Michelle Collins says she’s ‘exhausted’ after starring in EastEnders for 13 years

Michelle Collins has made an admission about playing her long-standing EastEnders character Cindy Beale.

Reflecting on her time on the BBC soap, which has spanned 13 years, Collins, 63, told ITV daytime series Good Morning Britain: “Cindy can be exhausting for people to watch and exhausting for me to play.”