Inside Corrie original Summer's life - sexuality, ITV soap exit and glam transformation
Coronation Street scenes, Summer Spellman is found slumped on the bench unconscious next to boxes full of alcopops.Police find her and assume her to be drunk and take her down to the station.Amy Barllow (Elle Mulvaney) and Aadi Alahan (Adam Hussain) call at the police station and tell Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) about Summer's arrest and how they suspect she might be suffering from her diabetes.Craig hurries to the cells where he finds Summer in a diabetic coma, before shouting out for someone to call an ambulance.Will they get to Summer to hospital in time or will it be too late?Summer is currently played by Harriet Bibby, but before she took on the role the character was portrayed by actress Matilda Freeman.Amid Summer's big storyline in Corrie, Daily Star have taken a look into Matilda's life.Matilda, who joined the Corrie cast in 2017, was born in Chester on August 31, 2004 – which makes her 17 years of age as of April 2022.She made her TV debut when she played the role of a character called Esther in a programme called Dropperz – at the time she was just 12.Also when she was 12 she appeared as Livia in a short film titled Lifeline.And a year later she popped up in rival BBC soap Doctors as Chantelle Briggs.Matilda was a much-loved actress when she appeared on Corrie until 2020, and fans loved her portraying the role of young and innocent Summer.Her last Corrie appearance was aired in August 2020, and at the time of announcing her departure Matilda took to Instagram.When she left the soap she took to Instagram to tell her fans that the reason behind her leaving the soap opera was so she was "able to work on other shows/films/projects".At the time she said: "When you work at Corrie you're under a contract which means.
