Coronation Street star Harriet Bibby has revealed that she is still working a normal job outside of her role on the ITV soap. The actress is known to viewers for playing Summer Spellman on the cobbles.
She made her debut in Weatherfield in 2020 when Summer returned to the famous steet from her grandma's. Harriet was recast in the role of the teenage character taking over from Matilda Freeman. She decided to leave the role, after joining in 2017, to explore new opportunities.
Since then viewers have seen Harriet explore a number of storylines with her character. More recently viewers have seen her struggle to cope with her type one diabetes diagnosis whilst also suffering from an eating disorder.
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The character also left Corrie viewers furious when she let friend, and former love interest, Aadi Alahan take the blame for her cheating in an exam as she struggled to take control of her insulin injections while also studying for her exams with a place at Oxford at stake.
But away from the cobbles, Harriet is just as busy. She has revealed that she hasn’t given up her teaching role, despite being very busy playing on the Salford-based set. The 24-year-old used to work as a singing teacher before she joined the Corrie crew.
"On my weekends, I’m a singing teacher," she shared with Inside Soap Magazine. "On Saturday mornings I teach kids at a musical theatre club. I was a student and I’ve just carried on as I love it. It’s really fun and the kids are great."
She added: "The kids I teach watched me get slimed on CBBC — and they loved that!" she added, referring to her appearance on Saturday Mash-Up earlier this year.
Harriet has previously spoken about her teaching career and was told she had got the role of Summer Spellman during one of her lessons Speaking to Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled ITV show, the soap star said: "I’m a singing teacher as well and I had a class full of kids.
"I saw my phone ringing and thought, 'I can’t answer it!' I had to wait until one of the other teachers came in and I said, 'Can you just take the class; I need to go and answer this call!'"
Back in June, Harriet, from Wigan, showed off her hidden singing talent as she put her voice to a new charity single. Taking to Instagram, she shared a post from Diabetes UK which showed Harriet alongside singer-songwriter Shane Board with the charity of explaining more in the caption.
It read: "Singer-songwriter Shane Board has recorded a single with Harriet Bibby (@harrietanneb) of @coronationstreet, in aid of Diabetes UK. Harriet plays Summer Spellman, who lives with #Type1Diabetes, in the soap."
A link to the song, titled People We Keep, was then shared with the music video featuring both Shane and Harriet. It starts with the pair traveling in a car and later they're seen singing to each other. And it was well received by fans.
Jo Bob said: "You have a beautiful voice young lady." Martin commented: "Lovely voice Harriet." @dogloveryazx also said on Instagram: "What a beautiful song."
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