Diane Parish has been a familiar presence in Albert Square since rocking up on EastEnders as Denise Fox in 2006.
The four-times married, mother-of-three has endured something of a tempestuous time in the long-running soap, during which she’s enjoyed a one-night fling with Phil Mitchell, survived a bus crash and descended into poverty.
Life off screen, though, has proved rather more ‘normal’ if rather busy for Diane, who first appeared on the soap back in 1998, playing singer Lola Christie, an experience she’d rather forget.