Katie Louise McGlynn was born on 16 July 1993 in
Rochdale,
Greater Manchester to Ruth ( Carter) and Trevor McGlynn. The family lived in
Littleborough, where she attended
Wardle High School and studied A-levels in drama, English literature and media studies, during which time she made her acting debut as Gemma Gooch in an episode of
Moving On was later cast as
Jodie "Scout" Allen in the
seventh series of the
BBC school drama
Waterloo Road. McGlynn left the show at the end of the
eighth series, and subsequently joined the cast of the
ITV soap opera
Coronation Street as
Sinead Tinker, a role she went on to play for six years until the character was killed off in a storyline that saw her die from cervical cancer in October 2019. McGlynn made her final appearance as Sinead in March 2020 when she appeared via video footage, and later that year won the award for Best Serial Drama Performance at the
National Television Awards. In 2021, McGlynn joined the cast of the
Channel 4 soap opera
Hollyoaks as
Becky Quentin, in a storyline which saw her as a new mother who grows close to
Diane Hutchinson (
Alex Fletcher). She departed in February 2022. In 2021, McGlynn took part in the
nineteenth series of
Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with
Gorka Márquez and the couple were second to be eliminated from the competition in week 3. McGlynn and
Ricky Rayment, from the
ITVBe reality television series
The Only Way Is Essex, made their relationship public knowledge via
Instagram on
Valentine's Day 2024. ==Filmography==