Becky Granger

Infobox soap character
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series = Coronation Street
name = Becky Granger
portrayer = Katherine Kelly



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first = 5 February 2006
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residence = 11 Coronation Street
born = 1980
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romances = Jason Grimshaw
occupation = Barmaid, "Rovers Return Inn" pub and also cafe attendant

Rebecca "Becky" Granger is a fictional character on the popular British ITV1 soap opera "Coronation Street", and is played by actress Katherine Kelly. [http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/ftol/BeckyGrainger2.html]

Background

Becky is the obsessive former friend of Kelly Crabtree, whom she framed for theft at Underworld. Kelly encountered her out on the streets living rough while she was out to dinner with Lloyd Mullaney in early 2006. Following her betrayal of Kelly she fled the street leaving Kelly to face the consequences. Becky returned in November 2006, when she met Hayley Cropper, her former workmate, who was teaching at an ex-offenders literacy class. After being reconciled with Hayley, she promised Hayley that she'd cleaned up her act, and was offered employment at Roy's Rolls Cafe on a trial period. However, it was not long before she soon began breaking objects, threatening customers and stealing money from the till.

On 17 June 2008 the actress and character impressed bosses and signed her for a further 12 months. [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/06/17/katherine-kelly-gets-another-12-months-as-coronation-street-s-becky-89520-20610153/] Actress Katherine Kelly stated in an interview with female first that she loves her character's 'trailer trash' appearance. [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/Coronation+Street-51906.html]

torylines

In January 2007, a prison acquaintance of Becky's, who went by the name of "Slug" came to the street, much to the discomfort of Becky initially. After drinking at The Rovers some days later, she agreed to joyride Roy and Hayley's newly acquired vintage Morris Minor with him. After appearing late for work the next day and Roy hearing from the police that the car had been recovered with her coat on the back seat, she ended up taking the blame for the crime, consequentally losing their trust and subsequently her job.

After begging Hayley for forgiveness by gift offering, Hayley adamantly refused. Not long after that, Roy's cafe caught fire whilst Roy and Hayley were in The Rovers. Cab driver Lloyd went in to see if anyone was trapped inside and carried Becky out of the flames. With Becky being the only person to appeared to have been in there at the time, incorrect assumptions were made that she was responsible. The next day Becky showed up at the Rovers to once again beg for forgiveness to Hayley because she was innocent, but Hayley told her what she thought of her and assumed that everything that came out of her mouth was a lie.

Later on, Hayley was assured that arson was not the reason for the fire, and that it was merely an electrical fault in the deep fryer, proving Becky's innocence. Hayley apologised for doubting Becky. After a small heart-to-heart, Hayley and Becky decided to remain friends and Hayley offered Becky her job back at Roy's Rolls, to which Becky accepted.

When Hayley found out she had a son, instead of confiding in her husband Roy, she confided in Becky. Becky suggested that Hayley hired a private detective who ended up tracking down Hayley's son Christian Gately and found out that he owned a music shop. On 1st October Becky went round to the music shop, where she confronted and then attacked Christian, getting her revenge on him for rejecting Hayley. Once Becky calmed down she pointed out to Christian what a nice person Hayley was, and that Hayley would never have set out to hurt him on purpose.

Becky, on numerous occasions, flirted with Jason Grimshaw. When New Years Eve came, on the stroke of midnight Becky and Jason shared a lingering kiss in the back of the pub. On February 4, 2008, Becky and Jason slept with each other. On March 24 she moved in with Roy as lodger. She also began a full time relationship with Jason. On June 11 Becky cheated on Jason with Steve McDonald [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1257435.ece] after Jason kept on avoiding her and Steve had a row with his girlfriend Michelle Connor. The following morning Roy caught them, so Steve claimed that he'd lost the keys to the Rover's and Becky had offered him a stay.

Becky is now living as a lodger at Jason's after Roy had thrown her out, and Becky and Jason went on a holiday together as soon as moving in. They returned to the news that Steve and Michelle had broken up. Becky then tried to get them back together but failed. However, the couple reconciled some time later. [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/frontpageshowbiz/2008/06/17/katherine-kelly-gets-another-12-months-as-coronation-street-s-becky-89520-20610153/]

Becky became the 50th barmaid at the Rovers Return at the end of June 2008 and the actress revealed she had already had real life experience as a barmaid. [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a94218/corrie-star-promises-heated-pub-scenes.html DigitalSpy.co.uk] ] [http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-showbiz-news/entertainment-news/2008/06/29/coronation-street-barmaid-katherine-kelly-on-her-real-life-training-78057-20625929/]

In October, 2008 Jason and Becky found an apartment together, however, Jason was secretly back in contact with estranged wife Sarah. When he heard that Sarah was thinking of coming home to Weatherfield he swiftly dumped a heartbroken Becky. She attacked Jason when she later saw him in the Rovers and embarked on a "David Platt" rampage of violence. She stole a girl's purse in a nightclub, flashed her breasts at a group of passing lads and vandalised a travel agents window and a police car. Steve later found her and brought her back to Roy's where she poured her heart out. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a129214/corrie-prepares-for-dramatic-fight-scene.html] [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a129221/corries-becky-does-a-david-platt.html]

Later that week when Becky was brought in for questioning by the police, she encountered an adversary from her past called DC Hooch who had arrested her for a criminal offence some years previously. Not knowing what else to do, she told him that she was having an affair with Steve McDonald and that she was with him on the night in question. She went to Steve after she was released from the station and told him that he had to provide her with an alibi or else she would tell Michelle about their one-night-stand.

References

External links

* [http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/ftol/BeckyGrainger2.html Becky Grainger at ITV Soaps]
* [http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/coronation_street/whos_who/becky_grainger Becky Granger at What's On TV]