She landed a career-making role in Coronation Street fifteen years ago.
And even though she’s become one of the best-loved actresses in Britain – Michelle Keegan says she still can’t get used to being famous.
The award winning performer, 35, who is currently starring in a new BBC 1950s drama Ten Pound Poms in Australia, has gone on to star in prime-time dramas such as Our Girl and Brassic.
Down to earth: Michelle Keegan says she still can’t get used to being famous despite being a household name
Speaking to The Sun, the former soap star revealed how she still hadn’t adjusted to becoming a household name.
‘Even now, 15 years on, you never get used to being famous.’ she said.
‘One minute I walked out of the Coronation Street gates and no one knew who I was.
‘Then, as soon as my first scenes were on screen, I remember walking out the gates and getting stopped and asked for an autograph. I had no idea how to sign an autograph.’
Soap star: Michelle landed a career-making role as Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street fifteen years ago
The businesswoman has also been kept busy working with online retailer Very and recently released a new collection with the brand.
Michelle, who married TOWIE star Mark Wright on 24 May 2015 is now also set to move into their £3.5million Essex mansion which they have been renovating for two years.
However, despite all the fame and fortune – the TV favourite said she does struggle with some of the negative comments which she gets on social media.
She says: ‘Luckily I don’t get it much. The only time it gets to me is when it’s about work because you could have a thousand lovely comments, and then you could have one negative comment, and that one negative stays with you.
Loved-up: Michelle married TOWIE star Mark Wright on 24 May 2015
‘With time you build a thick skin. I don’t know if that’s being in the public eye or just an age thing where I just don’t care about false stories as much.
‘It can be frustrating, but I know that it will pass and that it won’t change the opinions of those people that matter to me. I just bury it and get on with my day. There’s other more important things to worry about.’
Michelle has been Down Under filming since mid-May while having regular Zoom chats with Mark.
Down under: Michelle recently jetted off to Australia while teasing an exciting project which has now been revealed as new six-part series Ten Pound Poms
Having celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary in May the couple are still very much loved-up with her reality star husband having his own unique nickname for her,
‘My husband’s nickname for me is Treacle Pants.
‘I’m sorry to say I don’t have a nickname for him. I wish I could say I do, but I genuinely don’t.’
Exciting: Michelle gave a glimpse into her work life as she soaked up the sun on the beach while reading over her script
Michelle recently jetted off to Australia while teasing an exciting project which has now been revealed as new six-part series Ten Pound Poms.
The show will tell the story of a group of British migrants who swap post-war Britain for Australia in the mid-1950s.
A friend of Michelle’s told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre TV column: ‘Michelle has always had one big dream, which is appearing in a period drama and ‘Ten Pound Poms’ will let her dip her toe in those past times.
The project will see Michelle once again team up with writer Danny Brocklehurst, who worked with the star on ‘Ordinary Lies’ – her first TV drama after she departed Coronation Street in 2014 – and Sky comedy Brassic, in which she plays Erin Croft.
Danny has told how the show asks questions about ‘success and failure, identity, parenthood and belonging’.
He explained: ‘It is a big, bold character piece about what it means to start again, to be an outsider in a new land. It asks questions about success and failure, identity, parenthood and belonging.
‘The assisted migration programme is a little-known part of British and Australian history but offers endless stories about the people who travelled to the other side of the world in search of a better life.’
From 1945 to 1972 more than a million UK migrants relocated to Australia to help populate the country, through a scheme devised by the Australian and British governments, and they became known as the Ten Pound Poms.
Michelle recently reunited with her husband Mark Wright after spending eight weeks apart while the actress is filming.
Back together: Michelle and her husband Mark Wright recently reunited for a romantic date day after spending eight weeks apart while the actress filmed her new BBC drama in Australia
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