As fans of EastEnders will know, Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) is doing everything she can to destroy her dad Ian Beale’s (Adam Woodyatt) relationship with Mandy Salter…
And her latest plot ends up with Mandy (Nicola Stapleton) being reunited with her prostitute mum Lorraine Salter, who Mandy hasn’t seen for years.
However, that wasn’t originally Lucy’s intention, because having found a mysterious phone number in Mandy’s things, Lucy assumes it belongs to a man, so she arranges to meet ‘him’ to stir up trouble…
But it turns out that the number belongs to Mandy’s mum, Lorraine, who goes to the Vic to wait for Lucy.
The part of Lorraine is to be played by Call the Midwife star, Victoria Alcock, however, when the character first appeared on the Square, back in 1991 when Mandy was a tear-away teen, the role was played by Linda Henry, who now of course plays Shirley Carter…
Lorraine’s back-story was that she was a friend of Pat Evans’ – she was Pat Butcher back then – from Pat’s ‘working’ days, and when she was so badly beaten she had to go to hospital, Lorraine asked Pat to look after 15 year old Mandy.
However, after being out of hospital for just a week, Lorraine abandoned Mandy, who subsequently became homeless, but who was later taken in by the Fowler family before later running away from Walford.
Of landing the role of Lorraine, Victoria told the show’s website, “I am thrilled to be joining EastEnders.
“I can’t wait to see people’s reaction when Lorraine arrives.”
We’ll see Victoria in Walford for the first time next month, but in the meantime, here’s a reminder of Mandy’s story back in the ’90s…
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