Jackie Dobbs

Coronation Street character

Portrayed by

Margi Clarke

Duration

1998–1999, 2008–2010

First appearance

Episode 4376
29 March 1998

Last appearance

Episode 7296
18 March 2010

Introduced by

Brian Park (1998)
Kim Crowther (2008, 2010)

Classification

Former; regular

Profile

Residence

Liverpool

Husband	Darren Dobbs
Sons	Tyrone Dobbs
Granddaughters	Ruby Dobbs

Husband	Darren Dobbs
Sons	Tyrone Dobbs
Granddaughters	Ruby Dobbs

Jacqueline "Jackie" Dobbs is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by Margi Clarke. She was introduced in 1998, but written out in 1999 due to the personal problems of the actress who played her. Nine years later, in 2008, the character was reintroduced, once again played by Clarke, who initially signed a two month contract. Jackie continued to make sporadic appearances until March 2010.

Liverpudlian Jackie was introduced in March 1998 by producer Brian Park as the cellmate of established character Deirdre Rachid (Anne Kirkbride); Jackie was in prison for Actual Bodily Harm. Jackie's introduction was part of a high-profile storyline that saw Deirdre framed by her boyfriend and wrongfully imprisoned. Jackie first appeared in a specially constructed prison cell at Granada Studios. Deirdre's conviction was quashed within three weeks and she was released; Jackie soon followed her to the soap's primary setting of Weatherfield on parole, needing a friend to turn to, having been dumped by her partner and left homeless. Jackie moved to the area with her teenage son Tyrone (Alan Halsall), squatting in Curly Watts's vacant premises. She became a factory worker for Mike Baldwin, where she had numerous run-ins with Janice Battersby over flirtations with Janice's husband Les Battersby. Jackie remained on the show for one year before leaving in the midst of a property feud with Curly, who had returned to Coronation Street to find her formally renting his house. Jackie fled back to Liverpool with her husband Darren, though Tyrone stayed behind as a lodger with Jack and Vera Duckworth.

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