Josie Lawrence has joined the cast of BBC soap opera Eastenders.

I clearly remember Josie as the hilarious one on ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’, but Josie has also recently appeared in the BBC 1 drama series Robin Hood and as Mrs Jiniwin in the 2007 ITV adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop. Last year she appeared in an episode of E4 teen drama Skins, playing Liz Jenkins, estranged mother of Sid Jenkins, a role which she reprised in the second series.

A show insider told The Sun: “She returns and keeps busy by teaching night classes in art and pottery and drinking in E20.

“It’s not long before she bumps into familiar faces, including Phil, who she dated at school, and Minty. But are they pleased to see her?”