Corrie's Jack P Shepherd and Tina O'Brien haven't just been siblings in ITV soap

The David Platt and Sarah Platt stars have a more than 25 year historyNewsJessica Sansome TV and Celebrity Editor06:02, 23 Mar 2025Coronation Street stars Jack P Shepherd and Tina O'Brien are famed for playing siblings in the long-running show, but it isn't acutally the first time they have been related on-screen.Tina is best known for playing Sarah Barlow - nee Platt - in the ITV soap, but didn't join until the daughter of matriarch Gail Platt turned 12 back in 1999.‌Article continues belowThe character was originally portrayed by then-babies Leah King and Lynsay King in 1987, when Sarah was born to Gail Platt and Brian Tilsley. Sarah and her older brother Nick were later adopted by Martin Platt when he married Gail in 1991. Lynsay was kept in the role until Sarah turned 12 on-screen, which is when Tina, then 16, joined the cast.Over the years she has faced a whole host of hard-hitting storylines - from giving birth to her first child, Bethany, at 13 and being kidnapped alongside her...