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Kate Lally

Dancing On Ice: Sally Dynevor's famous husband and life away from Coronation Street

Corrie's Sally Dynevor has swapped the cobbles for the ice, as she joins the ITV dancing competition.

Sally, who plays a character who shares her name on the much-loved soap, will star in 2022's Dancing On Ice - hosted, as ever, by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

The 58-year-old has been a firm favourite in the cast for decades, becoming involved in many dramatic story-lines over the years.

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Mrs Metcalfe - nee Webster - has been Mayor of Weatherfield, married three times and even been sent to prison.

But even with her long-running TV career, Sally isn't the only famous person in her household.

Her husband, Tim Dynevor, is a scriptwriter, and he wrote for one of Corrie's rivals until 2016.

He was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on Emmerdale in 2008, and his father is former Coronation Street director Gerard Dynevor.

The couple recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 2021, and told OK! magazine: "Well, we've stuck to our vows so there's no need to renew them. I'd like to do another adventure, but with Tim.

"We went to the Maldives after I'd finished my cancer treatment and I'd quite like to go back there."

The actress used to go by her maiden name, Whittaker, professionally, but following her battle with cancer in 2009 and going into remission, she decided to change her name.

"I’d kept Whittaker because everyone knew me as that but it suddenly didn’t seem very important... I want to be Mrs Dynevor and not Sally Whittaker.

"Tim was really pleased. I just wanted to have the same name as my family."

The couple share three children, Phoebe, Harriet and Samuel.

Phoebe Dyvenor played Daphne in the Netflix drama Bridgerton - and has previously admitted being red-faced while watching the show's steamy scenes with her mum.

The 26-year-old has also starred in Waterloo Road and Call My Agent.

Dancing On Ice starts this Sunday (January 16) from 6.30pm on ITV and the ITV Hub.

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