Actress Lola Campbell was the star of the acclaimed 2023 film Scrapper. <\/p>
EastEnders has cast the award-winning child star of the BAFTA-nominated British film Scrapper in a new storyline.<\/p>\n
The BBC One soap<\/a> has cast actress Lola Campbell in the role of troubled young newcomer Britney who will be introduced in a special episode set on 4th March 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Campbell played the lead role of Georgie in the acclaimed Scrapper opposite Harris Dickinson last year and received a nomination for Breakthrough Performance at the British Independent Film Awards and won the award for Young British\/Irish Performer of the Year at the London Film Critics Circle Awards.<\/p>\n Speaking of Campbell\u2019s casting, executive producer Chris Clenshaw said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome the immensely talented Lola Campbell to the cast of EastEnders as she takes on the role of Britney.<\/p>\n \u201cThe special episodes, which coincide with Patsy Palmer\u2019s return, will showcase five weeks\u2019 worth of storyline as we follow Whitney and Zack during their time in Milton Keynes, but it\u2019s not long before the pair are thrust into the heart of the drama after Whitney grows concerned for Britney\u2019s wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n Scrapper director Charlotte Regan told RadioTimes.com<\/a> last year that EastEnders indirectly helped cast Campbell in Scrapper<\/a>, as the young actress\u2019s impersonation of the iconic EastEnders moment<\/a> in which Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) revealed she was Zoe\u2019s (Michelle Ryan) mother proved Campbell was the perfect fit for the character of Georgie.<\/p>\n \u201cShe does this incredible\u2026 you know the famous scene in EastEnders where Kat is like \u2018I\u2019m not your mum\u2019? It\u2019s like a big EastEnders scene, but Lola recreates the entire scene, every single character,\u201d revealed Regan.<\/p>\n