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EastEnders star Melanie Clark Pullen has died at the age of 46 after a battle with cancer. The actress played Mary Flaherty, Pauline Fowler’s niece, on the show between 1997 and 1999. Melanie was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2019, and received the all-clear in 2020.

Todd Carty looked nearly unrecognisable as he stepped out in Manchester sporting a thick moustache in new snaps.The actor was spotted running errands near The Lowry Theatre in the city. Todd, 60, looked worlds away from his roles in The Bill and Eastenders, in which he portrayed PC Gabriel Kent and Martin Fowler respectively.The former soap star is currently starring in a touring stage production of The Mousetrap. The star, who appears alongside fellow EastEnders star and Only Fools and Horses favourite Gwyneth Strong in the play, was seen nearby the theatre carrying a carrier bag filled with goods on 12 April, ahead of that evening's show.

Todd Carty has graced our screens for decades, leaving an indelible mark on some of our most beloved TV shows. His most prominent role was that of Mark Fowler in EastEnders, a character he portrayed from 1990 to 2003. Todd's journey in the entertainment industry began as Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill, a role that garnered so much popularity that it led to his own spin-off series, Tucker's Luck, which aired from 1983 to 1985.

AN EastEnders favourite looked unrecognisable as they showed off their red raw nose after being struck down by a sickness bug. Actress Lucy Benjamin, 52, who first stepped foot in Walford in 1998 as Lisa Fowler, was last seen in Albert Square in 2020.

EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin has decided on a huge change as she ditched her signature blonde curls and embraced a full head of silver grey locks instead.The 51 year old actress played Lisa Fowler on the BBC One soap starting from 1998. She first left Albert Square in dramatic scenes in 2003, but made a scene-stealing return to Walford in 2010 and 2017. Lucy then reappeared on the soap for one more year 2019-2020.

EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin has teased her epic transformation for her latest acting stint. Lucy, 51, is best known for playing Lisa Fowler in EastEnders and Maggie in the BAFTA award-winning BBC Four series Detectorists.

EastEnders star Frankie Fitzgerald is utterly unrecognisable over 20 years on from first appearing on our telly screens in the BBC soap.The 37-year-old actor portrayed Ashley Cotton on the BBC One soap, who was best known as the son of Walford lout Nasty Nick Cotton (John Altman).Frankie joined the soap as Ashley in 2000, with the character previously portrayed by actor Rossi Higgins.The half-brother of Dotty Cotton (Milly Zero) turned up on Albert Square as a wild teenager and boarded with his father and Dot Cotton (June Brown), though it wasn't long before he ran into trouble.Following in his father's footsteps and under his tutelage, Ashley soon started taking drugs.He also carried out robberies with his villainous dad but Ashley's shenanigans came to a head one fateful evening in 2001.In an episode which was broadcast in June that year, the troubled youngster stole his dad Nick's enemy Mark Fowler's motorbike after having an argument with him in the Queen Vic.What the 17-year-old wasn't aware of at the time was that Nick had tampered with the brakes on Mark's bike in an attempt to kill Mark.As a result, Ashley crashed Mark's bike into the launderette and was instantly killed.Following his EastEnders death, Frankie landed a role in Sky One football drama Dream Team and today, he remains a successful working actor.His acting credits involve appearances on other BBC One soaps Holby City and Casualty and over recent years, Frankie has established a career in film.One of his major roles has been in kids' series Harry and Cosh.In 2015, the actor appeared as Jack Dickson alongside Tom Hardy in Legend and in 2019, he starred alongside Dev Patel and Tilda Swinton in The Personal History of David Copperfield.

EastEnders icon Louise Mitchell's entry into the world was certainly an exciting one, as she sparked a huge row between her dad Phil Mitchell and his ex Lisa Fowler.

Emmerdale star Ned Porteous has delighted his fans by hinting at his return to Netflix's Bridgerton for season two.The 26 year old, who took on the role of Joe Tate in the ITV soap from 2017 to 2018, starred as handsome Lord Wetherby in several episodes of the saucy period drama, which was released on Christmas Day last year. And the soap star slipped back into 19th-century costume for a brooding snap shared to his Instagram on Wednesday.The Buckinghamshire native looked undeniably slick in a structured grey coat, waistcoat and cream coloured bow tie for the snap.

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Bridgerton is the show we’ve all been bingeing on.The period drama is full of scandal, love and betrayal, and we just cannot avert our gaze. But there is one thing that only the most beady-eyed viewers among us may have noticed, which is that Emmerdale star Ned Porteous frequently pops up on screen.