EastEnders star Jessie Wallace reveals her real name to fans
msn.comEastEnders fans with the feisty, animal print wearing Kat Slater, but what if we told you that wasn’t the actress’ real name?Jessie recently took to Instagram to repost a story from a friend, which revealed the name she used to go by.
The picture was a cutting from a 1985 copy of The Guardian, with Jessie smiling alongside three friends. The caption described the experience as a ‘very random day being in The Guardian newspaper’, with Jessie adding that it was a ‘trippy day’, with a laughing emoji.
Beneath the photo, the actress was labelled as her birth name: Karen Wallis. EastEnders fans will of course know Jessie by her stage name, after 23 years in the soap.
Iconic scenes which saw Kat reveal that she was the mother of Zoe Slater made Jessie a household name, with her performance in the role over the years winning her numerous awards.
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