Actress Katie McGlynn has shared an emotional post as she leaves Coronation Street after seven years.

Katie's final scenes as Sinead Tinker/ Osbourne were aired in this evening's episode as the character passed away after a battle with cervical cancer. Katie took to Instagram after the show ended, saying it had been a "pleasure, privilege and honour" to work on the soap.

"Sinead Osbourne, for nearly 7 years since you first walked the cobbles @coronationstreet, you have been such a massive part of my life," she wrote. "It’s been a rollercoaster of a ride, highs, lows, a crash, broken back, proposals, weddings, pregnancy, abortion ? and now devastatingly cancer... For Sinead to be leaving this way means EVERYTHING to me! Raising so much awareness for cervical cancer, cancer in young people and cancer in/around pregnancy... "It’s been a pleasure, privilege and honour to work alongside such talented people; producers, writers, directors, cast, crew...absolutely every single person at Coronation Street, I will miss you so much!"

In tonight's heartbreaking hour-long Corrie special, Sinead said goodbye to her family members and died peacefully with husband Daniel by her side. Viewers heaped praise on the soap for how it portrayed the character's death.

Amazing acting tonight. Goodness me @itvcorrie What are you doing to us all tonight? ? Floods of tears in this household. #Corrie #CoronationStreet

— Lisa Brown (@LisaB_) October 25, 2019

The ambience in these #Corrie episodes has been incredible. Every tiny detail has been crafted to the utter heartbreak of Sinead’s storyline ?

— Lucy Hewlett (@lucy_hewlett) October 25, 2019

Yes this is "just" a soap but this storyline will be all too real for a lot of people. Although it's been a hard watch it's been brilliantly handled, written & acted #Corrie

— Darren Haywood (@darren_haywood) October 25, 2019