Jennie McAlpine: Motherhood’s changed me

Jennie McAlpine says motherhood has changed her priorities.
The ‘Coronation Street’ star – who has 16-month-old Albert with her partner Chris Farr – admits she struggles to find the "right balance" between her family life and her job.
She said: "I love my job and I love Albert and in an ideal world, I’d have both all the time. I don’t think you ever feel you’re getting the right balance."
And the 32-year-old actress – who is ­celebrating 15 years on the ITV soap as Fiz Brown – says some of her favourite scenes were with Graeme Hawley, who played her murdering husband John Stape.
Documenting her character’s ups and downs, she added to the Sunday People newspaper: "Alan [Halsall, who plays Tyrone] will not be happy as we don’t mention any exes but I absolutely adored working with Graeme. I loved that story and nobody knew how far it would run.
"It’s one of the three milestones that changed Fiz as a person. She got ­married and had a baby with John and all the horrendousness that went with it, then her surrogate mum Hayley died in front of her almost. Before that she witnessed Tyrone being a victim of domestic violence. Later she became like a mum to his little girl Ruby."