Sarah-Louise Platt

Sarah-Louise Platt

Sarah-Louise Grimshaw (née Tilsley; previously Platt) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional town of Weatherfield. She first appeared on screen during an episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 and by Lynsay King from 1987 till 1999. Tina O'Brien took over the role in 1999 she opted to leave in 2007 but has since revealed that she would like to return to the role at some point in the future but also revealed that leaving Coronation Street was the right decision. Sarah has been described as a feminine, gossiping and bratty character and very close to her family but has a nasty streak. She has also often being described to the street as a quite a whiney character.

Sarah is the daughter of Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) and Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth). Sarah's storylines have included a controversial and ground-breaking underage pregnancy, which saw her giving birth to her daughter Bethany and saw Sarah deal with motherhood in her teens, her relationships with Todd (Bruno Langley) and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) and her sibling rivalry between her and her brother David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd).