Kirsty Soames is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Natalie Gumede.
[1] While on a night out, Tommy Duckworth (Chris Fountain) pays Kirsty to flirt with his friend, Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) who is single.
The councillor is arrested for accepting bribes and Kirsty is sacked from the police force for breaking and entering so Tyrone gets her a job in packing at Underworld.
Despite Kirsty insisting that she doesn't want any fuss for her birthday, Tyrone organises a surprise party and invites her parents.
When her father learns she is pregnant and was sacked from the police force, he verbally attacks her and leaves, causing another argument between her and Tyrone.
Kirsty helps Tina when she and Tommy are hassled by Rick Neelan (Greg Wood), a loan shark.
Kirsty later suffers Braxton Hicks contractions in the cafe and panics when she can't get hold of Tyrone.
She destroys plates and a picture of Tyrone and Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey) but apologises, blaming her pregnancy hormones.
Despite initially refusing, she returns a couple of days later and finds Tyrone talking to another woman while Dev chats to her friend.
Kirsty goes past her due date, but when Tina pushes her into a table during a fight in The Rovers, they realise she is in labour.
Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou) and Gloria Price (Sue Johnston) deliver baby Ruby.
Tyrone couldn't take any more, planning to run away with Ruby but Fiz and Tommy stop him and suggest he marry Kirsty so he will have parental responsibility.
On Tyrone's birthday, Kirsty sees a card from Fiz and punishes him by slamming a door on his arm, injuring him.
She apologizes again and they continue with the wedding plans but Kirsty becomes paranoid about Fiz and causes a fight by insulting her and her daughter, Hope.
Kirsty is worried about her baby and reports her missing but Fiz knows they can't live on the run and calls the police so Tyrone is arrested.
When she confronts Kirsty, however, she admits it and promises to tell the police everything but changes her mind when she sees Alison leaving Tina's flat.
The next day, Ruby won't stop crying and Kirsty asks Dr. Carter for sleeping pills but storms out when he refuses.
Tyrone believes that this is Kirsty but it is later revealed that the culprit was Maria Connor (Samia Longchambom), in a bid to try and reconcile her relationship with him.
The police later reveal that the text messages came from within the United Kingdom, and that Kirsty no longer lives in the UK, but could not disclose her whereabouts for legal reasons.
[4][5] While interviewed on This Morning series producer Phil Collinson said that Kirsty's arrival marked the start of a "big storyline" for Tyrone.
She later said that she found it hard and "draining" to film scenes where she attacked co-star Halsall, and that although "it was all camera tricks, the place I had to emotionally go to was quite ugly.
She explained that "artificial baby bump makes filming difficult, especially in the warm sunshine" and that the upcoming scenes would provide a "further challenge in her career.
[13] After bringing Ruby home, Kirsty struggles to cope with being a mother and when the baby does not stop crying, she trashes the kitchen.
[13] Peter Dyke and Katie Begley of the Daily Star reported that Tyrone considers running away with Ruby to protect her.
"[21] At The British Soap Awards 2013, Gumede won "Best Dramatic Performance" and "Villain of the Year" for her portrayal of Kirsty.
She also won "Best Storyline" at The British Soap Awards 2013, alongside Alan Halsall and Jennie McAlpine, with the nomination being named, "Kirsty's abuse of Tyrone".