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Jessica Sansome

Corrie stars share sweet double act nickname as they gush over unseen snaps

Coronation Street stars Alexandra Mardell and Ruxandra Porojnicu have shared their sweet double act nickname.

It comes as Alina Pop actress Ruxandra bowed out of the soap after two years.

Ali, who plays barmaid Emma Brooker in the ITV soap, paid tribute to her co-star as her final scenes aired last week.

Alina left after having her heart broken by Tyrone Dobbs.

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The pair's short-lived romance came crashing down after the mechanic confessed to kissing his ex, Fiz Stape.

Alina was also fuming that Tyrone kept the news that daughter Hope had previous when it comes to starting fires after she was the victim of her latest arson attack.

But as she left, Alina dropped the bombshell that she was pregnant, not long after suffering a devastating miscarriage.

Ruxandra Porojnicu, who plays Alina, confirmed she has left the soap on Wednesday night and showed that she and Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone, are friends really as they cuddled for a final snap on the street.

Alina Pop left Weatherfield in final twist last week (ITV)

But Ali also had something to say about her on-screen best pal.

"Cheers to @ruxandraporojnicu," the 28-year-old wrote alongside a series of unseen snaps from cocktail dates and behind-the-scenes on set.

"You’re a superwoman and I miss you already! You’ll smash it."

Alexandra shared some on-set snaps as her on-screen bestie left (Alexandra Mardell Instagram)

Ruxandra, also 28, hit the comments section, writing in response: "Awwwwwwwwwwwwww I’ve just seen this!!! Thank you so much lovely!!!!!!

"See you soon though!!!"

She then added another comment which said '#emmalina ' with a red heart, referring to both their characters.

And fans are going to miss them together.

"Awww will miss your characters together on Corrie," one commented.

Another said: "I’ll miss seeing you two!!"

"I always loved Emma and Alina' s friendship. I have to say I am going to miss Alina/ @ruxandraporojnicu on the street," a third added.

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