EastEnders legend joins rival soap 20 years after quitting show and the country

EASTENDERS fable Hannah Waterman has joined a rival soap - 20 years aft quitting the BBC show.

The histrion - who played Laura Beale successful the BBC soap - past acted successful the UK successful 2013 successful an occurrence of Doctors earlier making thee determination down under.

But present aft a bid of appearances connected Australian dramas, Hannah has signed up to look successful a soap again.

Hannah is acceptable to play a magistrate successful Home and Away successful scenes to aerial successful the UK successful December.

A root said: “Hannah moved to Australia years agone for a caller beingness but she’s inactive acting.

“She loved dipping her toes backmost into the satellite of soap concisely and who knows it could mean she finds her mode backmost much permanently.”

The caller relation comes 2 years aft Hannah tied the knot to erstwhile The Bill prima hubby Huw Higginson.

Huw posted a celebratory changeable showing their peculiar time successful October 2022 arsenic they posed with their lad Jack, 11, connected a vessel successful Sydney.

The Bill histrion gushed successful his caption: "Got joined to my emotion yesterday. We had the champion of days."

Hannah, who played Ian Beale's 3rd woman Laura successful the BBC soap, could beryllium seen gazing lovingly astatine her spouse arsenic they celebrated their peculiar day.

She wore a patterned, long-sleeve bluish frock - possibly arsenic her thing bluish - implicit with golden strappy sandals and a navy pashmina.

She clutched a bouquet of pick flowers and accessorised with a brace of sunglasses.

The blessed mates made the determination to Australia successful 2014.

It came aft Hannah joined chap EastEnders star Ricky Groves in 2006. The brace separated successful 2010 and divorced successful 2014.

Huw is astir notable for his ten-year relation successful The Bill arsenic PC George Garfield.