EastEnders 星／主役にする Shona McGarty 明らかにする／漏らすs the real 推論する／理由 she やめる the BBC soap after 16 years
Shona McGarty has said she 'feels like she is leaving home' as she opened up about the real 推論する／理由 she is quitting EastEnders.?
The actress, 32,?who joined the soap at the age of 16 in 2008 portraying the iconic Whitney Dean, 明らかにする／漏らすd that she would be quitting in July after portraying the long-running character for 16 years.?
Shona has now 明らかにする／漏らすd that it was a 'really difficult' 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave the soap, but has decided she wants to 調査する 'other 適切な時期s' before she is 'too old'.?
She told The Sun: 'It was a really difficult 決定／判定勝ち（する）, because it's all I've ever known. I pretty much grew up on the Square, so I feel like I'm leaving home. But I had to put on my big girl pants and be qui te 勇敢に立ち向かう, because life is so short, and you feel that more and more as you get older.?
'There are other 適切な時期s and areas of the 産業 I want to 調査する before I get too old! All things come to an end and this is the new 一時期／支部 of my life.?
Shona McGarty has said she 'feels like she is leaving home' as she opened up about the real 推論する／理由 she is quitting EastEnders on Sunday
Shona has now 明らかにする／漏らすd that it was a 'really difficult' 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave the soap but has decided she wants to 調査する 'other 適切な時期s' before she is 'too old'
The actress, 32, who joined the soap at the age of 16 in 2008 portraying the iconic Whitney Dean, 明らかにする／漏らすd that she would be quitting in July after portraying the long-running character for 16 years (pictured in 2008)
'So although it was a big 決定／判定勝ち（する）, once I'd made it, I was やめる resolute that this was something I had to do. I mean, 16 years is amazing. I've had a really good run and Whitney needs a break.'?
The BBC 星／主役にする filmed her final scenes earlier this month and was 迎える／歓迎するd by fans?outside Elstree Studios as she 長，率いるd home.?
Shona 追加するd:?'I'm not gonna 嘘（をつく）, I feel like it's a 肉親，親類d of grief and I didn't think I'd be so emotional.?But seeing all the fans who had these messages and cards was just beautiful and, although I tried to keep it together, I 現実に fell to pieces'.?
She was seen flashing a smile as she drove home from work and stopped at the gate to 提起する／ポーズをとる for selfies with fans who had gathered outside.?
The soap 星／主役にする took her time to leave ビデオ messages as she 調印するd autographs and chatted with the （人が）群がる.?
Shona's car was filled with flowers, cards and 現在のs from her co-星／主役にするs as she 出発／死d the studio for the last time.?
Shona's character Whitney, arrived 支援する Walford in 2008 as the 可決する・採択するd daughter of Bianca Jackson (played by?Patsy Palmer).
She has been at the heart of countless hard-hitting story lines, 含むing grooming, 性の 乱用, baby loss, 誘拐する, stalking and illicit 事件／事情／状勢s.
Whitney has been given a 劇の send off which follows a shocking?pregnancy storyline.?
She said: 'It was a really difficult 決定／判定勝ち（する）, because it's all I've ever known. There are other 適切な時期s and areas of the 産業 I want to 調査する before I get too old! All things come to an end and this is the new 一時期／支部 of my life' (pictured 2022)
Shona 追加するd: 'I'm not gonna 嘘（をつく）, I feel like it's a 肉親，親類d of grief and I didn't think I'd be so emotional' (pictured 2022)
Shona's character Whitney, arrived 支援する Walford in 2008 as the 可決する・採択するd daughter of Bianca Jackson (played by Patsy Palmer left) In 2020 she killed deranged Leo King for the soap's 35th 周年記念日 (pictured in 2008)
The character and her partner Zack Hudson (played by James Farrar) have been trying to have a baby for a long time.?
She 以前 termin ated a pregnancy after finding out her little girl 苦しむd from Edwards' Syndrome, which meant her baby would not have 生き残るd long after 存在 born.?
Whitney was left 完全に 荒廃させるd by the loss and swore she would never try and have a 生物学の child again and so she and Zack put themselves 今後 for foster care.?
The couple ended up looking after a young boy Ashton over the Christmas period however, he soon got 可決する・採択するd leaving the couple more alone than ever.?
In 2008 Whitney was groomed and 乱用d by her onscreen mum's partner and in 2020 she killed deranged Leo King for the soap's 35th 周年記念日.?
It is unknown what the actress is going to do next but she 明らかにする／漏らすd she only had one week off after filming her final episode before starting a new 最高の，を越す-secret 事業／計画（する）.?
However, it is likely Shona will do something with music as she?定期的に 地位，任命するs ビデオs of her singing to social マスコミ.?
In 2012, she 成し遂げるd on Children in Need singing Sm Cooke's A Change is Gonna Come.
She has also been part of a number of hard hitting story lines 含むing grooming, 性の 乱用, baby loss, 誘拐する, stalking and illicit 事件／事情／状勢s (pictured with partner Zack Hudson, played by James Farrar)
She 解放（する）d a charity song for 広大な／多数の／重要な Ormond Street Hospital in 2018 and covered The Beatles' Let It Be in 2021 for the ?charity Mind.
In 2022, Shona sang at the 王室の British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the 王室の Albert Hall for BBC1.
She 追加するd that 'singing is her first love' and 明らかにする／漏らすd she has already 'written lots of songs' and would love to 解放（する） an album one day.?
