Coronation Street actress Ruxandra Porojnicu was clearly feeling the love on social media after one particular fan reached out to her.
The 28-year-old soap star - who plays the role of Alina Pop in the ITV show - took to Instagram to share a mirror selfie as she returned from a workout.
Clutching a healthy-looking green juice and a bag containing a blue yoga mat, Ruxandra posed for the snap in an elevator.
A second picture showed off her delicious looking lunch, and she captioned the post: “#hotyoga and #goodfood + green smoothies. My day is sorted.”
Ruxandra's 49.9k followers were quick to like and comment on the photos, but it was one particular statement that caught the Romanian star's attention.
One woman wrote: "My 6 year old said, mummy alina doesn't sound like the other people so I told her about how you came from another country and she is fascinated!! X."
Ruxandra liked the comment and replied saying: "ah!!! thank you!!!," followed by several red heart emojis.
When the dark-haired actress arrived in in the UK as an immigrant in 2015, she had never even seen Coronation Street before.
Ruxandra has previously revealed that she moved abroad with just £300 her pocket to start a new life and says she could have ended up in a similar situation to her character Alina.
Nail technician Alina first appeared on Corrie in April 2019 and was a victim of a slavery ring which made her work at a nail bar against her will.
A cruel human trafficking operation forced her to work long hours for barely any money, which she had to give back to her handlers while living in squalid conditions.
After the truth about her enslavement came to light, Alina flew home to Romania.
However, she returned to Weatherfield the following year and in March she fell for mechanic Tyrone Dobbs, who was engaged to Fiz Stape, after lodging with the couple and their daughters Hope and Ruby.
Ruxandra, from Bucharest, actually worked as a cleaner on a construction site when she first arrived in London.
"I grew up with the Rocky films and believe in fighting for my dream and that's why I'm acting," she previously told Manchester Evening News.
"I started modelling jobs, extra work and commercials. I built a portfolio and got my agent."
She added: "Sometimes I feel ashamed to say I didn't have a TV so didn't watch Coronation Street, and back home in Romania it wasn't streamed."
