Who is Sally Ann Matthews? Coronation Street’s Jenny Bradley who plays the on-screen wife of Johnny Connor
SALLY Ann Matthews is known for playing Jenny Bradley on Coronation Street since the 80s.
She’s been involved in some big storylines on the hit ITV soap – here’s what we know about the actress…
Who is Sally Ann Matthews? What is her background?
Sally Ann Matthews was born September 19, 1970.
She is an English actress known for playing Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street.
Sally Ann also played Sandra Briggs in Emmerdale from 2005-06.
She has also had many guest roles in many famous TV shows including Waterloo Road, The Royal and Heartbeat.
Who is Sally Ann Matthews’ character Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street?
Jennifer “Jenny” Bradley first made her first appearance on Corrie in January 6, 1986.
Originally fostered by Rita Fairclough (Barbara Knox), she has been featured in storylines.
These include her troubled relationship with her father and Rita’s partner, Alan Bradley (Mark Eden), his death when he is killed in a tram accident after chasing Rita in Blackpool, and a brief underage romance with married man Robert Weston (Philip Bretherton), which led to Jenny leaving in March, 1991.
Jenny returned for a short stint on September 1993 when she visited Rita for money but she was gone by October 1993.
In 2015 Jenny returned for four months after meeting Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) through internet dating, and they begin a relationship.
But she returned to the cobbles indefinitely in January 2016 and got engaged to Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley).
In an episode in June 2018, her husband Johnny cheats on her with Liz McDonald.
As Johnny has struggled with the death of his son Aidan, Johnny fell into the arms of his ex.
Jenny was left devastated by his betrayal.
On August 20, 2018, Sally revealed her shock at finding out her character Jenny was to be the next Rovers Return landlady.
It comes after it was revealed that Corrie fans will see Jenny decide to turn the Rovers Return into a trendy gastropub.
What happened at Johnny and Jenny’s wedding?
Things don’t go quite to plan at the double wedding with Aidan and Eva for Jenny and Johnny when Rita’s health took a turn for the worse.
Viewers had found out that the beloved Corrie resident has a brain tumour.
Jenny refused to leave Rita’s bedside but the couple were married at Rita’s bedside.