Coronation Street’s Georgia Taylor flooded with messages as she ditches cobbles with co-stars
The Toyah Battersby actress was seen ditching the famous cobbles for a night out in Manchester to celebrate her recent birthday

Coronation Street star Georgia Taylor has been flooded with messages after she was seen ditching the famous cobbles for a night out in Manchester to celebrate her recent birthday.

The actress, from Wigan, is best known for playingToyah Habeeb – nee Battersby – in the ITV soap, having first arrived on the cobbles at just 17 years old, back in 1997, along with Janice and Les Battersby and Les’s daughter Leanne.

But away from playing her alter-ego, now on-and-off for almost 30 years, it was on Thursday (February 26) that Georgia was once again back on the Salford-based set, however, her co-stars made sure to make it extra special as she was celebrating her 46th birthday.

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She took to Instagram to share pictures of how her dressing room had been decorated for her arrival, with birthday banners, cards, gifts and flowers

She admitted: “Work birthdays are the best @coronationstreet,” before confirming it was dressing room buddy, the ‘lovely’ Julia Goulding, who plays Shona Platt, who was behind the surprise. Meanwhile, he hair and makeup team also added a ‘Birthday Girl’ banner to the chair as they got her ready for filming.

But it was over the weekend that Georgia was seen celebrating her special day alongside a number of her Corrie pals. Taking to Instagram, the soap star shared a reel of photos she’s taken during her celebrations, some of which seemingly took place at The Blues Kitchen in the city centre.

She was seen enjoying her night out with on-screen sister Jane Danson, who plays Leanne Battersby in the ITV soap, as well as Eva Price and Abi Webster stars Catherine Tyldesley and Sally Caman-Duttine. She was also joined by former Corrie star Angela Lonsdale and a number of other pals to make the night a special one.

Alongside the video of joyous images, Georgia wrote on Instagram: “Birthday loveliness [heart emoji].” And the comments soon came flooding in.

@fifigoldstar said: “This looks like great birthday fun – Happy Birthday!! with thee best people!” @nickyspendlove commented: “Best girls lovely day you deserve all the lovely things.” @xriathompsonx wrote: “Happy birthday beautiful girl. Hope you had the best day.” @edna_coulter20 replied: “It’s lovely to see you all away from the street. You all look lovely.” @miriamfowler1955 added: “Happy belated birthday Georgia, hope you had a lovely day.”