STEPH Waring has revealed she's qualified in a new career after "hours of work behind the scenes" following her shock Hollyoaks axing. The 46-year-old starred as Cindy Cunningham on and off for 28 years until she was caught up in a brutal cull of 20 cast members earlier this year. 3 Steph has revealed she's qualified in a brand new career Credit: WireImage 3 The actress played Cindy in Hollyoaks on and off for 28 years Credit: Channel 4 3 She and Tom eloped to the Maldives in July to tie the knot Credit: Instagram But actress Steph has been keeping busy and revealed to fans that she's pursuing a new career as a life coach and recently qualified.
Posting a snap of her certificate on Instagram, Steph wrote: "Today I became a certified life coach! "Behind the scenes I have been working hard, studying for hours, working with clients for my unsupervised hours required and it all came down to this. "The final exam! I am so unbelievably proud of myself for seeing this through and discovering a passion beyond my wildest dreams." More on Steph Waring MAL-DIVA 'You're so beautiful' say Steph Waring fans as she strips to a bikini bond girl Hollyoaks' Steph Waring strips off to bikini on £900 a NIGHT Maldives holiday Speaking to The Sun after learning her Hollyoaks fate earlier this year, Steph revealed she broke down in tears and begged bosses to reconsider .
Discussing the meeting with show bosses, she said: "They got to the end and said ‘And with that, we will be losing Cindy from the show’. I just kept saying ‘I don’t understand’. "I was very distraught, I didn’t take it well - I was probably the most dramatic person they told.
“I just kept telling them ‘I’m an original character’. I was clutching at anything - telling them ‘but I was the first person to give birth on the show!’ Most read in TV SEAN'S SPLIT Coronation Street legend Sean Wilson secretly split from long-term girlfriend WASHOUT Cast of series dubbed 'new Bridgerton' look miserable Scots rain lashes film set HOLY MOLY Hollyoaks star QUITS soap after 13 years onscreen & has filmed his final scenes TOUGH STORY Emmerdale hit by almost 300 Ofcom complaints as fans SLAM 'cruel' abuse plot "I could see the distress I was causing them because they were upset that I was so upset." But, as well as working on a new career, Steph tied the knot with boyfriend Tom Brookes in July.
The couple eloped to the Maldives to say 'I do' and she later told OK! Magazine : "When we booked this holiday to the Maldives, Tom said: 'Do you want to get married?' and I just replied, 'Yeah.'" Tom added: "I was having a look online at where we were staying and I saw they did weddings. "I’m quite an impromptu person in some senses, so it just felt right.
We just jumped at this chance.".
