Helen Flanagan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Helen Flanagan
Flanagan in 2014
Born	Helen Joyce Flanagan (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 35) Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actress model television personality
Years active	2000–present
Partner(s)	Scott Sinclair (2009–2022)
Children	3

Helen Joyce Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) is an English actress, model, and television star. She is most famous for playing Rosie Webster in the popular ITV soap opera Coronation Street. A soap opera is a TV show that follows the daily lives of a group of characters.

Helen played Rosie from 2000 to 2012. She later returned to the show in 2017 but left in 2018 to have a baby. She has also appeared on many reality TV shows, where the audience gets to see her as herself, not a character. Some of these shows include I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Celebs Go Dating.

Early Life

Helen Flanagan was born in Bury, Greater Manchester, in England. She went to Westholme School in Blackburn, a town in a county called Lancashire.

Acting Career

Coronation Street

Helen joined the cast of Coronation Street in January 2000, when she was just nine years old. She played the character Rosie Webster. Her acting was so good that she was nominated for awards. In 2006, she was nominated for "Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress" at the British Soap Awards. A year later, she was nominated for "Villain of the Year" for how she played her character.

In 2010, Helen starred in a special show connected to Coronation Street called Coronation Street: A Knights Tale. The next year, she got her own spin-off show called Just Rosie. A spin-off is a new show that focuses on one character from an existing series. This show followed her character Rosie as she tried to become a model in London.

Helen decided to leave Coronation Street in February 2012 to try new things. However, she returned to play Rosie again in 2017 before taking a break in June 2018.

Reality TV and Other Roles

After leaving Coronation Street, Helen became a popular face on reality television.

In 2012, she was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She faced many challenges in the jungle and finished in seventh place. In 2023, she returned for a special series called I'm a Celebrity... South Africa.

She has also appeared on other shows like:

• Celebrity Super Spa (2013), a show set in a beauty salon.
• Holby City (2014), where she played a nurse for one episode.
• Celebs Go Dating (2024), a show where celebrities look for love.

Personal Life

Helen has been open about her health. She has shared that she has been diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder. In 2024, she talked about experiencing a bad reaction to her ADHD medication, which she has since recovered from.

Helen was engaged to the soccer player Scott Sinclair. They were together from 2009 to 2022. Together, they have three children: two daughters and a son.

Main TV Appearances

Here are some of Helen Flanagan's most well-known roles and appearances on television.

See also

In Spanish: Helen Flanagan para niños