Inside EastEnders newcomer Hersha Verity’s link to This Morning and VERY different career before Nina Gupta role

THIS Morning fans might recognise the latest EastEnders star - if they've got a long memory.

Hersha Verity joined the cast of the soap as Dr Nina Gupta last month.

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But back in 2016 she was one of This Morning's celebrity chefs and was seen trying to get Eamonn Holmes to enjoy a curry she'd made.

Hersha was seen in a vintage clip on a Friday edition of the show with Eamonn and wife Ruth Langsford.

She was known as Hersha Patel on the show, filmed before she married Johno Verity.

Eamonn told her: "I think the thing that's putting me off is the colour. But really nice."

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Dr. Nina Gupta was among the staff for the Panesars' new surgery in, after making a house call earlier this year to help Kheerat with his stomach pain.

Harsha said after revealing she'd got the role on EastEnders: "When I read Nina’s character breakdown, I thought, I want to play her.

"She sounds like she has all these qualities I aspire to have. Complete confidence, no fear of failure, goes after what she wants.

"So that side of her I was so drawn to, then her connection to the Panesar family was interesting.

"There is a lot more to her that is slowly starting to unfold. She has a few wants and goals of her own that go far beyond the surgery. So I am excited for that to unfold!"

And cooking is just the start of Hersha's talents, with her online credits listing her as playing a doctor in forthcoming drama The Power.

She's also listed as having been one of the assistant producers on Strictly Come Dancing and on Graham Norton's Any Dream Will Do.

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