Coronation Street actress Channique Sterling-Brown, who plays Dee-Dee Bailey, left fans stunned as she revealed a hidden Emmerdale link while on a TV quiz show
Channique Sterling-Brown is famed for portraying Dee-Dee Bailey in ITV’s Coronation Street, but she is also linked to another hit soap, much to fans’ surprise. The 27 year old soap star joined Corrie in 2022 before going on to appear on The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale the following year. On the panel Channique was joined by her Corrie co-stars, Tony Maudsley, who plays George Shuttleworth, and Jack P Shepherd, who plays David Platt.
During the show, host Stephen Mulhern asked Channique: “By the way, a little birdie tells me that you could of actually been on the other team tonight, is that right?” It came in a nod to Emmerdale’s team, made up of Natalie Ann Jamieson, who plays Amy Wyatt, Kevin Mathurin, who plays Charles Anderson, and Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle. Channique went on to reveal that she had auditioned for a role in Emmerdale but didn’t get it.
She admitted: “I could have been your daughter, Kevin!” to which Emmerdale star Kevin replied: “You’re kidding!” Stephen then explained: “She auditioned” to which Channique replied: “Didn’t get the job!”
Kevin responded by saying: “Oh well, it all happens for a good reason!” Stephen then quipped: “Kevin seems gutted about that, literally he went: ‘Oh well!'” His comment left the actor and co-stars in hysterics.
Soap fans will recall that Karene Peter landed the role of Kevin’s character, Charles Anderson’s daughter Naomi Walters. Naomi made her debut back in July 2022 and left in July 2023 to live in Ibiza.
The audience and viewers at home were also left stunned at the unknown Emmerdale link and took to X, formerly Twitter, to discuss it further. One tweeted: “#Corrie Star Channique Sterling Brown has revealed she auditioned for the role of Naomi Walters in #Emmerdale!”
A second posted: “Dee Dee from #Corrie could have been Charles from #Emmerdale daughter! #BigSoapQuiz!” In the same show, actor Tony shared a funny reason why his character George Shuttleworth won’t be leaving Weatherfield.
Dee-Dee has taken centre stage on Coronation Street over recent months, due to her ex-boyfriend Joel Deering’s villainous ways. Having abused Lauren Bolton and fathered a child with her, Dee-Dee eventually found out about his ways.
Joel eventually wound up dead, with a huge ‘whodunnit?’ storyline following. It reaches its nail-biting conclusion on Friday, 15 November as viewers find out who was responsible for Joel’s demise.
You can watch Coronation Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITV X
