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Victoria Johns

Corrie star Paula Lane looks unrecognisable as she jokes she needs to remortgage house

Coronation Street star Paula Lane looked a long way from Weatherfield in a stunning snap she shared on Instagram.

The actress, 36, who played Kylie Platt in the soap, was at Manchester Christmas Market, sampling the festive food.

Fans couldn't get over how different the mum-of-two looked in the picture , in which Paula sported a white woollen coat and sun-kissed hair as she sipped some mulled wine.

The star captioned the snap: “MCR. Had to remortgage my home for a Gluwein and a hog roast bap but hey ho!”

Her post went down a storm with Corrie viewers, with one telling the actress how "naturally beautiful" she looked.

Another said: "Looking good Paula" while a third gushed: "Gorgeous."

Paula shot to fame on Corrie playing Becky McDonald's half-sister, who caused havoc on the cobbles for six years.

Corrie fans couldn't get over how different Paula looked (Paula Lane/Instagram)
She's come a long way from Weatherfield (Instagram)

After some sizzling storylines, culminating in Kylie's death at the hands of Clayton Gibbs, Paula left the soap before landing roles in shows including Call the Midwife and Father Brown.

The actress lives in Yorkshire with her husband Tom Shaw, who she married in 2014.

Tom appeared in Corrie as Kim Vaughan, one of Fiz Stape’s pals.

The actor also starred as Tim in Hollyoaks in 2014 and then as PC Craig Bishop in Emmerdale for eight episodes spanning 2014-2019.

The actress played Kylie for six years (ITV)

The couple wed in a sweet ceremony at Leeds Cathedral back in May 2014 with Paula later tweeting she was gutted her hubby continued receiving Corrie scripts after she’d been killed off.

She tweeted in 2018: “When @ITVCorrie scripts come through the letterbox then I realise they’re not for me! @SirTomShaw over to you!"

The couple share two children, Arthur and Penny.

The character was killed off in 2016 (ITV)

Paula took a break from acting after becoming pregnant with Penny, previously telling OK! magazine she left Coronation Street to focus on her family, saying “I think it’s got to be a clean break, I don’t think I’m going to take anything.

"I have to put Kylie in a box, literally. I think that’s the healthiest option."

Last year, Paula wished the ITV soap happy birthday, posting: “Happy 60th Coronation Street. Forever thankful for 6 wonderful years in the best company and for everything I learnt there.

"So proud to have walked and died on those cobbles! Go team xx.

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