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"Coronation Street producers have cast a Bollywood actress to take on the role of the ITV soap&amp;#039;s 51st Rovers barmaid.  Indian-born Sophiya Haque is to play Poppy, a friend of Rovers Return landlady Liz McDonald (Bev Callard). Liz chooses Poppy as her new assistant manager out of spite for her son&amp;#039;s fianc\u00E9e Michelle Connor (Kym Ryder).  A show spokesperson said: &amp;quot;Poppy is feisty and fun and will keep the men of Weatherfield on their toes.&amp;quot; Haque begins filming at Granada Studios, the soap&amp;#039;s Manchester home, at the end of the month and will first appear on screen in November.  Last week, Poppy Jhakra joined Corrie as Minnie, a kebab shop worker and friend of Amber (Nikki Patel).  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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