# Lisa Swain (Coronation Street)

Lisa Swain also known as Detective Sergeant Lisa Swain, played by Vicky Myers, is a detective who works at Weatherfield Police Station and has investigated multiple crimes since her introduction on 7 May 2021. The first crime she investigated was the murder of Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) and the assault on Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) by a gang led by Corey Brent (Maximus Evans) in 2021. Swain returned again in 2022 to investigate the death of Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo) in 2022, and then began to appear more frequently in 2023 to investigate crimes, such as Aaron Sandford (James Craven) when he raped Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) and the crimes of Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce).
She was credited as 'DS Swain' until 24 April 2023 when her forename was revealed to be 'Lisa' in dialogue. On 4 March 2024 it was announced that Myers had been promoted to a regular character. In 2024, she also investigated the disappearance of Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton). For her role as Lisa, Myers was longlisted for "Best newcomer" at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards.

## Storylines

Lisa was the detective for the murder case of Seb Franklin, Lisa spoke to Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) in the hospital waiting room. When Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) woke up she questioned her and she remembered that she saw Corey Brent (Maximus Evans) and his friends attacked her and Seb, Nina also remembered that someone slapped her around the face. Later Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson) is arrested.
Further evidence came to light when Abi found Seb's last voice message, just before the assault and could hear a girl laughing in the background. Lisa brought back Kelly and told her that forensic evidence proved that Kelly was apart of the assault and she slapped Nina's face. Later when Corey's clothes that he threw into the canal were tested it revealed that he had kicked Seb to death and he had been charged with Seb's murder.
Lisa investigated the disappearance of Lauren Bolton. Lisa and Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) went to investigate and they found blood stains on the carpet and it became a murder case. Lisa later questioned Bobby Crawford (Jack Carroll) and Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Lisa arrested Roy for the murder as he deep cleaned Laurens flat. She also arrested Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper) after Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) found hair in his van.
When Carla Connor (Alison King) is walking past Lisa's car she hears her speaking to someone and she is upset, Carla gets in the car and they both have a conversation and Lisa told Carla that she has a teenage daughter. It was revealed on the 28 June that Sabrina's friend who had been manipulating lawyer Joel was her daughter when she confronted her at the precinct.

## Development
### Casting and characterisation

   "We're only just scratching the surface with Swain. When I got the call that this was happening, it was very much that she was the itch that I needed to scratch."
–Myers promotion ‘’Coronation Street (2024)
Between 2021 and 2024, she was a recurring character, however on 4 March 2024 it was announced that Myers had been promoted to a regular character as she is seen appearing more frequently. Vicky said "That's interesting. I think she's quite guarded, which is another thing that will be interesting to delve into if we get the opportunity why is she that way? "I can't really see her making friends easily because of her job and the fact that she's also a single working mum, so her time is taken up. "I can't really see her going into The Rovers because can you imagine the backlash from the characters in The Rovers if Swain randomly walked in like, 'Yeah, I'll have a gin and tonic,' or a pint or whatever? I don't think she’d be welcomed with open arms. "But who knows? Anything can happen and that's the beauty of being in this place just be open to anything, really."

### Sexuality

Myers also discussed the character's sexuality and revealed that she is gay by saying "Relationship-wise, we know she has a teenage daughter. I'm not entirely sure if everybody knows this, but Swain is gay. I think she perhaps has seen somebody that's caught her eye but at the moment she's far too busy with focusing on this investigation, her career, being a single mum and juggling her home life as well with her teenage daughter."

### Relationship with daughter Betsy Swain

On 21 June 2024, Swain's daughter, Betsy (Sydney Martin) was introduced to the series, when she began to become suspicious of Joel Deering's (Callum Lill) actions towards her friend, Sabrina Adetiba (Luana Santos). However she wasn't revealed to be her daughter until 28 June, when Lisa confronted her about the chips and she knew that Betsy didn't have the money for them, so she lied to Lisa and said a friend bought them, when in fact the money was from Joel who she was blackmailing in order to keep quiet, showing some tension in their relationship. Sydney Martin, who plays Betsy, discussed her relationship with her mother, "obviously she's lost her other mum when she was on duty, so she already has some disrespect for the career. Lisa stayed on, and that causes a bit of tension in their relationship."

## Reception

For her role as Lisa, Myers was longlisted for "Best newcomer" at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards, but lost out to Iz Hesketh, who portrays Kitty Draper in rival soap opera Hollyoaks.