A young EastEnders star will continue to grace our screens for the foreseeable following fears from fans that she had left.

Isabella Brown, who is 13, has played the role of Lexi Pearce in the BBC One soap since 2019.

The character is daughter of Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) and Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden).

Lexi has experienced a great deal of loss already in her life. In 2023, her mum Lola died following a brain tumour diagnosis. A year later, her dad Ben was sentenced to prison after committing fraud in America.

This left Lexi in Jay Brown’s (Jamie Borthwick) care. However, when Jay discovered his Granddad wasn’t well, he ventured up North, and isn’t returning to Walford due to starting a new relationship.

It means young Lexi is now being looked after by Ben’s ex-partner Callum Highway (Tony Clay), along with his new boyfriend Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff), plus Lola’s granddad Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick).

Last year, fans of the BBC One soap started to fear the character had left Albert Square as didn’t feature a great deal in episodes.

Fortunately, the drama school KA Arts has confirmed Isabella is continuing to film as Lexi, and it looks like things are going to get busy for the star.

Sharing a headshot picture of Isabella on Instagram, the account wrote alongside: ‘We are so proud of our incredibly talented Isabella, who has been confirmed to continue playing the role of #Lexi in @bbceastenders for the 8th consecutive year.

They added: ‘Isabella is heading into an extremely busy filming period, yet is still committed to her training and school studies.

‘Hard work and commitment is key. It’s all in the training.’

This week, Callum will make a discovery about Lexi in the aftermath of Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) moving into a care home.