EastEnders icon eyes up return as fans demand matriarch makes a comeback
EXCLUSIVE: EastEnders star Nina Wadia has opened up on whether she would like to reprise her role on Albert Square as Zainab Masood as fans demand the TV matriarch returns
Ex-Eastenders actress Nina Wadia has lifted the lid on her return to the BBC soap.
The TV star, 55, starred on EastEnders from 2007 to 2013, and as one of the soap’s famous matriarchs, fans have been calling for her back. When speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, Nina revealed whether she’d be up for the job.
Nina explained: “I loved my time on Eastenders and creating Zainab was one of the highlights of my career. Of course, I would like to bring her back to life.
“I still get stopped in the street by people shouting out ‘Zainab’ and constantly get asked when I’m going back. I’d be honoured to be asked back. Eastenders holds a special place in my heart and career.”
Nina has also opened up about her teenage son Aidan’s health issues, who lives with Type 1 diabetes. Nina said: “Oh, our lives changed dramatically straight after diagnosis. In the first couple of years I barely slept, worried that he might hypo during the night so severely that he could die.
“The level of worry is relentless and miserable. On an every day level, things we didn’t have to think twice about became so complicated.
More than 5million people in the UK are now living with diabetes – and yet new research from Dexcom found 76% of people with diabetes feel misunderstood.
During Diabetes Awareness Week recently, Dexcom ambassadors like Nina have been shedding a light on the condition with “I Wish You Knew” to help people understand what it’s really like. Dexcom’s ‘I Wish You Knew’ campaign is one of the most important campaigns we’ve had so far when it comes to Type1 diabetes.
Nine revealed Aidan uses a device called a hybrid closed loop system also known as an artificial pancreas to manage his diabetes. She explained: “Aidan uses a combination of an Omnipod Dash system (inslulin pump) with the Dexcom G6 (continuous glucose monitoring system).
“This was a game-changer for us. It meant not injecting several times a day or pricking your finger anymore, both of which are very painful things to do. It was the first time that we managed to start to get his HBA1C number (that’s your average blood sugar level over a period of 3 months) to a good place.”
