Former EastEnders star Shona McGarty shares new look
Former EastEnders star Shona McGarty has shown off a striking new look, several months after leaving the BBC One soap.
The actor, best known for playing Whitney Dean, usually sports straight black or red hair (although she did go blonde last year), but this time she's gone for something different.
As seen on Instagram, McGarty has undergone a hair transformation and is now sporting dark cherry-coloured locks. The colour is similar to one she once sported on the soap, but its now styled into tight, voluminous curls.
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Fans were loving the change, as one commented: "Your hair!!!!! Goals."
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"Your hair curly looks lovely really suits you Shona!" another wrote.
McGarty's character Whitney's final scenes aired in May last year. She left Walford and the drama behind to go start a new life with Dolly and Britney.
While she's enjoying her post-soap life of new hairstyles and getting engaged, the star has admitted she would definitely make a return to Albert Square one day.
Related: EastEnders star Lacey Turner shares sweet name of newborn daughter
"I left on the bus and not under it, so for that I'm really grateful," she joked to The Sun. "I would absolutely go back to EastEnders — it's 16 years of creating a family, I grew up on that show.
"I've got a really good relationship with EastEnders, the door's open but at the moment not yet."
McGarty also stated she wouldn't sign up for another soap, sharing: "My loyalty is with EastEnders always."
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EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
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