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EastEnders star lands new role in rival show - eight years after quitting soap
An EastEnders legend who left the soap in 2017 is set to make her return to telly in an episode of Casualty - and fans are thrilled to see her back on a primetime series
Laurie Brett, best known as Albert Square's Jane Beale in EastEnders, is all set for an epic TV comeback, featuring in a flashback episode of the BBC hit series Casualty. Laurie will step into the role of disciplinarian midwife Marie Mayhew, bringing us a glimpse into character Jodie Whyte's past during her student days at Brockwell Hospital. Laurie plays Maria Mayhew in the upcoming Casualty episodeJodie, brought to life by Anna Chell, burst onto the medical drama scene in 2023 and has since been entangled in intense plots, from being spiked and abducted to discovering her long-lost father was her boss, not to mention surviving a bomb scare.
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