Donnaleigh Bailey has admitted that she is delighted with her exit storyline on Doctors. Speaking to Digital Spy, the 27-year-old actress - who plays senior practice nurse Michelle Corrigan in the daytime serial - branded the plot among "the best pieces of serial" for her character. She explained: "Oh, it was fantastic - one of the best pieces of serial that I've had during my time at Doctors. I think it's a fantastic thing for Michelle - it's a life-changing decision that she makes, it shows her to be a bit more grown-up and selfless and to (more)...
- 8/9/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Donnaleigh Bailey has revealed why she decided to quit Doctors after playing Michelle Corrigan for four years. Doctors' series producer Peter Lloyd confirmed to Digital Spy in June that the actress would bow out in a poignant storyline. Bailey told What's On TV: "It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make, but I'd reached a point in my life and my career where I just wanted to embrace new things. "It was hard because I'd got this job straight out of drama school, but I thought I should start to take some risks while I'm still young enough." She admitted that the nurse (more)...
- 8/6/2010
- by By Ryan Love
- Digital Spy
Doctors star Donnaleigh Bailey is to bow out from the BBC daytime soap later this year, it has been announced. The actress, who has played senior practice nurse Michelle Corrigan since 2006, will leave the medical drama in the summer following a poignant final storyline for her character. Speaking to Digital Spy, Doctors' series producer Peter Lloyd confirmed: "Donnaleigh has been with us for just over four years now and feels it's time to spread her wings and try something new in her career, which is understandable since she's been here virtually from drama school. "She's got a great exit story which I'm (more)...
- 6/1/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Former Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em actress Michele Dotrice is to make another guest appearance in BBC One's daytime medical drama Doctors, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal. The 60-year-old, who played Frank Spencer's (Michael Crawford) long-suffering wife Betty in the classic BBC sitcom, will play wheelchair-bound pickpocket Jane Shields. Jane explains to a policeman that she's had her purse stolen just as The Mill's nurse Michelle Corrigan (Donnaleigh Bailey) walks by. Jane drops a carrier bag of shopping and Michelle picks it up for her, before returning to the medical centre. On her arrival, Michelle's distraught to discovers that, she, too, has had her purse pinched by who she presumes to be the same thief who stole Jane's. Having kept her cash cards separate, Michelle stops by an Atm to withdraw some money but her (more)...
- 7/27/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Former EastEnders actress Angela Wynter will make a guest appearance in Doctors at the beginning of next month. The 55-year-old - who played Walford shopkeeper Yolande Trueman until she was written out of the BBC soap in October - will take on the role of Doreen Webster, an aggrieved owner of a hamburger stall. Doreen's infuriated when her ex-husband Clifford Webster (Victor Romero Evans) locates his smoothie stall opposite her business. When Clifford visits old family friend Michelle (Donnaleigh Bailey) at the surgery for a checkup, she's shocked by the news of their divorce. Michelle pays Doreen (more)...
- 7/3/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Actress Grace Kelly is to make a guest appearance in an episode of Doctors. The 19-year-old, sister of Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly (Becky Granger), has recently completed two days' filming in Birmingham for an episode of the daytime medical drama. She plays bright but naïve student Sarah Copland, who, having turned to drink at an early age, has finally escaped her childhood demons by entering higher education and is now on the road to becoming a nurse by studying at Letherbridge University. During her time at the institute, however, her controlling best friend Abi has lured her down another path of self-destruction when she becomes anorexic. The Mill's Michelle Corrigan (Donnaleigh Bailey) is tasked with helping Sarah in the hope of saving her (more)...
- 3/3/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
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