04 June 2023 , 13:05
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EastEnders youngster Lilila Turner looked a world away from her on-screen alterego at last night's British Soap Awards.
The 13-year-old is best known as Lily Slater, who is currently front and centre in a shocking underage pregnancy storyline. In the BBC soap, she is 12 years old and expecting a baby with her young schoolpal Ricky Branning.
The plot means that viewers only usually get to see Lillia wearing her school uniform or her dressing gown - and haphazardly applied make-up to fit in with the other girls at school.
However, last night Lillia got to enjoy a more polished look as she attended the gala event in Manchester alongside her castmates and other soap stars from across the UK.
Lillia Turner won Best Young Performer at the British Soap Awards (Jonathan Hordle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Kat Slater actress Jessie Wallace poses with Lillia (Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/REX/Shutterstock)She wore a stunning, full-length champagne coloured gown, and wore her brunette locks in long, soft waves.
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Ahead of the ceremony she posed on the red carpet with her on-screen second cousin, Kat Slater, played by Walford icon Jessie Wallace, 51.
That night Lillia was called on to the stage when she was announced winner of the Best Young Performer category.
In character as Lily, with on-screen mum Stacey (BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)You can find out what she said in her acceptance speech - and see all the other winners from the night - when the ceremony airs on Tuesday night at 8pm on ITV.
The show was originally meant to be presented by Philip Schofield, but after he sensationally quit ITV last Friday, Jane McDonald was called in as a replacement.