| Sarah-Louise Grimshaw | |||||||||||
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 Sarah in 2007 |
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| Coronation Street | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Leah King (28 January 1987 - May 1987)
Lyndsey King (1987 - 8 October 1999) Tina O'Brien (Episode 4708 31 October 1999 - Episode 6719 30 December 2007; 4 January 2008 (voice only) ) |
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| First appearance | 28 January 1987 Episdoe 2694 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 30 December 2007 Episode 6719 | ||||||||||
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1987 | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Hairdresser | ||||||||||
| Residence | Milan | ||||||||||
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Sarah-Louise Grimshaw (née Tilsley, previously Platt) was a fictional character on the UK soap opera Coronation Street. She was last played by Tina O'Brien, although two other actresses have also portrayed her. Tina O'Brien arrived on the show in 1999, replacing Lyndsey King, who had played the character from 1987, as a baby, until she was twelve, sharing it with her twin sister, Leah. In May 1987, Leah passed away from cot death. Tina O'Brien took the torch from Lyndsey King when she was 16, playing the character three years younger than her. Sarah is quite a feminine, gossiping character and is very close to her family. She also has a nasty streak, which became evident when she stole Jason Grimshaw from his then girlfriend Violet Wilson. She left the street in December 2007, with her daughter Bethany. Sarah's was voice heard on January 4, 2008 when she left a message on the Grimshaws' answering machine.
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History
Sarah, informally known as Sarah-Lou, is the only daughter of Brian Tilsley and Gail Tilsley. Questions were raised on whether or not Brian was Sarah's real father and, at the times, it was quite a scandal. When Brian found out Gail was having an affair with his cousin he told her to have an abortion, which she refused point blank, and for a time baby Sarah was rejected by Brian and, until he found out he was in fact her real father, he kept his distance. He was murdered just two weeks after her second birthday, and she was adopted by her beloved stepfather Martin. Sarah always acknowledged Martin as her father, even though she always called him by his first name.
Teenage pregnancy
When it came to men, Sarah was always very unlucky. In February 2000, just after her 13th birthday, Sarah found out she was pregnant. Her daughter Bethany was born four months later.
The father, Neil Ferns, had no interest in Bethany, and remained an "absent father". However, in late 2003, after his death in a car crash, Bethany's paternal grandmother, Brenda Ferns, re-established contact. This nearly led to Bethany's death as Brenda planned to commit suicide with Bethany, fearing that Bethany was being brought up in a house of sin; Emily Bishop however found them in time and saved them.
Car crash
Over the autumn of 2002, Sarah went through a rebellious stage and dumped her sensible boyfriend Todd Grimshaw and started dating bad-boy Aiden Critchley who was also dating her best friend, Candice. Then one night when her mother and Richard were on holiday, Sarah told her grandmother she was going to see her friend but was really going to see Aiden. He was driving her neighbour's (Ken Barlow's) car and took her on a high-speed joyride, deliberately speeding past speed cameras in order to add more points on Ken's licence and ultimately cause him to be banned from driving. However, Sarah quickly lost interest in Aiden's dangerous adventure, and tried to get out of the moving car, causing Aiden to have a near fatal crash. Sarah narrowly survived the car crash that left her in a coma with serious head injuries, with the accident causing her to realise just how much Bethany meant to her. Sarah ended her relationship with Aiden after this and was disgusted by the fact that he had left her to die in the car wreckage. This plot is similar to the one in Hollyoaks.
Aiden reappeared on the street in January 2003 and was living rough in a disused building after his abusive father had kicked him out following his part in the car crash.this is also similar to hollyoaks Sarah felt pity for him and would bring him food every day though the pair were no longer romantically involved. Sarah was devastated in February 2003 when she discovered that her new stepfather, Richard Hillman, was a killer and had tried to frame Aiden for murdering Maxine Peacock. A month later, Sarah and Bethany narrowly survived when Hillman drove them, along with Gail and David, into a canal. Richard drowned but the others survived. Aiden was cleared of the murder and released from custody, but has never been seen or heard from since.
Relationship with Todd Grimshaw
Sarah rekindled her relationship with Todd Grimshaw in the early months of 2003 after refusing his advances for months and, to the horror of her mother, became pregnant once again in late 2003 at the age of 16. She was unsure at first about whether or not she was going to go through with the pregnancy but with Todd's persistence she agreed. Todd seemed dead set on making it work for him and Sarah and even dropped out of school in order to spend more time with Sarah and the baby. For this reason amongst others [Sarah sleeping with Jason to spite Todd], Sarah found herself an enemy in Eileen Grimshaw. Sarah left home to live with Todd and fell out with her mother after she reported them to Social Services for child neglect. Against the wishes of their families they got engaged and Sarah and her mother were finally reconciled. Unfortunately, in an unforeseen twist, Todd was wrestling against his homosexual feelings and started an affair with a man behind Sarah's back. Sarah refused to listen to her brother Nick's advice that Todd was gay after Todd made a pass at him and after Todd confessed to her, a very hurt and devastated Sarah moved back home where she went into premature labour in May 2004, losing the baby, Billy, soon after. Sarah never forgave Todd and she blamed him for Billy's death. In August 2004 she got her revenge by sleeping with Todd's brother which led her to be alienated by her best friend who had an on/off relationship with Jason and everyone around her for a short time and it also led to Todd's departure from Weatherfield.
After Todd
Sarah then began dating Asian skip man, Scooter for a brief time in 2005 before setting her sights on old conquest Jason Grimshaw, despite the fact that Jason was already going out with Violet Wilson. Sarah revealed her darker side as she stole Jason without a thought for Violet. The two became engaged in March 2006 but just like Sarah's first engagement to Todd Grimshaw their families opposed the marriage. However just as everyone had started to accept the marriage, Jason got cold feet on their wedding day sending a heart-broken and humiliated Sarah a text message at the altar, calling it off. Previous to been jilted at the altar, on her 19th birthday in early 2006, Sarah received a card from Richard Hillman, which caused her to break down in tears and this card was followed by six others each on different family occasions. Her whole family lived in fear, until it was revealed to be her younger brother David Platt sending them. Sarah and David's relationship has been far from loving ever since, and there have been doubts about whether they will ever be the same again.
Reconciliation with Jason
Soon after Sarah was left at the altar, Jason returned to the street claiming he had made a big mistake but Sarah declared their relationship to be well and truly over. He even put posters all over the street declaring his undying love for her. However, Sarah began to warm to Jason again, and they began seeing each other once more. When Jason suddenly found out he had a baby daughter Holly on Christmas Day 2006 from a supposed one night stand a year previously, he told Sarah that he wanted nothing to do with the child. This angered Sarah as she felt that he was acting how Neil Fearns had acted when she had Bethany. He began to see that he could use Holly to get closer to Sarah, and Sarah said that they, meaning Jason, Sarah, Bethany and Holly could be a family. She was shocked to discover that Jason is not Holly's biological father and that Charlie Stubbs is the little girl's real dad. The Grimshaws have since given Holly up to her mother. After going on holiday together with her daughter Bethany, Jason and Sarah returned refreshed and announced to her mother Gail in July 2007 that they were engaged again. She then later asked Maria Sutherland if she would be her maid of honour again.
On 17 September 2007 David was looking after Bethany, who was not at school due to a gas leak. David went outside to chat to Darryl. When he came back he realised Bethany had swallowed an ecstacy tablet which David had hidden for Darryl inside her doll. Bethany started
to slow down and became drowsy within minutes. David made her vomit by drinking salt water to clear her system. Sarah returned and noticed that Bethany was feeling unwell and thought it was a bug. David became invcreasingly anxious and started to panic. Bethany had a seizure, and David called an ambulance. At the hospital the doctors battled to save her. David eventually confessed to a horrified Jason that she had swallowed Ecstacy. Jason then told the rest of the Platts who where mortified. That episode ended with David sitting at home by himself sobbing.
David planned ways to ruin Sarah's wedding to Jason starting with inviting Todd to it and Jason's stag night. This plan didn't work as Sarah and Todd decided to call a truce, leaving David miserable.
The Wedding Day and departure
On 31 October 2007, Sarah and Jason were to marry again. However Sarah's brother David Platt was true to his suicide note and drove his car into the canal. The police, who had already been informed of his disappearance, turned up at the church during the vows to tell the distraught mother Gail Platt and the family, that the son's car had been seen driving into the canal by an on-looker. However, Jason and Sarah went ahead with their wedding, believing it to be another one of David's hoaxes. However when it was revealed that, in fact it was David's car, Sarah and the remaining Platt family waited at home for news. The doorbell rang and as Sarah answered it, she was greeted by a sodden David. He was alive, and planning more evil.
Sarah got back at David by planting Ecstacy she had taken from a man in a nightclub. She planted the drug in David's drawer in the salon, which Audrey later discovered. Audrey told Gail who notified Stephen. Stephen decided that perhaps David should not go to Milan as he could not behave. Sarah reveled in delight when she was offered the opppurtunity to go to milan along with Jason and Bethany.
Sarah deliberately wound up David about the job and her new life ahead of her.
On 30 December 2007, Sarah and Jason set off to Milan with Bethany. At Picadilly station Sarah told Jason about her planting David with drugs and was proud that she had done so. Jason was disgusted and walked away leaving Sarah to fly to Milan alone with Bethany. He then returned to № 8 and told Gail and David about Sarah's confession. David demanded an apology from Gail and Jason left. Meanwhile, at the airport, Sarah was waiting for the plane the announcer called her Jason and Bethany to the plane as it was ready to leave. She was last seen walking to the plane and to her new life.
Family
- Father: Brian Tilsley (deceased)
- Mother: Gail Platt
- Brother: Nick Tilsley
- Half Brother: David Platt
- Husband: Jason Grimshaw
- Son: Billy Platt (deceased)
- Daughter: Bethany Platt
- Adoptive father: Martin Platt
- Grandfathers: Bert Tilsley (deceased), Ted Paige
- Grandmothers: Ivy Brennan (deceased), Audrey Roberts
- Great Grandfathers: Jim Nelson, Robert Potter
- Great Grandmothers: Alice Nelson, Nancy Potter
- Great Uncle: Trevor Tilsley
- Uncle: Stephen Reid
- First Cousin once removed: Ian Latimer
Friends
Enemies
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Bert Tilsley | Brian Tilsley | Nick Tilsley | Sarah-Louise Grimshaw | Bethany Platt | Billy Platt | Spouses: Ivy Brennan | Gail Platt | Leanne Battersby | Jason Grimshaw |
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Martin Platt | Nick Tilsley | Sarah-Louise Grimshaw | Bethany Platt | Billy Platt | David Platt Spouses: Gail Platt | Leanne Battersby | Jason Grimshaw |
