The star is leaving in a few months (Picture: ITV/Metro)Claire Sweeney is leaving Coronation Street. The actress, who is 54, has played the role of Cassie Plummer in the ITV soap since 2023. The character is daughter to Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall) mum. Claire is set to leave the cobbles as she’s been cast as Miss Hannigan in the UK tour of musical Annie, as announced by WhatsOnStage. Cassie made her way to the cobbles and eventually met Tyrone, Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine) and their children.