| Daisy Midgeley | |||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Charlotte Jordan | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2020–present | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 10,177 27 November 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Iain MacLeod | ||||||||||||
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Daisy Midgeley is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Charlotte Jordan. The character was mentioned by stepmother Jenny Bradley (Sally Ann Matthews) in October 2020, and a month later, the soap announced Jordan's casting as Daisy. Daisy made her first appearance on 27 November 2020. From her arrival, she takes a dislike to Jenny's husband Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley) and works on getting Jenny to leave him. Her other storylines have involved her short term crushes on men who are in relationships, becoming involved in a multi-level marketing scheme, blackmailing Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan), becoming engaged to Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and being stalked by Justin Rutherford (Andrew Still), which culminated in her and Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) being the victim of an acid attack perpetrated by Justin.
The production team on Coronation Street have expressed potential plans for Daisy to become a villain on the soap, which received the support of actress Jordan. She felt that Daisy has the potential to become an "iconic bad girl" like fellow character Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford).[1] However, since troublemaking ventures, her backstory has been explored with her struggling with abandonment issues throughout her childhood and she has since developed a relationship with Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard). Daisy has been well received by viewers and Jordan won the British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance in 2023 after Daisy's stalking storyline.