Michelle Connor Michelle ConnorMichelle was first introduced as a singer for Vernon's band. Liz was jealous because she thought she would be the singer but Michelle was much better. Vernon, thinking he has a chance with Michelle, arranges for Fred to hire her in the Rovers as a barmaid. Vernon is put down roundly but Steve takes a fancy to Michelle, who is a single mum of a young teenage boy, Ryan. It takes quite awhile but eventually Michelle and Steve get together. Michelle's brother Paul finances their other brother Liam who buys Adam Barlow's share of the factory after Mike Baldwin dies and leaves Adam a minority share. Eventually Paul buys out Danny's share as well and the Connor brothers own the factory. Michelle lives in the flat over the Kabin for awhile but eventually moves into the Rovers with Steve.
Their relationship has it's ups and downs, especially after Steve has a one night stand with Becky Granger. Steve manages to cover it up for a few weeks but Michelle eventually finds out he had a fling, though not with whom. Steve tries proposing to her but gets his ring turfed in a skip for his trouble. Steve and Michelle eventually make peace and settle into a relationship. She makes friends with Liz and with the other bar staff.
Michelle is in for a shock however when a strange man appears to be stalking her almost-16 year old son, Ryan. It turns out that this man, Nick, claims to be Ryan's biological father and that his son and Michelle's were mixed up in the hospital at birth. He only recently discovered the truth when Alex was ill. A dna test eventually proved this to be true and Michelle started to get to know her son, though Ryan was not best pleased at the possibility of losing his mother, which, she assured him, would never happen. Things finally settled down. Ryan has got to know his biological parents but lives with Michelle and Alex and Michelle have got to know each other as well though he lives with his mother most of the time and with his father, Nick, the rest of the time. We haven't seen Alex since.
Michelle's first relationship was with a man called Dean. We are unsure whether they were actually married or not. at first, it seemed not but later he was referred to as her husband. Dean was killed in a car accident while out drinking with Michelle's brothers, Paul and Liam and everyone thought Dean was driving while drunk, causing the accident. She was shocked to discover that Paul was driving and since Dean had died at the accident, Paul and Liam make it look like Dean was driving. Michelle was not sure she could forgive Paul and then tragedy struck. Paul was killed in a car accident himself. As if that wasn't bad enough, in October 2008, Liam was also killed by a hit and run driver.
Steve stood by Michelle through all her troubles and tragedy but was drawn in to Becky's schemes to get off of a charge. Becky lied and said she was with Steve on the night of an incident where she'd caused some damage while drunk. Steve lied in court to help get Becky off and then realized he loved her, not Michelle. He proceeded to try to get Michelle to break up with him rather than just do the job himself. He tried to get her friend JD to make a pass at her, saying their relationship was on the rocks, implying Michelle was aware of it. Michelle subsequently found out about Steve and Becky and has moved out of the pub, with Ryan, and moved in with Maria for the time being. She has got a job at the betting shop, now owned by Peter Barlow and started to date Peter but was also dating Factory owner Luke Strong. She took a gig singing with mate JD's band for a few months and arrived back mid-summer.
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