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Coronation Street star reveals she's 'living in student halls' after leaving soap

Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson, who played Nicky Wheatley on the ITV soap, shared a humorous update about her new living arrangements on Monday afternoon

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Kimberly Hart-Simpson starred as Nicky Wheatley on Coronation Street(Image: ITV)

One former star of Coronation Street has revealed that she is "back living in student halls" six years on from when she found fame on the ITV programme.

Actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson, 39, became known to fans of the world's longest-running TV soap when she was cast as escort Nicky Wheatley in 2020, and her character became a love interest for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) shortly after his wife Sinead (Katie McGlynn) had passed away.

The soap star, who has also appeared in Hollyoaks, Brassic and Celebs Go Dating, is taking her play Amnesia to the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival and posted a humorous update to social media about her living arrangements as she prepares to perform at the Pleasance Theatre.

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Kimberly posted a humorous update onto her social media on Monday afternooon(Image: kimberly_h_s/Instagram)

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The soap star is performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival(Image: kimberly_h_s/Instagram)

She wrote on Instagram: "I am officially back living in student halls during Ed run. I don't know who all of my housemates are yet. But I hope they like ne and we take it in turns changing the bin. Also pray I ain't the biggest sl*g when we inevitably play never have i ever!"(sic)

The Edinburgh Fringe brings in around three million visitors every year and stages more than 1,000 new productions across the summer.

Several famous faces got their start by performing at the festival, with comediennes such as Catherine Tate and Sarah Millican as well as Mr Bean and Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson all starring in shows there early on in their careers.

Hit musical Six, which reimagines the six wives of Henry VIII as pop stars based on the likes of Britney Spears, Ariana Grande and Beyonce, premiered there as a university production before going on to dominate the West End and Broadway.

Written and performed by Kimberly, Amnesia sees the soap star playing Kelly, a dementia carer in Rhyl who risks losing everything when her best friend announces that she is moving to a city with a Pret a Manger in it.

Kimberly was first seen on Coronation Street in 2020, and starred throughout that year but has made various guest appearances since, the latest of which was in 2024.

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Kimberly previously told The Mirror that she would be happy to return to Coronation Street at some point(Image: ITV)

But her alter-ego managed to make it out of Weatherfield alive, so the actress previously shared that she would be happy to make a return to the programme at some point.

In early 2025, Kimberly told The Mirror: "We met Nicky four years ago and I'm still going," adding that her appearance on the show was initially supposed to be a brief stint but is still "popping back and facilitating storylines."

Kimberly added: "That's the great thing about soaps, you chop and change into other characters' lives. Of course I'd consider going back I look at that time with such fond memories and have such positive emotions towards the show."

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