Amber to leave Coronation Street

[Scarlett.]

Coronation Street's Nikki Patel is leaving the soap, it has been confirmed.

The actress has already filmed her final scenes as Amber Kalirai, who will exit Weatherfield next month.

Amber was most recently involved in a lesbian love triangle with Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson).

"Nikki's part in the love triangle was a huge success, but the producers feel that the character has run her course. Nikki is a professional and she understands, although of course she is disappointed," a source told The People.

Amber will leave the Street after a series of rows with stepmum Sunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati).

A Coronation Street spokesperson added: "Nikki will be leaving us at the end of her contract, but viewers may see Amber again."

Vincent was recently offered a "mega-bucks" deal to stay at the soap.

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Fantastic, the character was basically used as fluff for the crap Sophie and Sian, ruined, now she's being kicked out....

[Smithy]

bit pointless bringing her back tbh

[Scarlett.]

I agree, she was just a plot device it seems, they didn't need to bring HER back to ruin the relationship, why not a new character? They ruined Amber with this

[Marsh.]

I always hated Amber. But this is great news; Sian, Rosie and Amber gone. woohoo.

If only Sophie went aswell.

Eastenders and Hollyoaks should follow in their footsteps and clear out their tedious teens.

[waterhog]

she a good actress - i will miss her <

[Visage]

I hate it when they say the character has run it's course. Basically it's more like we can't be bothered to develop the character any further.

[Marsh.]

Sometimes that is true though. Because all too often they take a character literally as far as they can go (like Tracy Barlow) but then insist on keeping them or bringing them back and they've ran out of steam.

That's why I'm a little skeptical about bringing Sharon back in Eastenders, because she literally done everything. All that's left is to repeat what's gone before.

[joeysteele]

Really glad about that, her character went nowhere from coming back,in fact, Dev and Sunita have awful storylines now too. You hardly see their other children.