Gillian Wright’s character Jean Slater has been mired in misfortune since she first arrived on Albert Square back in 2004. Jean’s initial storyline followed her long-suffering battle with bipolar disorder and a later plot saw the hapless character diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The line between truth and fiction can sometimes become blurry, and this is […]
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Gillian Wright health: ‘The pain was unbearable’ EastEnders star’s past condition
Gillian Wright, 59, who plays Jean Slater on the BBC’s EastEnders, shocked fans when she opened up about a terrifying illness which almost left her for dead. Gillian’s character has been dealing with her own health problems on screen lately after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. But in 2016, the actress revealed she’d been […]