Georgia May Foote: 'Teen pregnancy is big issue'

Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote has admitted that she's glad the show is tackling a big issue like teen pregnancy.

The actress plays 16-year-old ­schoolgirl Katy Armstrong, who has just discovered that she is pregnant with boyfriend Chesney Brown's (Sam Aston) baby.

The 20-year-old insisted that while she doesn't want children just yet, those who do decide to have a family at a young age shouldn't be condemned.

"Everyone has their own choice," she told the Daily Star Sunday. "Personally I'm very career-driven and I'd be really, ­really shocked if I found out I was pregnant but my sister is 23 and she's just had a baby and she's wanted one since she was really young.

"A lot of girls at my school had babies as soon as they left and half of them were planned, so it's a big issue. It's good that Coronation Street is tackling the subject and are going to show how Katy and Chesney struggle.

"I'd love to have kids ­myself but I'd rather wait until I was older. Katie is more impulsive but I'd rather plan it."

The soap star recently suggested that the couple want a baby because they've both been abandoned by their mothers.