EXCLUSIVE: Kym Marsh opens up about filming stillbirth storyline on NTA red carpet

The Corrie star praised her colleagues

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by Emma Dodds |
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Kym Marsh exclusively opened up to Closer about filming her Coronation Street stillbirth storyline on the red carpet at last night's National Television Awards.

The star has discussed the storyline openly in the past few months in the hope that it will raise awareness and understanding - as she went through one herself.

Kym, who wore a beautiful, gold sequinned dress, was accompanied by her co-star Anthony Cotton, who has played Sean Tully on the soap since 2003.

Watch our full exclusive interview with Kym below:

She had nothing but praise for Corrie colleagues, particularly praising Producer Kate Oates, saying: "I saw the scenes before they went out.

"Kate Oates very kindly allowed me to see them, and actually allowed my family to see them too."

Anthony said: "It was a real classy touch because it's not just your journey, it's also your family's."

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Kym appeared on the red carpet with her co-star Anthony Cotton (Credit: Contented Video) ©Contented Video

Kym went on: "My older two children David and Emily went through everything the same as I did so it was good that they got to see everything beforehand too.

"We felt very well looked after. It was incredibly well done, the director was amazing - Tony Prescott is legendary - and the crew were unbelievably amazing. They were so sensitive, you could hear a pin drop at all times. Normally on set we have a bit of a laugh, a bit of banter, but they were just so great."

The actress, who has appeared in Coronation Street for ten years now, plays Michelle Connor who recently suffered a miscarriage at 23 weeks. Sadly, the law in the UK at the moment means that the parents of babies who die before 24 weeks are not issued with a birth certificate.

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Kym and her on-screen husband, Simon Gregson, have both suffered through real-life miscarriages (Credit: ITV Pictures) ©ITV

The storyline has raised a huge amount of awareness, as a lot of people didn't realise this was the case. Kym had to draw on personal experience as she suffered her own devastating miscarriage in 2009 when her son Archie was born at 21 weeks. To add to that, her on-screen husband, Simon Gregson, has also suffered multiple miscarriages with his wife.

Kym recently wrote a blog for The Huffington Post on her experience. She said: "For many months, I nurtured Archie inside me. We were all so excited to welcome him into our lives. Yet he tragically passed away.

"And yet, despite what I’d been through, there’s no record of Archie having been here, despite the impact he had on so many lives. In the end, he was almost rendered not real.

"There was nothing to say that I’d given birth, other than the fact that I was in pieces both emotionally and physically."

The storyline inspired a woman who gave birth to her daughter, Rowan, at 23 weeks and 4 days, to petition the government to change the law. Sarah Henderson, from Milton Keynes, started a campaign on Change.org which currently stands at over 300,000 signatures.

We hope some good can come from this for these poor parents.

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