Corrie’s Toyah actress in real life romance with co-star as love triangle kicks off
Coronation Street’s Toyah Battersby found herself in hot water when she hooked up with her sister’s fiancé Nick Tilsley, but in real life Georgia Taylor is a lot more settled
One Coronation Street icon struck up a real-life romance with her on-screen husband – who was killed off on the ITV soap.
Georgia Taylor has played Toyah Battersby since 1997, and now Toyah’s in hot water with a cult known as The Institute, who are out to get her after she tried to protect her sister Leanne from their cunning plot. Toyah’s also embarked on a steamy affair with Leanne’s fiancé Nick Tilsley – with a snog leaving them both reeling.
But in real life, Georgia is settled down with someone else entirely – Charlie De Melo, who played her on-screen husband Imran Habeeb until he was killed off in a car crash, caused by Toyah. The pair confirmed their romance in summer 2022, and since then Georgia has dropped a few details on her love life.
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Speaking to Digital Spy this year, she revealed: “When I joined [Corrie] I was on a five-month contract and I didn’t see anything beyond that. So the fact that it’s really shaped so much of my life and my personal life is quite extraordinary. It really is a gift and it makes that place even more special to me.
Sources told The Sun in 2022: “Georgia and Charlie have been dating for a few months. They became great friends while playing on screen lovers in Corrie and when they found themselves single their relationship developed into romance.
“The relationship is common knowledge among pals and they went to the soap’s Christmas party as a couple. It will be hard for Mark to see Georgia has moved on so soon because they were together for a long time.”
Charlie and Georgia have shared plenty of cosy travel snaps on social media together, heading to Northern Ireland, Italy and Scotland together. But Georgia isn’t Charlie’s first cobbles romance that crossed over into real life.
He previously dated his Corrie co-star Nicola Thorp, who played Nicola Rubinstein from 2017 until 2019. Georgia, meanwhile, was previously married to Mark Letheren.
“Even now, we’re still in touch obviously, he’s texting me, ‘How did the day go? Are you OK?’ He’s just a team player. And I mean look at him, there’s no complaints there either. He’s beautiful.”