Lisa Faulkner has cooked up an escape from the kitchen… with a role in BBC drama Waterloo Road.
Lisa, 50, has been serving up a food show with her celebrity chef husband John Torode since quitting EastEnders as Fi Browning five years ago.
But she has now landed a part on the hit drama, set in a tough comprehensive school, after making a return to acting in BBC thriller The Girl Beyond last year.