{"id":9866,"date":"2025-09-09T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/9866\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:31:08","slug":"eastenders-heather-peace-celebrates-beautiful-turning-point-in-cancer-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/9866\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders’ Heather Peace celebrates “beautiful” turning point in cancer journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a>‘ Heather Peace has celebrated a “beautiful” turning point in her cancer journey.<\/p>\n

The actor, who plays Eve Panesar-Unwin<\/a> on the soap, was diagnosed with breast cancer<\/a> last October. She underwent surgery and recovery in the following months, before completing her chemotherapy treatment this May. <\/p>\n

Peace publicly shared her diagnosis on Instagram<\/a>, alongside a video of her wig fitting. The montage saw her working with professionals to cut and style her new hair while filming on EastEnders<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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“This video is an important part of my recent journey, which I wanted to share with you,” she wrote at the time. <\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> on Friday (5 September), the star shared another positive update with her fans, revealing she would no longer be wearing the wig on set. <\/p>\n

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“Today I filmed the last scene with the wig \u2764\ufe0f She’s been a wonderful companion. But me & her are over…” Peace wrote in the caption. <\/p>\n

“I won’t ever forget her support in my down times. But it’s time I moved on. It’s a beautiful Friday. Happy weekend to one & all \ud83e\ude77\ud83e\ude77\ud83e\ude77”
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The video saw Peace celebrating on set, alongside other members of the cast and crew. Her on-screen wife Balvinder Sopal<\/a> (Suki Panesar-Unwin) jokily praised the wig, telling fans: “She’s never got a line wrong… always on time, looking sharp.” <\/p>\n

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Peace explained that her next scenes will be filmed with her short hair, adding that it has grown back “really curly” and comparing it to “a labradoodle”. <\/p>\n

The comment section was flooded with well-wishes for the star, as well as excitement for her new look. <\/p>\n

“Well done for working through everything you’ve been going through & can’t wait to see you curly,” wrote one, while another said: “Its wonderful seeing you looking so well xx.”<\/p>\n

A third added: “Rock that new hair like the legend you are!”<\/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

More information or support about living with breast cancer or treatment is available from organisations including Macmillan Cancer Support<\/a>, Coppafeel!<\/a>, Cancer Research UK<\/a> and Stand Up to Cancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n