{"id":667217,"date":"2026-10-27T22:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667217\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T22:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:14:12","slug":"eastenders-star-ronni-ancona-lands-next-tv-role-after-leaving-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667217\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Ronni Ancona lands next TV role after leaving soap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronni Ancona has landed her first role since leaving EastEnders<\/a> earlier this year. The comedian and impressionist has joined the cast of BBC series Things You Should Have Done for its third season.<\/p>\n

Filming has begun on season three of the comedy in Ramsgate, with creator and writer Lucia Keskin back as ‘stay at home daughter’ Chi.<\/p>\n

The series follows the hapless Chi after her parents die and she’s left with a list of ‘Things You Should Have Done’.<\/p>\n

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Returning for the third season alongside Keskin are Dan Fearn as Dave, Jamie Bisping as Chi’s step-cousin Lucas and Bridget Christie as her unhinged grief therapist Ruth.<\/p>\n

The synopsis for season three reads: “Following a brush with the law, Chi\u2019s life takes a series of dramatic turns and a hilarious journey of self-discovery. <\/p>\n

“Meanwhile, loyal Lucas remains by her side, continuing to do the wrong things for the right reasons; Dave becomes preoccupied with the legacy he\u2019ll leave behind; and Ruth is forced to turn her therapeutic expertise inwards when her own life is thrown into turmoil.”<\/p>\n

Ancona starred as Bea Pollard in EastEnders earlier this year, with the character departing in July after kidnapping Honey Mitchell and holding her hostage at a remote cottage in Kent.<\/p>\n

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Related: BBC’s Things You Should Have Done star reacts to Joanna Page’s scathing review<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about her chaotic character<\/a> during an appearance on This Morning in June, Ancona said: “It was a real privilege that I was asked to do it.<\/p>\n

“They wanted to bring some dark humour, sort of malevolence but make it a bit funny. And actually, they’d said to me, ‘It’ll be perfect for you, Ronni. It’s a really annoying, deranged, disturbed character. It’s perfect for you.’ And I’m like, [flatly] ‘Yayyy.'”<\/p>\n

Things You Should Have Done is available on BBC iPlayer. EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast. <\/p>\n

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