EastEnders actress Shona McGarty has revealed that she received a terrifying ‘death threat’ in the post from a fan. Shona has played Whitney Dean in the BBC soap since 2008 and has a strong and loyal following of fans.
Her character Whitney has been struggling with a heartbreaking miscarriage with on-screen boyfriend Zack Hudson, played by James Farrar, in recent months.The storyline isn’t the first heartbreaker for Whitney, throughout her time on the soap the character has been sexually abused by her paedophile step dad, had two failed marriages, and seen the rest of her family move away from the square.
Last weekend, Shona was nominated for Best Leading Performer at the 2023 British Soap Awards for her emotional baby loss storyline.
However, she lost out to Danielle Harold who played Lola Pearce who tragically died last week in heartbreaking scenes. After working on the soap for years, Shona is used to fans taking certain storylines quite hard but she did reveal to the Daily Star how an interaction with a fan ended up going too far.
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