Michelle Keegan made a big decision when it came to her career in 2014: She decided to leave the world of soap operas behind. "It was a really hard decision to go," the actress admitted to The Guardian. "I could have stayed there my whole life."
To address her absence, the "Coronation Street" writers decided to kill off her character. This meant that she could never again return to the series, which was an equally exciting and terrifying thought for Keegan. Yet, the young actress also knew that it was time to move on.
To be taken seriously as an actor, she signed on for a military drama titled "Our Girl" in 2016. The show ended up being a success, but Keegan told The Guardian, "[T]he main thing I remember were the comments about how I was wearing too much mascara. It wasn't about my work, it was just about what I looked like."
The same year, she was named FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World. "It was embarrassing," she admitted. "Because I was in a lot of heavy storylines. There was one where I felt like I was crying every day for months and months. And then at the end of it, when the accolade was sexiest female, it was so frustrating."
Despite the unwanted attention to her looks, Keegan continued to claim herself an acting career, appearing in various roles, such as the dramedy "Brassic" in 2019 and even making her big stage debut in 2014 as Tinkerbell in "Peter Pan."
