Laila Morse is leaving EastEnders after starring on the show for more than 20 years.The 75 year old is said to be leaving the hit BBC soap in the next few weeks after bosses decided to not renew her contract.
It is believed that both her and bosses came to to the agreement that it is a good time for Laila's character Big Mo to be written out of the show, but she won't be killed off.
She first joined the show in 2000, but has taken many breaks during her character's two decades on screen. Mo most recently returned to Walford in 2018 in a dramatic storyline where she pretended her granddaughter Kat Slater had died.
A source close to EastEnders said: "Laila is leaving the show. Her current contract is coming to an end and execs agreed this was.
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