Rob Donovan

Robert Darren Donovan is a character in the British Soap opera Coronation Street and has been played by Marc Baylis since July 2012.

Biography
Rob Donovan was born as the youngest brother to Carla Connor. When Carla had left home to marry Paul Connor, Rob was left alone to look after his drug taking mother. His mother had gotten into debts with nasty people and Rob took part in a bank robbery in order to help pay her debts, but was arrested and sentenced to seven-years in prison.

Years later Rob was released in July 2012, and came to visit his sister Carla at her factory in Coronation Street whilst she was in the middle of a domestic with partner Peter Barlow. After intervening and jumping to her defense, Rob and Carla had caught up but it was clear he was still pretty raw about her abandoning him. When Carla had chosen to leave Weatherfield with Peter, Rob had agreed to run the factory until she returned, along with old flame Michelle.

Rob ran the factory for most of 2012, and had dated Eva Price.

Trivia

 * Since Carla's debut in December 2006, she had always referenced to a brother named "Darren". However upon his debut in July 2012, he was given the first name Rob, with Darren as his middle name.