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EastEnders' Jessie Wallace's life off-screen from relationships to soap suspensions


Jessie Wallace has played Kat Slater in EastEnders since 2000 and here we take a look at the actress' life away from Walford...

In 2015, Jessie and Shane briefly left EastEnders to star in the spin-off series Redwater, which delved into Kat and Alfie's life away from Walford. She was reprimanded for "unacceptable behaviour" by soap execs after a run-in with the law in June 2022 that left her conditionally cautioned for assaulting a police officer post-clubbing in Bury St Edmunds. The end of their affair saw Jessie indulge in a brief fling with young buck Andy Burton during a holiday; he made headlines by dishing their private moments to the tabloids soon after.

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