EastEnders original Vicki Fowler's surprising career change 20 years on

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EastEnders’ Vicki Fowler made her grand return to Albert Square this week now played by Alice Haig - but what do we know about the original actress from the noughties?

But in the early noughties, the character was portrayed by a different actress who was part of a few controversial storylines at the time. Vicki Fowler was born to 16-year-old Michelle Fowler in 1986, who got pregnant by her best-friend Sharon Watts ' father, Den Watts. Who was the original Vicki Fowler? Although she wasn’t the first to take up the role of Vicki (younger versions of Vicki were played by different child actresses), Scarlett Alice Johnson took on the role as teen Vicki, first appearing on the soap in 2003.

During her time on the square, she was involved with an older man and got pregnant by Alfie Moon’s younger brother, Spencer, but aborted the baby. Vicki left the show in late 2004 after overhearing her father say that he didn’t love her as much as he loved Sharon. Where is the actress now? According to The Sun, Scarlett Alice Johnson, now 39, was asked by producers if she would like to return to the square.



“Scarlett was approached, and was flattered to be asked to return, but the timing wasn’t right for her to step back into the role. She wishes Alice Haig and the show all the very best,” a spokesperson for Scarlett told . Since leaving the show, Scarlett has continued to act.

She starred in six episodes of the comedy show Beaver Falls between 2011 and 2012 and in the sitcom Pramface for two years. In 2019, she appeared in the third series of ITV's medical drama The Good Karma Hospital, playing Tommy, the daughter of series regular Greg McConnell, played by Neil Morrissey. “No more secrets.

” , tonight at 7:30pm on and on . Now going under her married name of Scarlett Verey, the accomplished actress has worked as an acting coach and tutor at one of London's leading creative and performing arts centres, City Academy. In a description on the website under her , Scarlett says: “I really love my work as an acting coach and tutor.

“I believe that empathy and great communication are central to all of our lives. “I will work with you to help you develop your empathetic understanding of character, analyse text and explore your instinctive choices in performance and improvisation - and I’ll make sure we have fun while we do it.” According to the The Mirror, Scarlett is currently a tutor for up-and-coming actors who want to develop their art at The Actors Cove, which is a part-time acting and improvisation school.

It is believed that she was also a vice principal at the Bethnal Green's branch of the Pauline Quirke Academy, where her husband and fellow actor Sean Michael Verey was the principal. They met while both starring in BBC Three’s Pramface..