{"id":668691,"date":"2026-10-29T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668691\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:04:10","slug":"eastenders-lacey-turner-reveals-she-misses-playing-stacey-amid-return-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668691\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Lacey Turner reveals she misses playing Stacey amid return rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former EastEnders star Lacey Turner has spoken about how much she misses playing Stacey Slater as rumours are spreading that she will be making a return to Albert Square soon.<\/p>\n

Lacey is currently competing in Strictly Come Dancing, but is also releasing new memoir Gold Dust: My Life (So Far) with the Women Who Shaped Me<\/a>, and has been taking part in interviews and podcasts<\/a> to promote those projects (and don’t forget, she’s also a mum to multiple kids, including one-year-old Gipsy).<\/p>\n

But while she’s super-duper busy, Lacey has admitted that she still often thinks about Walford.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on the Reasons to be Joyful<\/a> podcast (from 5 minutes 35 seconds in), Gaby Roslin asked if there would be more Stacey and Lacey replied “I really hope so”, much to Gaby’s delight.<\/p>\n

“D’you know, it’s so lovely. It makes it feel like your biggest achievement. I have three children and obviously that is my biggest achievement in life, but to actually have a character that 20-something years later people still want to watch is so lovely.<\/p>\n

“And I do struggle – I can’t take the credit for it. I’ve been given some amazing storylines, I’ve been trusted with some really big, fragile storylines, so if I hadn’t been given those, I’d never have been able to grow as an actress. I’d never have been able to grow with Stacey, so I can’t take the credit for it.<\/p>\n

“But I do love playing her. I miss playing her. And hopefully one day, I will play her again.”<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders star admits “very serious” telling-off from show bosses<\/a> <\/p>\n

Could that one day be soon? The latest rumours state<\/a> that the character be back on EastEnders around the New Year in a guest role, before returning full-time in 2027.<\/p>\n

Although Lacey has a lot going on at the moment, there are a few things that make this sound plausible: Sean Slater is back<\/a>, and on the show Stacey has gone to live with him, and both EastEnders and Strictly are filmed at Elstree Studios.<\/p>\n

It is important to note, however, that nothing has been officially confirmed yet.<\/p>\n

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

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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