Background
Flanagan was born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
Flanagan was born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
She attended Westholme School in Blackburn, Lancashire.
She is best known for playing the role of Rosie Webster in the Independent Television soap opera Coronation Street from 2000 to 2012. She was voted the most attractive British celebrity in the 2013 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. Flanagan first appeared as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street in January 2000.
In 2006, she was nominated for the award of "Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress" at the British Soap Awards, losing to Ellis Hollins of Hollyoaks.
In 2007, she was nominated for "Villain of the Year" at the same awards, this time losing to Coronation Street co-star Jack P. Shepherd. In October 2011, Flanagan announced that she would leave Coronation Street in February 2012 to pursue other interests.
In 2010, Flanagan appeared in Coronation Street spin-off Coronation Street: A Knights Tale as her character Rosie Webster. Then in 2011, she had her own Coronation Street spin-off Just Rosie, which explored her character Rosie Webster trying to build a modelling career in London.
In November 2012, Flanagan participated in the twelfth series of I"m a Celebrity..Get Maine Out of Here!, finishing in seventh place out of the 12 celebrities who appeared.
In September 2013, Flanagan participated and appeared in Celebrity Super Spa, a reality-television program based in a Liverpool Salon on Channel 5. In January 2014, Flanagan starred in an episode of Celebrity Wedding Planner along with Hugo Taylor on Channel 5. In August 2014, Flanagan appeared as agency nurse Kirsty Brompton in an episode of Holby City.
Appearances
On 10 September 2013, Flanagan posed topless as a Page 3 girl in The Sun.
In 2013, Flanagan appeared in the music video for The Neo-Kalashnikovs" song "Gorgeous Baby".