Coronation Street's Sair Khan reunites with former co-star to celebrate milestone
"Love you Tisha Merry."
Coronation Street star Sair Khan posted a sweet picture of her reunion with Tisha Merry to celebrate the latter's 30th birthday.
Khan has played Alya Nazir on Coronation Street since 2014. Merry played Steph Britton between 2013 and 2018. She held an extravagant birthday bash over the weekend to celebrate the milestone.
Khan posted a picture on her Instagram of her and Merry all dressed up. She captioned the post: "Love you Tisha Merry."
Khan wasn't the only Coronation Street star present to celebrate Merry's birthday. Merry is in a relationship with fellow Corrie actor Alan Halsall, who has played Tyrone Dobbs since 1998. Halsall posted his own tribute to Merry on Instagram.
The actor posted a sweet photo of the pair of them to his Instagram, writing: "Happy 30th birthday to this absolute beauty !! 🎂 @missdrewmerry93 Have a fantastic day/week/month or however long you manage to drag this birthday on for 🙄🤣 Life begins at 30…. 🥂 xx"
Previously, Khan opened up about the difficult storyline her character recently went through on Coronation Street, in which Alya was the victim of a stabbing.
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She said that while filming the scene, she actually struggled to hold back the tears as it felt so real.
"The words on the page were just so well written and summed up everything that Alya had been through – and I found it really difficult to read, because all of the emotions just felt so real on the surface," Sair said.
"You don't just want to cry through a performance, but I was really trying to hold back the tears."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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