Former EastEnders actress Lorraine Stanley has debuted her incredible weight loss as she looks totally unrecognisable one year on from her soap exit
EastEnders actress Lorraine Stanley has shown off her incredible body transformation one year on from her exiting the soap.
The star was known to viewers as fan favourite character Karen Taylor before she left and underwent a total change of image. Lorraine, 48, was seen posing alongside her sister on Instagram as she raved about her sibling in a touching post dedicated to her.
Wearing an embroidered floral waistcoat layered over a white vest and teamed with a long khaki skirt with large dark sunglasses on BBC star Lorraine looked totally unrecognisable as she grinned while cuddled up to her sister. She captioned the picture writing: “Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister Karen. Love you millions.”
Lorraine was also seen showing off her new super-slim frame in another social media post after she attended the London Marathon to show her support for snooker player Frankie Jakeway. Lorraine shared a photo and video montage from the day out in a sun-soaked London.
She also posed at a series of landmarks in the city alongside her partner Mark Perez and their daughter Nancy who was born in 2015. The pictures showed Lorraine celebrating with Frankie after he completed the epic 26 mile race as she raved about how proud she was of him for competing.
She wrote: “Smashed it Jakeway. I couldn’t be more proud of you!!! I couldn’t do it so big respect! And for such an amazing cause Children Cancer UK. We had such a great day. Nancy loved watching you.”
Lorraine starred in EastEnders for seven years before Karen was written out in 2023 after a complicated fake kidnap plot involving her son Keanu Taylor and his girlfriend Sharon Watts son Albie Watts.
Her final scenes aired in December 2023 after she ran away with a chunk of cash stolen from Phil Mitchell.
Lorraine did return as Karen for a couple of brief scenes in 2024 after the discovery of murdered Keanu’s body and for his funeral. Lorraine has claimed she would never return to the soap full time now that her story wrapped up.
She told The Sun last year: “Once you’ve done a soap, you’ve done a soap. At the moment I wouldn’t go back, I’m happy doing what I’m doing.
“They’ve left the door open, so never say never. I made that special appearance and it was nice to see everyone and be a part of the family again.”
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