Jackie Corkhill is a character in Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 soap Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

played by Sue Jenkins

Sue Jenkins

Susan Elizabeth Jenkins is an English actress and one of two daughters of Albert and Marjorie Jenkins.-Biography:Sue Jenkins became an actress at the age of eighteen having studied at drama college...

 from 1991 to 2001.

Introduction

Jackie was introduced as the long-suffering estranged wife of Jimmy Corkhill

Jimmy Corkhill

James 'Jimmy' Corkhill is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Dean Sullivan. He joined the series in 1986, originally arriving in a recurring basis appearing along side his on-screen brother, Billy Corkhill, he then became a regular, remaining in the...

 in 1991. The two became one of the soaps most popular couples.

Marriage with Jimmy

Although they were estranged when Jimmy moved onto Brookside Close, they got back together in 1991. In 1995, Jimmy bought No 10 (his brother Billy's

Billy Corkhill

William "Billy" Corkhill is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside played by John McArdle from 1985 to 1990.-Arrival:The Corkhills family arrive at No.10 in 1985 replacing the Jackson family...

 old house) and Jimmy, Jackie and daughter Lindsay moved in. When Jackie discovered that Jimmy had bought the house using drug money, she began to distrust him. Jackie then later had an affair with Ron Dixon

Ron Dixon (Brookside)

Ronald William "Ron" Dixon is a fictional character in the British soap opera, Brookside, played by Vince Earl from 1990 until the final episode in 2003, during which time he was involved in several major storylines....

. Jackie was distraught when her son 'Little Jimmy' was murdered by drug dealers after he fled France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

to escape his debts with them. Jackie later has a baby William. Following Jimmy's depression, the two eventually split up and Jackie left Brookside Close in 2001. The couple later divorced and Jimmy bought her half of the house and stayed on there.