The Gina Knight actress says “you can’t top” the experience. <\/p>
Francesca Henry has described being part of EastEnders as the \u201cprivilege of a lifetime\u201d.<\/p>\n
The star joined the cast of the soap as Gina Knight just over a year ago and has been involved in some dramatic storylines since then, including violent confrontations with both Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Dean Wicks\u00a0(Matt Di Angelo).<\/p>\n
And speaking at Saturday night\u2019s RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0Soap Awards 2024<\/strong>, sponsored by\u00a0Inspired Villages<\/a>, the star revealed that she\u2019s been loving every minute since moving into the Queen Vic.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been\u2026 honestly it\u2019s been the privilege of a lifetime,\u201d she explained during an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve watched the show since I was a little girl and to be in the pub with the most incredible people and the best actors has been like\u2026 you can\u2019t top it.\u201d<\/p>\n Henry was also full of praise for her on-screen family members Colin Salmon and Molly Rainford, who play her father George and sister Anna, respectively.<\/p>\n \u201cColin\u2019s like a really kind of like\u2026 quite a big father figure in my life outside the show. And I think you can see it on screen that we get on really well and I really trusted his advice,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnd I really kind of see him as a mentor. So it\u2019s been really lovely to kind of have that outside of that onscreen relationship and then have it feed into it.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Molly\u2026 like I\u2019m an only child. She\u2019s like an absolute like ray of sunshine. It\u2019s really lovely to like, do this experience with her and have a little sister \u2013 it\u2019s great!\u201d<\/p> The\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/span>\u00a0Soap Awards 2024, sponsored by\u00a0Inspired Villages<\/a>, took place on 13th July. Find out more about the\u00a0winners<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Soaps<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what else is on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The Gina Knight actress says “you can’t top” the experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":54947,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/eastenders-star-francesca-henry-says-its-privilege-of-a-lifetime-being-on-soap.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Gina Knight actress says \"you can't top\" the experience.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/54946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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