Coronation Street has many firm favourites, with Mikey North being one of them.
Mikey has played Gary Windass on the ITV soap since 2008, with big storylines including failed romances on the cobbles to his PTSD battle.
But did you know that the star has a famous wife that you may recognise from a famous Hollywood blockbuster?
Coronation Street star Mikey North has very famous wife
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When not on screen as Gary in Weatherfield, Mikey lives with his wife and two children.
He married actress wife Rachael Isherwood in 2016, with the pair having a son Archie, born in 2017, and a daughter Eliza, born in 2019.
Rachael was in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger, playing a USO Dancer.
Captain America: The First Avenger was only the fifth film in the MCU, which has gone on to gross more than £30 billion at the box office.
Mikey proposed to Rachael in the Lake District in 2015 and spoke to OK! Magazine about the special moment.
He said: "I asked her to shut her eyes.
"When she opened them I was down on one knee with the ring.
"I was looking up at Rachael, with my knees getting wet, and I just said: 'Will you marry me?'
"In the moment before I proposed I was shaking like a leaf.
"Then when she said yes, I called my mum and just couldn't stop crying."
On the wedding day itself, the Corrie star added: "Rachael looked amazing.
"I'm known for letting my emotions run away with me, so I was really concentrating on trying not to cry."
Which characters have been on Coronation Street the longest?
Gary Windass is not the only favourite on the ITV soap, with plenty of other characters adored by fans having been on their screens for years.
William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, has been on Coronation Street since its first broadcast in December 1960.
He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role
Another long-standing character is Rita Tanner, played by Barbara Knox, who first appeared for one episode in 1964 before returning to the show full-time in 1972.
She is the second-longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street, behind William Roache.
Audrey Roberts, played by Sue Nicholls, and the Websters, Kevin, Debbie and Sally, played by Michael Le Vell, Sue Devaney and Sally Dynevor respectively, are other characters who have been in Corrie for many years.
Other characters have been in the ITV soap for a long period, but have been played by multiple actors, such as Tracy Barlow, Nick Tilsley and Sarah Platt.
Who is your favourite character in Coronation Street? Let us know in the comments.
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