Cheryl Gray

Cheryl Gray
Occupation	Waitress
Residence	13 Coronation Street
Spouse(s)	Chris Gray
Children	Russ Gray
First appearance	9th April 2010
Last appearance	18th November 2011
Duration	2010-2011
Number of appearances	147
Played by	Holly Quin-Ankrah

Cheryl Gray is a lap dancer and friend of Leanne Battersby's, as well as a mother to Russ and wife of Russ's father.

Cheryl is friendly but doesn't like people about her private life or profession. When she met up with Leanne for the first time in three years in April 2010, Leanne asked her to come along to the Rovers Return Inn, where Leanne proposed to her partner Peter Barlow. Cheryl was delighted to see Leanne again, and was impressed that she had followed through with her intention to get a more respectable job. In the Rovers, Cheryl flirted with taxi driver Lloyd Mullaney and also attracted the attentions of barman Ciaran McCarthy. Lloyd later drove Cheryl to a street close to her work, but accidentally left her mobile phone in the cab. When Lloyd found it, he drove to where he had dropped Cheryl off, hoping to see her again and return the phone, and was shocked to see her enter a lap dancing club.

Cheryl was standoffish with Lloyd when she realised he had found out her secret but she soon got over it as she had become friends with him. Lloyd wasn't put off by her profession and bargained with her club to secure his firm Street Cars a contract. His interest in Cheryl didn't go unnoticed by his partner Teresa Bryant, who eventually packed her bags and left Weatherfield when she realised her relationship with Lloyd had run its course. Cheryl was surprised when Lloyd tried to kiss her, and gave him the brush-off, embarrassing them both. On their next meeting, Cheryl and Russ were collected by Lloyd, and Cheryl admitted to him that she was married with a son.

Background information

• The character of Cheryl was introduced as a love interest for Lloyd Mullaney.

See also

• Full list of appearances