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Katie Fitzpatrick

ITV Coronation Street's Alexandra Mardell looks sensational as she poses in bikini on fairytale break after leaving soap

Corrie favourite Alexandra Mardell looked sensational as she relaxed on a fairytale break after leaving the famous cobbles.

Alexandra has filmed her final scenes on Coronation Street after playing bubbly Emma Brooker for four years.

And the 28-year-old star, with her fiance Joe Parker, has been enjoying some down time after being busy at the centre of the drama as part of a major death cover-up storyline.

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Alexandra shared snaps of herself on Instagram looking stunning in a green patterned bikini as she poured a bottle of champagne.

She toasted her down time in the Lake Distict (Alexandra Mardell/Instagram)

The soap actress was all smiles as she raised a toast while kicking back in a hot tub with stunning views in the picturesque village of Grasmere in the Lake District.

"Just a spot of rest for the wicked," she wrote with a collection of snaps on her Instagram.

"In the cutest fairytale cottage ever!

"Thanks so much to Carys at @sykescottages for your help and finding our perfect little escape #maryscottage."

lynda.angus commented: "Absolutely beautiful."

hughestracey995 wrote: "Beautiful."

And mand_fox said: "Looks absolutely stunning enjoy yourselves x"

It was announced earlier this month that Alexandra would be leaving the soap for pastures new.

Her final scenes as Emma aren't set to air until April but Alexandra spent her last day on set.

The actress said she 'ugly cried as soon as her final scene was completed.

And she received a special leaving gift from team Corrie - a silver necklace engraved with the date of her first appearance on the cobbles 20.04.18.

At her leaving do she was joined by co-stars including Simon Gregson who plays her on-screen father Steve McDonald.

And she said she had 'face ache from smiling.'

He character made her debut in Weatherfield as an apprentice hairdresser at Audrey Roberts' salon.

Most recently Emma has been covering up the death of an elderly man called Ted with her best friend Faye Windass after they accidentally ran him down during Faye's driving lesson on new year's day.

The girls found him dead in his armchair after taking him home instead of calling an ambulance.

Faye has since confessed everything to her police officer boyfriend Craig and he quit the force after deciding to stand by his girlfriend.

Meanwhile, Emma was at Ted's funeral - despite Faye warning her not to go - and ended up talking to Ted's heartbroken grandson.

When she first arrived in Weatherfield she had no idea that she was working and living on the same street as her biological father Steve as it emerged that his ex Fiona Middleton was her mum.

Faye and Emma ran over Ted (ITV)

At Christmas she went through heartache when her fiance Curtis Delamere, who suffered factitious disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, was wrongly accused of stealing £100,000 meant for a charity in memory of her half brother Oliver Battersby.

She sent him packing on what was meant to be their wedding day only to discover that he had been innocent all along and the money had gone through later due to a technical fault.

Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod confirmed the Ted storyline will ultimately lead to to Emma's exit.

“Big-hearted Emma has found herself in a massive pickle - one which will ultimately cause her to wave goodbye to the cobbles," said Iain.

"At least for now… Alexandra has been pure Corrie gold since the first moment she lit up the screen in 2018 and I am sure viewers will miss Emma’s sunny, silly sweetness as much as I will.

"She has left a memorable impression on the Street and I wish Alexandra all the best in the next chapter of her career.”

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