Coronation Street star signs new contract to keep her on soap for another year – and escapes cost-cutting axe
The actress - who plays Bernie Winter in the ITV soap - has put pen to paper for another year on the cobbles after revealing she only joined the soap to pay for her new bathroom.
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And it means she's escaped the axe as bosses scramble to save costs.
Jane first appeared on the cobbles in 2019 as Gemma Winter and Paul Foreman's estranged mother Bernie, but since then she's become a fan favourite.
And luckily for them, she's going nowhere.
Speaking to My Weekly, Jane revealed: 'I only came into Coronation Street for 10 episodes to get a new bathroom.
'I'd run out of money and when they said, 'Will you come and do Corrie for a bit?' I thought, 'Yes! That will pay for a nice white suite!.
'I've been here for six years now and I've just signed for another year. It's a lovely place to work. I feel very blessed.'
The star's character Bernie is set to marry Dev Alahan next week in a huge soap wedding - but typically things go horrifically wrong.
As she heads to the ceremony, Bernie realises she's forgotten a locket from her late son Paul so heads back to the house.
But while there she finds it being burgled and she confronts them - before eventually rushing over to tie the knot.
However after arriving and dancing herself down the aisle Bernie suffers a health emergency and stops breathing.
Jane explained: 'Suddenly Bernie can't breathe, the poor love, and ends up in A&E.
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'Dev, and a lot of people, think she's on her way out because it's quite serious.
'She is really frightened, this has come from nowhere and she can't breathe. It' s terrifying. Is she going to be okay?'
She added: 'That's what is so brilliant about Coronation Street, you don't know what you're going to get until you open the page of the script and that's what is so fantastic about how it plays out – we've got this woman raving down the aisle and the next minute she's in casualty, pardon the pun!
Coronation Street's 2024 shock exits
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza's grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul's impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon's been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she'll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
'The writers throw all kinds of things at you and you just hope and pray you give credence and justice to whatever they've written.
'Who knows what Bernie is going to do next, that's why I love playing her.'
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