Axed soap star appears in EastEnders – but did you spot her?

EAGLE eyed BBC viewers mightiness person spotted a acquainted soap histrion making her debut successful EastEnders.

Joining EastEnders, histrion Joanna Bending is champion known for playing Dr Michelle Walton successful Doctors.

Doctors, which volition aerial its past occurrence successful December, is different BBC soap acceptable successful a fictional Midlands based GP practice.

It was announced earlier this twelvemonth that the soap, which has ran for 20 years, volition extremity astatine the extremity of the year.

BBC reasons for axing the soap enactment the blasted connected the show’s "increased expenses".

Joanna joined the formed earlier this year, but has present swapped the doc country for Albert Square.

She's taken up the relation of societal idiosyncratic Jackie Fairhurst, who is playing a portion successful the Tommy Moon storyline.

Tommy's convulsive outbursts towards mum Kat Slater arsenic good arsenic his younger brothers has present escalated to the constituent that Jean called and reported him.

Following the report, societal services person present arrived to talk to Kat and person concluded that the troubled teen is simply a information to his younger brothers.

To debar Tommy being sent into care, Kat has managed to get him to enactment astatine neighbour Zack, who is simply a registered foster carer.

Sharing her excitement astatine being included successful EastEnders, Joanna shared a snap to her Instagram: "A caller Social and a Handsome DC get successful Albert Square contiguous astatine 7.30pm......."

She was flooded with supports from family, friends and fans arsenic 1 commented: "Wohoooo spell connected Jo !!!"

Another shared: "Loving this!"

"Best crushed to watch," said a third.

EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.