Zainab Masood: Last News

A FORMER EastEnders star looked worlds away from her character in Albert Square as she appeared in last night's series premiere of The Bay. Zahra Ahmadi, who was the first actress to play Shabnam Masood back in 2007, returned to screens in ITV's grisly drama as Shazia Riaz.

EastEnders fans will remember the iconic character of Shabnam Masood who was played by Rakhee Thakrar for two years.The actress, now 39, took over the role of Shabnam from Zahra Ahmadi, who played the daughter of Masood Ahmed and Zainab Masood from 2007 until 2008. Rakhee made her debut on the hit BBC soap in 2014 and her last scenes were aired in 2016. Shabnam left Albert Square with her daughter Jade Green (Amaya Edwards), leaving Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) behind after deciding he should stay with his son Arthur, whom he fathered with Stacey Slater.This followed the heartbreaking storyline where Shabnam delivered a stillborn son named Zaair.

EastEnders star Nina Wadia, 51, has opened up about her son Aidan’s experience with type 1 diabetes and revealed her initial dismay over his diagnosis.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk ahead of World Diabetes Day, the Zainab Masood actress shared the ways she and her son manage the autoimmune disease after he was rushed to hospital after displaying worrying symptoms.Nina explained doctors assumed Aidan, who she shares with husband Raiomond Mirza, was just suffering badly from a virus he picked up at school initially.However, she became concerned when his health didn’t improve months later and he kept losing weight.The soap star, who is also mum to daughter Tia Nina, recalled: “I was tired of people not figuring out what’s wrong with my