Overview
- Leach appears as Mimi McQuinn in Channel 5’s The Good Ship Murder, airing at 9pm on Tuesday, January 6.
- She described the character as confident and often rude, calling the part both the most challenging and the most fun she has taken on.
- This marks her first on-screen acting role since leaving Coronation Street in 2023 after more than a decade as Faye Windass.
- Her Instagram announcement drew supportive messages from industry peers including Colson Smith, Angela Scanlon, Catherine Tyldesley and Vito Coppola.
- Since departing the soap she won Strictly Come Dancing and toured in Cluedo 2, while The Good Ship Murder continues its guest-star tradition alongside series regular Shayne Ward.