Amy Barlow

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Coronation Street character
Amy Barlow
Played by Rebbecca Pike/Louisa Morris/Madison Hampson/Amber Chadwick
Duration 2004-
Date of Birth 9th February 2004
Marital Status Single
Address 6 Coronation Street
Occupation none
Family Steve, Tracy, Deirdre, Blanche

Amy Barlow is a character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. She is the illegitimate daughter of Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow. She was first played by three babies and after a month two babies were used. One of these babies, Rebecca Pike played Amy alone from the age of three months until June 2005. From July to October of that year, Louisa Morris took over the role. Madison Hampson took over playing Amy from October 2005 - March 2006. Since April 2006, Amber Chadwick has played the toddler.

Before Amy's birth on the 9th February 2004, Tracy had slipped a date-rape drug into the drink of Roy Cropper. She'd then taken Roy home and put him to bed. Although nothing happened between them, Tracy pretended she had bet someone that she could make him sleep with her. When she found out she was pregnant, Tracy decided to pretend the baby was Roy's because she felt it would be easier to manipulate him than Steve.

Roy confessed the 'affair' to wife Hayley and they agreed they wanted the baby as, due to Hayley's transexuality, they can't have children. Tracy agreed to give them Amy, in exchange for money. Amy lived with the Croppers for a few weeks under Patience Cropper, the name they gave her, until Steve married Karen Phillips and Tracy confessed all to everyone. She took her baby back and renamed her Amy.

Karen and Steve stayed together for a while (they were on a break when Amy's conception occurred) but eventually broke up, Amy's birth was one of a few factors that caused this. Steve initially wanted nothing to do with his baby girl, especially as he felt it could jeopardise his future with Karen. However when he and Karen broke up, Steve grew to love Amy and did everything he could to be a proper father to her, even getting together with Tracy for a while.

Tracy loved Steve but Steve did not love Tracy. As Steve and Tracy were unmarried when Amy was born, Steve wanted to sign to give him joint parental responsibility for Amy before dumping Tracy as he feared Tracy would try to take Amy away from him and he wanted rights to her. However Tracy guessed what they were up to and they split up.

Tracy has tried to stop Steve stealing Amy, even framing him for kidnap, but a court ruled that Steve should be given parental responsibility and see his daughter.

Steve was thrilled when Christmas Day 2005 fell on a Sunday because it was his usual day to look after Amy. However Tracy said he could see Amy on Monday instead and was going to refuse him access before changing her mind. Amy stayed with Tracy on Christmas Day, but was visited by Steve. Tracy heard that Steve was going on holiday with his new girlfriend and asked her new boyfriend Charlie Stubbs to take her away at the same time and asked Steve to look after Amy. Steve agreed to cancel his holiday but then found out Tracy had planned it and told her to cancel hers. When Tracy spoke to Charlie, he'd yet to book the holiday so they didn't have to cancel it anyway.

Tracy has been even more neglectful of her daughter than usual after getting together with Charlie. On New Year's Eve 2005, Tracy left Amy alone asleep in her cot while she went out with Charlie. She and Amy moved in with Charlie in early 2006 but when Charlie complained about Amy, Tracy left her little girl to live with her mother, stepfather and grandmother, Deirdre, Ken and Blanche, who were less than happy with this arrangement, telling Tracy she was neglecting her daughter. Tracy missed Amy and so told Charlie she was pregnant when she knew she wasn't. Charlie and Tracy agreed that she should have an abortion however she emotionally blackmailed Charlie into letting Amy move back in with them by using their 'dead baby' as a pawn. She spent the money Charlie gave her for an abortion on clothes.

Tracy later confessed what she had done to Deirdre after Deirdre became upset about the 'abortion.' Deirdre was horrified to learn the truth. Amy now lives with Tracy and Charlie, however they are hardly one big happy family - Charlie avoids the little girl as much as he can and Tracy is always asking her parents, other family members and the Croppers to babysit her daughter while she and Charlie go out.

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