Alison King

Alison King (born 3 March 1973 in Leicester) is an English actress best known for her role as Lynda Block in the Sky One television series Dream Team and currently as Carla Connor in Coronation Street. She has also made appearances in a series of well known recurring television adverts for Daz. During her break from working on Dream Team, she worked on several projects abroad including a role as an extra in the US hit film Shanghai Knights working alongside stars such as Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, supporting major roles such as BBC comedy-drama Help, video film Submerged and theatrical film Final Contract: Death on Delivery. She made a guest appearance in the final episode of Mile High playing Nigel Croker's wife, and was featured in Coupling in the Series 2 episode The Man with Two Legs, as Chrissy, an attractive woman with whom Jeff Murdock becomes infatuated on his morning train ride. She also appeared in Emmerdale briefly in 1993, 1994 and 1997 where her character was also... full article at wikipedia