EastEnders' Molly Rainford: ‘I hope Bobby Brazier finds love on Strictly'
ok.co.ukShe only waltzed into Walford three months ago but Molly Rainford is already at the heart of the action in EastEnders. Strictly Come Dancing 2022 finalist Molly, 22, arrived in Walford in June as big-hearted Anna Knight, when her dad George (Colin Salmon) moved into The Queen Vic with his wife Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe).
A bombshell storyline saw her hire a private detective to find her long lost mum Rose only to discover Rose started life as Cindy Beale (Michelle Williams) and met their dad in witness protection.
Now she’s living as Cindy again with her previous family. On top of that she’s watched her sister Gina (Francesca Henry) suffer a drugs overdose and is embroiled in a love triangle with Freddie Slater ( Bobby Brazier ) and Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell).
It’s heavy going, but as a born and bred Cockney it means the world to Molly to be on the show. “It’s pretty iconic – especially for me, I’m from the East End so it feels very special to me – and my family as well,” says Molly. “Walking out on that Square for the first time and seeing it all in the flesh was very crazy.” When she told her family she’d landed a role in EastEnders - they were thrilled and have become devoted watchers of the soap. “Everyone was like, ‘EastEnders?!
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