Julie Carp
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Katy Cavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2008–2015 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 25 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 3 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Kim Crowther | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Machinist | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Colin Grimshaw |
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| Mother | Paula Carp |
| Half-sisters | Eileen Grimshaw |
| Husband | Tim Jones (2005) |
| Grandfathers | Arnley Grimshaw |
| Nephews |
Jason Grimshaw Todd Grimshaw |
| Other relatives |
Elsie Tanner Dennis Tanner Linda Cheveski |
Julie Marie Carp (previously Jones) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actress Katy Cavanagh. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 April 2008 and was originally introduced as a new girlfriend of established character Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment) and in a later storyline she was revealed to be Eileen Grimshaw's (Sue Cleaver) half-sister. On 4 February 2015, it was announced that Cavanagh had decided not to renew her contract with the show in order to go and pursue other projects. She departed on 3 July 2015.
Julie's early storylines mainly revolved around her relationship with Kirk. Eileen strikes up a conversation with Julie when they both ran outside after Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie) crashed her car into Underworld. Julie says that she is getting fed up of her partner, Kirk, because he is unemployed and not doing anything about it. Julie's boss, Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien), puts her in an awkward position at work, insisting she sack one of the seamstresses, who are also her friends, though as supervisor, Tony feels it is necessary to step up to her role more effectively. Tony carries on bullying Julie to sack one of her friends until she stands up for herself but Tony threatens to sack her unless she does the task in hand. She is later saved by newcomer Luke Strong (Craig Kelly) who tells her that her job was safe and undermines Tony.
Julie's relationship with Kirk begins to strain. She has a pregnancy scare, which is negative, much to her delight. Julie tells Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) that she needs a real man and no longer loves Kirk and soon dumps him. Eileen pesters Julie by asking her about her mother, Paula, because they were friends at school. Following her split from Kirk, Julie begins to show an interest in Eileen's son, Jason. The pair get drunk in the Rovers and head back to Jason's for a night of passion, unaware that they are blood-related. At Colin's 70th party at The Rovers a few days later, Paula comes in drunk, urging Julie to stop seeing Jason and reveals that Julie and Eileen are half-sisters. A few days later, Julie is horrified to discover that Colin has had a stroke. Determined to get to know her father, she visits him in hospital. When he later dies of a heart attack, she is distraught and devastated that she didn't have a chance to know him.
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