Nicholls: 'Lenska a dream to work with'

Sue Nicholls has described working with Rula Lenska as a "dream".

Lenska made her Coronation Street debut as Claudia, a glamorous friend of salon-owner Audrey Roberts (Nicholls), late last year.

Speaking to RTE, Nicholls revealed that Claudia will appear again at Audrey's birthday party and reveal more about Lewis (Nigel Havers) to her daughter Gail (Helen Worth).

"Yes, she's a little bit like the wicked witch, isn't she? It's great fun," she said.

"In my head Claudia is that friend you know is always going to be a pain. She's the one who says the wrong thing, is always trying to out do you and has a habit of saying really horrid things even though she thinks they're a joke.

"But I think in a funny way they really do get on. She gets quite drunk at the party and when Audrey makes her announcement she has no qualms about filling Gail in on Lewis's past."

Nicholls, who previously told DS that she wanted Lenka to return to the ITV soap, added: "It's been a dream - [Rula is] absolutely lovely and charming.

"The funny thing is in the past people have told me I look like Rula, I think it is because we are both tall and slim. And then when she came to set she told me that people told her that she looks like me! I think it's our good hair."