Fiz Brown

Coronation Street character

Portrayed by

Jennie McAlpine

Duration

2001–

First appearance

20 April 2001

Introduced by

Jane MacNaught

Spin-off
appearances

"Out of Africa" (2008)

Classification

Present; regular

Profile

Other names

Fiz Stape (married name)

Occupation

Machinist
Café Waitress
Café Co-owner

Home

9 Coronation Street

Mother	Cilla Battersby-Brown
Half-brothers	Billy Brown Chesney Brown
Husband	John Stape (2009–2011)
Daughters	Hope Stape
Adoptive daughters	Ruby Dobbs
Nephews	Joseph Brown

Mother	Cilla Battersby-Brown
Half-brothers	Billy Brown Chesney Brown
Husband	John Stape (2009–2011)
Daughters	Hope Stape
Adoptive daughters	Ruby Dobbs
Nephews	Joseph Brown

Fiona "Fiz" Brown (previously Stape) is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Jennie McAlpine, the character first appeared on screen on 20 April 2001. Initially appearing for five episodes, McAlpine's contract was soon extended and Fiz became a regular character. In May 2014, it was announced that McAlpine was expecting her first child and Fiz temporarily departed on 14 November 2014. She returned to filming on 21 April 2015 and returned on-screen on 19 June 2015.

Fiz initially appeared as a troubled teenager briefly fostered by Roy (David Neilson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) at the age of 15. She later started working at the Underworld factory. Fiz was involved in a murder storyline in which her husband John Stape (Graeme Hawley), committed three murders and had Fiz help him bury the bodies. She had to implicate other people in order to cover for John. She gave birth to her daughter Hope prematurely, in the live 50th anniversary episode with McAlpine becoming the first actress to act out a birth live on a soap opera.

Fiz's first appearance was as a troubled sixteen-year-old fostered by Roy (David Neilson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Her boisterous attitude clashes with the pair and Roy gets angry with her when she starts a small fire in the flat while cooking chips. Fiz claims Roy hit her; the claim is quickly dismissed and Fiz is sent to another foster family. Fiz reappears a few months later, having dropped out of school, and gets a job as a machinist at Mike Baldwin's (Johnny Briggs) factory. She is initially dismissive of Roy and Hayley, but when Hayley is held on remand for kidnapping Wayne Hayes (Gary Damer), a boy the Croppers were trying to save from his abusive stepfather, she changes her mind, recognising the Croppers are the only parental figures who truly cared for her, and takes it upon herself to look after Roy in Hayley's absence.

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