Coronation Street star lands new role alongside Peter Andre – 5 years after leaving ITV soap and breast cancer battle
CORONATION Street star Victoria Ekanoye joins Peter Andre in the upcoming international series Falcon, five years after leaving the soap.
The dramatic thriller is set to be released next summer.
Victoria is best known for portraying Angie Appleton on Coronation Street from 2017 to 2019.
Five years after leaving the soap, she has signed up for an exciting new role.
She will play Professor Victoria Bassey in the new thriller Falcon, which has been described as a cross between Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code.
Falcon follows Greg Falcon (Noah Huntley), who, whilst vacationing in Malta, stumbles across a dark and deluded online scheme – a scheme that could destabilise the whole world.
Assisted by Bassey, a professor of antiquities, Falcon uncovers a sinister plot that dates back almost two thousand years. They come face to face with a megalomaniac, Hector Laidlaw (Peter Andre) and it becomes a race against time.
Peter Andre plays the charming yet ominous Hector Laidlaw, an internet fiend who uses his influencer role to manipulate and dominate the people around him.
Set entirely in Malta and Gozo, the eagerly anticipated Falcon is set to be one of the biggest and most ambitious series ever shot on the islands, by UK-based Picture Point Films
Falcon also stars Richard Ashton (Fifth Element, Hellraiser), Irish actor Joe Savino (Ballykissangel, Braveheart, The Crying Game) and Daniel Coll (Emmerdale, Braveheart) and also featuring top Maltese talent.
Producer and actor Daniel gushed: “Written by the brilliant Dave Thorp this show will be thrilling to watch and great family viewing, with a fabulous cast. We look forward to Falcon hitting TV screens next summer.”
This exciting new role for Victoria comes five years after she quit the cobbles and more recently announced that she is now cancer-free.
In 2021, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) and has since undergone a double mastectomy.
The actress discovered a lump in her breast and, considering her family history of cancer, wasted no time in taking action.
Three years on from her life-changing diagnosis, Victoria has shared the good news that she is now cancer-free.
She took to X, formerly Twitter, to announce her PET scan came back clear.
Coronation Street's 2024 shock exits
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
Alongside a snap with her partner Jonny Lomas and their son, Théo, Victoria captioned the post: “Taken the day I revealed my Breast Cancer diagnosis, 2021.
“Just received my blood & PET scan results, I can finally say… I’m CANCER FREE.
She continued: “Thank you to those who formed my safety net. I’m humbled to have such beautiful humans in my life. 2024 Let’s go!”
Victoria continued to act in the face of her cancer battle appearing in popular series like Death in Paradise and The Turkish Detective, as well as the 2024 TV movie Sense and Sensibility.
She will return to screens as Professor Bassey in 2025.