Sue Devaney feels fortunate to be soap actor amid coronavirus pandemic

Sue Devaney feels like one of the "luckiest actors around" to be starring in a soap amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The 53-year-old British acting legend recently reprised her role as \'Coronation Street\' character Debbie Webster, and she feels particularly fortunate to be on the cobbles again after five years in theatre, which has been hit hard by the global health crisis.

She said: "I feel like one of the luckiest actors around at the moment.

"I\'ve done a lot of theatre in the last five years, and since lockdown a lot of my actor mates and people who are self-employed are really struggling in our profession.

"So to be given this fantastic role in a soap opera ... because the soaps are the one thing keeping going ... I feel very lucky."

The former \'Casualty\' actress admitted working in Weatherfield feels like she is just "having a day playing with my mates" at times.

She said: "It\'s like going back to my mates and seeing everyone again.

"I knew Mike Le Vell, Sally Ann Matthews, Jane Hazlegrove, Antony Cotton.

"So it\'s like going in and having a day playing with my mates really, it\'s nice."

And while it is a "bizarre" time to be acting amid the pandemic, Sue insisted things are "working really well" on \'Coronation Street\' and she finds it "wonderful" to be back on the set.

Speaking on \'Lorraine\', she added: "It is really strange times, and you\'ve got your little bubble of people you talk to.

"So when I started work after not working for six months I couldn\'t stop talking because I hadn\'t been around people.

"And it\'s that contact, when you\'ve got contact with other people. It\'s just wonderful.

"Last year when I went back it was really busy, but you haven\'t got that at the moment.

"It\'s bizarre, but it works really well."