List of Coronation Street Characters (2000) - Amy Goskirk

Amy Goskirk is an ex-girlfriend of Dev Alahan's who follows him to Weatherfield from Birmingham. Dev is instantly hostile towards her and physically throws her out of his shop. Spotted crying by her car by Norris Cole, he takes her for a drink in the Rovers whereupon she overhears landlady Natalie Barnes talking about the need to employ another barmaid and she gets taken on after telling of her work experience.

Amy works hard upon attracting the sympathy of the residents, much to the disdain of Dev. Everyone takes the side of Amy when she says that she and Dev were engaged to be married but his devoutly religious family were against the union. In addition, she claims that he cheated on her with other women and now she is pregnant. Dev calls her bluff and agrees to marry her on condition that she proves the existence of the baby. She happily agrees but then claims that her scan was cancelled. No one but Dev is able to see through her lies.

Leanne Battersby provides a sympathetic shoulder for Amy to cry on when they share their troubles with each other, Leanne confiding in Amy about her drug problems and Amy telling of her parents’ death when she was a child in a boating accident (the story told to Vera Duckworth was that it was car accident). Amy winds up Leanne by telling her that Dev is forcing her to have an abortion and Leanne, in her anger, turns the majority of the women, and some of the men, against Dev.

Amy suddenly disappears for almost two weeks, leaving behind a suicide note. Leanne reports her disappearance to the police, who ask Dev to identify a recently discovered body. It isn’t Amy but even his conviction that the threat was an empty one starts to be shaken. His relief when she reappears, complete with bandaged wrists from an attempt to cut her wrists, is evident, however, his business starts to suffer as people begin to turn against him more than ever. He resolves to put an end to the situation and cons Amy into thinking that he really does have feelings for her. He turns up in the Rovers that night and, while chatting quietly to her under the glaring eyes of the other regulars, suddenly starts to rip her bandages off for all to see - as he suspects, there are no wounds. The residents are outraged that they’d been deceived, Leanne in particular, but all she gets for her sympathy is a mouthful of abuse and the fact that she is a recovering drug addict broadcast across the pub. Amy disappears from the Street, never to be seen again.