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Waterloo Road reveals first-look at EastEnders star as new headteacher after star’s shock exit
Former EastEnders star Lindsey Coulson is swapping harassed mum Carol Jackson for no-nonsense head teacher Stella Drake in the new series of the BBC school drama
Viewers of the drama watched on Tuesday night, 29 October, as his character Steve was arrested after he had helped cover up the murder of a student his son committed. Jason recently bowed out of the show (Image: BBC/NYNEX/Wall To Wall/Warner Brothers TV Production Services Ltd/Matt Burlem)Lindsey, who last appeared in EastEnders back in 2015, said: “I’m delighted to be joining Waterloo Road as the new headteacher, Dame Stella Drake. EastEnders has recently seen a series of old characters returning in the run up to the show's 40th anniversar y next February, including David Wicks(Michael French), Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) and Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) with Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) still to come.
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