Daniella Westbrook Returning to Eastenders

Daniella Westbrook

Former EastEnder Daniella Westbrook is set to return to the BBC One soap as Sam Mitchell this summer.

“I’m really happy to be coming back, it feels just like coming home,” the actress said.

Westbrook, 35, first appeared on Albert Square in 1990 but left in 1996. She spent a brief second stint in the show between 1999 and 2000.

In 2002, she was replaced in the role by another actress, Kim Medcalf, who left EastEnders in 2005.

Posted on April 8, 2009 | Filed Under TV