EastEnders’ Lorraine Stanley shows off her incredible weight loss – 11 months after leaving BBC soap
EASTENDERS star Lorraine Stanley looks incredible as she showed off her body almost a year after her soap axe.
The actress, who played much-loved Karen Taylor on the BBC soap, gushed over her sister, Karen Stanley, in a loving post on her Instagram stories.
Lorraine, 48, posed alongside her sister wearing a floral vest and long khaki skirt, as the siblings smiled widely on a sunny day.
“Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister Karen. Love you millions,” Lorraine captioned the photo.
The actress’ slim figure was also on display in another post from when she attended the London Marathon to cheer on snooker player, Frankie Jakeway.
Lorraine shared a video and photo montage of the sunny Sunday in London as she posed at some of the city’s landmarks with her partner, Mark Perez, and their daughter Nancy, who was born in 2015.
Other photos in the montage included Lorraine celebrating with Frankie after he’d completed the race.
She proudly 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 was written out of Eastenders in 2023 after seven years on the show.
Her axing was as part of a shock cast shake-up and her final scenes were aired in December of that year.
She reprised her role a couple of times in 2024 with her last episode hitting the screens in June.
Lorraine said she would never return to Eastenders after she’d been written off it.
“Once you’ve done a soap, you’ve done a soap,” Lorraine exclusively told The Sun last year.
“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 apart of the family again.”
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