Coronation Street's Sam star says 'can't believe' over birthday tradition and declares love for co-star
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street star Jude Riordan has been flooded with birthday wishes as he recreated a family tradition before a weekend celebrating in London.
The young actor has officially entered his teenage years as he turned 13 on Saturday (May 11). As viewers of the ITV soap know, Jude plays Sam Blakeman.
The youngster first appeared in Weatherfield in 2020 and is the son of Nick Tilsley and the late Natasha Blakeman. He didn't meet his father until he was nine years old, as Natasha and Nick had split up before Natasha knew she was pregnant.
A chance encounter at Weatherfield General in 2020 caused Nick to find out that he had a son. But just a year later, Nick became Sam's sole parent after Natasha was tragically shot dead by gangster Harvey Gaskell in 2021, leaving Sam mute from grief, until Hope Stape helped him out of his shell, as did Roy Cropper and games of chess. READ MORE: Coronation Street spoilers next week as character left for dead, icon leaves and a secret uncovered READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here Now though, life is much different from Sam on the cobbles but in Jude's personal life, some things don't change.
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