EastEnders and Bad Girls star, 49, hasn’t aged a day since hit soap roles as she’s spotted shopping in London

AN EastEnders and Bad Girls star looks as though she hasn’t aged a day since her hit soap roles.

Actress Nicola Stapleton, 49, was spotted out and about doing some shopping while in Soho in London.

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Nicola looked stylish in a bright red coat with large buttons, a black slogan t-shirt and black trousers.

She teamed her outfit with a pair of white trainers and wore her highlighted locks down while opting for a subtle makeup look as she strolled next to a pal.

The star accessorised with a black handbag and showed off her age-defying beauty as she walked down the street.

Rocking blonde locks and a smile, Nicola looked just like she did back in her soap days, despite years having gone by.

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The Mandy Salter actress was known for her engagement to Ian Beale in EastEnders, before her departure from the BBC soap in 2012.

She first arrived on screens as the troublesome teen character in 1992, and she caused quite the stir when she arrived in Walford.

Her character was the woman who triggered Ian Beale's nervous breakdown after bankrupting him and demanding a cruise ship wedding, as well as other huge plots on the soap.

Nicola left EastEnders two years later in 1994, and returned to Albert Square to reprise her role in 2011, but left once again in 2012.

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As well as EastEnders, Nicola also found fame playing Janine in Bad Girls.

Credit card fraudster Janine thought she had all the answers to life's questions as she had watched so much Trisha.

After a brief stint as a drug user, she gave birth to a baby - Beverley - while inside.

Nicola played the Bad Girls role between 2005 and 2006.

The actress also starred as Joe Nardone in Channel 4's Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, and she’s played multiple roles in BBC drama Casualty, as well as securing brief roles in Emmerdale and Hollyoaks too.

Swapping soaps for a children’s TV series, Nicola also more recently voiced Rosie in kids’ TV show Thomas & Friends.

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