Coronation Street Sam Aston’s real-life sister was on soap – and ‘she’s the spit of him’
Sam Aston is a firm favourite on Coronation Street playing Chesney Brown - but it turns out soap stardom runs in the actor’s family
Coronation Street fans have been left floored after realising Sam Aston’s real-life sister appeared on the ITV soap.
Actor Sam is best known for playing Chesney Brown – making his debut in 2003. Sam was just 10 years old when he first set foot on the cobbles as the son of Cilla Battersby-Brown (Wendi Peters) and the half-brother of Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine).
Like many child stars, the actor grew up on the show and has had a series of intense storylines including being held hostage, constantly getting dumped and becoming a single dad.
Over in the soap recently, he has been left dealing with the fall-out of Paul Foreman’s (Peter Ash) death, who was his wife Gemma’s (Dolly-Rose Campbell) twin brother.
Sam has gone down a treat with Corrie fans over the years. So much so, that he bagged an award for Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards in 2004. He also picked up Best Dramatic Performance for a Young Actor at the British Soap Awards the following year.
And it turns out soap stardom runs in his family, as his sister is also a soap star. What’s more, the actress, Emily, even appeared on Coronation Street back in the nineties.
Sam’s sister played Becky Palmer on the ITV soap, between 1996 and 1997 in 51 episodes. Since then, she’s gone on to star in the likes of BBC soap Doctors, This Is England ‘88 and Hollyoaks.
His sister also appeared on Corrie (
ITV)
Reacting to Sam’s sister’s stint on Corrie, fans have been left floored. On a Corrie Facebook fan page, one person said: “Wow!! The girl that played Becky (daughter of one of Des’ girlfriends) is actually Chesneys (Sam Aston) real sister!!.”
Someone else said: “Spit of each other ain’t they.” A third agreed and wrote: “Now you said you can see it wow.” Another person chimed in and proclaimed: “U can tell!!!” A fifth penned: “She so like him.”
But Emily isn’t the only actor sibling that Sam has. His brother Joseph was the second actor to play Tommy Duckworth, the grandson of iconic characters Jack and Vera Duckworth, back in 2000. And his other brother Thomas is also an actor and has appeared in episodes of Casualty and The Bill.
In 2023, Sam opened up on how his soap star siblings have helped him on the soap, in particular with his character being a dad-of-five. Speaking to The Mirror and other press, he said: “Because I grew up in a big family anyway, I’ve always been used to the chaos.”
He added: “I’ve got five sisters, three brothers. So I’m used to a lot of people being around in the house and children and all sorts. So it’s not as crazy as it sounds. I don’t think it’s as crazy as what it could be when you initially think there are four babies on set.
“I think it’s harder if anything when there’s newborns and we were brand new to it. Because I’ve got two kids myself, maybe I am a bit more calm in that situation.”