, played by
Sue Nicholls , is a
Fictional Character on the
Soap Opera ''
Coronation Street ''.
A single mother, Audrey Potter originally had little interest in daughter
Gail's life. She married local councillor
Alf Roberts , enjoying her social status as mayoress and believing herself to be better than the other Street residents.
Audrey also has a son,
Stephen Reid , who lives in Canada. She has never been short of admirers, and has had romantic entanglements with
Fred Elliott and undertaker Archie Shuttleworth, among others.
Audrey nearly became a victim of her serial killer son-in-law
Richard when he discovered she was worth a lot of money, inherited from Alf. She currently owns and runs a hair salon and employs
Maria Sutherland and her Granddaughter
Sarah-Louise Platt .
Audrey's best friend was
Alma Baldwin (
Amanda Barrie ). Audrey was devastated when Alma died of
Cervical Cancer in
2001 .
