Katie McGlynn

Katie Louise McGlynn was born on 16 July 1993 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester to Ruth (née Carter) and Trevor McGlynn.^[1] The family lived in Littleborough, where she attended Wardle High School and studied A-levels in drama, English literature and media studies, during which time she made her acting debut as Gemma Gooch in an episode of Moving On was later cast as Jodie "Scout" Allen in the seventh series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road.^[2][3][4][5] McGlynn left the show at the end of the eighth series, and subsequently joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Sinead Tinker, a role she went on to play for six years until the character was killed off in a storyline that saw her die from cervical cancer in October 2019. McGlynn made her final appearance as Sinead in March 2020 when she appeared via video footage, and later that year won the award for Best Serial Drama Performance at the National Television Awards.^[6][7][8]

In 2021, McGlynn joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Becky Quentin, in a storyline which saw her as a new mother who grows close to Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher). She departed in February 2022.^[9] In 2021, McGlynn took part in the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with Gorka Márquez and the couple were second to be eliminated from the competition in week 3.^[10]

McGlynn and Ricky Rayment, from the ITVBe reality television series The Only Way Is Essex, made their relationship public knowledge via Instagram^[11] on Valentine's Day 2024.^[12]