Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien stuns fans with first Instagram post after drama as she's branded co-star's 'favourite'

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has been flooded with compliments from her fellow soap stars and fans as she returned to social media with her first post since hitting the headlines over an incident in her off-screen life.

The actress took to Instagram with a string of behind-the-scenes snaps as she briefly left the cobbles to take part in a photoshoot on Thursday (May 9) with Lucy Fallon, Samia Longchambon and Channqiue Sterling-Brown also posing up a storm during a break from filming.

In one black and white snap, Tina, who is famed for playing Sarah Barlow in the ITV soap, oozed Hollywood glamour as she looked away from the camera with her hair curled to perfection She was also seen waiting for her shot as she tried to keep her hair and makeup in place while relaxing in a grey sweatshirt.

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And the 40-year-old also gave a glimpse of some of the finished photos as she was seen sporting a hot pink halterneck dress while accessorising with a pair of chunky gold earrings and her blonde locks had been pulled to the side as they flowed down her shoulder in classic waves.

Tina captioned the post: "@coronationstreet #bts photoshoot," to her 528,000 followers and it wasn't long before the compliments came flooding in.

Fellow Corrie star Samia shared a love heart eyes emoji and a flame emoji before writing: "Gorgeous." Former co-star and Hollyoaks actress Nikki Sanderson posted: "Stunning," alongside a string of love hear eyes emojis. Emmerdale actress Laura Norton replied: "So beautiful."

@tinaob83.fanpage commented: "Love these pics @tinaob83 you look amazing hope your doing okay." @xx.tinaobrienfan.xx said: "Aww love the pictures @tinaob83 you look stunning." @kylepv06 wrote: "Look amazing Tina." @colleen_p_ shared: "You look STUNNING." @billnewell2 added: "Looking fabulous, Tina."

Meanwhile, Lucy, who plays Tina's on-screen daughter Bethany Platt in Corrie, took to Instagram with a sweet selfie of herself and Tina and declared: "Gorgeous lil afternoon with my fave ever person @tinaob83."

It comes after soap bosses reportedly gave Tina a week off of work last month after it was revealed that she'd been caught up in a brawl 'over boys' outside her home in Stockport as a 'victim of an unprovoked incident'. Greater Manchester Police were investigating reports of an assault outside the soap star's home in Bramhall on March 15. Footage of the alleged incident, which has been published by the Sun, appeared to show Tina caught in the middle of a brawl.

The Manchester Evening News understands no arrests have been made following the incident. It's understood police have now ended their enquiries, as the MEN reported in April. A spokesperson for Tina told The Sun last month: "Tina was the victim of an unprovoked incident outside her home which she has reported to the police."