EastEnders ‘casts Strictly star Molly Rainford’ as part of new Queen Vic family

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Strictly Come Dancing 2022 contestant Molly Rainford is reportedly on the verge of landing a role in BBC One soap EastEnders.

News of the 22 year old's casting arrives via The Sun, with an insider telling the publication this week: "Molly joins a long line of former finalists who've gone on to bigger things than the competitors who've ultimately triumphed. "But anyone who saw her on Strictly could see the entertainment world was her oyster." EastEnders declined to comment upon OK's request.

Molly, who's been "inseparable" from ballroom co-star Tyler West for the last few months, would play the daughter of a new family moving into the Queen Vic, after former pub landlord Mick Carter (played by Danny Dyer) was washed away in the English Channel over Christmas.

Speaking of whom, the 45 year old actor might not be done with Mick just yet, as Danny revealed last month on The Jonathan Ross Show: "If it goes t**s up I can go back.