Rosie Webster

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Rosie Webster
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Rose Webster in 2007
Coronation Street
Portrayed by Emma Collinge (25 December 1990 - 27 December 1999) Helen Flanagan (23 January 2000 - )
First appearance 25 December 1990
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Gender Female
Date of birth 24 December 1990
Occupation Student at Weatherfield Comprehensive School

Rosie Webster is a fictional character in the United Kingdom ITV1 TV soap Coronation Street. She was originally played by Emma Collinge from her birth and, since January 2000 by Helen Flanagan.

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[edit] History

Rosie was born on Christmas Eve 1990 to parents Kevin Webster and Sally Webster. She was delivered in the back of Don Brennan's taxi and weighed 7lb 5 oz in Rosamund St..

Both Sally and Kevin have had affairs, leading to them splitting up several times, which Rosie and younger sister Sophie Webster have had to deal with as best they could. Rosie went through a phase of bullying at school and bad behaviour after seeing her mother being bullied and yelled at by violent boyfriend Greg Kelly.

Sally did remarry once but ended up divorced. Kevin also remarried and his new wife Alison had baby Jake. However Jake died in hospital before Rosie even got to see her baby half-brother. Alison kidnapped Sarah Platt's baby Bethany before handing her over to the police and committing suicide.

Sally encouraged Rosie's ambition to become a pop star and enrolled Rosie in a fee paying school. She has now remarried Kevin, although they nearly split up when Kevin found out Sally had been having an affair with the father of Rosie's friend. Rosie knew about this but kept it a secret when asked to by Sally, and when Sally denied the affair to Kevin, he decided to pretend he knew nothing and stay with Sally. There was a lot of tension between Rosie and Sally for a while after Rosie found out about the affair but the family settled down eventually.

[edit] Craig

Rosie and on-screen boyfriend Craig Harris shared a goth phase, though this subsided eventually. She and Craig have slept together twice; after the first time Craig's granddad Keith and his girlfriend Audrey Roberts caught Rosie trying to creep out of the house the morning after. Rosie did not want her parents finding out but was scared Audrey would tell them. Audrey decided against this and Keith told Craig and Rosie not to do it again.

However, on New Year's Eve 2005, Rosie went round to Craig's and, while Keith was out, they slept together. Sally went round to wish them both a Happy New Year and Craig answered the door in his dressing gown, thinking it was a pizza delivery. Sally saw Craig in his pyjamas and Rosie's dress left on the sofa. She went upstairs and found a naked Rosie in Craig's bed. Rosie was taken home where Sally and Kevin yelled at her before she ran, crying, upstairs. Sally and Kevin were furious with Keith and Audrey when they found out they knew Rosie and Craig had slept together, and Rosie and Craig were banned from seeing each other any more, despite their protests that they loved each other.

Rosie and Craig bunked off school to sleep together again and were discovered. Sally dragged Rosie off to the doctors to get the morning after pill, despite Rosie's insistence that Craig had used a condom. Sally was undeterred when the doctor refused to prescribe the morning after pill, saying that he was not going to prescribe a drug that has harmful side effects to a young girl who's taken precautions and therefore doesn't need it, and took Rosie to another doctor.

She forced Rosie, who was sobbing hysterically, to swallow the pill with a glass of water. Rosie later went with Craig to the doctor, who agreed to prescribe the pill. Rosie found Sally going through her schoolbag and told her she was taking the pill. Sally and Kevin went mad and called the police, who came round and spoke to Rosie and Craig. Sally was furious when she heard no action was to be taken against Craig as the sex was consensual.

Sally drove Rosie to the Moors in a Ford Focus to teach her a lesson. Sally lost control of her emotions and the car, both nearly died when the car skidded. Rosie later nearly died when she was hit by a car. Craig's caring attitude towards her after this incident led her parents to see how nice Craig really was.

However, after Charlie Stubbs evicted Craig's granddad from the house he shares with Craig, it looks like Rosie's boyfriend will have to move away. In the same week of 2006 Rosie went on a 6-week holiday to France. Craig fought to stay in Weatherfield as he had promised he would be there for Rosie when she got back from France.

The Websters took a holiday to Paris on 15th October 2006 to celebrate Kevin and Sally's 20th Wedding anniversary. Rosie's grandad Bill joined the family as he organised the trip. Craig also joined the family. Rosie and Craig plotted to run away to Berlin to start a new life there together. Rosie though, was having second thoughts about leaving. When they arrived at the station Rosie could not go through with it and only Craig left. Meanwhile Kevin, Sally, Bill and Sophie were searching for the pair after discovering a goodbye note from Rosie. The Websters found her and brought a devastated Rosie home.

[edit] Moving on from Craig

In 2007 Rosie left Oakhill, and she began at Underworld working as a P.A, where she looks up to Carla Connor, Sally wanted Rosie to go onto College and University, but Rosie had chosen to keep on working as a P.A.

Rosie took a shine to Liam Connor and had tried at every opportunity to flirt with him: wearing short skirts, revealing tops, being touchy-feely and coming round to his house unexpectedly, knowing quite well that he was going out with Maria Sutherland. When Maria phoned the office to speak to Liam, Rosie took a message but didn't tell Liam. When all else failed, Rosie robbed Liam's phone to make sure he didn't receive any more calls from Maria but later gave the phone back. Liam flipped and told Sally about Rosie's behaviour.

Maria said some harsh words to Rosie in Roy's Rolls which caused Rosie to feel very fragile mentally. She thought she was ugly and worthless, until John Stape knocked on the door. Rosie let him in, and John said she looked beautiful and gorgeous, and they kissed, but he immediately felt guilty, as he is a teacher but didn't teach Rosie directly. He later apologised to Rosie but they ended up in bed together, but he didn't tell his girlfriend Fiz about the incident.

Unfortunately, Rosie nearly slipped all the details to her family as she admitted she had a boyfriend called Mr Stape. Kevin was annoyed as his name gets mentioned all the time, Sally was shocked as she secretly fancied him and Sophie was shocked too...until Rosie admitted she had bumped into him and he wasn't her boyfriend at all.

Rosie suggested to Mr Stape [John] that she go back to school where he works but he immediately regretted getting involved with her when she was adamant about her decision. On her first day at school she used classmate Lee (who's mates with Amber) to make Mr Stape jealous. She then got into a fight with Tina, who had recently been dumped by Lee. After being called into the headmaster's office with Tina Rosie went into Mr Stape's classroom where Sally was coming to so that she could chat to Mr Stape about Rosie. Rosie and Mr Stape almost got caught kissing by Sally. Also on 25th November Rosie and Mr Stape almost got caught in bed together after Kevin and Fiz followed their partners before returning to Kevin's, where Rosie and Mr Stape were. Rosie and Mr Stape had to wait until Kevin, Fiz and Sally (who also came back home) had gone to the Rovers before Mr Stape left.

Recently Sally revealed to John that she has feelings for him and so was upset when John told her that her feelings weren't reciprocated before ending the lessons. Rosie walked in Sally being upset and wanted to know what was going on. She later got it out of John and is now fully aware of her mother's feelings for her lover. The lessons have now started all over again.

[edit] John and Rosie are caught out

In the Christmas 2007 episodes John Stape and Rosie's affair is finally found out when the wrong presents are given to each other, Fiz Brown also finds out, which results in her storming around to the Websters. Rosie enters the house, carrying the present Fiz was to receive, eye's shifted to Rosie, as her present had the same wrapping as Fiz. Ordinarily, this might have been a coincidence, however, she blurted out "Oh.. no.. this isnt from John." To which her father replied, "No one said it was...". John was beaten up by her father and Kevin was arrested for assult. When Rosie was just with her mum she revealed that she knows about Sally's pass on John and has known for ages, she then continues to Black-Mail her Mother into taking her side, when she says "I wonder what Dad would say if he knew. . ." When John Stape is seen leaving the street with his belongings, and Kevin comments on how he was nothing but trouble, Rosie replies with "You know Dad, I think you might be right", Rosie smiles at her mother, and her mother back at her, as if to suggest that they have made up.

[edit] Family

  • Father: Kevin Webster
  • Mother: Sally Webster
  • Sister: Sophie Webster
  • Half Brother: Jake Webster (deceased)
  • Grandfathers: Bill Webster, Eddie Seddon (deceased)
  • Grandmothers: Alison Webster (deceased), Elsie Seddon (deceased)
  • Great Grandfather: Jim Webster (deceased)
  • Great Grandmother: Helen Webster (deceased)
  • Uncle: Carl Webster
  • Aunts: Debbie Webster, Gina Seddon
  • First Cousin once removed: Paul Seddon
  • Second Cousin: Nicolette Seddon

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