Dee-Dee on Coronation Street on June 16, 2025 / ITV
Channique Sterling-Brown has admitted that it was a tough decision to leave her role as Dee Dee Bailey on Coronation Street.
Earlier this month the actress confirmed reports that she will shortly be departing the cobbles after more than three years playing the no-nonsense lawyer.
Talking to The Sun about quitting, she explained: “I made the decision in Spring, and it wasn’t a rash decision.
“You know, I really took a couple of months from being offered my next year contract to actually even respond.
“I felt really torn, but I really just had, you know, the sense that it just felt like the time. I feel like I’ve been so privileged, and I’ve got to tell some great stories, and it’s been so wonderful.
“And obviously I’m very led by my faith as well. So I just really took my time over it and prayed into it.
“And I think, yeah, I found a real sense that I had done what I’d come to do, if that makes sense, not that I ever knew exactly what it was, but it just felt like I had achieved what I was sent here to do, so it was time to be brave.”
Sterling-Brown has already filmed her final scenes, which are expected to play out on screen around Christmas time.
