Coronation Street star Kate Ford has been causing havoc wherever she goes as she takes on the role of Tracy Barlow.
Joining the cast of the iconic ITV soap in 2002, it was not long before Tracy would go on to be a villain on the soap. From blackmailing family members to cold-blooded murder, Tracy has done it all, even landing herself in jail for some time.
Tracy has also become a maneater, going through a number of the Street's men including Steve McDonald, played by Simon Gregson and Charlie Stubbs, whom she battered after a rather sultry lap dance. Currently, Tracy is back with Steve and the pair have been happily married since 2018 - until a new steamy affair with Weatherfield County star Tommy Orpington.
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But away from the cobbles, actress Kate's love life has been less than a success, as she has had a number of famous exes throughout her life. So, as she continues to live it up with her on-screen husband, Daily Star looks at Kate Ford's love life away from Corrie.
Before Kate joined the ITV soap in 2002, her acting career was just taking off. She had her first acting appearance back in 1995 when she starred in a music video for The Beatles' track "Free as a Bird".
But in the run-up to her debut on the soap, Kate was linked with Bart Ruspoli, who has since become a BAFTA-nominated actor. The pair met whilst on the set of EastEnders in 2000, when Kate had a minor role.
Bart, who played Italian hunk Marco for around five episodes during the 2000s, was smitten with Kate and the pair soon began dating. Things, however, would not last long between the pair as they realised how hard it was to date with conflicting schedules.
However, since then the pair have remained close friends and often interact with each other on social media. His now-wife Vanessa has also paid tribute to the couple, uploading a pic of the pair together in the late 1990s, to which Kate recalled: "You really see how life can (sometimes) come full circle in gorgeous ways you, at one point, couldn't imagine xx."
After Kate's fledgling relationship with Ruspoli came to an end, Ford kept her cards close to her chest with her love life. But things all changed in 2007, when she tied the knot to TV producer Jon Connerty.
Working on the likes of Beauty and the Beast: The Ugly Face and Supernanny, Jon and Kate were an unstoppable force in TV. However, things came crashing down when in 2013, they revealed they would be divorcing each other.
After calling the relationship off, Kate admitted that she felt the breakdown of her marriage was "incredibly painful". In the meantime, however, Kate would throw herself into her work to help serve as a distraction.
Speaking to The Sun at the time, she admitted: "We really tried hard to make it work, but it came to the point when we knew we had to get a divorce. Things had changed and it wasn’t what it was, but it was incredibly painful - for a while after we split, I found it hard to get out of bed."
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Despite the pain of divorcing her former lover, a brave Kate found the strength to pick herself back up to look after herself. She also had to take care of the pair's child, Otis James, who was born in 2008.
Since the couple ended things, Otis James has been in shared custody between the two parents, as they try to make life as normal as possible. Otis is now aged 16, and Jon has since set up his own production company called CrackIt Productions, with both Kate and Jon being doting parents to their child.
Nowadays, Kate has not been linked to any person in particular in her romantic life. However, this might be due to keeping her private life far away from the spotlight since the high-profile from her ex-husband.
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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