Inside Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine's life off-screen as her future on soap is confirmed
ok.co.ukCoronation Street's Fiz Dobbs, played by Jennie McAlpine since 2001, is a well-loved character on the show.The actress has been away from the Cobbles for a while on maternity leave after welcoming her third child, Doris.
Jennie and her husband Chris Farr, who have been married since 2005, are also parents to Hilda and Albert. In an exclusive chat with OK!, Jennie shared: "Doris is a family name and I love that it goes with Albert and Hilda.They're also all very 'Corrie'." The actress who played the first Rovers landlady, Annie Walker, was called Doris Speed so there's obviously something in my DNA that means these baby names keep happening!" She added: "People have said before that Albert and Hilda sound like two childhood sweethearts writing to each other during the war.
Now Doris is the aunty who's come to join them." Jennie hasn't ruled out having a fourth child and even revealed she loves giving birth so much, she's considered becoming a midwife.
She confessed: "I was bringing someone else into our family and that felt like the most special thing in the world. It actually makes me want to become a midwife.
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