Steve McDonald (Coronation Street)

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Steve McDonald
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Coronation Street
Portrayed by Simon Gregson
First appearance 6 December 1989
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Gender Male
Date of birth 26 June 1974
Occupation Landlord


Steven James "Steve" McDonald, played by Simon Gregson, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street.

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[edit] Arrival

Steve, along with the rest of his family, arrived in the street as an adolescent in 1989. Steve was a bit of a rogue within his family, serving two short prison sentences. After becoming involved with drug dealer Jez Quigley, he was beaten and almost killed in 2000, and Jez in turn was beaten up by Steve's dad Jim. Jez later died in hospital. He is now regarded as a rehabilitated and respected member of the community, co-owning the local taxi firm Street Cars, first with Vikram Desai, later with Dev Alahan and currently with Lloyd Mullaney

He has been married to Vicky Arden and Karen Phillips (twice). During a rough time in his relationship with Karen, he slept with Tracy Barlow, consequently making her pregnant in 2003.

[edit] Amy

Tracy Barlow gave birth to their daughter Amy, though she initially was named Patience by Roy Cropper when he was deceived into believing Amy was his daughter. Tracy later decided she wanted to bring up her daughter herself, and revealed that Steve was the baby's father on Steve and Karen's second wedding day. Karen was horrified but later forgave him. Tracy was persistent in causing disruption for Steve and Karen which lasted from February 2004 to December 2004, until Steve finished his relationship with Karen on Christmas Day, admitting it was getting too much for him.In March 2005 he began dating single mum Louise Hazel but the dalliance soon fizzled out partly due to Tracy's presence on the Street. For a brief period shortly after, he dated Tracy, but his intentions were to try and secure his name as the father on Amy's birth certificate, not because he had feelings for Tracy. Tracy became aware of Steve's scheme, and attempted to prevent Steve access to Amy. The case was taken to court, where Steve was granted legal rights to see his daughter.

[edit] Ronnie

In 2005, he started dating Street Cars employee Ronnie Clayton, a local gangster's estranged wife. In 2006, she tried to frame him when she accidentally ran down a pensioner in her taxi, but she was eventually caught. Steve's alibi for the crime was that he spent the night with his new business partner Lloyd's girlfriend Kelly Crabtree. This led to the temporary closure of Street Cars, when Lloyd refused to work with Steve. Lloyd eventually decided to forgive Steve for his deception, and they were able to re-open the business. Later that year, Steve bought the Rovers Return pub from Fred Elliott and installed his mother Liz as landlady.

[edit] Michelle and Custody of Amy

Tracy, Amys mother, started a relationship with Charlie Stubbs. During their relationship, Tracy made out that Charlie was abusing her. She convinced people that this was happening as she locked herself in a room, stayed indoors on Christmas Day and became best friends with Claire Peacock. Her accusations were taken to the police but no action was taken until Charlie was murdered. She was arrested and Amy was placed in Steve's care. Tracy was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Steve took on Amy. He sometimes finds it hard to look after her as well as owning the rovers but has developed a good relationship with Amy.

Steve has recently started a relationship with barmaid Michelle Connor and is now looking after Amy full-time, following Tracy's imprisonment for the murder of Charlie Stubbs. During a brief strain in his relationship with Michelle they separated for a while which resulted in Michelle going back to Ireland for a period while he went on holiday to Malta with his Streetcars employee Eileen Grimshaw. Wrongly believing that Michelle had lost interest in him he took a shine to a female tourist who later revealed herself to be a transvestite. On returning to the Street Steve reunited with Michelle. He and Michelle have continued their relationship and it has developed into a strong one. Steve's dad, Jim, returned to the street in late 2007 causing havoc as it was close to Liz and Vernons wedding. Michelle has recently found out that Ryan may not be Dean's son, and Steve is unsure of whether to believe her or not.

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