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\n\t\tA 90\u2019s EastEnders star has had a huge reinvention (Picture: Instagram\/dstdesigns)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tA 90\u2019s EastEnders star has had a huge reinvention (Picture: Instagram\/dstdesigns)<\/p>\n
Deborah Sheridan-Taylor\u2019s EastEnders<\/a> character, Saskia Duncan, had a short, but incredibly dramatic stint in Walford 27 years ago, with her gruesome demise going down as one of the most memorable deaths in soap history.<\/p>\n Saskia first appeared on New Year\u2019s Eve 1998, before being slain on Valentines Day, 1999.<\/p>\n The unhinged femme fatale blew into Walford as the ex-girlfriend of Steve, who\u2019d since moved on with Mel, something Saskia found utterly unbearable.<\/p>\n Obsessive, unstable and down right violent, she began a stalking campaign against Steve and Mel. When she ultimately succeeded in luring Steve back to bed, she was dealt a mortal wound when he rejected her once again.<\/p>\n Drunkenly approaching Mel and Steve at his club, the then-e20, her revelation of their night together drove Mel away, before she unveiled her plot to annihilate his life, just as he had hers.<\/p>\n \t\t Finally driven completely mad after a forced abortion and his constant manipulation, Saskia smashed a bottle around Steve\u2019s head and tried to choke him to death with his own tie. Steve retaliated with an ashtray, clobbering his psychotic ex with it, later burying her body alongside his young club DJ, Matthew Rose (Joe Absolom).<\/p>\n Though they buried her corpse in Epping Forest, she was eventually found, with Steve framing Matthew for the murder. In 2019, twenty years later, Steve\u2019s son, Hunter Owen (Charlie Winter) murdered his step dad, Ray Kelly (Se\u00e1n Mahon), with Mel burying his body in the same place Steve did Saskia\u2019s.<\/p>\n Nearly three decades on from her fatal meeting with an ashtray, though, actress Deborah has completely reinvented herself.<\/p>\n \t\t She know works as a personal stylist, image consultant and interior designer and even owns her own company, DST Designs.<\/p>\n Long-time EastEnders fans were delighted to catch up with Deborah and heaped praise on the numerous fierce looks she displayed on her social media feed.<\/p>\n One of her most recent social media<\/a> posts highlighted how her brand is all about \u2018refresh, reconfigure, reimagine\u2019, setting out her approach to her work.<\/p>\n \u2018What if I told you that your wardrobe is already full of possibilities?,\u2019 she begins.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDon’t miss a Soaps scoop! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal Metro Soaps reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for stories. We have all the latest soaps news, spoilers, videos, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click the button below and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \nAdd us as a Preferred Source<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018In this Outfit Building session, I took my client\u2019s existing pieces and completely transformed how she sees and wears them. <\/p>\n \u2018This client has been working with me for about four years now, everything she is wearing has been bought through me, either first hand or we also shop Preloved for wardrobe enrichment.<\/p>\n \u2018Switching up colour combinations, original thinking, accessories and silhouettes.<\/p>\n \u2018The result? She described it as \u2018a whole new wardrobe!\u2019 without buying a single new item. This\u00a0is the power of strategic styling. If your wardrobe feels uninspired, let\u2019s redefine it together.\u2019<\/p>\n In her new line of work, Deborah reunited with former on-screen love rival<\/a>, Tamzin Outhwaite<\/a> who played Mel Owen<\/a>, the woman Saskia competed with for the heart of gangster du jour, Steve Owen (Martin Kemp).<\/p>\n She shared an image of the two hugging after a successful day of styling at Harvey Nichols for an upcoming photoshoot.<\/p>\n Deborah continued her acting career post-Enders, appearing in Headless, Murphy\u2019s Law, Holby City, Doctors<\/a>, Casualty<\/a> and Birds of a Feather, with her most recent role coming in An Ordinary Monday in 2017.<\/p>\n Fans first glimpse of her new enterprise came when she appeared on Channel 4<\/a>\u2019s property show Grand Designs back in 2014, detailing how she transformed her London pad.<\/p>\n Deborah isn\u2019t the only former Walford resident fans have been reminded of recently. Nick Berry, who played Simon Wicks from 1985 until 1990 was recently spotted out and about, with fans quick to reminisce<\/a> over \u2018Wicksy\u2019, while new fans discovered \u2018Beautiful Thing\u2019<\/a> when a post about its 30th anniversary made its way across social media.<\/p>\n The ground-breaking LGBTQ+ movie starred both Linda Henry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tameka Empson<\/a>, with fans gobsmacked at how \u2018unrecognisable\u2019 the actors were.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Deborah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774791968_139_SEI_290656411-6f16.jpg\")
\n\t\tIf Saskia couldn\u2019t have Steve, nobody could (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n![\"Deborah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774791969_783_SEI_290426363-eb9a.jpg\")
\n\t\tSaskia met a brutal end (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n![\"Soaps](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774791969_971_SEI_278522320-46a3.jpg\")
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