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Natalie Cassidy Says EastEnders Exit Feels Final as She Launches Memoir and Plans BBC Series

The longtime Sonia Fowler actor says time away from the soap has brought welcome freedom.

Overview

  • Six months after leaving EastEnders, Cassidy describes the departure as feeling final yet keeps an open mind about a return.
  • Her autobiography Happy Days, published this month, revisits tabloid pressure and calls her 2006 fitness DVD a very bad decision, noting brief laxative use at the time.
  • She says she now maintains a healthier relationship with food and wants to set a positive example for her daughters.
  • Cassidy kept Sonia Fowler’s trumpet as a memento and is embracing life outside the soap’s schedule.
  • She will front a 12-part BBC daytime documentary, Learning To Care, slated for next year, and is engaged to cameraman Marc Humphreys while eyeing future TV roles including a sitcom and Celebrity Traitors.