Preeya Kalidas would "absolutely" return to 'EastEnders.'

Preeya Kalidas would return to EastEnders

Preeya Kalidas would return to EastEnders

The 42-year-old actress played the role of market stall worker Amira Masood on the BBC soap opera from 2009 until 2012 and would be in favour of a comeback because she loved it so much the first time round.

She said: "I had the best time on that show and I loved playing Amira so, absolutely, I would (go back) if there was a storyline as full of drama as the previous ones."

The 'Bend It Like Beckham' actress went on to describe her first time on the Albert Square set as "overwhelming" because she had been watching actors like Steve McFadden - who plays Phil Mitchell - for years and found it "poignant" when millions of people tuned in to watch her character's wedding to Syed.

She told Metro newspaper's SixtySeconds column: "It was overwhelming. I used to watch it when I was a kid so it was bizarre walking on set and seeing people like Phil Mitchell. He came up and introduced himself. He was lovely - he wasn't Phil, he was Steve McFadden so it was fine. I played Amira Masood and more than 11 million people tuned in to watch her wedding to Syed. I got to wear the most beautiful Indian outfit. The story was so poignant and it won best wedding at the Inside Soap Awards."

Meanwhile, Preeya added that she was "flattered" to have been nominated alongside Michelle Keegan in the category of Sexiest Female at the British Soap Awards, but noted that it was "right" that the former 'Coronation Street' actress - who was handed the now-defunct accolade a record total of six consecutive times - was named the winner.

She said: " I was flattered to be nominated and seen as a sexy female up against Michelle Keegan. She won it but rightly so - she's gorgeous and super sexy."

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