Corrie’s Katie McGlynn oozes glamour in daring cut-out LBD with a racy thigh-high split

She’s had a successful year so far, having bagged the National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance earlier this year.

And Katie McGlynn looked sensational as she attended the Mirror Ball at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester on Friday.

The star, 26, slipped into a daring shimmering black gown with cut-outs with a racy thigh-high split as she posed up a storm.

The stunning gown featured a cut-out across the star’s midriff, which flashed her enviable abs and cinched in at her slender waist.

A soaring split skirt displayed her toned legs, with the star boosting her height with vertiginous heels.   

Her platinum tresses were styled in soft waves with her pretty features enhanced with smoky shadow, fluttery lashes and rose gloss.   

The star, who played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap,recently went through a drastic body transformation, which she claimed has helped her to boost her self-esteem.

Katie revealed before starting her fitness journey she struggled with comfort eating while filming her harrowing cervical cancer storyline.

Speaking candidly to Closer Magazine last month, she admitted she would eat sweet treats to help ‘cheer [her] up’ while she filmed the sad scenes.

She explained: ‘It was such a sad story to be taking part in. I was crying in nearly every scene, and quite often I’d eat cake to cheer me up.  

‘I was snacking on biscuits in the green room, or eating flapjacks made by the crew when I was exhausted. I was eating so much sugar.

Katie added that she would share dessert with her co-star Rob Mallard, who plays her on-screen husband Daniel Osborne, and would ‘grab one for [herself]’ and indulge in diet fizzy drinks.

She also revealed that after a busy schedule she would be ‘too lethargic and stressed’ to make healthy meals or control her portion sizes.

‘When I got home, I’d be learning lines for the next day, so I didn’t have time to go to the gym or cook,’ Katie explained. ‘I’d try to order healthy takeaways but I’d end up ordering loads of sides, like halloumi and pots of chicken, and have it all in one go, instead of saving some for leftovers.’   

However it was not until it began to impact her physical health that she felt she needed to make a difference.

The blonde beauty revealed ‘I was usually between a size 8-10 when ordering clothes, but I was creeping up to a size 12, which isn’t bad at all, but it was bigger than I usually am.’

When she finished her final scenes on the soap, Katie enrolled in a 12-week course with the Ultimate Performance Gym in Manchester to get back into shape.

The actress said: ‘It was hard work in the gym. I was there three times a week with a personal trainer, but it was simple to follow the diet.’

Of her hopes, she added: ‘After my programme is finished, I won’t stop. I’m going to carry on with it, because I have a taste for fitness now.’