debut, telling The Mirror: “Originally, it was only four episodes. On my last day David asked when I’d be coming back. I told him that was it and he said ‘oh no, you’ll be back.’ I left and went back to working at Boots. I was only 17 and I don’t think Boots believed me when I said that the days off that I’d requested were so that I could go and film Coronation Street. I spent the next four months working there on the checkout. I really enjoyed it, but David was right and Coronation Street asked me to come back.”‌READ MORE: Corrie's Ben Driscoll star Aaron McCusker bans son, 16, from watching him in ShamelessFeisty Fiz - a machinist at the knickers factory Underworld, has blossomed into a 42 year-old mum and stepmum, married to mechanic Tyrone Dobbs, played by Alan Halsall. Jennie says of Corrie: “I don’t want to do anything else. Coronation Street is like a second home to me. I spend more time with some of the cast than I do my own family. I’ve been working with Alan for so long he gets me through most things.”‌View 6 ImagesFiz Brown c...