Despite leaving EastEnders back in 2012, Cheryl Fergison shares an unbreakable bond with one of her former co-stars. The Heather Trott actor was killed off in the BBC soap more than 10 years ago, but has kept in touch with several actors she appeared alongside in Walford.One of them is Whitney Dean star Shona McGarty, who left the soap 12 years later in 2024 when Whitney started a new life in Wakefield after being betrayed by her fiancé, Zack Hudson, and best friend, Lauren Branning.