Five years after playing the late Dame Barbara Windsor in BBC biopic Babs, Jaime Winstone has
stepped into her shoes once again.
The 37-year-old actress appears as a younger version of the icon’s most famous character, Peggy Mitchell, in a flashback episode of EastEnders and says, “It’s a real honour.”
While her role in Babs covered Barbara’s childhood, early romances and rise to fame in the Carry On films in detail, Jaime felt like her “journey with Barbara” hadn’t really finished.
“When we shot Babs, I got to work with her very closely and became great friends with her,” says Jaime.