Paula Lane has nothing but "warm memories" of her time on ‘Coronation Street’.
The 32-year-old actress played Kylie Platt in the ITV soap from 2010 to 2016 until her character was killed by Clayton Hibbs (Callum Harrison) and two years on from her departure she is still very grateful to have been given a role on the cobbles as she made friends for life on the show.
Paula – who has two children, three-year-old son Arthur and two-year-old daughter Penny, with her husband Tom Shaw – said: "I have really warm memories of my time on ‘Corrie’. I met some friends for life on that show and learnt a lot about myself and my craft. I watched myself grow as an actress. I became a mother on that show too, of course, and I love the rest of the characters. I love them a lot."
Paula is currently starring as the factory worker character Lauren in a touring production of triple Olivier Award winning musical ‘Kinky Boots’ and she admits there are distinct differences between the types of acting and she really gets a buzz from performing in front of a live audience.
In an interview with ExpressandStar.com, she said: "Being in ‘Kinky Boots’ is very different to being on ‘The Street’, of course. There’s different pressures in different ways. With ‘Corrie’, it was a quick fire day then go home and learn lines. With this, you have to make sure it’s polished to perfection. There’s advantages and disadvantages of both. I guess the biggest advantage of theatre is the live audience. By the end of each show, the audience are on their feet and that’s a thrill."
Paula is committed to ‘Kinky Boots’ until the end of 2019 and but after that she’s interested in making a return to TV.
She said: "For me, it’s 15 months in this job, until the end of 2019. Then we’ll see. I’d quite like to go back to TV but I’ll go where the wind takes me. Things fall in your path if you work hard enough."
Paula Lane has ‘warm memories’ of Corrie
