EastEnders actress Lorraine Stanley showcased her amazing weight loss on Instagram on Monday after revealing she will be exiting the soap.
The BBC star, 47, who portrays Karen Taylor, is set to depart Walford at the end of the year but her exit storyline is currently unknown.
However she looked worlds away from her characters frumpy oversized shirts and jogging bottoms as she showcased her body transformation in a fitted black Nike sleeveless sports top and matching leggings.
Lorraine faced front on while flexing her muscles for a mirror selfie before turning to the side for a second snap.
She penned: ‘I’m feeling fantastic!!! #fitat40something #weighttrainingforwomen #igotthis.’
Incredible: EastEnders actress Lorraine Stanley has showcased her amazing weight loss on Instagram on Monday after revealing she will be exiting the soap
Character: The BBC star, 47, who portrays Karen Taylor, is set to depart Walford at the end of the year but her exit storyline is currently unknown (pictured 2021)
The actress told fans last year she managed to drop almost a stone in six weeks by cutting down on sweet treats and upping her protein intake.
Lorraine also revealed on ITV’s Lorraine she’d cut out carbs, she said: ‘I’ve lost 12lbs in six weeks. My mate Louisa is my fitness guru, I’ve got her to thank for it.
‘She talks about nutrition. I’ve eaten a lot of boiled eggs, fish, chicken. No carbs, no crisps and chocolate. I’m enjoying it and I feel better for it.’
It comes after Lorraine broke her silence last month after being forced to leave Albert Square.
She has played matriarch Karen Taylor for seven years and is being written out of the BBC soap as part of a shock cast shake-up.
Speaking to The Sun, Lorraine revealed she is gutted to be leaving the EastEnders family but was excited to see what opportunities come next.
And the actress might be bagging a part on a rival soap, as she revealed: ‘I think it would have to be Corrie and I would have to be the new landlady.
‘I’d be Gemma’s [Winter] auntie, Bernie’s sister. I’d be in there family and I’d take over The Rovers.’
Wow: However she looked worlds away from her characters frumpy oversized shirts and jogging bottoms as she showcased her body transformation in a fitted Nike top and leggings
Drama: It comes after Lorraine broke her silence after being forced to leave Albert Square in brutal axing from the soap (pictured in June)
Legacy: She has played matriarch Karen Taylor on the soap for seven years and is being written out of the BBC soap as part of a shock cast shake-up (pictured in scenes in March 2022)
Opening up about the shock moment she found out she was being axed she explained that while she was sad to be leaving it gives her the opportunity to push herself outside of her comfort zone.
Talking about the legacy of her character she said: ‘I just want people to remember her as the best mum on the square, a heart of gold, she’s give you her last fiver and would do anything for her kids – a bit like myself.’
The actress will exit the soap at the end of the year, and Lorraine confessed she would be furious if her character was killed off.
‘I hope the door will be left open for Karen. I can’t say too much but if they kill me then I would never watch EastEnders again.’
Since joining the soap in 2017, Lorraine has played the single mum laundrette worker who arrived in Walford with her brood Keanu (Danny Walters), Keegan Baker (Zack Morris), Bernadette (Clair Norris), Riley and Chatham – played by real life brothers Tom and Alfie Jacobs.
Lorraine will not be the only character exiting the soap in the coming months after the soap made history back in February with their epic end to a normal Monday episode as they teased a flashforward of a Christmas murder.
In the shocking scenes, Denise (Diane Parish), Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) were seen surrounding a dead body, but the identity of the corpse and the killer were kept secret.
Discussing the who-dunnit story line she revealed that her character would like to see Phil Mitchell meet his ends at Christmas, but confirmed that the legendary character isn’t going anywhere.
She then teased who the potential victims could be as she suggested Theo, Nish or Ravi.
End of an era: The actress will exit the soap at the end of the year, and Lorraine confessed she would be furious if her character was killed off