Katie McGlynn showcases her new darker locks as she enjoys a night out in Manchester with friends

Katie McGlynn wowed as she showed off her brand new dark locks while heading out on a night out with friends.

The former Coronation Street star, 27, looked stylish as she enjoyed a night out at BLVD in Manchester on Saturday night.

Katie looked glamorous in a black vest top featuring a scooped neckline with pencil-thin straps.

New look: Katie McGlynn wowed as she showed off her brand new dark locks while heading out on a night out with friends

Katie coupled her top with a striking pair of zebra-print bottoms tied off with a black and gold Gucci belt.

On her feet, Katie wore a pair of black heels, decorated with black balls of fluff over the toe straps.

From her right shoulder, Katie carried a small black handbag suspended on a silver chain link.

It comes after she said that men expect her to be her late Coronation Street character Sinead Tinker and are ‘surprised’ when they realise she’s different. 

Stripes: The former Coronation Street star, 27, looked stylish as she enjoyed a night out in Manchester

On the town: She headed out to BLVD braless in a black top featuring a scooped neckline with pencil-thin straps

The soap star left the ITV soap in 2019 after her character Sinead died following a heartbreaking cervical cancer storyline.

Yet despite being off the cobbles for more than a year, Katie admitted that it has impacted her dating life as people tend to contact her over her Corrie fame.

Talking to The Sun, Katie insisted that she doesn’t want to join any online apps as it ‘doesn’t feel natural’ to her after she briefly used them in the past.

She told the publication: ‘I can’t tell if I like somebody over a screen, and a lot of people who would contact me would do so because I was on Corrie.

‘Most of them would be expecting Sinead Tinker and not me, Katie McGlynn. They’ll be surprised to learn we’re not the same people. I mean, I’m alive for a start.’

Fashion statement: Katie coupled her top with a striking pair of zebra-print bottoms tied off with a black and gold Gucci belt

Katie went on to reflect over the past year as just weeks after she left Coronation Street, the coronavirus pandemic started with the TV industry forced to postponed, delay and shut down production during the first lockdown.

The soap star said: ‘Because I’ve not been massively busy, you do question the other parts of your life. And then you’re like, “Oh well, I’ve not found Mr Right yet. But we’re in a pandemic, so I can’t”.

Katie admitted that it would ‘be good’ if her dating life was complete but she’s not ‘desperate’ and knows it will happen, adding she would rather be alone than with someone who ‘isn’t right’.

Sinead, who? Katie previously said that men expect her to be her late Coronation Street character Sinead Tinker and are ‘surprised’ when they realise she’s different