EastEnders star Michelle Collins is best known for playing serial dater, Cindy Beale, whose affair with Junior Knight will be exposed tonight in explosive scenes

THERE are a few things that really make it officially Christmas – Santa, presents and, of course, drama on Albert Square. EastEnders has always led the way when it comes to shocking Christmas Day

EastEnders star Michelle Collins has teased the drama ahead in this year’s Christmas Day episodes, describing it as ‘a real classic’.

EastEnders' Cindy Beale, played by actress Michelle Collins, could be forced out of Walford after her affair was exposed in dramatic fashion on Christmas Day on the BBC soap

MICHELLE Collins has dished out a few festive treats with spoilers for EastEnders’ Christmas Day episodes. The Cindy Beale actress will be at the heart of the action on the BBC One soap on

EastEnders' Cindy Beale was left for dead on Christmas Day with her fate still unknown, the incident happened after her affair with Junior Knight was revealed at the Queen Vic

Actor Michelle Collins has said her EastEnders character Cindy Beale is “a woman on the edge” as she reflected on the explosive Christmas Day goings-on. Collins, who has a starring role in the festive episodes as her character Cindy’s life unravels after a USB recording of her admitting to cheating on Ian Beale is played at a Christmas party,

Michelle Collins has leapt to the defence of her EastEnders co-star who mistakingly left upcoming scripts on public transport. The actress, 62, first appeared as Cindy Beale in 1988. After staging a spectacular comeback last year, she’s now at the centre of a dramatic Christmas plot.

As the EastEnders villain Cindy Beale, Michelle Collins has been causing havoc in Walford over the last year, but away from the BBC soap, the actress leads a quiet family life

Recently, classified scripts were reportedly left on a train by an unnamed EastEnders star. Michelle Collins defended her co-star by admitting: "Things happen."