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Angie Appleton was the estranged wife of Jude Appleton and mother of George.

Angie met and married Jude in 2016, and the pair moved to South Africa where they both began working, Angie as an accountant and Jude, allegedly, as a marine biologist. In 2017, she gave birth to George and the three of them moved to Coronation Street, Weatherfield after Jude reconnected with his birth mother, Mary Taylor.

While in Weatherfield, Angie battled postnatal depression, during which she falsely accused Mary of harming George. A year into their new lives, she found out that Jude wasn't really a marine biologist and had been living a lie. His habitual lies destroyed the trust between the pair and ultimately led to their split. In 2019, Angie returned to her old accounting job in South Africa, leaving Weatherfield with George.

Biography[]

1986-2017: Domestic bliss in South Africa[]

Born in March 1986, Angie eventually met and fell in love with a man who claimed to be a highly paid marine biologist: Jude Appleton. Angie was more attracted to Jude's intelligence and ambition than to Jude himself, noting that he was not the usual sort of man she would go for. The pair married in 2016 and moved to South Africa. In December 2016, Jude returned to England to track down his birth mother Mary Taylor, having been abandoned at birth after being conceived of rape. However, Angie did not accompany Jude, due to being heavily pregnant and unable to fly, and celebrated Christmas alone.

Jude decided to invite his mother to live with him and his wife in South Africa, without consulting Angie first, though his plans fell through when Mary decided that she wouldn't be able to leave her friends behind. Angie gave birth to George in early 2017, however she was left confused as to why she was unable to bond with her son - unbeknown to her, she was suffering from postnatal depression.

2017: Moving to Weatherfield and postnatal depression[]

In August 2017, Jude discovered that his mother was getting married to Norris Cole, in actuality a ploy to win a wedding competition that was offering an around-the-world cruise. Jude insisted that he, Angie and George would attend and Mary was forced to keep up the pretence that she and Norris were a loving couple.

Angie and Jude

2017: Angie, Jude and George start their life in Weatherfield

In the build-up to the wedding, Angie began spending time with her mother-in-law and started to realise that she was acting strangely. However, despite Angie's observations the wedding day went ahead successfully. Only at the after-party in the Rovers Return did the truth finally reveal itself as Angie noticed Mary's change in behaviour, when Jude told her that he wanted to find out more about his father, and was informed that Jude had been conceived following rape. Jude overheard the emotional conversation and, despite at first being angry and upset, understood why Mary had kept the truth hidden from him.

Finally feeling that she could unburden herself of all her secrets, Mary told the pair that her and Norris had entered the 'Mr & Mrs' competition, to get round-the-world tickets to visit Jude in South Africa, and that the wedding was not genuine. Jude forgave Mary and confessed that he had been thinking of moving to Weatherfield. This irritated an unknowing Angie, who hadn't been included in her husband's decision. The pair went back to South Africa, and returned permanently in October - moving into 3 Coronation Street with Norris. Angie remained extremely unhappy about the move from her stable life in South Africa to Coronation Street but was unable to confide in her husband. Angie and Toyah Battersby soon struck up a friendship and she was happy to have someone to confess her feelings to.

However, despite now having a friend that she could open up to, Angie's problems got increasingly worse as Mary began to interfere with her parenting. When George began to repeatedly fall ill in Mary's care, Angie started to suspect that her mother-in-law was harming him. Finally making her feelings clear to Jude, Angie demanded that the pair return to South Africa. However, George fell ill once again and the pair ended up missing their flight rushing their son to Weatherfield General.

As Mary attempted to visit George in hospital, Angie furiously reported her to the police for harming her son. However, it was later revealed that George was allergic to pollen, a reaction triggered when he spent time with Mary due to her job as a florist at Preston's Petals. An upset Angie blamed herself for not noticing George's condition sooner, and was forced to reveal to the doctor that she had felt unable to bond with her child. He informed her that a possible reason for this was postnatal depression. Feeling apologetic to Mary, Angie decided to remain in Weatherfield.

2018: Discovering the truth about Jude[]

Making the most of her life in Weatherfield, Angie began to put herself about as an accountant and was hired by Tracy Barlow to work on the books at Preston's Petals and then later by Adam Barlow in a permanent role at Barlow Legal Services. However, in May 2018 Angie was delivered a massive shock; she learnt that her husband was unemployed and had been pretending to be a marine biologist for the whole two years that they had been together.

Disgusted with Jude and sick of Mary defending his actions, Angie began to drink alone and ended up kissing Adam, her boss. Instead of encouraging her, Adam made Angie see that the kiss was a drunken mistake and that she still loved her husband. Returning home, Angie admitted to Jude about her kiss with Adam. The pair agreed to try to move on from it and all of Jude's lies. However, Angie was unable to look at her husband the same way again; she had lost all of the love and respect she once had for him. Secretly attending counselling sessions over the course of a couple of months to address their problems, the pair both tried hard to keep their family together for George's sake.

Ultimately in August, Angie decided that the relationship no longer worked and told Jude that they were over. Jude, who had discovered that his mother had been planning a spontaneous vow renewal for the pair, asked Angie to wait another day until they went public with their split and she reluctantly agreed.

Angie and Jude 2

2018: Angie finishes with Jude following his attempt to trap her with a vow renewal

On the day of the vow renewal, Jude had Angie lured to the reception at Speed Daal by her colleague Imran Habeeb. Upon arriving, Angie was greeted by a whole host of her friends and was left feeling humiliated by the whole thing. She felt she was being forced into going ahead with the ceremony as she believed that it had been organised completely by Mary and was a surprise for Jude as well. However, when Mary let slip that Jude had been in on the renewal for longer than she thought, Angie eventually decided that she wouldn't be able to go through with it and publicly announced their split.

Later, Angie was left impressed when Jude seemingly saved Roy Cropper's life after he suffered an allergic reaction from a wasp sting - however, it was really Ali Neeson who provided the medical assistance. When Roy entered Jude into the Weatherfield Good Samaritan Awards, Angie regained the spark that she once had for her husband and the pair began to get along again, with Jude believing that she would eventually take him back if he kept up his latest lie. In September, Jude announced to his family that he was planning on training to be a paramedic to continue his life-saving work. This announcement led to Roy offering Jude £2,500 to thank him for his good deed. Ali was furious to hear that Jude had been taking the credit for his good deed and became even more enraged when he discovered that he had accepted a large sum of money from Roy.

Ali threatened to expose Jude's lies unless he gave Roy his money back. Jude, fearing for his relationship with Angie, agreed to return the cash - which he did in Ali's presence at Roy's Rolls. However, after Ali had left, Jude explained to Roy that the money would not be enough to get him onto the training course that he desired and persuaded him to cough up £5,000. It only took until the following month for Jude's lies to backfire on him when Roy revealed to Angie and Mary that Jude had started his training course - but when Mary got in contact with the facility she discovered that he had not signed on to any course whatsoever. This, paired with Yasmeen Nazir's testimony that Jude collapsed at the sight of blood when she cut her finger, led to Mary discovering Jude's latest lies. Unable to cover for him as she had done with his original lies, Mary prepared to reveal everything to Angie, however Jude assaulted her in a fit of rage to prevent her from doing so.

Now fearing her son, Mary confessed all to Roy and the pair barged into Speed Daal, where the Good Samaritan Award ceremony was taking place. The pair explained Jude's guilt to a shocked Angie, who once again exposed him in a public spectacle. Geoff Metcalfe, who had been hosting the event, stripped Jude of his Good Samaritan title and Angie revealed that she wanted him to leave No.3. When it was time to leave, Jude abducted his son and attempted to flee on a tram, although Roy was able to persuade him not to take George with him. Angie was left devastated by George's disappearance but was indebted to Roy when he returned him safe and sound. Following Jude's departure Angie announced her immediate plans to divorce Jude, much to Mary's disappointment as she was still unable to accept that he had gone.

2018-2019: Moving on from Jude and Weatherfield[]

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2018: Angie is called upon to identify a body that the police believe to be her husband

Over the coming months Mary attempted to track down her son, much to Angie's annoyance, and in November the pair were called to identify a body that the police believed could be Jude. Angie decided that she would identify the body alone, to prevent Mary from potentially having to see her son on the slab. The body was not Jude, but this caused Mary to note that Angie was still harbouring feelings for her son and was glad that he wasn't dead, though Angie dismissed these claims.

In January 2019, Mary was able to track Jude down to a B&B in Blackpool after enlisting the help of a Private Detective. However Jude, now pretending to be an orthopedic surgeon, hadn't changed from his old ways and swindled his mother out of £800 by telling her he needed the money for his hotel bill. Mary at first decided against telling Angie about her husband's latest antics, but when she discovered from Rita Tanner that Angie had been offered a job by her old boss back in South Africa, Mary revealed the truth and told Angie that she would support her decision to leave.

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2019: Angie bids farewell to Mary as she and George leave the street

Still unsure about leaving Mary on her own, Angie was eventually persuaded that Mary would be fine as she still had friends on the street, but revealed the shocking news that her boss was holding flights for her flying out the next day. Mary revealed that she planned to make the most of her time left with Angie and George, and also made it clear that she would save enough money to come out and visit them when they were settled. On 7th January 2019, Angie and George departed. Mary offered to gather all her friends around for a final goodbye, but she declined.

Personality[]

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Relationships[]

George Appleton[]

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2017: Angie is relieved when she discovers the truth about her son's ill health

Having given birth to George in early 2017, Angie was left unsure as to why she was unable to bond with her son. When Jude decided to relocate the family to Weatherfield, Angie became increasingly irritated with her mother-in-law Mary Cole's interference with her parenting, resenting Mary's natural connection with George. Eventually, Angie stepped up and attempted to protect George when she believed that he was being harmed by Mary - as he always seemed to fall ill in her presence. Upon the revelation that George was allergic to pollen, Angie was left horrified by her actions, having reported Mary to the police for child abuse, and admitted her own inability to bond with George. Ultimately, Angie agreed to seek help and was informed that she was suffering from postnatal depression.

Over the next few months Angie gained the ability to connect with her son and later, after discovering that Jude had been misleading her the entire time that they had been together, she nevertheless ttempted to mend her marriage in order to save George from the potential fall-out. However, when Angie and Jude's relationship ended for good, Angie was frantic with worry when she realised that Jude had abducted her son. Fortunately, Roy Cropper had accosted Jude at the tram station and brought George back to his relieved and grateful mother. In 2019, Angie secured her old job back in South Africa, hoping to ensure the best future for her son.

Jude Appleton[]

Angie and Jude argue

2017: Angie argues with Jude as she fears that Mary is harming their son

Despite only having met in 2016, Angie and Jude's relationship moved extremely fast and the pair had married, moved to South Africa and were expecting a child by the time the year was out. The first signs that something was amiss with their relationship came when Jude left Angie, heavily pregnant, at Christmas in December 2016 to travel back to England in order to reconnect with his birth mother. However, Angie did not criticise Jude too much for this as she recognised that getting closure about his biological family would be a massive step for him. Unbeknown to Angie, Jude had offered Mary the chance to come and live with them in South Africa (although she declined as she didn't want to be separated from her friends) and this trait of making big decisions without consulting his wife continued throughout 2017 when he announced that they would be moving to Weatherfield following their visit in August 2017.

A move halfway across the world was not something Angie was hoping for as she was already dealing with her undiagnosed postnatal depression, struggling to bond with her son as a result, and this decision caused cracks to form in her relationship with Jude as the pair continuously argued. It was only when Angie revealed her belief that Mary was harming George, as he always seemed to become sick in her presence, that the pair saw eye-to-eye and Jude agreed to return to South Africa with his wife. However, it was soon revealed that Mary was not harming her grandchild; as she worked as a florist, the pollen from her clothing was setting off his allergies and causing him to become ill.

When Mary's name was cleared, Angie rethought her outlook and decided to seek help for her postnatal depression and later agreed to remain in Weatherfield. Angie and Jude's relationship looked to be becoming stronger, but this was shattered in May 2018 when she discovered that in the two years she had known Jude, he had never worked as a marine biologist; their entire relationship was built upon lies. Angie attempted to have an affair with her boss Adam as a result of Jude's betrayal, but Adam stopped her and persuaded her she still loved her husband. Disgusted with her actions, she agreed to couples' counselling so that the pair could overcome their marital troubles for the sake of their son.

Attempts to do so failed. During one counselling session Angie confessed that she no longer loved her husband, and later revealed to Jude that she was leaving him. Jude attempted to trap Angie into renewing her vows after putting her on the spot in front of all their friends and family, but she caught on to his plans and exposed him. Despite their relationship now being finished, Angie began to regain admiration for Jude when she believed that he had successfully saved Roy Cropper's life. It later transpired this was just one of his latest lies, and upon discovering the truth Angie kicked Jude out and he departed the street.

Later, Mary wondered if Angie still loved her husband as she showed genuine grief when she was asked to identify a body believed to be Jude's. However, Angie shut down Mary's theory, clarifying that their relationship was definitely over. This was proven when Mary later revealed that Jude had been up to his old tricks again - this time pretending to be an orthopaedic surgeon in Blackpool - and Angie was left unfazed.

Toyah Battersby[]

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2018: Angie seeks advice from her newfound friend Toyah

Upon arriving in Weatherfield, Angie really struggled to acclimatise, as she was suffering from postnatal depression as well as dealing with the a move she hadn't wanted. However, Angie made an instant friendship with Toyah Battersby - another strong, independent woman. Angie used Toyah as someone to unburden herself to, and she was the first person whom she revealed her inability to bond with her son to - Toyah, a counsellor by trade, was able to offer Angie advice which she later took.

Throughout 2018, Angie and Toyah were each other's shoulders to cry on. Toyah gave her opinion to Angie about her husband Jude's lies (with Toyah believing that Jude was a good man but had done something foolish in order to salvage their relationship) while Angie was able to comfort Toyah during her breakup with Peter Barlow (when it was revealed that she was passing off Eva Price's baby Susie as his).

Background information[]

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Actress Victoria Ekanoye joined the cast of Coronation Street in July 2017, and Angie's first scenes were aired in August 2017 before the character returned permanently in October 2017. In December 2018 Coronation Street confirmed Ekanoye was to depart, and Angie and George departed back to South Africa the following month.

First and last lines[]

"Can I just give you that?" (First line, to Norris Cole)

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"As if we could." (Final line, to Mary Cole)

Appendices[]

List of addresses[]

Address Duration
Manchester Unknown to 2016
South Africa 2016 to 13th October 2017
3 Coronation Street 13th October 2017 to 7th January 2019
South Africa 7th January 2019 onwards

Employment history[]

Role Institution Duration
Accountant Parsons, Cape Town, South Africa Unknown to October 2017
Accountant Preston's Petals Unknown to January 2019
Accountant Barlow Legal Services Unknown to January 2019
Accountant Parsons, Cape Town, South Africa January 2019 to present

See also[]

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