This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.
Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) returned to Coronation Street after her holiday in tonight’s episode, and she was sporting a fabulous new hairstyle.
Her new look consisted of much darker hair with a full fringe – a very noticeable difference to everyone but husband Chesney Brown (Sam Aston).
After recovering from the shock of discovering that Les Battersby had been killed in an accident at work, Gemma was quick to point out that Chesney hadn’t even mentioned her new do.
He was quick to correct himself, revealing how lovely it looked, before once again fretting about whether or not to sign an NDA and accept cash from the abattoir where Les died.
Eventually, he decided not to take the money on principle, much to Gemma’s horror.
Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) attempted to persuade him to change his mind, by pointing out that challenging the company in court could leave them bankrupt, but Chesney was willing to take the risk.
When Toyah let slip to Gemma that he was turning down £20,000, she was appalled – will this cause a rift between Chesney and Gemma?
Gemma’s new hairstyle comes after actress Dolly-Rose Campbell revealed her own new look, which is totally different to her character’s.
The actress, who has played Gemma since 2014, took to Instagram with a selfie showing off her much shorter, curly hair.
She was soon inundated with comments from fellow soap stars who gushed over the new look, with on-screen mum Bernie Winter actress Jane Hazlegrove writing: ‘Beautiful woman!’
‘Love your hair,’ Emmerdale star Ash Palmisciano, who plays Matty Barton, added, while Joel Deering actor Calum Lill said: ‘Love this!’
Of course, the drastic change of hairstyle for Dolly-Rose has meant that she now wears a wig when appearing on screen as Gemma.
