It’s been 14 years since Suranne Jones left the role that made her a household name as Coronation Street’s Karen McDonald. Although she’s since gone on to wow us all in gripping dramas like Unforgiven and Doctor Foster, it looks like she could be making a return to the soap to sort out on-screen ex Steve.
Karen and Steve’s fiery relationship played out over four years and had viewers hooked when Tracy Barlow crashed their wedding to reveal that Steve was the father of her daughter Amy.
GALLERY: A brief history of Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow's relationship on Coronation Street
A brief history of Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow's relationship on Coronation Street (slider)
1 of 9Steve, Karen and Tracy's love triangle
After initially being married to Karen, Steve had a one night stand with Tracy after he and Karen separated in 2003.
2 of 9Tracy reveals Steve is the father of her baby
She revealed Steve was the father on his ACTUAL WEDDING DAY to Karen when they decided to give it another go, which left Karen distraught but she forgave him and they got on with their lives.
3 of 9Tracy gets pregnant
Tracy then became pregnant, and for some strange reason we can't quite remember pretended it was ROY'S baby (why oh why). She gave birth to her baby, whom Roy named Patience (bleh) but was renamed Amy when Tracy decided she wanted to give motherhood a go.
4 of 9Karen and Steve break up
...Or tried to, but Tracy was determined to split them up because she secretly fancied him. She was finally successful a year later and they gave things a go.
5 of 9Tracy and Steve date
But their romance is short-lived when Tracy discovers that he's only dating her to get custody of Amy.
6 of 9Steve marries Becky
It all goes a bit quiet for Steve and Tracy as Tracy is sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing her abusive boyfriend Charlie, and Steve marries Becky. But Becky and Tracy obviously don't see eye to eye and end up fighting ALL THE TIME.
7 of 9Tracy gets pregnant with twins
At some point during all this, Steve and Becky break up and Tracy gets pregnant with Steve's baby AGAIN - but this time it's twins. Sadly, Tracy suffers a miscarriage but pretends to Steve that Becky pushed her down the stairs and caused it.
8 of 9Steve and Tracy divorce
So close, but yet so far! Steve and Tracy do marry, but Becky gets ahold of Tracy's medical records which prove she did not cause the miscarriage and they divorce a year later
9 of 9Tracy and Steve are friends... Or are they more?
Fast forward through the Michelle years and Steve and Tracy are FINALLY in a good place, and can call each other friends. But is there more to this than meets the eye?
After leaving the show, when Karen was dramatically dumped on Boxing Day, Suranne said she was "gobsmacked” to find out that Steve had been up to his old tricks and had a baby with Leanne Battersby, while on a break from Michelle Connor.
She said while she doesn't have time to keep up with the soap, she is still friends with Corrie stars Jennie McAlpine and Antony Cotton, so she catches up through them, but she didn’t know Steve had a baby.
Surrane is keen for a soap comeback to confront no-good Steve and it looks like it could coincide with a fundraiser for Comic Relief. She revealed she would consider returning if it raised a lot of money for charity.
After winning Best Drama Performance at last month’s National Television Awards for her role as Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster, we’re sure soap fans would love to see Suranne make a big return to the cobbles. Corrie producers, please make it happen!
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