I don't know why I submit myself to looking at these lists of the sexiest women in soaps. Well, yes, I do know. So that I can report on it for you fans out there. I'm constantly doing a head-desk connection when I see who's made the list and who hasn't. This one, from What's On TV (via Soaplife magazine), purports to be the 100 Sexiest Soap Girls of *All Time*. Yet, there isn't one that was on a soap before 1990 and precious few that were on our screens before 2000 (yes, I'm annoyed about that). There are a small majority of women over 40 and not an Elsie Tanner in the lot (and yes, I'm annoyed about that too)! Many of them were unknown to me but even so, I questioned the ranking of some of them but then, it's all subjective, isn't it? Certainly the women on that list are indeed sexy. The soaps were EastEnders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Home and Away and Neighbours. I wonder yet again, if the reason some of these women are so high on the list are due to good publicity agents. Twenty three actresses who have appeared on Corrie over the years are on the list. That's pretty good odds, isn't it? Anyway, the Coronation Street ladies, with their ranking, are behind the cut below.
The survey listed the actresses by character name but I think they were rated on the actress. I hope so because one or two of them have characters that certainly aren't conventionally sexy on screen. You'll know what I mean. The full photo gallery is here but you'll have to scroll through each of the 100 photos.
98: Katherine Kelly (Becky Granger)
94: Denise Welch (Natalie Horrocks Barnes)
91: Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow)
89: Angela Griffin (Fiona Middleton)
88: Jennifer James (Geena Gregory)
80: Jane Danson (Leanne Battersby)
78: Jill Halfpenny (Nurse Rebecca Hopkins)
70: Eva Pope (Tanya Pooley)
66: Sarah Lancashire (Raquel Wolstenhulme Watts)
64: Shobna Gulati (Sunita Parekh Alahan)
53: Debra Stephenson (Frankie Baldwin)
52: Jacqueline Chadwick (Linda Sykes Baldwin)
50: Tracy Shaw (Maxine Heavy Peacock)
44: Tina Hobley (Samantha Failsworth)
33: Samia Smith (Maria Sutherland Connor)
27: Michelle Keegan (Tina MacIntyre)
26: Tina O'Brien (Sarah Platt Grimshaw)
25: Nikki Sanderson (Candice Stowe)
24: Alison King (Carla Connor) (couldn't have seen her in this ugly hat!)
20: Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow)
12: Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster)
8: Suranne Jones (Karen McDonald)
and the winnah is... (and you won't be surprised, I don't think)
1. Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor)
I wonder how Kym feels to be voted Number 1? Would she be a bit put off like Rob James-Collier, I wonder? No, probably not. So who do you think is missing from the 48 years of Coronation Street besides Elsie Tanner? Rita Fairclough could certainly turn heads in her day and so could Bet Lynch, and they are the top three of our own Top 50 character list. I'm sure you can think of more!
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Diedre sexy? I think not.
Deirdre has certainly had her moments in the past, but i wouldn't say Deirdre was Sexy. However, Annie Kirkbride is a lovely looking woman when she's not in Deirdre character.
No Julia Haworth? I am apalled.
There are a lot of Corrie actor/character names there who I do not consider sexy but when the choice has to be 100 from the last 10 or 15 years everybody gets included.
LOL, I had to read twice I definetely dont think
Kym Marsh.