BBC bosses have signed up a West End legend for a guest role on EastEnders and she is set to make her debut on Thursday.
Actress Melanie La Barrie is set to take on the role as Dr Kelleher as part of Ruby Allen’s dramatic return on the soap.
Viewers previously watched as Ruby returned to Albert Square after Martin discovered she had welcomed his son in secret.
While she originally lied and claimed to have had the baby adopted, he soon discovered that instead their son was ill in hospital.
BBC wiewers will see Melanie’s character Dr Kelleher breaking the news to Ruby and Martin that their son Roman is in need of a liver transplant.
BBC bosses have signed up West End legend Melanie La Barrie for a guest role on EastEnders and she is set to make her debut on Thursday
Actress Melanie is set to take on the role as Dr Kelleher as part of Ruby Allen’s dramatic return on the soap
‘It’s one of the options we’re considering,’ she tells them.
‘Currently Roman’s liver isn’t responding to the steroid treatment as well as we’d hope. But we need to keep monitoring the situation closely to see if he improves over the next few days.
‘The condition was already there, you’re not to blame, it can just develop.’
Dr Kelleher was also forced to break the sad news to Ruby that she isn’t a viable liver donor for Rowan, while Martin was still taking the test.
Taking to Instagram ahead of the show, Melanie shared a behind the scenes snap wearing an EastEnders coat.
She wrote: ‘Spent a little time this year doing a few episodes of a fantastically fun thing. Just a little show, you might know it.
‘Grateful to super-agent @brookekinsella for always being ready to facilitate dreams and new adventures’.
She is set to appear in a number of episodes after becoming a well known name in the West End.
Melanie is set to appear in a number of episodes after becoming a well known name in the West End from starring in Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Matilda The Musical and Wicked.
She was also appeared in &Juliet in both the original Manchester production, the West End shows and then on Broadway in New York but is currently starring in Hadestown (pictured) at the Lyric Theatre in the West End
She made her stage debut in Ragtimes in 2004 and has gone on to star in some of the biggest stage hits including, Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Matilda The Musical and Wicked.
She was also appeared in &Juliet in both the original Manchester production, the West End shows and then on Broadway in New York.
The actress is currently starring in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre in the West End.
