Letitia Dean wows 'EastEnders' viewers with dramatic transformation

Letitia Dean on EastEnders (BBC)
Letitia Dean on EastEnders (BBC)

Letitia Dean stunned EastEnders fans as she showed off a dramatic transformation on her Albert Square return.

The actor's alter ego Sharon has been away for a few episodes but was back on the BBC soap on Wednesday (23 March), announcing that she'd had a makeover.

Viewers agreed that Dean looking tanned and glamorous as she walked in.

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Several posted messages on Twitter saying how "incredible" she looked.

"Sharon looks absolutely fabulous," one fan posted.

Letitia Dean on EastEnders (BBC)
Letitia Dean on EastEnders (BBC)

Another wrote: "Honestly thought Margot Robbie had popped up in the square. But no, it's only our pampered, polished and plucked Sharon."

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"Letitia Dean looks incredible, don't know if it's a diet or the gym but fair play to her because it's knocked years off her," said another.

Another admirer said the actor looked "amazing".

Plenty of EastEnders fans also said that Dean looked a lot younger than her 54 years after her makeover.

One said the star was "looking so young atm".

Letitia Dean from Eastenders.   (Photo by Ian West - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Letitia Dean is one of the original 'EastEnders' cast members. (PA Images via Getty Images)

"Sharon looks so beautiful today, she looks 19," said another.

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Dean is best known for playing outspoken Sharon in the soap.

She was one of the original cast members, joining in 1985 when she was still in her teens.

She starred as Sharon until 1995 when she left, but she reprised the role six years later. She bowed out again in 2006 but returned to Walford in 2012.

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