Preeya Kalidas: EastEnders is making me broody!

Preeya Kalidas: EastEnders is making me broody!
Preeya Kalidas: EastEnders is making me broody! (Image credit: BBC)

EastEnders star Preeya Kalidas has admitted that working with a baby on her return to the soap is making her broody. The actress and singer is coming back to the show as Syed's estranged wife Amira - and she brings a surprise with her in the shape of their baby daughter Yasmin, whom he knew nothing about. And she told Inside Soap magazine that was thoroughly enjoying working with her younger co-star. "This is the first time I've acted with a baby, and she's making me broody," Preeya said. "There's no way you couldn't enjoy spending time with her. She's just adorable." The storyline is bound to complicate matters for Syed, who was recently discussing the possibility of having a child with his partner Christian - who he left Amira for after admitting he was gay. "I think Syed is going to feel very torn between Christian and Amira, because she has every right to say that she doesn't want Christian to be involved with their baby," Preeya added. "It's not easy for her to forgive Christian for stealing her husband - she thought he was her mate. Amira is going to fight for the father of her child."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.