Coronation Street: Carla Connor actress Alison King QUITS soap for good
SHE'S starred as Carla Connor since 2006, but Coronation Street actress Alison King has confirmed she's quit the soap for good.
Alison King has quit Coronation Street
It had been previously rumoured that the brunette beauty was set to take another sabbatical from the hit ITV show, but Alison has slammed the speculation by stating she's leaving the long-running soap opera for the indefinite future.
Alison confirmed she had handed in her notice in an interview with the Radio Times.
She said: "It's been put out there that I'm taking a sabbatical, but I'm not."
Alison continued: "They've very graciously left the doors open for me to come back if I want to. And I haven't ruled that out. But this is a new chapter for me."
Alison has played Carla Connor since 2006
Carla is currently in a relationship with Nick
Carla is battling alcoholism
In May last year ITV confirmed Alison had taken a break, with a statement claiming she was "taking a sabbatical for creative reasons".
During her time on the Salford-based show the 42-year-old has been embroiled in some of the soap's most memorable storylines.
Carla - who has battled alcoholism and gambling addictions on-and-off since moving to Coronation Street - has endured two marriage breakdowns.
They've very graciously left the doors open for me
Her first marriage to Paul Connor, played by Sean Gallagher, ended in spectacular fashion with Paul sleeping with then prostitute Leanne Battersby and subsequently dying after he attempted to kidnap Leanne.
Carla's second marriage to Peter Barlow, played by Chris Gascoyne, didn't end too well either, with the factory owner discovering her husband was having an affair with local barmaid Tina McIntyre [Michelle Keegan].
But perhaps Alison - who had originally only planned to stay on the show for four years - will be most remembered for her alter ego's involvement in the deadly love triangle with her brother-in-law Liam and his wife Maria.
Coronation Street continues on Monday at 7.30pm on ITV.