List of Coronation Street Characters (2008) - Minnie Chandra

Minnie Chandra, depicted by Poppy Jhakra, first appears on 17 November 2008. Jhakra was added to the soap's cast in a bid to better reflect Manchester's ethnic diversity. She is a college friend of Amber Kalirai and becomes an employee at Prima Doner on Victoria Street. In December 2008, she meets Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), whilst he is fixing her car at the garage. They begin to flirt and Tyrone sells her knock-off perfume. Molly Compton (Vicky Binns), Tyrone's girlfriend looks on as Tyrone and Minnie go for a test drive, leading her to suspect Tyrone is having an affair.

Minnie reappears in late January 2009. Amber Kalirai (Nikki Patel) has taken on work at her father Dev Alahan's (Jimmi Harkishin) kebab shop, Prima Doner, as well as holding down her job at the corner shop, so she can use the wages Dev would be paying her for driving lessons. Dev brings her to the store, where her job has been taken over by Minnie. Knowing Amber's plan had been foiled, Dev swaps their jobs again, sending Minnie to work at Prima Doner.

In June 2009, Minnie becomes friends with Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan) after she almost runs her down, and calls her a "trollop". Rosie decides to tell her first about the £150,000 windfall that she has received from John Stape (Graeme Hawley). The pair then go on a major shopping spree and celebrate later in the Rovers with champagne.

In June 2009, Gary (Mikey North) tries to explain to Minnie's co-worker Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) his side of story of the burglary of Audrey Roberts's (Sue Nicholls) home, which he was involved in, but Tina refuses to listen. Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) then tries to intervene but Gary leaves; Minnie praises Jason for his bravery and asks him out for a drink, to which Jason hesitantly accepts, although he is clearly interested in Tina. Jason gets really drunk when with Minnie and embarrasses himself in front of her. Minnie initially lets him hug and kiss her neck, but she later makes it clear that things aren't going further and leaves the pub.

Minnie is last seen on-screen on 26 October 2009 when she gets Tyrone to fix her car at the garage, she also flirts with him but he tells her to clear off. Minnie hasn't been seen since.