Shelley Victoria Unwin (previously Barlow) is a fictional character who appeared in ITV's British soap opera Coronation Street. She is the daughter of Bev Unwin and the late Charlie Unwin. She was played by actress Sally Lindsay, who portrayed the role from 2001 until 2006.

Storylines

Shelley came to Weatherfield in 2001 as an old friend of then Rovers landlord Duggie Ferguson who was quick to give her a job behind the bar. She soon established herself as a firm favourite with the locals. In 2003 Peter Barlow illegally married Shelley, as he was already married to florist Lucy Richards, with whom he had a child. He did not tell either of them that he was in another relationship. He had told Lucy that he had broken up with Shelley, and no-one knew about Peter's secret marriage with Lucy. After his bigamy was discovered, Peter was hated by many people in the street. Lucy Richards emigrated to Australia with their baby. Peter then left the street. Since then, Shelley had a relationship with Charlie Stubbs, which also ended in disaster.

Charlie took control of Shelley's life, and turned her against her old friend Sunita Alahan and her mother, Bev. When her mother returned to the street, Shelley developed agoraphobia and wouldn't leave her bedroom. Charlie used this an excuse to cheat on her. Shelley eventually became wise to what was going on and on Monday 19 September 2005, she left Charlie standing at the altar.

After a string of bad dates since dumping Charlie, Shelley had decided her life was going nowhere. In July 2006, she was offered the job of landlady at a pub in the Peak District in Derbyshire by a representative of Newton and Ridley brewery. Tired of being goaded by Charlie and his new girlfriend Tracy Barlow, Shelley accepted the job and left Weatherfield.

Shelley returned in September 2006 to reveal she was pregnant. Charlie Stubbs was the baby's father after Shelley had a one-night stand with him just before she left for Derbyshire. The only other people that know about the baby are Shelley's mother Bev, Fred Elliott and Deirdre Barlow, whom Bev told. Deirdre decided to tell her daughter, Tracy, against Bev's wishes in the hope her daughter would see sense about the man she lived with. Tracy was devastated and she confronted Shelley, then Charlie when he returned from a trip away. Bev wanted Shelley to have an abortion as the child would remind them all of the bad times they had with Charlie. Shelley though, wanted to keep the baby. After a final confrontation with Charlie, Shelley left Weatherfield for good, but not before telling Bev she would not attend her wedding to Fred Elliott.

It has since been reported Shelley has since had the baby and resolved things with Bev, but nobody knows whether the child is male or female. Liz McDonald went to see Shelley for several weeks in June 2007.

External links

• Shelleys profile at www.Corrie.net