Anna Windass is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Debbie Rush. The character was introduced in an episode which aired on 14 November 2008. Anna's storylines have included a rocky relationship to her boyfriend, Eddie Windass (Steve Huison), a feud with the Platt family, coping with her wayward son Gary (Mikey North), dealing with Gary going into the army, her relationship with Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies), adopting Faye Butler (Ellie Leach), a feud with Faye's biological father Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) and his partner Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor), getting into trouble with Social Services after Faye tells her school that Anna has been "abusing" her, helping close friend Roy Cropper (David Neilson) cope after discovering that his wife Hayl