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Huge EastEnders icon is to 'take a break' from BBC soap as she eyes up new career which is worlds away from Albert Square
BBC star has revealed she is taking a break from EastEnders to star in a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival next month.
The play, inspired by Michelle's real-life encounter with a woman known as Motorhome Marilyn, is about a Monroe-obsessed actress' heartbreaking failure to live up to the icon's fame and beauty. The company's synopsis of the show reads: 'Motorhome Marilyn follows Ruthie Richards, a shy English girl who headed to Hollywood years ago to try her luck in the movies. The actress has big dreams for the show as she added that she hopes 'it will eventually go on TV', but has assured BBC fans she will be back on Albert Square after a month-long break.
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