OFF THE SQUARE Eastenders stars Jessie Wallace and Jacqueline Jossa look worlds away from the BBC soap on glam night out
EASTENDERS actresses let their hair down after a busy day on the Walford set as they joined forces for a night out.
BBC soap stars Jacqueline Jossa, 33, Jessie Wallace, 54, Heather Peace, 50, and Michelle Collins, 63, glammed up for an evening on the town – with Lauren Branning actress Jacqueline celebrating the off-set moment on Instagram.
The mum of two uploaded an image to her Stories showing the four-strong bunch perched at a table.
Jacqueline looked trendy in an olive coloured top and delicate gold hoop earrings, with her brunette hair styled in natural waves.
She sat alongside Heather Peace, 50, who plays Eve Unwin, who oozed elegance in all black paired with a chain necklace.
Jessie Wallace ditched her EastEnders character’s signature leopard-print attire for sparkles, donning a black plunge-neck top with glitter stripes.
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Michelle Collins, who plays Cindy Beale and made her soap comeback this year, rounded off the line-up in all black.
She styled her blonde hair pokers-straight and added extra glam with dark eye make-up.
Jacqueline captioned her image “girlies” and added two white love heart Emojis.
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Earlier this year, Jacqueline revealed her fears over her “tough” soap storyline.
During one hard-hitting episode, her character Lauren’s baby son Jimmy received a life-changing medical diagnosis.
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Lauren brought her newborn to the hospital after she noticed something concerning about his eyes.
The consultant ran tests on Jimmy before Peter (Thomas Law) and Lauren were told their son has optic nerve and chorioretinal coloboma.
This means that the back of his eyes have not been fully formed which leaves the young tot with severe sight impairment.
After it was aired, she took to Instagram to post an emotional image of herself in character as Lauren Branning, cradling over her baby.
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The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year.
Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
Yet what about the 2024 exits?
Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.
She then wrote a short essay on her story and put: “Wow, your dms, comments and videos have not gone unnoticed I am BLOWN AWAY. I’m very overwhelmed,” Jacqueline admitted.
“Thank you so so much. Being gifted with this story has been a dream and I’ve found strength in the story.
“This is many people’s reality, many people that have dmed me and I feel so lucky to be able to tell a version of your story.
“I thought I would find it really really tough but I found it gave me this crazy sense of strength.”
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She added: “I love how Lauren has handled herself through this.
“It’s so lovely to read all of the DMs and messages, truly I am so thankful.”
