Natalie Cassidy on eating issues, EastEnders, and life since she left the soap 

 The actress who played Sonia Fowler tells Hannah Stephenson about the 

Former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy. Picture: Mark Hayman/PA  

It’s six months since EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy, who played Sonia Fowler in the hit soap, left Albert Square with trumpet in hand – but she says it feels final.

“It is lovely to just have a bit more time and not be chained to the schedule,” says the Islington-born actress and mother-of-two, who joined the soap at the age of 10.