who is eva price in coronation street

Eva Price is a fictional character in the long‑running ITV soap Coronation Street , known as a glamorous but emotionally vulnerable barmaid and later landlady of the Rovers Return, played by actress Catherine Tyldesley. She is central to several major storylines involving family revelations, turbulent romances, and a dramatic secret baby plot.

Character basics

• Eva Price first appears on Coronation Street in 2011 as the daughter of Stella Price and the half‑sister of Leanne Battersby.

• She is portrayed as funny, outspoken and image‑conscious, but with deep insecurities beneath the surface.

• Over time she becomes a familiar face behind the bar at the Rovers Return and later takes on a leading role there.

Family and relationships

• Eva is revealed to be Leanne Battersby’s half‑sister after Stella admits she is Leanne’s biological mother, reshaping the Battersby/Price family dynamic.

• She has major relationships with Nick Tilsley and Jason Grimshaw, with both romances ending painfully after jealousy, misunderstandings and accusations of infidelity.

• Later, her relationship with Aidan Connor leads to one of her most dramatic storylines, involving betrayal, revenge and pregnancy.

Key storylines

• Eva is involved in various workplace and family dramas at Nick’s Bistro and the Underworld factory, often mixing scheming with genuine loyalty to those she loves.

• After discovering Aidan is cheating with Maria, Eva plots revenge, fakes a pregnancy at first, then becomes genuinely pregnant and secretly arranges for Toyah Battersby to raise the baby.

• She gives birth to daughter Susie in secret, leading to a forged birth certificate and a web of lies that unravels after Aidan’s subsequent suicide and Toyah’s confession.

Exit and later return

• Following the fallout from Aidan’s death and the truth about baby Susie, Eva leaves Weatherfield to start a new life with her daughter away from the Street.

• In more recent episodes, the character returns to Coronation Street , coming back to the cobbles with her new family and stepping into the role of landlady at the Rovers Return again.

• Her comeback places her back at the centre of community life and sets up fresh tensions, including clashes over control of the pub with her mother‑in‑law.

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