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Zara Woodcock

EastEnders Bernie Taylor star looks totally different for fancy date night

EastEnders star Clair Norris looked totally different from her character as she glammed up for date night.

The actress, who portrays Bernadette Taylor in the long-running soap, took to her Instagram to share snaps from her dinner at The Shard building in London.

In the BBC soap, Bernie has long brown hair which she usually ties up in a messy bun and often likes to rock baggy clothes.

Off set, Clair is far from her character on Albert Square.

Clair looked gorgeous as she debuted her blonder locks which she left flowing past her shoulder.

The star donned a long-sleeved black dress and simple make-up for the lavish date with her boyfriend Lewis.

Clair and her boyfriend enjoyed a fancy dinner (clair_norris/Instagram)
The two sipped on cocktails (clair_norris/Instagram)

In the first snap, Clair smiled for the camera as she held up a green cocktail in the restaurant.

Her boyfriend enjoyed the same drink as they waited for dinner.

She also shared a few snaps and a clip of the stunning view of the London sunset from the Shard's viewing platform on the 72nd floor.

"Sunday Well Spent," Clair captioned the post along with an orange heart emoji.

She looked worlds away from her BBC character (BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)

Her 121,000 followers loved the gorgeous pictures and took to the comment section to compliment the star.

"Gorgeous my darling xx," one user commented while another added: "So beautiful."

One fan posted: "Looks amazing," while another follower commented: "Very beautiful young couple."

The actress previously spoke out about childhood bullies who taunted her about her weight and how they have driven her on to acting success.

She shared snaps of the sunset in London (clair_norris/Instagram)
A cute selfie of Clair and her boyfriend Lewis (clair_norris/Instagram)

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She joined EastEnders back in 2017 and over the years, her character has been involved in several major storylines.

Clair has opened up about her weight in a Panorama documentary about obesity and says in it: "It all started for me in the playground with name-calling which now, as I have got older, I have come to realise is bullying.

“I just saw it as name-calling because it would happen one day and then not the next. They would be my friend then not be my friend.

“When it happens every day you don’t associate it with a specific word or person.

“It wasn’t for a long long time that I realised that was actual bullying and not OK and it was another pupil who told the teacher in the end what was going on.

“I think it prepared me for the industry that I am in and I feel I am bit more thick-skinned in that sense. It has driven me to success," she added.

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