Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) has been involved in some enormous EastEnders storylines over the years, and this is set to continue into the new year.
She is currently embroiled in the highly anticipated murder mystery storyline, which will see The Six – Stacey, Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) – gathered around a dead body in the Queen Vic on Christmas Day.
It has been a huge year for Stacey leading up to this point, as actress Lacey Turner recounted.
‘She’s had a tough year but the thing I love about Stacey is that she always picks herself up and starts again.
‘I think the worst part for Stacey is that she felt really helpless when Theo (William Ellis) arrived on the Square. Here was this man that had clearly been tormenting her for the best part of six months, and yet he managed to wriggle his way out of it. He was so deluded about their relationship and I think at the time, Stacey thought there was no way out.
‘Now he’s pleaded guilty, this whole weight has been lifted and Stacey is looking forward to getting her life back on track but now Eve has disappeared and she’s about to find herself in trouble of her own, so it’s not going to be smooth-sailing for long.’
With Stacey set to find her hands soaked with blood on Christmas Day, could she be the one to deliver a fatal blow to one of the Walford men, and if so, who?
‘She’s obviously got a connection to Nish through Eve (Heather Peace), and she suspects that he might have had a part to play in her disappearance.
‘Ravi is also linked to that storyline so god knows how Stacey would react if she found out about their showdown in the woods. Stacey and Eve are like sisters and she will do whatever it takes to protect her and vice versa.
While the Christmas Day episode has occupied our minds for the best part of ten months, the team at EastEnders has been thinking much further ahead, and Lacey has confirmed that there is plenty to come for Stacey.
‘There is also some more drama on the horizon for Stacey, but that’s all I’m saying for now.’
