Soap star Katy Cavanagh is putting her own career on hold and turning to being a Karsdahian style momager to her sons – who are building their film careers
Katy Cavanagh has shared her plans for her new life away from Coronation Street after quitting the show for the second time. The 52-year-old TV star has featured in the cast of the ITV soap for almost two decades with a brief break in 2015.
But the star has walked away from the cobbles seemingly for the final time, and is now building a different career behind the scenes. And while TV fans may have been sad to see Katy wave goodbye to Weatherfield, she has found herself on a path to Hollywood as the manager of her two successful sons.
Away from Corrie, Katy is married to producer Chris Jupe and together they are parents to three children; including sons Noah, 20, and Jacobi, 11. While Katy is known for her TV work, her sons are on the way to becoming film stars – with both having pivotal roles in Oscar-bait film Hamnet.
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Young Jacobi steals the screen in the Chloe Zhao directed drama about the family life of William Shakespeare – playing one of the Bard’s children. While Noah pulls on emotions playing tragic prince Hamlet in a play within the film. The lads apparently owe their burgeoning success to their mother.
A source told the Daily Mail: “She’s put everything into helping the boys have the best start in the industry. She’s put her own career on the back burner to help them realise their dreams. Obviously she’s not known in Hollywood, so it’s not like her name has particularly opened doors for them, but she’s got them into the industry and is constantly helping them.”
Hamnet has generated significant awards buzz ahead of it’s UK release last week – with lead star Jessie Buckley, who plays Shakespeare’s wife Agnes Hathaway, also known historically as Anne Hathaway, wowing critics and audiences with her unflinching performance. The story follows Agnes and William as they fall for each other and start a family – and then deal with grief as one of their children succumbs to a plague.
Away from Coronation Street, Katy has had roles in a string of high profile shows including the Jed Mercuro scripted medical drama Bodies, Midsomer Murders, and comedy including Birds of a Feather. She first played the role from 2008 until 2015, and returned last year to reprise her role as unlucky in love Julie Carp.
Her return was marked with sadness as the character died after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in a heartbreaking storyline that left fans in tears. Discussing her return last year, Katy said: “It was really lovely to get the call. It is something I haven’t thought about for many years.
“And I’m very fond of Julie, so it was a good feeling. It also felt good to be asked to be part of Eileen’s departure story it is perfect to come and have some closure on Julie and Eileen. Sue and I go back to my very first job on The Cops so it is a full circle moment. It also attracted me as it was for a short set period of time and I could fit it in with the other things going on in my life.”
Katy had previously stated she would be happy to return to Corrie after initially quitting in 2015. She said after her first exit was announced: “I have decided it’s time to take a break from the cobbles and pursue other projects and opportunities. I have loved every minute in the world of Julie Carp and I’m not ruling out a return to the Street in the future. However I am looking forward to a new challenge and a pair of flat shoes.”
Katy joined the soap back in April 2008 – and with her return to the show briefly last year, she enjoyed her role on the cobbles over almost two full decades. The star made a huge impact in Weatherfield, won over fans at home – and the respect of her colleagues behind the scenes of the show.
Corrie producer Stuart Blackburn said when she quit the first time in 2015: “Julie Carp has become a warm, wonderful and eccentric character able to raise a laugh and a tear in the same scene. Everyone at Corrie wishes Katy all the very best and hopefully as far as Julie is concerned, the cobbles haven’t seen the last of her.”
Source: Mirror
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