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Jasmine Allday

Corrie star teases future Emmerdale role as she discusses 'dream' storyline on soap

Coronation Street star Sair Khan has teased a potential future role on Emmerdale.

The actress, 34 - who plays Alya Nazir on the ITV soap - has admitted she could one day join the channel's "sister" soap, revealing she is from Leeds and so felt she'd fit in better with the Yorkshire cast.

Her Corrie character Alya has been part of some huge scenes during her time on the Manchester-based soap including her grandmother Yasmeen's terrible ordeal at the hands of evil Geoff and her brother's drama with their family restaurant Speed Daal, but she could be heading for the Dales one day as she opened up about her family connection to the show.

Sair plays Alya on the ITV soap (ITV)

"If I could appear on any soap it would probably be Emmerdale, because it’s our sister show - sister or cousin," she said as she spoke to the Daily Star about a potential future role on the ITV soap.

"My grandparents are from Leeds and I’m from Leeds, so really I should be on Emmerdale but I’m accidentally on Corrie!"

But for the meantime, Sair is sticking with her Corrie role and she teased some "exciting" things ahead.

Sair with her Corrie co-stars and Pride of Manchester winners (Getty Images)

"Well my dream storyline, actually, I think it might just be about to happen!" she said.

"I had a chat with the producer last week and we’re taking things in a really different direction. Something really unexpected happens and it changes Alya’s perspective on everything, so it’s a future that wasn’t expected but I’m really excited about it."

Back in 2019, Sair admitted she avoids reading soap fans' opinions on her.

Alya has been at the heart of some big storylines on Corrie (ITV)

"The way I deal with it has definitely changed over time. At the beginning I read everything. I was looking at the hashtags for Corrie and my name, I just wanted to know it all," she explained.

"Then I realised that’s not a true reflection of how I feel about the work and of what other people think. A lot of it can be negative, and you can be a sucker for punishment when you start in this industry and you don’t know how it works."

She added: "No. Now I very rarely go on Twitter, I don’t have the app. In terms of Instagram, my friend was on my phone the other day and looked at who I follow and said ‘Sair, your Instagram feed is just photos of people’s homes and nature and life-affirming quotes.’ Well, good. You have to tune out all the bad stuff. But people do forget it’s fiction."

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