Coronation Street actress Ruxandra Porojnicu has treated soap fans to a behind the scenes glimpse as she filmed her scenes as Alina Pop.
Ruxandra, who has played Alina in Corrie for two years, showed her transformation into her character in a video diary shared on YouTube.
Dressed casually in a grey T-shirt and make-up free, she talked into the camera as she prepared for work.
"Let's go back to the studios and get changed into Alina Pop," she said.
The 27-year-old then filmed herself in her dressing room as she reappeared as Alina in a floral patterned blue shirt and white trousers, which she confessed isn't her own style.
"Ready to go for today's scene," she said, showing fans her outfit in the mirror.
"White trousers. I never wear white trousers."
Alina has caused controversy by falling for mechanic Tyrone Dobbs, who has left his fiancee Fiz Stape to start a new life with the younger woman.
Father-of-two Tyrone prompted the wrath of his grandmother Evelyn Plummer in Monday night's double bill by buying assorted cups for his new coffee machine with Alina while struggling to buy shoes for daughters Hope and Ruby.
To make ends meet he's now taken on a second job as a delivery driver for shop owner Dev Alahan.
The Alina and Tyrone love story has divided opinion among viewers.
They've taken to social media to have their say.
"I loved Alina but this storyline’s just making me go off her," said one fan.
"She just doesn’t seem like the character we had a few months ago."
"Don’t think I could ever get used to Tyrone and Alina together," complained another.
And another remarked: "Very kind of Alina to make a special dinner to celebrate the fact that Tyrone is now so skint he's had to take a second job as a grocery shop's delivery boy to make ends meet."
But another viewer said: "I like Alina and Tyrone together. Alina seems to make Tyrone so happy, happier than Fiz ever did."
"A coffee machine with pods, awww Alina," commented another.
Alina, who previously dated the late Seb Franklin, moved to Coronation Street after being transported to the UK from Romania by a human trafficking ring.
She was rescued from the traffickers and found love with handyman Seb after he was assigned to a job at the salon where she worked.
The following year Alina returned to the street to find Seb had moved on with Emma Brooker.
Alina was invited to move into the pair's flat after securing a job at the Underworld factory.
When Emma split from Seb the girls continued to share the flat and the beautician is now planning to buy it with her new man.
