Category: EastEnders
Date: 23.05.2006
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Following on from the recent success at the Bafta Awards and at The British Soap Awards, EastEnders is delighted to announce that Una
Stubbs will be joining to play Aunty Caroline.
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Aunty Caroline is Honey Edwards' (Emma
Barton) Aunt and will arrive in Albert Square to help Honey prepare for her wedding to Billy Mitchell.
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Aunty Caroline is outgoing, eccentric and vivacious and, as Honey's mother died
when she was born, Aunty Caroline has served as a surrogate mother to her
and is consequently very protective.
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Not only will there be tension between her and Billy,
but also between her and Peggy. She is protective of Billy
so the two women will go head to head.
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Nicky Henson is to return to EastEnders in these episodes to play Jack Edwards. Una met Nicky whilst acting in The Soldiers Tale at the Edinburgh Festival and they have always wanted to act together again.
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Barbara Windsor and Una Stubbs have known each other
since they were teenagers and appeared together in Cabaret.
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Una Stubbs said: "It has been a life-long ambition to be united on screen with
Nicky Henson and Barbara Windsor who are two very good friends of mine. I'm delighted
to be joining the cast of EastEnders having been a fan for many years."
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Una has most recently appeared at the National in which she acted alongside Damien
Lewis in Pillars Of The Community. She has just completed a film directed by
Francois Ozen called Paradise which was shot in Brussels and Bristol.
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She appeared in Miss Marple in February 2006 and has
just finished filming with the Catherine Tate Show. In 2005 Una played Duchess
Olivarez in Michael Grandage's Don Carlos.
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Una will appear in episodes which will transmit in August 2006.
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