{"id":33065,"date":"2023-05-24T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1835338"},"modified":"2023-05-24T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T07:41:13","slug":"eastenders-lisa-fowler-to-return-as-lucy-benjamin-reprises-iconic-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-lisa-fowler-to-return-as-lucy-benjamin-reprises-iconic-role\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Lisa Fowler to return as Lucy Benjamin reprises iconic role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress Lucy Benjamin is to reprise her role as Lisa Fowler for a new storyline this summer. <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 24 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Lisa Fowler is set to make a shock comeback for a guest stint in EastEnders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Actress Lucy Benjamin has confirmed that she will be returning to the BBC One soap for a guest stint.<\/p>\n

In her last appearance, Lisa left for Portugal with her daughter Louise and granddaughter Peggy Mitchell in early 2020.<\/p>\n

Now, in a storyline to air this summer, Lisa will make a short return to Albert Square with young Peggy.<\/p>\n

On her comeback, Lucy Benjamin revealed: \u201cI can\u2019t wait to make my return as Lisa Fowler again after leaving for Spain with Louise and granddaughter Peggy, back in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo doubt, in true Lisa fashion, she will bring with her plenty of drama for many of the characters on the Square, which is why playing her is such a delight.\u201d<\/p>

EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw commented: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to have Lisa back for a short while as she and Peggy cause trouble between the happy couple, Sharon and Keanu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benjamin made her debut as Lisa Shaw in 1998, remaining in the soap as a central character until her final exit as a regular character in 2003.<\/p>\n

The character since returned for guest appearances in 2010, 2017 and most recently from 2019 to 2020.<\/p>\n

Lisa\u2019s most memorable stories saw her engage in a toxic romance with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), marry Mark Fowler (Todd Carty) and become pregnant with a daughter, Louise.<\/p>\n

Memorably, Lisa later was the culprit to shoot Phil in the iconic \u201cWho shot Phil?\u201d whodunnit.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Benjamin as Lisa Fowler with Tilly Keeper as Louise Mitchell in 2020.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Lisa later fled to Portugal with baby Louise but Phil retrieved his daughter and drove Lisa to a breakdown. However, Lisa later returned and reclaimed her daughter.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Louise bounced between her parents at various stages as they each had personal troubles.<\/p>\n

When Louise was an adult, baby Peggy \u2013 named after her iconic grandmother \u2013\u00a0 was sired from the doomed relationship between her mother and Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters).<\/p>\n

Catch Lisa\u2019s last comeback below.<\/p>\n