Entwistle returned to the stage as Hanna in
Merlin before gaining the role of Amy in
BBC's
Our Tune. Entwistle then played Maxine Graham in
Like A Virgin, and was spotted by Granada Television casting director Judy Hayfield. She was offered the role of machinist
Janice Lee in
Coronation Street and made her on-screen debut on 6 January 1997. She also starred in an episode of
The Bill in 1997. The following month, Entwistle was told that she would be playing the mother of the Battersbys. On 2 August 2010, Entwistle's departure after fourteen years on the show was confirmed. Soap bosses said the actress "agonised" over her decision, but decided the show's fiftieth anniversary year was the right time to say goodbye. Since leaving
Coronation Street, Entwistle has worked on the stage. She starred as the Wicked Queen in Blackpool's 2011 production of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and in 2012 toured in
Funny Peculiar, an award-winning play by Mike Stott, with
Suzanne Shaw,
Craig Gazey,
Dominic Cazenove and
Gemma Bissix. From January to August 2013, she played the role of
Madame Thénardier in
Les Misérables on the West End. On 22 August 2013, Vicky entered the
Celebrity Big Brother house alongside former on-screen husband
Bruce Jones to compete in
the twelfth series. She was paid £150,000. From 13 December 2017 until 7 January 2018, Entwistle appeared in the Christmas
pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Pavilion Theatre in
Rhyl,
North Wales. She played the character Carrabosse, which she also played in a Llandudno pantomime in 2013. == Personal life ==