Shelley Willetts appeared on Coronation Street in May 1998 as Alison Oakley, traced by Nick Tilsley as the young woman present outside Mahoney's Bar where his father Brian was fatally stabbed in February 1989 (the role having been portrayed by actress Helen Swift in her original appearance, and credited as "Disco Girl"). Her other credits include roles in The Bill, A Touch of Frost, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Murphy's Law and the 1986 film Knights & Emeralds. On stage she has appeared in productions of Macbeth and Sleeping Beauty.