| Jackie Corkhill | |||||||||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Sue Jenkins | ||||||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1991-2001 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 19 June 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 14 November 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Shop worker | ||||||||||||
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Jackie Corkhill (neè Walker) is a character in Channel 4 soap Brookside played by Sue Jenkins from 1991 to 2001.
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Jackie was introduced as the long-suffering estranged wife of Jimmy Corkhill in 1991. [1] The two became one of the soaps most popular couples.
Although they were estranged when Jimmy moved onto Brookside Close, they got back together in 1991. In 1995, Jimmy bought No 10 (his brother Billy's old house) and Jimmy, Jackie and daughter Lindsay moved in. When Jackie discovered that Jimmy had bought the house using drug money, she began to distrust him. Jackie then later had an affair with Ron Dixon. Jackie was distraught when her son 'Little Jimmy' was murdered by drug dealers after he fled France to escape his debts with them. Jackie later has a baby William. Following Jimmy's depression, the two eventually split up and Jackie left Brookside Close in 2001. The couple later divorced and Jimmy bought her half of the house and stayed on there.
In 2000, Jackie and Jimmy Corkhill received the best on-screen partnership award at the British Soap Awards.[2]