Natalie Cassidy ends Eastenders: Star says goodbye to playing Sonia Fowler after nearly 32 years

On January 31, 2025By Littum

Natalie Cassidy has completed Eastenders after almost 32 years playing Sonia Fowler.

The actress, 41, has announced that she is leaving the BBC soap to get good after her return last year for her 40 -year anniversary.

In a statement made to The sunNataie said, ‘I feel very sad about writing this, but also very excited.

“After another 11 solid years back in the square, I have decided that it is time to move on to new pastures. Eastenders are in my bones so I will never forget where I started my career and I will continue to love the show.

“Thanks to Chris Clenshaw for the opportunity to be such a big part of the 40th anniversary – that’s an honor. See you, Sonia, go, but never forgotten. ‘

The publication reports that Natalie will film her last scenes next month around the 40th anniversary.

Natalie Cassidy has completed Eastenders after almost 32 years playing Sonia Fowler.

Natalie first joined Eastenders in 1993 when she was just 10 years old and remained with the show until 2007 (depicted in 1999)

The actress, 41, has announced that she is leaving the BBC soap to get good after her return last year for her 40 -year anniversary (depicted in 2024)

Natalie first joined Eastenders in 1993 when she was just 10 years old and remained with the show until 2007.

She returned as Sonia for a year in 2010 and then returned again last year.

The character is currently pregnant with Killer Reiss Calwell’s baby, unaware that he murdered his ex-wife Debbie, a crime Sonia was charged with.

A jury found that she was not guilty after Reiss managed to produce a video of her sister, Bianca Butcher, who mistakenly admitted the killing.

Natalie allegedly told bosses she was planning to leave Eastender’s last summer.

The rumors are now common that Sonia will be killed in the upcoming 40 -year anniversary week to give viewers a story that they will never forget.

Natalie has branched out over Albert Square many times in her career. During her break from the show, she appeared in theater productions of vagina monologues and bedroom fars.

She released a fitness -DVD Natalie Cassidys at that time and now trained in 2007 and performed at Celebrity Big Brother in 2012.

The character is currently pregnant with Killer Reiss Calwell’s baby, unaware that he murdered his ex-wife Debbie, a crime Sonia was charged with

A jury found that she was not guilty after Reiss managed to produce a video of her sister, Bianca Butcher, false confession of the killing

Natalie returned as Sonia for a year in 2010 and then returned again last year (depicted on the show in 2000)

Recently, she appeared at the BBC Sitcom Motherland in 2021 along with a performance on the comedy show Mandy the year before.

The actress has been in a long -term relationship with BBC cameraman Marc Humphreys since 2014.

But after a long commitment, the statutory birds have still not planned their big day when Natalie admits what holds her back.

In a speech with Jen bursts and Kerry Godliman on the memory lane -the podcast revealed Soapstar that she is ‘a bit of a snob.’

‘You know what? It’s a lot of money. No, I tell you what it is; It’s time and budget. It’s because I go, ‘I only want to do something small; I don’t have to … ‘”She started.

The actress has been in a long -term relationship with BBC Kameraman Marc Humphreys since 2014

“I want to do it little, but I want to be at LEDBURY. Oh, I want a Michelin star meal or I’m just a bit of a snob really.

“I want the best flowers and I want a designer suit,” Natalie admitted.

The couple met when Marc works a cameraman at Eastenders.

Natalie and Marc are parents of daughter Joanie, while the star is also the mother of daughter Eliza with her ex-partner Adam Cottrel.