Sacha Parkinson has announced her engagement to her boyfriend John.
The former Coronation Street star, known for her role as Sian Powers, shared the happy news with her Instagram followers on Friday.
The 31-year-old actress announced her engagement by sharing a selfie with her new fiancé, holding up her hand and revealing her huge diamond ring.
Sacha captioned the update: “I knew you’d probably take a wife!” and “SCREAMING” as she shared her excitement over the milestone.
Sacha’s engagement appeared to have taken place during a sunset boat ride as she shared a few photos from the special moment.
Good news! Sacha Parkinson has announced her engagement to her boyfriend John
Joyful: The former Coronation Street star, known for his role as Sian Powers, shared the happy news with his Instagram followers on Friday
In no time, the newly engaged couple were hugging each other tightly on the deck of the luxury ship. She also shared a close-up of the stunning ring.
The couple were flooded with congratulatory messages from their former co-stars and friends in the comments section of the post.
Corrie alum Michelle Keegan wrote: ‘Awwwwww congratulations darling! I’m so happy for you!’
Ryan Thomas, who also appeared with Sacha on Corrie, wrote: “Wowwwwwwwwwwwww.”
While Nicky Sanderson said: “Ahh, congratulations!”
Sally Dynevor said: “Oh wow, this is absolutely fantastic!”
Sacha appeared in the soap for two years between 2009 and 2011, before appearing in various other series on the big and small screen.
She was last seen in the 2021 British comedy The Pebble and the Boy.
She also starred in Cold Feet, Safe House, The Royal, The Street and The Bill, as well as Waterloo Road, Doctors and Survivors.
Glowing: In one fell swoop, the newly engaged couple were wrapped in a tight embrace on the deck of the luxury ship. She also shared a close-up of the stunning ring
Reaction: The couple was flooded with congratulatory messages from their former co-stars and friends in the comments section of the post
On the cobblestones! Sacha pictured with Brooke Vincent, who played her friend Sophie Webster in Coronation Street during her time on the series
In 2018, Sacha revealed how she collapsed during training due to “unbearable” pain – but didn’t know she was secretly battling endometriosis.
She had suffered from heavy and painful periods for years but thought they were normal symptoms and it was only when she collapsed that she was diagnosed with the disease.
Sacha, who is originally from Salford, told ITV’s Lorraine how she crawled across the hotel room floor to get to bed and was worried no one would find her until it was too late as she believed she might die for unknown reasons.
Sacha, who played Sian in Corrie, revealed her battle with the disease in an emotional Instagram post in which she was seen lying in her hospital bed following surgery on her ovaries.
In addition to her painful periods, Sacha experienced a “dull ache” in her lower abdomen throughout the month and pain during sex.
But it wasn’t until she collapsed in her Los Angeles hotel room after training that she knew something was wrong.
Sacha explained: “I started doing burpees, which is the most horrible move ever, and when I got to the third one I just fell to the floor. “I’ve never done that in my life so I didn’t know what was happening.
“I immediately started sweating and boiling. I just remember an army crawling from one side of the hotel room to the bathroom because the floor was tiled and I knew it would be cool. The pain was so bad I couldn’t even keep still, so I crawled onto the bed.
On screen: In 2018, Sacha revealed how she collapsed during training due to “unbearable” pain – but didn’t know she was secretly battling endometriosis
Oh no: She recently revealed her struggle on Instagram by announcing that she had undergone surgery on her ovaries
“It felt like forever, but I imagine it was only a few minutes.” I remember thinking, “Nobody knows I’m here and I don’t know what this is,” and eventually it went away.”
Sacha then visited her doctor who sent her for scans which led to her diagnosis and doctors later told her that the pain after the burpees she was doing was due to a cyst on her ovary that was twisting.
Twitter users praised Sacha’s interview, with many thanking her for raising awareness about the disease.
One tweeted: “Watch Sacha Parkison talk about endometriosis in Lorraien!! It’s a terrible pain!! Here’s a hug from one sufferer to another!!’