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Sittingbourne actress Jennifer Lee Moon stars as a stripper in BBC soap EastEnders

15:27, 11 April 2013

Former Highsted Grammar School student Jennifer Lee-Moon, made her screen debut as a stripper in super-soap EastEnders.
Former Highsted Grammar School student Jennifer Lee-Moon, made her screen debut as a stripper in super-soap EastEnders.

Former Highsted Grammar School student Jennifer Lee-Moon appears as a stripper in EastEnders. Picture: BBC

A Sittingbourne beauty set hearts racing when she made her screen debut on soap EastEnders.

Actress Jennifer Lee Moon caused a storm when she showed up at the R & R Club after her character Siren was hired as a stripper for character Jack Branning's stag do.

She was seen arriving in Walford in a black cab at the end of Monday's show.

But it wasn't until the following night that viewers saw her drop her coat and stand in front of the cast wearing nothing more than a bright pink bra and knickers.

Former Highsted Grammar School student Jennifer Lee-Moon, made her screen debut as a stripper in super-soap EastEnders
Former Highsted Grammar School student Jennifer Lee-Moon, made her screen debut as a stripper in super-soap EastEnders

The former Highsted Grammar School student, who was then known by the surname Brenchley, now lives in an apartment in central London.

But Jennifer, pictured right, returns to Sittingbourne on a regular basis to visit her mum Marion and 18-year-old brother Samuel.

She said: "Everyone was so nice to me. I had my own dressing room and Letitia Dean, who plays Sharon, took me under her wing.

“In rehearsals we just went over my lines, I didn't have to take off the coat, so when I was on set and they shouted action I was like 'I'm actually going to do this'.

"I haven't watched it yet although my mum sent me a screen grab saying 'this is a bit weird' about seeing me on TV."

The singleton, who gets her exotic looks from her Korean father, got the acting bug after she played Piglet in a production of Winnie the Pooh at the Avenue Theatre, Central Avenue, aged five.

It led to her performing in shows at Minterne Junior School and joining an amateur dramatics group before going on to the London-based Sylvia Young stage school and Pineapple Dance Studios.

All her hard work paid off as she now makes a living doing what she loves most as well as singing, dancing and modelling.

"My dream job is to be a Bond girl," she said.

"When I was younger people used to say I was a dreamer, but I always said to myself I’ll have more regrets if I don't do it than if I did it and I failed."

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