EastEnders star reveals struggle to find work a year after she admitted job hunt was ‘soul destroying'
A FORMER EastEnders
star has spoken out about
her fight to build her career following her harsh exit from the soap.
The actress, who played one of
from 2017 to 2024
, told fans about her work strife on social media.
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The star has been honest about her career path since her soap axe
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Lorraine Stanley has showed fans she is in good spirits after another audition
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written out of the show
in 2023 as part of a shock cast shake-up.
She shared a funny photo on her Instagram Stories wearing oversized glasses and pulling a humorous face.
The star wrote alongside it: "I didn't get the job, but at least I still got my good looks and sense of humour.
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"But it's given me some confidence getting back in the room and I did get some good feedback...
"So onwards and upwards."
Lorraine played downtrodden laundrette worker
Karen
since 2017.
She earned the 2018 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer and the 2019 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Female.
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But
Lorraine
previously told The Sun she wouldn't be returning to the BBC soap in a hurry.
She admitted: "I'm a busy mum at the moment. I don't plan on doing anymore soaps, once you've done a soap, you've done a soap.
I'll never return to EastEnders after brutal axe – even though auditioning for new jobs is soul-destroying, says Lorraine Stanley
"At the moment I'm auditioning, I'm just doing self-tapes, which is soul-destroying. It's horrible, I'm so bad at it."
Behind the scenes she has embarked on a weight-loss and fitness journey with a total
The star is now slimmer than ever after showing off her five-stone body makeover.
Sharing before and after pictures last year, she told fans that she'd been making "healthy choices".
Since leaving the soap,
Lorraine
has acted alongside other soap legends in gritty British film Departures.
She joined Hollyoaks hunk
The movie is described as "Shirley Valentine meets LGBTQ Trainspotting".
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The actor played Karen Taylor from 2017 to 2024
Credit: BBC
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The soap star was written out of the show in a shock cull
Credit: BBC
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