EastEnders' Lacey Turney is best known for playing fan favourite Stacey Slater, but what viewers might not know is that she has two soap star sisters.
Lacey, 35 has played the role of feisty Stacey since 2004 and has been at the heart of Albert Square on and off since.
Around the time of her first EastEnders departure in 2010, her two younger sisters, Lily Harvey and Daisy Turner were making their own TV debuts.
Daisy who was 20 at the time, joined rival soap Hollyoaks in 2011, starring as blonde beauty Jenny Houston.
As she entered into the world of soaps, Daisy admitted there was "pressure" starting her career while Lacey was already well-established in the field.
Talking to the Liverpool Echo at the time, she said: "All three of us do it. Lacey and I acted as kids. Our mum, Bev, let us do everything – singing, dancing and acting.
"I was at home with my mum and sisters when I got the call to say I’d got the part. Lacey said if I need her, she is there.
"I suppose there is a bit of pressure because she is very good at what she does.
"She has done it for years and I am just starting out."
Daisy's time on the Channel 4 soap was short but sweet as her character was killed off by Silas, as part of a long-running storyline.
Following her dramatic exit, Daisy who is now 33 looks to have taken a break from TV, although she did appear in a short film called You Got The Time?
Just before Lacey temporarily waved goodbye to Albert Square in December 2010, her younger sister, Lily joined the cast.
Lily who was nine years old at the time and uses her mother's last name for work entered the soap as Shenice Quinn – the daughter of Kat Slater’s pal Martine.
Surprisingly, exec producer Bryan Kirkwood confessed that he didn't even know Lily was related to Lacey.
He said at the time: "Whether by accident or design I sat down and watched a tape of a very talented young girl.
"And it was only after we decided that I was told it was Lacey's sister. So it was complete accident."
Lily made her guest appearance on EastEnders until August 2011 and was asked to join the cast full-time, before stepping away from her role as Shenice in 2012.
The now 23 year old is no longer acting either.
In 2019, Lacey's sisters became aunties as the EastEnders star welcomed her first child, a daughter called Dusty Violet Kay with her husband Matt Kay on 12 July.
A few years later in 2021, they welcomed their son, Trilby Fox Kay on 3 February.
The couple started dating in 2006 when they were both just 15 years old and in 2017 tied the knot during a sunny ceremony in Ibiza.
Lacey is often sharing sweet snaps of her adorable children on Instagram including her daughter's third birthday earlier this year which she gushed "And just like that we have a threenager".
Before adding: "Thank you my baby for simply being you, our special, funny, beautiful girl, thank you for teaching me the way ! I love you lots lots so much forever & ever".
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