OHMYGOSSIP — ‘EastEnders’ star Clair Norris has spent her break from the soap filming a personal documentary about obesity for ‘BBC Panorama’.
The 24-year-old actress – who plays Bernie Taylor in the BBC One soap – has spent the past four months working on the documentary, which saw her revisit her childhood to share her own “personal experiences” with obesity.
Announcing the project on Instagram, Clair wrote: ‘BBC Panorama – Obesity: Who Cares if I’m Bigger?’.
“COMING SOON!!! Over the last four months I have been working with BBC Panorama, documenting and reporting on a topic that relates to me and I’m sure a lot of you will have your own opinions.
“This has been a chance to show ME! No character and no acting. I have been on a journey, meeting new people, going back to my childhood and sharing my own personal experiences which most of the time I have kept to myself.”
She concluded: “I can’t wait for everyone to see this project, but it’s important for me to say… please always be kind. BBC Panorama – Obesity: Who Cares if I’m Bigger?”
Clair first appeared as Bernie in June 2017, and the actress previously admitted she was “in awe” of Jake Wood – who previously starred as Max Branning – when she first joined the show.
She said: “I thought Jake Wood was amazing in ‘Strictly’ – and when I joined ‘EastEnders’, he was the one I was most star-struck over.
“I’m in awe of his acting, too, so I’d be too embarrassed to go through any dance moves with him.”