Coronation Street’s Samia Longchambon attempts the iconic Dirty Dancing lift with husband Sylvain in their garden during lockdown
She’s been holed up in lockdown after filming for the soap was suspended.
But Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon found a fun way to pass the time with her husband Sylvain on Monday, as they attempted to iconic Dirty Dancing lift.
The soap star, 37, shared the Instagram snap of her husband hoisting her into the air, to mimic the famous move performed by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the 1987 film.
Fun: Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon found a fun way to pass the time with her husband Sylvain on Monday, as they attempted the iconic Dirty Dancing lift
Sami captioned her post: ‘I love hanging out at home with you @slongchambon ♥️ #lockdownlife #dirtydancinglift #always #life.’
The couple were in the middle of their garden attempting the famous lift in the sunshine.
Samia has been in lockdown with her husband and their son Yves, four, along with her daughter Freya, 10, from her marriage to ex-husband Matthew Smith.
Flexible: The soap star shared the Instagram snap of her husband hoisting her into the air in their garden during lockdown
Time of their life! Samia and Sylvain were mimicking the lift from the iconic 1987 romance film Dirty Dancing, as performed by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze
Lockdown love: Samia has been in lockdown with her husband and their son Yves, four, along with her daughter Freya, 10, from her marriage to ex-husband Matthew Smith
It comes after Samia candidly revealed that lockdown has helped to ease her ‘all-consuming’ panic attacks.
The actress also let slip that the soap’s stars have two WhatsApp group – one for the women and one for men, which is supposedly ‘a bit rude’.
Since the long-running ITV soap stopped filming due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the show’s stars have been using the app to stay in touch.
The female actors have one WhatsApp group, while the men have another.
Challenges: It comes after Samia candidly revealed that lockdown has helped to ease her ‘all-consuming’ panic attacks (pictured with her two children)
Samia, who plays Maria Connor, sweetly said that working on Coronation Street is like having an extended family.
She told The Sun: ‘The boys have their own group. Theirs is all a bit rude. The guys all send each other naughty things and we don’t want to see what they are doing.’
While the mother-of-two has previously struggled with ‘all-consuming’ panic attacks, she says that the lockdown period has helped her anxiety.
She admitted: ‘I’ve found it’s really eased while being on lockdown. I’ve had social anxiety most of my life which has been very challenging.
‘I hope that by talking about it I might be able to assure other people that it’s normal too, and that it’s something you can deal with.’
Soap life: The star also revealed that she and her Corrie co-stars have been keeping in touch via men’s and women’s Whatsapp groups (Samia pictured as her character Maria)