Madelaine Newton appeared on Coronation Street intermittently between March and November 1997 as Mary McKenna, mother of police officer Alan McKenna.
Her other credits include roles in Second City Firsts, When the Boat Comes In, The Spoils of War; Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Inspector Morse, Portrait of a Marriage, Peak Practice, The Cinder Path, Boon, Grange Hill, Tilly Trottrt, Table 12 and Dogtown.
She is married to the actor Kevin Whately, who himself appeared on Coronation Street.
