Preeya Kalidas is up for an ‘EastEnders’ comeback.
Preeya Kalidas at the We Aren’t Kids Anymore premiere in London
The 44-year-old actress left her role as Amira Masood in 2012 after three years on the BBC One soap to pursue other opportunities.
Amira departed Albert Square in a storyline in which he divorced her husband Syed Masood (Marc Elliott) after discovering he was actually gay and had been having a fling with Christian Clarke (John Partridge).
Since then, Preeya has released music, as well as having performed in notable West End musicals, including ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ and ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, but she is open to making a return to Walford.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the ‘We Aren’t Kids Anymore’ musical world premiere at the Savoy Theatre in London on Monday night (28.04.25), she said: “I mean, it’s such an incredible show, I had an amazing time on it – why wouldn’t I?”
‘EastEnders’ has recast characters over the years, such as Jenna Russell replacing the original Michelle Fowler star Susan Tully – who played her from 1985 until 1995 and chose not to reprise her alter ego – when the former Walford resident returned in 2016.
Asked how she would feel if the soap’s bosses got another actress to play Amira, Preeya admitted: “I guess decisions like that are out of your hands, but that would be interesting.”
‘The Three Musketeers’ star grew up watching the show as it was “a staple in our household”, and Preeya has hailed her time on Albert Square as “one of my best experiences”.
She said: “It was one of the shows that I grew up watching, my family watched [it] – it was like a staple in our household.
“So then to get that part of Amira…
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