ITV Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien 'victim of unprovoked incident' outside £1m home

Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien, who played Sarah Platt on the ITV soap, has said an "incident" occurred outside her Manchester home.

Tina O'Brien has confirmed that she has spoken to the police (Image: GETTY)

Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien recently witnessed an "unprovoked incident" near her home. Tina, who is famous for playing Sarah Platt on the ITV show, had to tell the police about the scenes that occurred outside her £1 million house located in a Manchester suburb.

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A spokesperson for the soap star told the Mirror: "Tina was the victim of an unprovoked incident outside her home which she has reported to the police." The 40-year-old became a star on Coronation Street when she was just 16 and now lives with her family in a quiet street.

She's married to Adam Crofts, a personal trainer, and they have a little boy named Beau together. Tina also has a daughter called Scarlett, 15, with former Corrie co-star Ryan Thomas. They were together from 2003 until 2009.

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Tina first appeared on the soap back in 1999 and stayed until 2008. After leaving, she acted in the popular BBC drama show Waterloo Road.

Now, her daughter Scarlett is acting too, playing Izzy Charles in Waterloo Road. In the series, Scarlett's uncle, Adam Thomas, plays her dad.

Tina O'Brien plays Sarah Platt on Coronation Street (Image: ITV)

Tina also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 and wowed audiences, coming in fourth with her dance partner Jared Murillo.

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She came back to Coronation Street in 2015 and is still part of one of the most loved families on the show.

Tina has been with her hubby Adam since 2014 and has described him as "my everything".

Last year, she said: "You're amazing and you inspire me to be better, bolder and braver. Thank you for being my mentor without even knowing you are."

Acting seems to run in Tina's family (Image: Instagram)

The star also called her daughter Scarlett her "bestie" on Instagram when they went to the Royal Television Society North West event.

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She posted to her 527,000 followers at the time: "So proud of Scarlett, she's worked so hard on Waterloo road and I've absolutely loved watching her portrayal of Izzy.

"Wonderful to see her talent recognised by @tvtimesmagazine as she's been nominated for an award #proudmum."

Coronation Street continues tomorrow night at 8pm on ITV.

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