Sonia Fowler’s most shocking storylines in EastEnders from teenage pregnancy to murder trial as Natalie Cassidy quits

NATALIE Cassidy has played Sonia Fowler connected EastEnders for implicit 30 years.

The histrion made the determination to quit the long-running BBC One soap successful a melodramatic move.

Over the years, the 41-year-old histrion has been involved successful immoderate perfectly shocking storylines.

Her beingness connected Albert Square has been thing but chaotic arsenic her quality became 1 of the astir beloved successful the serial drama's history.

She has been a changeless successful Walford for 3 decades and has seen plentifulness of enactment on the way.

From a teen pregnancy successful the 90s till the caller execution trial, she has been a portion astatine immoderate of the astir astonishing scenes among the past of EastEnders.

We instrumentality a look astatine immoderate of Sonia's astir shocking storylines.

Teen Pregnancy

At the property of conscionable 15-years-old, Sonia discovered that she was pregnant.

Viewers were shocked by the commencement arsenic Sonia didn't adjacent realise she was large erstwhile she went into labour.

It turned out, thet Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou) turned retired to beryllium the begetter of the babe girl, who was named Chloe.

At first, Sonia decided to springiness her up for adoption but she aboriginal became obsessed with her daughter.

After she aboriginal abducted the baby, Sonia's step-grandmother Dot (June Brown), persuaded her to instrumentality the baby.

After the adoptive parents of their girl were killed successful a car crash, Sonia and Martin's lives were turned upside down.

Their deaths near them liable to attraction for their young girl Rebecca.

Jamie Mitchell death

Sonia was successful a semipermanent narration Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder) astatine the clip of his tragic death.

But helium was deed by a car driven by her baby's father, Martin who was texting arsenic helium was driving.

Just earlier helium was struck down by the vehicle, helium bought an engagement ringing for his girlfriend.

After helium was rushed to hospital, the doctors told Sonia and the remainder of the Mitchells that his liver was irreparably damaged.

The duo declared their emotion for each different 1 past time, conscionable earlier helium went into cardiac arrest.

Sonia and the remainder of the Mitchells were near devastated by his bedside, conscionable arsenic Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Little Mo (Kacey Ainsworth) got married.

Marriage to Martin Fowler

In a daze twist Sonia went connected to wed the antheral liable for her erstwhile boyfriend's death.

However, their three-year marriage was marred by conflicts and assorted infidelities.

At 1 point, Sonia was taken hostage by the unhinged Sarah Cairns (Alison Pargeter), who became perfectly obsessed with Martin.

This was aft helium led her connected aft helium flirted with her during a drunken nighttime out.

Later, determination was adjacent much hostility successful their narration arsenic Sonia cheated connected her husband.

She embarked connected a lesbian matter with 1 of her colleagues astatine work, chap caregiver Naomi Julien (Petra Letang).

Martin was awarded afloat custody aft Sonia's earlier kidnapping effort and extra-marital affair.

She was utterly distraught to beryllium chopped retired of her daughter's life, though they aboriginal became adjacent arsenic she grew up.

Bex's Suicide Attempt

In 2019, Sonia's girl Rebecca (Jasmine Armfield) tried to instrumentality her ain beingness successful a heartbreaking storyline.

Viewers were near successful tears aft her kid already went done a harrowing bullying storyline.

After she took an overdose, Sonia recovered Bex unconscious and unresponsive.

She was feeling overwhelmed astatine the imaginable of going to University successful Oxford and she took drugs to header with her exams and anxiety.

The nighttime of her leaving do, she wrote a termination enactment that was addressed to her parents.

Sonia blamed herself for pushing her girl to breaking constituent arsenic she tried to unit her to spell to Oxford.

This is contempt the information that Bex said that she wasn't acceptable to spell to University, truthful she deferred her enrollment for a twelvemonth to spell travelling.

Although Sonia was unhappy with her determination astatine first, a handwritten missive persuades her that it was the close happening to do.

Murder Trial

Sonia and her her fiance Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) were going done terrible monetary problems.

Debbie Colwell was near comatose aft a stroke and they were near financially crippled arsenic they had to brace for her care.

He besides fleeced Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) successful an concern scam.

But they besides wanted to person a babe done IVF, truthful Reiss resorts to smothering her successful her sleep to get her money.

Debbie's parents Hugh and Brenda overheard Sharon and Teddy (Roland Manookian) speaking astir Reiss utilizing the wealth to money the IVF.

Unfortunately for them, Brenda (Nichola McAuliffe) enactment her ain wealth successful Debbie's account, meaning helium stole from her and her vendetta against him was sealed.

Unfortunately, Sonia was antecedently successful the infirmary country arsenic she liked to assistance with Debbie's care.

She besides thought that it would beryllium champion to merchantability their location and permission Walford, though she aboriginal changes her mind.

Both Sonia and Reiss were arrested for Debbie's execution astatine the engagement party, but with a wide motive Sonia was charged.

Her sister Bianca (Patsy Palmer) was onto Reiss, but helium manufactured a concern to kidnap her and support her chained successful a distant retention portion until the extremity of the trial.

Desperate to escape, Bianca comes up with an thought to grounds a mendacious confession video to get Sonia disconnected the hook.

Reiss besides manipulates a juror into watching the video to travel up with a verdict of 'not guilty'.

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