Now Shona McGarty, who plays tracksuit-loving Whitney Dean in Eastenders, has ditched chip-shop chic for show-stopping glamour after getting a sophisticated makeover in time for Christmas.
McGarty, 20, looked like she’d taken a trip ‘up ‘West’ to purchase the stunning floor-length Grecian gown by Anoushka G, which hugged her enviable curves in all the right places.

The pretty actress posed with fellow Walford cast members Danielle Harold, who plays Lola Pearce, Jacqueline Jossa, who plays Tanya and Max’s tearaway daughter Lauren Branning, Matt Lapinskas who plays Anthony Moon and Tony Discipline, who plays loveable Tyler Moon.
The young team were treated to the makeover for an exclusive shoot and interview in Now Magazine where they talk wardrobe malfunctions, red-carpet disasters and dealing with their new-found fame.
The cast posed inside the Queen’s Head pub, a posh establishment in North London with gilded frames and parquet flooring – an entire universe away from the dingy Queen Vic

McGarty, who oozed old Hollywood glamour in the shoot, revealed she ‘quite likes’ the attention fame brings her and even had a nice word to say about the paparazzi.
They are ‘nice people who are just doing their jobs. It’s part of the job,’ she said.

Despite her fabulous makeover, Danielle Harold, 19, who looked stunning in a floor-length cream gown by Coast and perfect up-do, hasn’t had a smooth introduction to the world of red-carpet glamour.

‘I went to my first ever premier. Just before I was about to go out of the door I sat in mascara and got it all over my light grey dress,’ she said.
‘I scrubbed it off, but then I had watermarks all over it. If that wasn’t bad enough, I walked out the door and got my heel stuck in a grate. I spent the whole time trying to cover up the mark on my dress with my clutch. Everyone must have thought I was crazy!’

Meanwhile Jacqueline Jossa, 19, who looked pretty-in-pink taffeta also by Anoushka G, added: ‘The day before the Soap Awards I got a spray tan and then tried on my dress.

‘When I took it off I realised I’d covered the back of it in fake tan! I still wore it though.’
However the fan-mail she has been receiving is seemingly less appealing.

She added: ‘Some once sent me a Black & Decker drill. I’ve no idea why.’
Keeping on the subject of fan-mail, Matt Lapinskas, 24, revealed: ‘I get marriage proposals and people wanting my babies, but nothing really bizarre.’
But lucky for the fans, Matt’s mum is on hand. ‘My mum makes sure I reply.
‘I come down in the morning and she’s like: “I need this many cards signed for these people.” It’s like she’s my PA.

‘I’ll have to start paying her soon,’ he said.
Tony Discipline, 22, also gets lots of female attention.