Read more: See hereSince joining EastEnders three years ago, Ellie Dadd has handled some major storylines centring on self-harm and mental health as troubled but much-loved teenager Amy Mitchell.
Now she's prepared to take a break for something more cheerful this Christmas , Ellie will be trading her E20 postcode for Fairfield Halls when she stars as Belle in Beauty And The Beast.
And whilst she's still only 20, Ellie is a seasoned veteran of pantomime.
⁘I started panto when I was six,⁘ reveals Ellie. ⁘I did it for four years, age six to 10. It was the best time ever,⁘ reports the Mirror .
She signed up to DandB Academy of Performing Arts and encountered her future EastEnders co-stars Tilly Keeper (Louise Mitchell) and Zack Morris (Keegan Baker), who both joined the soap before her.
This panto season, however, she will be portraying the princess – something she's longed for since she was a young girl. ⁘Isn't it every girl's dream to play a princess at least once in their lives?⁘ laughs Ellie.
Panto is notoriously demanding, with two shows a day, and leading stars taking just Christmas Day off.
But being on EastEnders has prepared Ellie.
⁘EastEnders has taught me a lot,⁘ she told the publication: ⁘We film 14 scenes a day and we're there five days a week and if a scene is not going to plan, things need to change quickly.
She added: ⁘You learn to trust your instincts. If things go wrong, you're like, OK, that's fine. We can sort it.
Everybody's there for you.⁘
Just because she's taking a break to do panto, though, it doesn't mean Ellie's character Amy is off screen for long, the soap star confirmed: ⁘They're just letting me have a couple of weeks off and then I'll be back.⁘
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