EastEnders’ Lacey Turner has become

a soap icon thanks to her role as Stacey Slater

– and it turns out the Turner family have

some serious soap connections too

EastEnders actress Lacey Turner is best known for delighting audiences as Stacey Slater in the hit BBC One soap, but she isn’t the only member of her family to do so, as her little sister also previously graced Walford as a temporary Albert Square resident.

Actress Lacey first shot to fame playing Stacey back in 2004, and over the years it’s fair to say she has gone on to become one of the soap’s most-loved stars thanks to being at the heart of several high profile storylines. From her bipolar battle to being embroiled in Keanu Taylor’s murder, Stacey’s time in Walford has been nothing short of dramatic.

Yet it turns out acting runs in the Turner blood, as her younger sister has ventured out into the world of acting and soaps, with both sisters having appeared in Eastenders. Back in 2010, Lacey briefly said goodbye to the soap – but sister Lily Harvey quickly joined the cast in her stead.

Lacey’s younger sister Lily appeared on EastEnders shortly after Lacey temporarily left in 2010 (

Lily was nine years old at the time and used her mother’s last name for acting work. She appeared on the BBC soap as Shenice Quinn the daughter of Kat Slater’s pal Martine. Yet despite the impressive credentials of being related to an Albert Square legend, it turns out even the exec producer had no idea Lily was related to Lacey!

Bryan Kirkwood confessed at the time: “Whether by accident or design I sat down and watched

tape of a very talented young girl. And it was only after we decided that I was told it was Lacey’s sister. So it was a complete accident.”

Lily guest starred on EastEnders until August 2011. She was then asked to join the cast full-time but declined the offer and stepped away in 2012.

Lacey’s other sister too has dived into the world of soaps in Channel 4 rival series Hollyoaks. In 2011, Daisy Turner was 20 when she joined the hit Chester soap, where she played blonde beauty Jenny Houston. At the time, Daisy admitted it was hard to start out as a soap star while her older sister Lacey was much more established. She told Liverpool Echo: “All three of us do it.”

“Lacey and I acted as kids. Our mum, Bev, let us do everything singing, dancing and acting,” she added. And it turns out Lacey had a sweet response to sister Daisy landing the Hollyoaks job telling her “she is there” for her. Daisy explained: “I was at home with my mum and sisters when I got the call to say I’d got the part. Lacey said if I need her, she is there.” She went on: “I suppose there is a bit of pressure because she is very good at what she does. She has done it for years and I am just starting out.”