Claire Sweeney has revealed that she made just £5,000 last year due to the pandemic.
The Brookside actress, 50, explained that coronavirus had ‘decimated’ her industry and prevented her from getting work in 2021.
However, the soap icon sold her holiday villa in 2019 for £804,000 and was fortunately able to ‘sit it out comfortably’ despite the taxes she paid on the sale.
‘It broke my heart’: Claire Sweeney has revealed that she made just £5,000 last year due to the pandemic
Asked how much she earned in 2021, Claire told The Sunday Times: ‘Under £5,000. Our industry was decimated. Thankfully I’d sold a house in Spain, in 2019, so I was blessed that I could sit it out comfortably.
‘It was a big house in Mallorca that I’d bought in 2004 for €690,000 (£580,000). It broke my heart to sell but it was in its own grounds, and my little boy didn’t want that – he wanted to be with other kids.
‘I sold it for €950,000 (£804,000), but I had to pay Spanish taxes and English taxes.’
Funds: The Brookside actress, 50, explained that coronavirus had ‘decimated’ her industry and prevented her from getting work in 2021
Bank balance: However, the soap icon sold her holiday villa in 2019 for £804,000 and was fortunately able to ‘sit it out comfortably’ despite the taxes she paid on the sale (pictured with her six-year-old son Jaxon)
It comes after Claire revealed her weight loss secrets ahead of starring in Cabaret All Stars in April.
She opened up about her plans to look her ‘physical best’ as she is set to wear a ‘fabulous catsuit’ in the show.
The theatre star recently confessed the upcoming show is ‘out of her comfort zone’ despite having appeared in Chicago and 9 To 5 The Musical.
New show: Claire revealed her weight loss secrets ahead of starring in Cabaret All Stars in April (pictured this month)
Claire said in an interview with Closer: ‘This show has got a really raunchy feel to it, laced with lots humour.
‘I wear a fabulous catsuit! I find it really liberating that I’m going to get completely outrageous and I am going to sing the song Light My Fire with a big band arrangement – and I think they’re actually going to set fire to me while I’m doing it.’
The mother-of-one added: ‘This does all mean that I want to look my physical best. So the plan is to start going to the gym and hot yoga five days a week, because it’s amazing for weight loss and strengthening my core.’
Weight-loss journey: She opened up about her plans to look her ‘physical best’ as she is set to wear a ‘fabulous catsuit’ in the Cabaret show
