Lynn Roden

Lynn Roden played two parts in Coronation Street: in June 2000 she appeared as Brenda Kingston, the mother of Sam Kingston who was horrified when she saw that her son was the male stripper in the Rovers under his stage name of The Masked Python. In October 2003 she reappeared in the programme as Terri Metcalfe, a tarot card reader at the Rovers' Hallowe'en evening.

She is an ex-chef and graduated from Salford University with a BA (Hons) in Media Performance where she appeared in various roles for their Aspects Theatre Company in productions such as The Crucible and Whale Music. Appearing under variations of her name (Lyn Roden, Lynn Rodan and Lynn Rodden) she has also appeared on television in Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Last of the Summer Wine, Phoenix Nights and five episodes of The Cops in the role of Teresa Farla. Further stage roles include Cake at the Manchester Theatre Festival and Salt of the Earth for the Hull Truck Theatre.