September 22nd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Eastenders, Lacey Turner

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has said it was very upsetting to have her bikini photos spread over the tabloids last year.
The 21 year old actress was snapped on holiday and faced a lot of criticism over her body shape.
Turner told Now magazine: “Unless you have an unbelievable figure, I don’t think you want to be reminded of what you look like in a bikini. It’s not like I was obese, just a bit podgy.”
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June 25th, 2009 by Lynn Rowlands-Connolly. Tags: Eastenders, Lacey Turner

The Sun is reporting today that Lacey Turner – who plays the troubled Stacey Slater in EastEnders – was “booted out” of a London hotspot after a fight with another clubber.
The paper claims that Lacey was drinking heavily with friends at up-market club 24 in Soho when she discovered a group of girls sitting at her VIP table. This led to a fracas in which the girls apparently said their taking her table was just a mistake.
However, it seems Lacey and her friends took exception to it and one of the girls at the table, Emma Roc, told the paper that she’d been scratched and abused by the actress and her friends… Read more & comment »
January 13th, 2009 by Lynn Rowlands-Connolly. Tags: Eastenders, Lacey Turner, Stacey Slater, Why I Love

Lacey’s portrayal as the primary carer of her mother – who has bipolar disorder – is outstanding and one of her best performances ever was in last night’s episode.
Stacey’s tears as she told Charlie about how Jean was sent to a psychiatric unit when Stacey was a child were very convincing and choked me up too. I really think Lacey’s emotional but powerful portrayal of Stacey is very much underrated and there’s more of it to come as events with Jean come to a head this week. Read more & comment »