Education
Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College.
Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College.
She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the British Broadcasting Corporation school drama series Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the Independent Television soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015. In 2015 she was runner-up on the British Broadcasting Corporation celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. She has an older sister named Katie.
Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004.
She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller Conviction, and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars. Other roles are Rosie in Sorted, Katy Barnes in Doctors, Jennifer Thurber in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama Casualty (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the Independent Television drama Heartbeat (3 May 2009), Bryony in Emmerdale (April 2010), Gemma in This Is England 86.
She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in a domestic abuse television advert.
She made a guest appearance in Coronation Street as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong.
She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career. In 2013, Foote was nominated for the Sexiest Female Award at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to fellow Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the same award but again lost out to Michelle Keegan who portrayed Tina McIntyre in the show.
Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014.
Foote has appeared as a guest and contestant on shows such as Fake Reaction, All Star Family Fortunes, British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast, Celebrity Juice and Loose Women. Strictly Come Dancing
On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote would be participating in the thirteenth series of the British Broadcasting Corporation celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing from September 2015.
She was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. The couple eventually reached the final where they received the maximum 40 points for their Charleston.
Foote became engaged to John Sage, a plumber, in 2013.
They broke off the engagement in 2015. Foote then began a relationship with Coronation Street co-star, Sean Ward. However, they reportedly split after seven months together.