She’s previously stunned viewers with her glamorous transformation.
And EastEnders star Letitia Dean continued to showcase her impressive weight loss as she filmed dramatic wedding scenes on Wednesday.
The actress, 56, who has starred as Sharon Mitchell since the soap’s inception in 1985, showed off her eye-catching new hairstyle as she headed into the church to film George Knight’s big day.
Letitia showed off her slender pins in the chic black mini dress as she joined co-star Michelle Collins, who plays Cindy Beale.
The soap legend flaunted her bouncy blonde blow dry while arriving on set, with George’s big day set to be plagued with drama, as old flame Cindy declares he shouldn’t tie the knot with his fiancé Elaine.
EastEnders star Letitia Dean continued to showcase her impressive weight loss as she filmed dramatic wedding scenes on Wednesday
The EastEnders star, 56, has played Sharon Watts in the BBC soap since 1985 and her appearance over the years has significantly changed (pictured left 2020, right 2024)
Letitia showed off her eye-catching new hairstyle as she headed into the church to film George Knight’s big day
Over the last few years, Letitia has prioritised her health and well-being and has cut out one of her bad habits.
While her total weight loss is undisclosed, in January the actress said she’d gone from 10st 4lbs to 8st 3lbs, dropping a reported four dress sizes in just four months.
Letitia admitted she tried ‘faddy diets’ in the past which never worked but after ditching junk food she has now started to feel better.
Speaking to Closer, the soap star said: ‘It was incredible. I found I had so much more energy than when I used to eat junk food.’
Now Letitia has made long-term changes and enjoys ‘grilled skinless chicken’ and ‘lots of greens’.
She said: ‘The main reason I wanted to do something about my figure was that I was so sick of extreme dieting and my weight yo-yoing.
‘I just woke up one morning, and I’d had enough. For years and years – as long as I can remember – my weight had yo-yoed up and down. I’d go on fad diets like Atkins or I’d only eat eggs.’
Letitia noted that she did ‘lose a stone in a couple of weeks on a yoyo diet’ but admitted it is not sustainable and she quickly slipped back into her old ways.
Letitia showed off her slender pins in the chic black mini dress as she joined co-star Michelle Collins , who plays Cindy Beale
The soap legend flaunted her bouncy blonde blow dry while arriving on set, with George’s big day set to be plagued with drama
Letitia was also spotted chatting to longtime star Steve McFadden, who plays Sharon’s on/off flame Phil Mitchell
Over the last few years, Letitia has prioritised her health and well-being and has cut out one of her bad habits
While her total weight loss is undisclosed, in January the actress said she’d gone from 10st 4lbs to 8st 3lbs, dropping a reported four dress sizes in just four months
Letitia admitted she tried ‘faddy diets’ in the past which never worked but after ditching junk food she has now started to feel better
Now, the BBC star revealed she sticks to a well-balanced diet, keeping to 1,300 calories a day, and compliments her healthy eating regime with exercises such as running and boxercise.
According to the NHS website, the recommended calorie intake, generally speaking, is around 2,000 calories per day for women and 2,500 calories per day for men.
It comes after Letitia hit out at online scammers for using her profile to sell weight loss pills.
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A source close to Letitia told : ‘It is complete nonsense for B+ Weight Management or any other weight loss brand to state that Letitia has given permission for her image to be used.
‘This and product have absolutely no relevance to Letitia whatsoever and she urges any potential customers to do their research before buying weight loss products, especially ones that claim to be using celebrity endorsements.’
The adverts for the B+ Weight Management slimming pills are being pushed on Facebook and when interested parties click on a link, it sends them through to a fake interview with Letitia in which she claims the pills made her ‘lose five stone in two weeks.’
It also stated that Letitia needed to lose weight or face surgery, plus wild claims that her BBC bosses were ‘furious’ about her new body shape.
The scammers went as far to make up a fake interview Letitia made with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, despite the fact the soap star rarely speaks in public.
Her EastEnders co-star Natalie Cassidy, who plays Sonia Fowler, warned fans during an Instagram live that Letitia’s involvement with the firm wasn’t true, and rejected claims her own weight loss was down to the pills.