EastEnders’ Shona McGarty teases soap return to save Bianca and Sonia from killer psycho Reiss for 40th anniversary

EASTENDERS favourite Shona McGarty has teased a soap comeback to prevention Bianca Jackson and Sonia Fowler from slayer psycho Reiss.

The actress, who has been a acquainted look connected the BBC soap since 2008 erstwhile her quality arrived with step-mum Bianca, said she would instrumentality to observe the soap's 40th day successful February.

Shona, 33, exited the soap successful May 2024 arsenic her quality yet got her blessed ending though, leaving Walford to commencement a caller beingness with her babe Dolly and teen foster girl Britney.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Shona said: "I near connected the autobus and not nether it, truthful for that I'm truly grateful.

"I would perfectly spell backmost to EastEnders - it's 16 years of creating a family, I grew up connected that show.

"I've got a truly bully narration with EastEnders, the doors unfastened but astatine the infinitesimal not yet."

Ahead of the landmark 40th day adjacent year, Shona said: "I wouldn't accidental nary to [going backmost for EastEnders' 40th anniversary], I decidedly would due to the fact that I would bash thing to observe EastEnders.

Along with thousands of BBC viewers, soap prima Shona has demanded "justice" for Sonia.

She told us: "I haven't had a batch of time, truthful I can't beryllium down and ticker it each the time, but it comes up successful antithetic societal media apps and I catchup that way.

"I saw Reiss had murdered his woman with a pillow, erstwhile I near helium was nice.

"It shows you however speedy things tin alteration successful that show.

"It's mad, mediocre Bianca, I consciousness arsenic Whitney I should spell and rescue her."

Shona insisted: "Whitney would get her out."

Whitney's quality near emotion involvement and fellow Zach Hudson successful Walford erstwhile she departed.

Despite not getting her blessed ending with Zach, Shona said Whitney would privation him to find happiness.

"As a spectator I privation Zach to find happiness, I tin ideate Lauren and Zach getting together. I don't cognize what's going to happen," Shona said.

Shona, who starred successful fashionable theatre amusement 2.22 Ghost Story aft her soap departure, has her hands afloat astatine the moment.

She teased: "There are immoderate plays coming up, there's besides my music, I'm moving truly hard connected my music.

"I'm creating tons of truly bully medium material, it's been truly fun.

"The acting is decidedly going to enactment there, but close present I'm moving connected my euphony and bash the things I couldn't bash erstwhile I was Whitney."

When asked if she'd ever see joining a rival soap, Shona said: "No, my loyalty is with EastEnders always."

But that won't halt her from reaching for the stars successful Hollywood, arsenic she revealed her acting icon.

"Angelina Jolie is my idol, if I ever met her, I deliberation I'd die," she gushed.

"My imagination is to bash thing with her oregon to nonstop retired there. Dream large oregon don't imagination astatine all."

The actress’ beingness has been thing of a whirlwind since leaving EastEnders because, aft confirming her engagement to Irish instrumentalist David Bracken.

She has present revealed that she would swap the hustle and bustle of the metropolis for a tranquil beingness successful Ireland.

"We've ever got wedding plans, we cognize our colour schemes, but close present we're conscionable focusing connected being truly blessed and engaged," she said.

"We're spending a batch of clip successful Ireland and the UK - conscionable toying betwixt the two.

"I would to Ireland, it's conscionable a antithetic mode of life. My household is Irish and it conscionable benignant of feels right."

Big move

Walking distant from the BBC soap was a “really difficult” move, though, Shona admitted.

Speaking astir her exit exclusively to The Sun, she said: “It was a truly hard decision, due to the fact that it’s each I’ve ever known.

"I beauteous overmuch grew up connected the Square, truthful I consciousness similar I’m leaving home," Shona continued, adding, "But I had to enactment connected my large miss pants and beryllium rather brave, due to the fact that beingness is truthful short.

“You consciousness that much and much arsenic you get older. There are different opportunities and areas of the manufacture I privation to research earlier I get excessively old! 

“All things travel to an extremity and this is the caller section of my life. I mean, 16 years is amazing. I’ve had a truly bully tally and Whitney needs a break. She’s had a beauteous pugnacious insubstantial round!”