Natalie Cassidy to leave EastEnders after more than 30 years as Sonia Fowler

Her character is currently pregnant with Reiss Colwell’s (Jonny Freeman) baby unaware that he killed his ex-wife Debbie (Jenny Meier), a crime Sonia was later charged with, but found not guilty after a video emerged of her half-sister Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) confessing to the crime.