EastEnders fans dazzled by Charlie Brooks in steamy Lie With Me premiere – and she’s worlds away from Janine
EASTENDERS fans have been left dazzled by Charlie Brooks in the steamy new drama Lie With Me premiere – and she’s worlds away from Janine Butcher. The 40-year-old actress played scheming home-wrecker Janine in the BBC soap until 2014. But in the new Channel 5 drama, her character Anna is the one on the receiving […]
EASTENDERS fans have been left dazzled by Charlie Brooks in the steamy new drama Lie With Me premiere – and she’s worlds away from Janine Butcher.
The 40-year-old actress played scheming home-wrecker Janine in the BBC soap until 2014.
But in the new Channel 5 drama, her character Anna is the one on the receiving end of having her life torn apart.
Anna moves to Australia with her family after infidelity rocks her marriage in London.
They hire a young local nanny called Becky who isn’t as innocent as she appears, and deadly consequences follow.
The first episode introduced the characters and revealed how paranoid and insecure Anna still is, despite trying to start afresh Down Under.
NOT SO INNOCENT
As the episode progressed, Anna started to confide in Becky about what had happened in London, and how she suspected her husband Jake was having an affair with his PA.
Becky encouraged her to confront the PA, only to be left embarrassed when her suspicions were proven to be unfounded.
However, the final moments of the episode revealed that it is in fact Becky who is having an affair with Jake, as the pair stripped off for a raunchy session in the wine cellar of the family home.
As Becky – kitted out in racy red lingerie – and Jake got intimate, their dastardly plan was revealed, with the pair hoping to get Anna to lose it again so Jake could have full custody of their two children and live happily ever after with Becky.
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Viewers were loving the first episode and seeing a different side to Charlie as Anna.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “So good to see @CharlieBrooks0 back #LieWithMe”
Another added: “Charlie smashed it on #liewithme. Worlds away from Janie on the sqaure!”
While a third tweeted: “Keep expecting Frank, Pat and Barry to show up…..#LieWithMe.”
Lie With Me continues on Tuesday, July 13 at 9pm on Channel 5.