Violet Wilson
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Violet Wilson is a fictional character
from the British
soap opera
Coronation Street
. She was portrayed by Jenny Platt
making her first onscreen appearance on 8 October 2004 and remained until 29 February 2008. Platt returned for one episode on 24 April 2011.
(William Roache
) when he was a teacher at Weatherfield Comprehensive she called him "Sir" during her time on the Street. Violet befriended neighbor Katy Harris (Lucy-Jo Hudson
) and was good friends with Sean Tully, whom she knew before moving to Coronation Street.
Violet started a relationship with Jason Grimshaw
(Ryan Thomas
), whose mother Eileen found Violet a pleasant young woman. When Violet moved into the Grimshaw home of 11 Coronation Street, Eileen found Violet a pleasant person to be around. They broke up when Violet was seduced by Charlie Stubbs, but soon got back together. Later, they broke up permanently after Jason had an affair with neighbor Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien
).
After her breakup with Jason, Violet started dating fellow neighbor Jamie Baldwin
(Rupert Hill
). She moved in with him after a while. She began to have doubts about Jamie's loyalties in September 2006, when he started spending more time with Sean, than her. She thought Jamie was interested in Sean
(Antony Cotton
), as Sean is gay, and Violet asked Sean to find out if Jamie was gay. Sean later discovered Jamie was in love with his step-mum, Frankie Baldwin (Debra Stephenson
), and no one told Violet. The relationship finished sometime later, with Violet still not knowing about Jamie's affair with Frankie..
On 11 December 2006, Violet finds out that she is expecting Jamie's baby. Thinking he is single, she tells Jamie that she is pregnant and he tells her that he is having an affair with Frankie, much to Violet's disgust. Violet is upset further when she discovers that Sean knew about Jamie's feelings for his stepmother. Violet suffers an ectopic pregnancy
on New Years Day 2007, and has to have emergency surgery to remove the tube and the baby. She is told that she has a reduced chance of conceiving. During the storyline Platt commented on the way she handled the delicate storyline offscreen stating: "Obviously, I wanted to find out about it. Violet actually doesn't know anything about it - she just wakes up in the hospital and is told about it, so I kind of didn't need it. It wasn't like I got diagnosed and had to live with it for a while. By the time I've woken up everything's gone. But, just for my own interest, I did, I looked into it and found out a bit about it. I looked at the NHS site to find out what the symptoms would be, and how common it is, all that kind of stuff."
While drunk, Violet and Sean Tully
make a pact - if they are both single and childless by 30, they would have a child together. Violet ponders over this, and agrees to try for a child together immediately, due to Violet's reduced fertility. In July 2007, Violet finds out she is expecting Sean's baby. When Violet tells Sean, he is thrilled that she is going to be a mother. Violet makes him keep it secret for the first 12 weeks but Sean is so excited about Violet's pregnancy, he tells Jamie. Violet is angry and upset when she finds out.
In October 2007, Sean tricks his boyfriend - sonographer Marcus Dent
- into telling him that Violet is expecting a baby boy. He wants to know the sex of the baby but Violet doesn't. He tells Jason and Jamie about Violet expecting a boy and Jason accidentally let slip to Violet the sex of the baby. Violet is furious with Sean for betraying her and making her feel worthless.
It soon occurs to Sean that Violet is planning to bring up their baby without him, and when he confronts her about being pushed out, she tells him that she sees him as the donor, not the father. Upset, he warns Violet that he will take legal action, and she walks out in a rage. Violet and Sean later apologize to one another and the friendship is rekindled.
After Violet goes with Jamie to his mum's wedding, there seems to be an attraction between them. Especially when he hugs Violet after the wedding. They also don't mind being mistaken for a couple. During one night out, Jamie, Steve and Lloyd Mullaney
are going to go to a 'singles' bar. Jamie tries to stay as long as possible with Violet at the pub. When the taxi finally comes Jamie and Violet kiss each other goodnight. That is the re-start of their relationship in which they agree to bring Violet's baby up together.
On Friday 22 February 2008, Violet gives birth to a boy - whom she names Dylan - whilst in the Rovers with Sean by her side. She is not happy about the situation as Jamie isn't present as he is moving some of their belongings down to London. Sean bonds with Dylan and is ecstatic to be a dad but Violet, however, is sad that Sean has bonded with the baby since she can't take Dylan away from him.
Lauren arrives in Weatherfield after spending time in Ayia Napa
and immediately sets her sights on the eye-candy of the Street. Violet isn't happy to see her and struggles to tell her about her pregnancy situation. Violet lies to Jamie about the money Sean gave to Violet for a deposit on the recently vacated Number 12 Coronation Street, saying that Lauren gave it to her instead. On 29 February 2008, Violet proposes to Jamie. A thrilled Jamie accepts straight away. Jamie and Violet make plans to leave Manchester with baby Dylan but as they do, Lauren alerts Sean. Sean frantically tries to stop Violet and Jamie leaving but fails. Violet and Jamie drive away.
Later on, they are driving along the motorway. Sean calls Violet on her phone. Violet throws her phone out of the car window onto the motorway to ensure that Sean can never contact her again. Jamie and Violet are last seen speeding off along the motorway to their new life in London, leaving Weatherfield, Sean and Lauren behind.
In Summer, 2010, Sean decided that he wanted to make contact with his estranged son and set out to do so by making contact with Violet via social networking site Facescene, smiliar to Facebook
. Knowing however, that Violet does not want any contact with him, he set up a page under Liz McDonald
's name and asked her to e-mail some pictures of Dylan, who is now aged two. Violet did so and confessed to 'Liz' that she felt bad for alienating Sean, to which 'Liz' - in a strongly worded way - berated Violet for doing so. Upset, she then rang The Rovers and demanded answers from Liz. Liz then found out what Sean had done and fired him, but then gave him a second chance when she realized how upset and desperate he was to see his son and then rang Violet back, asking her to let Sean see Dylan to which she accepted.
In April 2011, Sean heads down to London to visit his son Dylan and witness Violet and Jamie have a row, so Sean and Marcus
decided to take Dylan out. Sean and Marcus later return to witness Jamie leave in a black Taxi, they then try to comfort Violet but leave after Violet is homophobic towards Sean.
In June 2011, Sean receives news from Violet's grandmother that Violet has been in a car crash and has suffered back problems although she will recover and Dylan wasn't involved in the car crash. However Violet's grandmother contacted Sean again, saying that Violet's back is worse than what is thought to be, and that she is awaiting for a back operation, which could take months. This worries Sean as he has never looked after a child before, not even his son.
In early September, Violet phones Sean to say she's ready to have Dylan back and he reluctantly agrees. However, grateful for their help, Violet tells Sean and Marcus that in return, they can visit Dylan anytime they want to, giving them free indirect access to Dylan
, whom she knew before moving to Coronation Street.
. Jason's mother, Eileen Grimshaw
finds Violet a pleasant young woman, and enjoys living with her. The relationship breaks up twice, firstly when Violet is seduced by Charlie Stubbs, and later when Jason has an affair with Sarah Platt.
Violet later turns down an unexpected proposal from Jason, and begins dating Jamie Baldwin
. After moving in with Jamie, she begins to have her doubts about his loyalties in September 2006, with him spending more time with Sean, than her. She thinks that Jamie is interested in Sean and asks Sean to find out if Jamie is gay. Sean later discovers that Jamie is in love with his step-mum, Frankie Baldwin, but does not tell Violet this. The relationship later finishes, without Violet knowing of Jamie's affair.
After the character had left the show it was later revealed that the soap's bosses had been on the look out for a lesbian character since 2004, the year that the character entered the series. The original intentions were revealed for the character, that were to make her the soaps first lesbian character in the shows history. Due to the popularity of her two relationships within the characters early storylines the idea was scrapped at the last minute. An ITV insider told the News of the World on July 2008: "Executives want to create a soap which is representative of society in 2008 and they are acutely aware they need more gay characters. They went on: "It does seem ridiculous it (lesbianism) has never been explored on Corrie but that's all about to change." Later it was revealed that producers had shifted the plans they had once put onto Platt's character onto fellow character Sophie Webster
.
Fictional character
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from the British
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
. She was portrayed by Jenny Platt
Jenny Platt
Jenny Platt is an English actress best known for her role as Violet Wilson in the long running television soap Coronation Street. Her first appearance was on 8 October 2004....
making her first onscreen appearance on 8 October 2004 and remained until 29 February 2008. Platt returned for one episode on 24 April 2011.
2004–11
Violet first appeared on the Street on in October 2004, as a barmaid in the Rovers Return Inn. A former pupil of Ken BarlowKen Barlow
Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a long-standing fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by William Roache, and created by Tony Warren. He is currently the world's longest-serving soap opera character, having appeared continuously from the programme's inception in December...
(William Roache
William Roache
William Patrick Harry Roache MBE is a British actor, best known for his role as Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street...
) when he was a teacher at Weatherfield Comprehensive she called him "Sir" during her time on the Street. Violet befriended neighbor Katy Harris (Lucy-Jo Hudson
Lucy-Jo Hudson
Lucy-Jo Hudson is a British actress, best known for playing the role of Katy Harris in the long-running soap opera, Coronation Street from 2002–05, and as Rosie Trevanion in the ITV drama Wild at Heart from 2006–09....
) and was good friends with Sean Tully, whom she knew before moving to Coronation Street.
Violet started a relationship with Jason Grimshaw
Jason Grimshaw
Jason Grimshaw, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Ryan Thomas, the character first appeared during the episode airing on 25 December 2000, when he comes looking for mother Eileen at the Battersbys' home.Jason is very much the...
(Ryan Thomas
Ryan Thomas
Ryan James Thomas and is an English actor who is currently starring as the character, Jason Grimshaw on ITV's Coronation Street.-Career:...
), whose mother Eileen found Violet a pleasant young woman. When Violet moved into the Grimshaw home of 11 Coronation Street, Eileen found Violet a pleasant person to be around. They broke up when Violet was seduced by Charlie Stubbs, but soon got back together. Later, they broke up permanently after Jason had an affair with neighbor Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien
Tina O'Brien
Tina O'Brien is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sarah-Louise Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.-Acting career:...
).
After her breakup with Jason, Violet started dating fellow neighbor Jamie Baldwin
Jamie Baldwin
James Andrew "Jamie" Baldwin is a fictional character in the British soap opera ITV Coronation Street, played by Rupert Hill. He first appeared in 2004 and left in 2008. In March 2011 it was announced that Jamie would return for one episode on 24 April 2011....
(Rupert Hill
Rupert Hill
Rupert Sinclair Hill is an English actor known for several former roles in UK soap operas.Rupert Hill started with small roles on television...
). She moved in with him after a while. She began to have doubts about Jamie's loyalties in September 2006, when he started spending more time with Sean, than her. She thought Jamie was interested in Sean
Sean Tully
Sean Tully, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Antony Cotton, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 13 July 2003. Sean works as a factory machinist, and as a part-time barman in the Rovers Return...
(Antony Cotton
Antony Cotton
Antony Cotton is an English actor and singer best known for his roles in Coronation Street and the original UK version of Queer as Folk.-Early and personal life:...
), as Sean is gay, and Violet asked Sean to find out if Jamie was gay. Sean later discovered Jamie was in love with his step-mum, Frankie Baldwin (Debra Stephenson
Debra Stephenson
Debra Stephenson is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer.-Career:At the age of fourteen Stephenson appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final, broadcast live from the London Palladium...
), and no one told Violet. The relationship finished sometime later, with Violet still not knowing about Jamie's affair with Frankie..
On 11 December 2006, Violet finds out that she is expecting Jamie's baby. Thinking he is single, she tells Jamie that she is pregnant and he tells her that he is having an affair with Frankie, much to Violet's disgust. Violet is upset further when she discovers that Sean knew about Jamie's feelings for his stepmother. Violet suffers an ectopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy, or eccysis , is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo implants outside the uterine cavity. With rare exceptions, ectopic pregnancies are not viable. Furthermore, they are dangerous for the parent, since internal haemorrhage is a life threatening complication...
on New Years Day 2007, and has to have emergency surgery to remove the tube and the baby. She is told that she has a reduced chance of conceiving. During the storyline Platt commented on the way she handled the delicate storyline offscreen stating: "Obviously, I wanted to find out about it. Violet actually doesn't know anything about it - she just wakes up in the hospital and is told about it, so I kind of didn't need it. It wasn't like I got diagnosed and had to live with it for a while. By the time I've woken up everything's gone. But, just for my own interest, I did, I looked into it and found out a bit about it. I looked at the NHS site to find out what the symptoms would be, and how common it is, all that kind of stuff."
While drunk, Violet and Sean Tully
Sean Tully
Sean Tully, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Antony Cotton, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 13 July 2003. Sean works as a factory machinist, and as a part-time barman in the Rovers Return...
make a pact - if they are both single and childless by 30, they would have a child together. Violet ponders over this, and agrees to try for a child together immediately, due to Violet's reduced fertility. In July 2007, Violet finds out she is expecting Sean's baby. When Violet tells Sean, he is thrilled that she is going to be a mother. Violet makes him keep it secret for the first 12 weeks but Sean is so excited about Violet's pregnancy, he tells Jamie. Violet is angry and upset when she finds out.
In October 2007, Sean tricks his boyfriend - sonographer Marcus Dent
Marcus Dent
Marcus Dent is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Charlie Condou, the character first appears on screen during the episode airing on 7 September 2007 and leaves during an episode airing on 5 September 2008 but returns on 24 April...
- into telling him that Violet is expecting a baby boy. He wants to know the sex of the baby but Violet doesn't. He tells Jason and Jamie about Violet expecting a boy and Jason accidentally let slip to Violet the sex of the baby. Violet is furious with Sean for betraying her and making her feel worthless.
It soon occurs to Sean that Violet is planning to bring up their baby without him, and when he confronts her about being pushed out, she tells him that she sees him as the donor, not the father. Upset, he warns Violet that he will take legal action, and she walks out in a rage. Violet and Sean later apologize to one another and the friendship is rekindled.
After Violet goes with Jamie to his mum's wedding, there seems to be an attraction between them. Especially when he hugs Violet after the wedding. They also don't mind being mistaken for a couple. During one night out, Jamie, Steve and Lloyd Mullaney
Lloyd Mullaney
Lloyd Mullaney is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Craig Charles, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 20 June 2005 and remained on screen until 23 July 2006 when Craig Charles was suspended but he...
are going to go to a 'singles' bar. Jamie tries to stay as long as possible with Violet at the pub. When the taxi finally comes Jamie and Violet kiss each other goodnight. That is the re-start of their relationship in which they agree to bring Violet's baby up together.
On Friday 22 February 2008, Violet gives birth to a boy - whom she names Dylan - whilst in the Rovers with Sean by her side. She is not happy about the situation as Jamie isn't present as he is moving some of their belongings down to London. Sean bonds with Dylan and is ecstatic to be a dad but Violet, however, is sad that Sean has bonded with the baby since she can't take Dylan away from him.
Lauren arrives in Weatherfield after spending time in Ayia Napa
Ayia Napa
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and immediately sets her sights on the eye-candy of the Street. Violet isn't happy to see her and struggles to tell her about her pregnancy situation. Violet lies to Jamie about the money Sean gave to Violet for a deposit on the recently vacated Number 12 Coronation Street, saying that Lauren gave it to her instead. On 29 February 2008, Violet proposes to Jamie. A thrilled Jamie accepts straight away. Jamie and Violet make plans to leave Manchester with baby Dylan but as they do, Lauren alerts Sean. Sean frantically tries to stop Violet and Jamie leaving but fails. Violet and Jamie drive away.
Later on, they are driving along the motorway. Sean calls Violet on her phone. Violet throws her phone out of the car window onto the motorway to ensure that Sean can never contact her again. Jamie and Violet are last seen speeding off along the motorway to their new life in London, leaving Weatherfield, Sean and Lauren behind.
In Summer, 2010, Sean decided that he wanted to make contact with his estranged son and set out to do so by making contact with Violet via social networking site Facescene, smiliar to Facebook
Facebook
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. Knowing however, that Violet does not want any contact with him, he set up a page under Liz McDonald
Liz McDonald
Elizabeth "Liz" Jayne McDonald is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Beverley Callard, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 27 October 1989 and remained on the series until Callard opted to leave in 1998...
's name and asked her to e-mail some pictures of Dylan, who is now aged two. Violet did so and confessed to 'Liz' that she felt bad for alienating Sean, to which 'Liz' - in a strongly worded way - berated Violet for doing so. Upset, she then rang The Rovers and demanded answers from Liz. Liz then found out what Sean had done and fired him, but then gave him a second chance when she realized how upset and desperate he was to see his son and then rang Violet back, asking her to let Sean see Dylan to which she accepted.
In April 2011, Sean heads down to London to visit his son Dylan and witness Violet and Jamie have a row, so Sean and Marcus
Marcus Dent
Marcus Dent is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Charlie Condou, the character first appears on screen during the episode airing on 7 September 2007 and leaves during an episode airing on 5 September 2008 but returns on 24 April...
decided to take Dylan out. Sean and Marcus later return to witness Jamie leave in a black Taxi, they then try to comfort Violet but leave after Violet is homophobic towards Sean.
In June 2011, Sean receives news from Violet's grandmother that Violet has been in a car crash and has suffered back problems although she will recover and Dylan wasn't involved in the car crash. However Violet's grandmother contacted Sean again, saying that Violet's back is worse than what is thought to be, and that she is awaiting for a back operation, which could take months. This worries Sean as he has never looked after a child before, not even his son.
In early September, Violet phones Sean to say she's ready to have Dylan back and he reluctantly agrees. However, grateful for their help, Violet tells Sean and Marcus that in return, they can visit Dylan anytime they want to, giving them free indirect access to Dylan
Background
Violet first appeared on 8 October 2004 and the character was originally gong to be called Julie, Platt stated filming in August 2004, as a barmaid in the Rovers Return and is a former pupil of Ken Barlow when he was a teacher at Weatherfield Comprehensive and on occasions calls him 'Sir'. Violet befriended teenager Katy Harris and is good friends with Sean TullySean Tully
Sean Tully, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Antony Cotton, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 13 July 2003. Sean works as a factory machinist, and as a part-time barman in the Rovers Return...
, whom she knew before moving to Coronation Street.
Personality
She is an attractive, polite character, however with the tragic occurrences in her life, she often finds it difficult to be particularly happy. It was stated by Violet early on, that she had left home at a young age to live with an older, dominant man.Relationships
Violet enters a relationship with Jason GrimshawJason Grimshaw
Jason Grimshaw, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Ryan Thomas, the character first appeared during the episode airing on 25 December 2000, when he comes looking for mother Eileen at the Battersbys' home.Jason is very much the...
. Jason's mother, Eileen Grimshaw
Eileen Grimshaw
Eileen Grimshaw, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by Sue Cleaver, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 3 May 2000....
finds Violet a pleasant young woman, and enjoys living with her. The relationship breaks up twice, firstly when Violet is seduced by Charlie Stubbs, and later when Jason has an affair with Sarah Platt.
Violet later turns down an unexpected proposal from Jason, and begins dating Jamie Baldwin
Jamie Baldwin
James Andrew "Jamie" Baldwin is a fictional character in the British soap opera ITV Coronation Street, played by Rupert Hill. He first appeared in 2004 and left in 2008. In March 2011 it was announced that Jamie would return for one episode on 24 April 2011....
. After moving in with Jamie, she begins to have her doubts about his loyalties in September 2006, with him spending more time with Sean, than her. She thinks that Jamie is interested in Sean and asks Sean to find out if Jamie is gay. Sean later discovers that Jamie is in love with his step-mum, Frankie Baldwin, but does not tell Violet this. The relationship later finishes, without Violet knowing of Jamie's affair.
After the character had left the show it was later revealed that the soap's bosses had been on the look out for a lesbian character since 2004, the year that the character entered the series. The original intentions were revealed for the character, that were to make her the soaps first lesbian character in the shows history. Due to the popularity of her two relationships within the characters early storylines the idea was scrapped at the last minute. An ITV insider told the News of the World on July 2008: "Executives want to create a soap which is representative of society in 2008 and they are acutely aware they need more gay characters. They went on: "It does seem ridiculous it (lesbianism) has never been explored on Corrie but that's all about to change." Later it was revealed that producers had shifted the plans they had once put onto Platt's character onto fellow character Sophie Webster
Sophie Webster
Sophie Lauren Webster is a fictional character in the British television ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She is currently portrayed by actress Brooke Vincent, after previously being portrayed by both Ashleigh Middleton and Emma Woodward. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode...
.