Amy James-Kelly played a huge role in the soap (Picture: ITV) Coronation Street’s Amy James-Kelly is making a return to our screens, 10 years on from her soap alter-egos shocking and unexpected death. The star portrayed Maddie Heath in Corrie from 2013-2015. She was introduced as a teenager sleeping rough, who met Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and Sally (Sally Dynevor) when they were working at a soup kitchen. In 2014, Sophie and Maddie started seeing each other. As a result of Sally refusing to accept their relationship, Sophie and Maddie started sleeping on the streets. That was, until, Sophie’s dad Kevin (Michael Le Vell) allowed the pair to move into Number 13. Maddie eventually settled into life in Weatherfield. She started a job at Underworld, and enjoyed talking to Sophie about going on holiday together. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Sadly, their future was stolen from them when Maddie died in 2015. After discovering Jenny (Sally Ann Matthews) trying to kidnap Kevin’s son Jack, she raced to tell Sophie and Kevin, but got caught up in the explosion at the Builder’s Yard, which only happened as a result of a fire in Victoria Court. Maddie was rushed to hospital, but died at the age of 18. Amy, who is now 30, will soon swap ITV for the BBC as she joins the cast of the new series of Industry. Amy James-Kelly will feature in the hit BBC series Industry (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage) The actress will play a character called Jennifer Bevan, who is a newly promoted government minister. The drama first began in 2020 and follows a group of young graduates competing for permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co, an investment bank in London. Since leaving Coronation Street, Amy has gone on to appear in a wide variety of popular dramas. She has featured in The Bay, Gentleman Jack and also Three Families.