On Friday night, Helen Flanagan took to Instagram to ring in her 35th birthday with a couple of glamorous snapshots and a meaningful reflection on life in her 30s.

The Coronation Street actress stunned in a sheer gold dress, paired with a bold bodysuit beneath it that left little to the imagination, as she celebrated her mid-thirties in Positano, Italy.

The outfit was entirely transparent, showcasing a gold lamé bodysuit with high-cut hips and a daring thong-style back, emphasizing her figure.

In her post, Helen spoke about her three children with former footballer fiancé Scott Sinclair—Matilda, Delilah, and Charlie—along with her career journey.

The beauty, who separated from Scott in 2022, also opened up about her emotional struggles, sharing: ‘There’s been heartache, but I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s important to love and feel deeply; otherwise, what’s the point?’

Her birthday celebrations come as the ‘broke’ actress recently announced that she’s selling her £1 million family residence after informing a court of her financial struggles, ahead of a six-month driving ban due to speeding.

Helen wrote in the caption alongside the dup of racy snaps: ‘My 35th bday dress @joshbirchjonesofficial. Queen Leo energy. Loved my 30s so far so much feel very blessed. I got my beautiful dream boy Charlie…

‘I got to watch Matilda grow into the most amazing little girl and my amazing precious darling Delilah x Did lots of things in my carear that I wanted to do, achieved things that I wanted to do and a hell of a lot of growing…

‘There’s been a fair share of heartache but I wouldn’t change anything, I think it’s best to feel and love with your whole heart less what’s the point? x I get to write the last half of my thirties and I’m excited for this age’.  

Helen recently set the record straight about her finances as she shared the sad reason why she has decided to sell her eight-bedroom Cheshire mansion.

She told OK! Magazine: ‘I’m not in a financial crisis. I’m moving because I really need a fresh start. Scott surprised me with this house and it was always supposed to be our happy family home, and it wasn’t that.

‘I like to be light-hearted and I hate to sound depressing, but there is a sadness in this house.’

Despite claiming she is not in financial crisis, in January while in court for speeding charges she claimed she was ‘really struggling financially’ and cannot even afford a £10 taxi to take her son to nursery. 

The former soap star admitted it had been ‘a turbulent three years’ and that she wanted to start fresh with her children.

Helen hopes to move to London eventually, but for now, they are planning to stay where they are to avoid disrupting her kids’ education. She admitted that she will struggle to downsize from her lavish eight-bedroom house.

Speaking on The Declutter Hub podcast with Ingrid Jansen and Lesley Spellman, she insisted she was ‘down to earth’ but that moving would be hard.

She shared: ‘I put loads of my savings into making it look really beautiful. It’s eight bedrooms which is hard to keep on top of – it’s a lot…

‘When we move I will struggle to downsize – I don’t want to not sounds down to earth. Bu it will feel weird. It will be more manageable for me.’

Helen split from Scott after 13 years together and then moved on with construction worker Robbie, 45, but they split in May and she now wants to be single.

Speaking to The Mirror, she explained: ‘I’m concentrating on the kids, work, moving house and being with my friends.

‘I’m quite sensitive and struggle with dating. There’s always something with men. Now I want to be single a bit.

‘Robbie was very sweet and kind. He was older than me and cared about me. Sometimes relationships just don’t work long term.’