Hannah Spearritt joins EastEnders

S Club 7 singer Hannah Spearritt is to appear in EastEnders.

“I’m over the moon to be joining the show – it’s such a huge part of British telly. I’m really looking forward to getting started and I can’t wait to see the Square in the flesh…. Walford here I come!” – Hannah Spearritt

The Sun reports that Hannah has been cast as Kandice Taylor, the younger sister of Albert Square regular Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley). Hannah who found fame with the seven-piece pop group in the late 1990s will appear in a couple of episodes of the BBC1 soap later this year.

“Producers are excited about casting Hannah in the show and if she proves popular she could be back as a more permanent fixture.” – An EastEnders insider speaking to The Sun

Hannah’s acting experience includes a lead role in sci-fi drama Primeval, regular appearances in medical saga Casualty and one-off roles in Death in Paradise and Agatha Christie’s Marple.

She is the second member of S Club 7 to appear in the East-London set saga after Jon Lee (pictured in Kathy’s caff below) played Josh, the son of Nigel Bates’ girlfriend Julie, back in 1997. However, this was just before S Club 7 stormed the charts with hits such as Bring It All Back, S Club Party and Never Had a Dream Come True.