It’s been over half a decade since Lucy Beale left EastEnders in emotional scenes, and actress Hetti Bywater looks very different today.
The soap star, 26, shared a glamorous video with fans during the Bank Holiday weekend, modelling a black leather jacket and a gold chain necklace.
Beneath the chic blazer, she donned a matching black cut-out top, complete with asymmetrical detailing below the bust.
A leather belt cinched in her waist, and she looped a series of gold hoops through her ears.
With her hair scraped back in a ponytail and minimal makeup, the actress looked transformed from her fresh-faced days as a teenage soap star on EastEnders.
In her caption, Hetti quizzed her followers on the “meaning of life,” inviting fans to weigh in with their own philosophical musings.
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She pondered: “Currently working out the meaning of life and evolution, and how everything is connected. Wbu? Happy Easter #evolutionreligion #science.”
Hetti wasn’t the first actress to play Lucy Beale – she took over the role from Melissa Suffield, who in turn was preceded by child stars Eva Brittin-Snell and Casey Anne Rothery.
Her character’s death sparked an infamous whodunnit storyline, tearing apart the Beale family for years to come.
The cover-up and the subsequent reveal has gone down in soap history, with the “Who Killed Lucy Beale?” mystery joining the TV hall of fame.
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Fans speculated over the identity of her murderer for one year, with her killer finally exposed in February 2015.
Depicted in a flashback scene, it was revealed her 10-year-old half-brother Bobby accidentally killed her in a fit of rage, hitting her over the head with a music box.
Since leaving the soap, Hetti has gone on to enjoy a small role in the sun-kissed crime drama Death In Paradise, playing Jess Chambers.
And, more recently, she played a character named Daisy in the Sky One series Delicious, acting alongside Dawn French and Emilia Fox.
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While Hetti cut her teeth as an actress, the twentysomething has hinted she plans to make a move into directing in the years to come.
Last December, the soap star shared a picture of herself next to a sign spelling out the word “director,” sharing her ambitions with fans.
Hinting she would soon be behind the camera, Hetti wrote: “Gimme a few years.”
Watch this space!
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
