EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy is worlds away from Walford in new role with Traitors star

Natalie Cassidy is champion known for playing Sonia Fowler connected soap EastEnders but she volition soon beryllium seen successful an acclaimed BBC comedy-drama having joined the caller bid of Boarders

Soap prima Natalie Cassidy looks worlds distant from her EastEnders' quality Sonia Fowler successful her latest role.

The actor, 41, volition look successful the 2nd bid of Boarders, which is owed to beryllium released adjacent month. She's a impermanent prima connected the amusement conscionable similar Alan Cumming, 59, who, alongside his acting career, is present known arsenic the big of the Traitors US.

The BBC comedy-drama follows 5 achromatic assistance students astatine an elite backstage schoolhouse that has a estimation problem. The archetypal season, which received acclaim, was released successful February past twelvemonth and saw the main characters "set retired to marque the astir retired of the opportunity, contempt their places lone being offered arsenic a poorly-disguised PR exercise". The formed is led by Josh Tedeku (who plays Jaheim), Jodie Campbell (Leah), Sekou Diaby (Toby), Myles Kamwendo (Omar) and Aruna Jalloh (Femi), who volition each instrumentality for the caller season.

It's been announced that Natalie volition play Sharon Hail successful the caller bid – a teacher astatine a rival schoolhouse to St. Gilbert's. Whilst Alan volition play a quality with aforesaid sanction arsenic him who has "very precocious standards" for a enactment he's hosting and the students who find themselves there.

On joining the BBC show, Natalie said: "I loved bid 1 of Boarders and was truthful thrilled to beryllium asked to look successful bid two. There is specified endowment amongst each the formed and unit and I loved playing a precise eccentric teacher. Don't miss it!"

Fellow impermanent prima Alan teased: "I've ever said that letting radical cognize you are a instrumentality of theirs is simply a bully idea. And, truthful it was with Boarders. I mentioned this to the producers (who besides hap to nutrient The Traitors), and precise soon after, I recovered myself connected the acceptable having specified a amusive time!"

Their castings were announced by the BBC earlier this period and it's understood that a trailer for the caller bid has aired up of the show's return. Other caller formed members for Boarders' 2nd bid see BAFTA-winner Wunmi Mosaku arsenic Jaheim's mum Grace, Cara Theobold arsenic Jude and Michael Salami arsenic Femi's Uncle Teju. Kendra Brown stars successful her debut on-screen relation arsenic speech pupil Devon'yè.

The BBC has teased up of the caller bid launching successful 2 weeks: "Series 1 saw these 5 outsiders statesman to thrive. Series 2 asks however overmuch they're consenting to sacrifice conscionable to survive."

The archetypal bid of Boarders is disposable to watercourse connected BBC iPlayer now. The 2nd bid is acceptable motorboat connected BBC iPlayer and BBC Three connected February 3.

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