EastEnders' Melissa Suffield's body confident snaps – from naked display to bikini pics

Former EastEnders actress Melissa Suffield has become an inspirational body confidence activist since leave the show.

The soap star, who turns 29 on December 24, is best known for playing Lucy Beale in the BBC One serial drama.

She played the daughter of Ian Beale for six years and the role was later taken over by Hetti Bywater.

Since leaving her days in Albert Square behind her, Lucy has taken part in Celebrity Total Wipeout and also appeared in BBC medical drama Casualty.

Melissa is married to cruise director Robert Brendan and the couple welcomed their baby boy, River, in March 2020.

Since giving birth to her son last year, the soap actress has set up a blog which she describes as “pregnancy and parenting without filters, without judgement and without bulls**t.

She speaks candidly about her life as a mother on her F**k! I’m a parent site as well as her Instagram page called the.confidentmama.

As Melissa turns another year old, Daily Star has taken a sneak peak at some of her inspiration snaps she has shared with her followers online.

Naked breastfeeding snap

Melissa won praise from her adoring fans in August this year as she posed naked for a snap while feeding her son.

The black and white snap showed the TV personality skin-to-skin with River.

Her heartfelt post about breastfeeding recognised the challenges which many mothers face.

Melissa shared a reminder in light of World Breastfeeding Week, reminding people that it’s not the “be all and end all” to not breastfeed.

The actress was inundated with support from her followers for sharing the candid post, with many complimenting the snap as “beautiful”.

Nude lingerie

The former EastEnders beauty is not one to shy away from the camera.

Melissa took to Instagram in August this year to show off her curves wearing sheer nude lingerie.

With over 32,000 followers, she proved her level of confidence as she posed in the two-piece.

Captioning the photo with a lengthy paragraph, Melissa penned: “Actually shaved my legs higher than the ankle to take this photo, so never let it be said that I don’t make an effort.

“Also remind me to find someone 8ft tall to just hang around with me and take photos because I’m digging this new angle for me.”

‘Lumps and bumps’

Melissa looked sensational as she celebrated showing off “every lump, bump and mark” in white lingerie for a stunning new photoshoot.

The mother of one let her blonde locks cascade over her shoulders and she lifted her arm above her head and struck a pose for the camera.

Alongside the post, she wrote an inspiring message about loving all your imperfections.

She wrote: “Last week I was lucky enough to be asked to take part in @wearewomanhood latest shoot to launch 3 new underwear brands to their site.

“Bloody love that they use real peeps to model, natural light to shoot, we were all totally makeup free – and every lump, bump, mark, or anything else is there to stay – to be celebrated, and not eradicated.

“Female-owned underwear brands, that empower us and don’t make us feel crap about ourselves when we shop? Yaass please.”

Bikini display

River often makes an appearance in his mum’s social media snaps.

In July this year, Melissa made the most of the British summertime weather and slipped into matching swimwear with her little boy.

The actress wore a leopard print bikini bra with high-waisted black bottoms.

While River wore a long sleeved swimsuit in the same print as his mother’s top, to protect him from the sunshine on the hottest day of the year.

Melissa captioned the set of sweet snaps: “The best job I ever had was being this one’s permanent matching accessory.

“The heatwave weekend was ace! Really needed it after a load of s**t rain recently, it was good to get the bikini on and feel the sun on my skin.

“River had a blast moving ball pit balls from pool to playpen all day over and over again, and amazingly, he handled the heat like a champ.”

Baring all

Melissa logged into her Instagram earlier this year to show off her post-belly after giving birth to River.

The super-honest image showed the star’s stretch marks and embraced the changes to her body following the birth of her now 18-month-old son.

She wrote alongside the candid snap: “This is my belly. It doesn’t look how It used to look.

“First it was quite a bit smaller and smoother, and then it grew my best mate.”

Isn’t that so f***ing cool? I bet your bellies are pretty f***ing cool too, whether they grew stuff or not.

“Aren’t bodies wicked? All so different and weird and wonderful – and very powerful.

“We’re all so ridiculously beautiful, aren’t we?”

Embracing ‘fat rolls’

The blonde starlet was praised by her followers as she embraced her “fat rolls” in a stunning social media snap in April this year.

The gorgeous photo showed the actress relaxing outside on a chair wearing a silky red dress and looking off the side dreamily.

Her long tresses were left loose and down and she wore minimal makeup to showcase her natural beauty.

She captioned the snap: “I almost didn’t post this. Fat and rolls spilling over the top of the thick waistband of a pair of Robert’s pants, the dress clinging to it.”

She continued: ”I’ll see a photo of me, and be gutted when I don’t look as good as I thought I did in the real world – that’s bonkers! Surely the real world is what matters, not the photos we take on those days.

“Capturing memories is a beautiful thing, but it’s important to remember that they’re nothing compared to the memory itself. I felt fierce that day, and no photo is going to make me feel otherwise”

She finished by saying: “Also, omg GALS. Boys pants are so great- that thick waistband is an absolute winner.”

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