Michelle Collins films final Corrie scenes

Michelle Collins has filmed her final scenes as Stella Price for Coronation Street.

Collins announced her intention to leave Corrie in August last year and recently said the long commute from her home in London to the soap’s studios in Manchester had left her feeling like a “zombie”.

After recording her final scene for the long-running ITV saga, Collins took to Twitter to thank her fans:

No more Stella Price last scene last night on the cobbles so sad will miss my all my lovely friends and thank you to all my lovely fans

— Michelle Collins (@missmcollins) February 20, 2014

Stella’s final scenes are expected to transmit in April and producer Stuart Blackburn recently warned fans to expect a quiet exit.

It’s a very quiet exit because we’ve had so many big ones and there are massive ones coming up.

It’s an exit where she’s trying to do the right thing by Leanne. There’s a space and time where her exit might help Leanne. – Blackburn

Collins will release her autobiography This Is Me on April, 3. The book will chart the 51 year old actress’s early career as a singer before moving on to soap stardom when she landed the role of soap bitch Cindy in EastEnders in 1988.

Collins spent a decade playing home wrecking Cindy who made long-suffering hubby Ian Beale’s (Adam Woodyatt) life a misery in the BBC One show. She went on to play the lead role in a number of dramas and carve out a successful stage career, before taking on the role of Rovers landlady Stella in 2011.

Coronation Street, Monday (7.30 and 8.30pm), Wednesday (7.30pm) and Friday (7.30 and 8.30pm), on ITV, STV and UTV.