Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver has shared the incredible story of how she managed to track down her birth mother - and how it led her to a surprising connection
The tale of how Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver discovered her birth mother is more dramatic than any soap opera. Adopted just ten days after birth, Sue had an otherworldly encounter aged 23, when she landed a small role in Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for the play Oedipus.
In her revealing new memoir A Work in Progress, Sue - who has stunned fans with her weight loss in recent years, reflects, "I was completely obsessed with him and fascinated by his stories about his family, I wasn't sure why." Things came to a head during a cast lunch where Michael teased Sue about her Northern accent and inquired about her origins.
Sue, best known for her role as Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street, had a life-changing moment when she discovered that she was adopted. Born Claire Grieve, she was adopted by Fred and John Cleaver, joining their family which included their five year old son Paul. Meanwhile, her biological parents Lesley and Michael went on to have two daughters who were unaware of their half-sister's existence.
She described the experience as being akin to a love story, saying: "It was almost like a love story. The first two weeks were very heady; we had to be around each other, we had to call each other. She never ever felt like my mum. My Mum who brought me up is mum. But there was a definite attachment."
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