19-year-old Coronation Street actress quits ITV soap

Amy Kelly quits Coronation Street amid her character’s lesbian storyline.

17:27 09 February 2015

19-year-old Amy Kelly who plays the role of Maddie Heath, a formerly homeless teen who is dating Sophie Webster, has quit the ITV show. Reports confirmed that she met up with bosses last year to announce her plans of leaving.

Amy told The Sun newspaper: "I'm young and adventurous and I want to gain more experience and explore and improve my craft.

"Acting is my passion and I'm excited to see where it takes me."

Meanwhile, show chief Stuart Blackburn, has made it clear that he wanted to keep Amy in the soap for as long as possible so killing off her character is not to be expected.

He said last year: "The joy with Amy is that she has no idea how good she is.

"Short of her wanting to go, the character of Maddie will be here as long as I'm here."

A source previously said: "The bosses are really pleased with Amy. They were delighted to get such high figures for the kiss [between Maddie and Sophie].

"It was after that they decided they wanted to extend her contract."

However, it appears that Kelly decided not to take them up on the offer.