Anne Foster is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Gwen Taylor.

Anne and her husband, Sam Foster (Paul Clayton), arrive to celebrate their son, Frank's (Andrew Lancel), engagement to Carla Connor (Alison King).

Anne joins Frank at his new factory and is very pleased to hear that Carla has had a meltdown and fired the workers.

Anne comes home and initially struggles with her grief, blaming Carla for Sam's death and confronts her at the factory.

She later notices the contract that gave Frank full ownership of Underworld is missing and accuses Carla of stealing it.

A lot of the women there had babies and young children, but everyone turned up on time and knew their lines - and I was so impressed by that.

[10] After Frank's fiancé, Carla Connor (Alison King), accuses him of raping her and calls off the wedding, Anne supports her son.

When the recent riots happened, some women refused point blank to believe their children had been involved.

So mums can be a pretty loyal bunch, for good or ill."[7] In January 2012, it was announced that Frank would be killed in an upcoming "whodunnit" storyline.

[12] Carla, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) are questioned by the police, while Sally's ex-husband, Kevin (Michael Le Vell), also fell under suspicion.

[13] Ellis stated that Anne develops a motive for killing Frank after she discovers his true colours, despite believing he could do no wrong.

[13] Ellis pointed out that Anne played every inch the grieving mother and by blaming other people for her son's death, she could have been covering her own tracks.

[13] Numerous viewers correctly guessed that Anne was Frank's murderer, including singer Cheryl Cole.

[14] During an interview with Lancel, which was broadcast on Radio City, Taylor admitted that while people had suspected her, she thought it would be a surprise when she was revealed to be Frank's killer.

[citation needed] Taylor admitted that she only knew the identity of Frank's killer when Lancel revealed it to her during filming.