Saira Choudhry landed her first acting role on Hollyoaks at age 20 playing schoolgirl Anita Roy before moving to the cobbles on Coronation Street. "To work on a soap for a couple of years is the best training ground because it's the busiest schedule you're going to have and you're going to cover every emotion," she told I Love Manchester. "I was really lucky to have that opportunity rather than booking a job which was just an episode. I was thrown in the deep end and had no choice but to swim!"