EASTENDERS viewers were left swooning this evening as Chantelle Taylor arrived in Walford.
The character, played by newcomer Jessica Plummer, is the daughter of Karen Taylor and Mitch Baker – but they had no idea she was back.
Mitch (Roger Griffiths) was left gobsmacked as she showed up in the pub, but those watching at home were delighted by the new arrival.
Taking to Twitter to discuss her, one person wrote: “I’m already loving Chantelle! #EastEnders.”
While another tweeted: “Chantelle is very pretty #EastEnders”, while someone else simply wrote: “mmmmm Chantelle #EastEnders.”
During tonight’s episode Chantelle lands herself a job at Kim and Denise Fox’s new salon.
The sisters are hugely impressed with Chantelle after a day of disappointing interviews leaves Denise on the verge of giving up.
They offer her the job and gloat to business rival Mitch that they’ve found the perfect person for the job but are stunned when they realise that Chantelle is his daughter.
Last week it was revealed that Chantelle would soon be arriving in the Square with her husband Gray – aha – and their daughters Mia and MacKenzie.
The soap’s senior executive producer, Kate Oates, said Chantelle’s “picture-perfect” life could lead to conflict in the family.
“I’m so excited to welcome Jessica and Toby to Albert Square,” she said.
“Chantelle is a Taylor through and through: tough, sharp and streetwise. To the rest of the Taylor family, she is definitely the one who’s ‘done good’: leaving home early, and landing on her feet marrying the handsome and successful Gray.
“But will Chantelle’s picture-perfect lifestyle put her and Gray into conflict with the rest of her family?”
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