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Lacey Amelia Turner was born on March 28, 1988, in Edgware, London, and grew up in Hertfordshire near the BBC's Elstree studios, according to Wikipedia. From her bedroom window she could see part of the EastEnders set. "I used to say to my mum: 'I wanna be on that!'" she has said.
She trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at 10 and kept taking acting classes, with early work including a Haribo ad. In 2004 she auditioned for a different EastEnders part and was cast as Stacey Slater instead, starting the day after she left school. She played Stacey from 2004 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2025, including a live 40th-anniversary episode in February 2025.
Regarded as one of Britain's best soap actors, she has won more than 40 awards for Stacey, more than any other soap actor, including four National Television Awards, eight British Soap Awards and eleven Inside Soap Awards.
During her break from the soap she appeared in Being Human, True Love, Bedlam, Switch and Call the Midwife, and starred as Molly Dawes in the BBC military drama Our Girl (2013-2014).
In 2026 she joined Strictly Come Dancing with pro Vito Coppola and is releasing a memoir, Gold Dust. The couple scored 29 in Icons Week. Follow along in Strictly Come Dancing 2026: who's left and how to vote.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Lacey Turner story, from October 19, 2026, is "Strictly Come Dancing 2026: Who's Left, How to Vote, and the Returning Star Who Topped Week 3": Twelve couples are still chasing the Glitterball, the show is back on BBC One on Saturday, Oct. 24, and one early front-runner is returning after an injury bye. Here's your complete guide.
Stacey Slater (Wikipedia).
Vito Coppola (our Strictly guide).
Gold Dust, released in 2026 (Wikipedia).
