EastEnders icon Balvinder Sopal is the latest star from the BBC soap who’s trading in the Albert Square backlot for another corner of Elstree Studios.

The 46-year-old, who plays Suki Panesar (now Unwin) on the BBC soap, was the fifth celebrity confirmed for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing line-up.

Ahead of the first episode this weekend, the actress spoke with Metro and other press about how she hopes she can offer a glimpse of who she is behind the character of Suki.

‘I think that’s what’s really key, is that this is a chance for all of us to show who we are at heart,’ Sopal said during an interview at Elstree Studios, where both EastEnders and Strictly are filmed.

‘Particularly with something like EastEnders, four days a week in someone’s living room, people think you are that pers

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