Cold Feet star Fay Ripley looks stylish in a khaki trench coat and flares

Fay Ripley dashed to a petrol station on Friday to stock up on disinfectant, amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The actress, 54, cut a stylish figure in a khaki trench coat, which she layered atop of a purple polo neck knitted jumper. 

The Cold Feet star looked hurried as she ran out of the shop clutching the floor cleaner in one hand and her red Gucci purse in the other. 

Fay teamed the look with flared blue jeans and brown studded chunky heeled boots.  

The actress, like many others around the country, headed out to stock up on cleaning products as COVID-19 continues to sweep across the U.K.  

 And Fay certainly looked worried about the times ahead as she stepped out solo for the brief shopping trip. 

Back in January, Fay revealed Cold Feet changed her life in an interview with RadioTimes magazine, she said: ‘Cold Feet did change my life, but I think it’s even more of a privilege to do it now. It’s quite easy to take life for granted in your 30s. 

‘I actually left Cold Feet [in 2001] because I wanted to get married [to Australian actor Daniel Lapaine, with whom she now has two children] and have a baby and there were other jobs I was excited by. I wouldn’t make that decision now.’

And the actress said a moving storyline aired in January encourage more women to get their breasts checked.

The first episode of the show’s ninth series, saw Jenny Gifford, played by Ripley, removing her wig to reveal her bald scalp in a tear-jerking scene.

The character of Jenny received the shock breast cancer diagnosis during the last series and Ripley says she’s since been inundated with people telling her that her character’s fight with the disease prompted them to check themselves. 

The star said she’d thought acting didn’t save lives but has since changed her mind, saying: ‘I won’t be saying that anymore.’ 

Speaking to What’s on TV magazine, Ripley said that the response from viewers had been ‘mind-blowing’.

She said: ‘People rush up and say, “That happened to my mum, my sister, me, my dad…”

‘And I’ve had people texting me and coming up on the street saying, “I never checked myself before, but I checked and something been taken out”, It’s mind-blowing.’