Becky Grainger
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| First appearance | 2006 |
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| Occupation | Waitress at Roy's Rolls/ works the night shift at Underworld |
| Portrayed by | Katherine Kelly |
Becky Grainger is a fictional character on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street, and is played by actress Katherine Kelly. She is the obsessive former friend of Kelly Crabtree, whom she framed for theft. Becky returned in November 2006, when she met Hayley Cropper who was her former workmate when Hayley was teaching at an ex-offenders literacy class.
[edit] Unlawful activities
An attempted relationship with a man named Robert apparently didn't quite work out for her in the way she had expected, as he was informed by Fiz and Kelly that she had been on the wrong side of the law in the past. After being reconciled with Hayley at a literacy night course, she promises Hayley that she'd cleaned up her act, to which she is offered employment at Roy's Rolls Cafe on a trial period. Becky is thrilled that Hayley is willing to put trust in her despite her actions in the past, much to the disgust of Kelly. However, it is not long before she soon begins breaking objects, threatening customers and stealing money from the till.
[edit] Car Joyride
In January 2007, a prison acquaitance of Becky's who goes by the name of "Slug" came to the street, much to the discomfort of Becky initially. After drinking at The Rovers some days later, she agreed to joyride Roy and Hayley's newly acquired vintage Morris Minor with him. After appearing late for work the next day and with Roy hearing from the police that the car had been recovered with her coat on the back seat, she ended up taking the blame for the crime, consequentally losing their trust and subsequently her job.
[edit] Fire at the Cafe
After begging Hayley for forgiveness by gift offering, Hayley adamantly refused. Not long after this, Roy's cafe caught fire whilst Roy and Hayley where in The Rovers. Cab driver Lloyd went in to see if anyone was trapped inside and carried Becky out of the flames. Hayley and Roy came rushing and to their horror, found that their home and cafe was on fire. With Becky being the only person to appeared to have been in there at the time, incorrect assumptions were made that she was responsible. The next day Becky showed up at The Rovers to once again, beg for forgiveness to Hayley that she was innocent, but Hayley told her what she thought of her and that everything that came out of her mouth is a lie.
Later on, Hayley went back to the cafe and asked the fireman whether he had determined the cause of the fire, to which he responded with assurance that arson was not responsible, and that it was merely an electrical fault in the deep fryer, proving Becky's innocence. Hayley then rushed to Becky and explained that she now knew Becky had nothing to do with it and apologised for doubting her word, but Becky was not willing to forgive. She gave Hayley the present for her car which had been refused the prior day, and left. Hayley went to find Becky in the hostel pleading with her for forgiveness. After a small heart-to-heart, Hayley and Becky decided to remain friends and Hayley offered Becky her job back at Roy's Rolls, to which Becky accepted.
