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Zara Woodcock

Maisie Smith bids emotional farewell to EastEnders with behind the scenes snaps

EastEnders star Maisie Smith bid farewell to her role in the soap with a few behind-the-scenes pictures.

The soap star has played the role of Tiffany Butcher since 2008 - starting when she was just eight years old.

Maisie, now 20, filmed her last scenes as the character back in October and was 'crying the whole way through'.

On Tuesday, the star took to Instagram to share a series of pictures of her time on the show along with an emotional caption.

"Wow. Eastenders you have been a dream," she wrote. "Lotta tears, lotta laughs and a whole lotta love.

"Episode 685 complete. Farewell Tiffany Butcher-Baker."

The first picture was of her smiling as she stood in front of the Albert Square sign.

Charlie, Maisie, Danielle (Instagram)

Another showed her posing behind the table with co-stars Charlie Wernham (who plays Aaron Monroe) and Danielle Harold (who plays Lola Pearce).

A lot of the photos were from her and her castmates nights out while many are from breaks in between filming.

One sweet snap showed Zack Morris (who plays Keegan Baker) pouting as he held up a nameplate with Maisie's name.

Maisie with her mannequin (Instagram)

Her co-stars took to the comment section to show their support for the young actress.

Ruby Allen actress Louisa Lytton posted a heart emoji while one pal wrote: "End of an era. You’re a young legend."

"The “TIFF” to my “GAN”. It’s been the best! Go out and smash it," Zack posted.

Charlie added: "Tiff will be missed…. Maisie, not so much. But Tiff xx."

Zack pouted for the camera (Instagram)
Maisie filmed her last scenes in October (Instagram)

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Maisie recently said she was inconsolable while she was filming her last scenes for the soap.

Recalling a moment filming her last scenes with her on-screen family member and pal Shona McGarty, who plays Whitney Dean, she admitted that she couldn’t stop her emotions from seeping into the scenes.

"Shona and I literally cried the whole way through and after, we got so emotional," the star explained.

Maisie and her co-stars (Instagram)
The star has been part of the show since 2008 (Instagram)

"We’ve said goodbye on the show before the first time round like six or seven years ago, but it was even harder this time round because we’ve built such a lovely sister bond.

"It was a sad couple of weeks because we film out of order so I had my last scenes with people spread across a month.

"It was sad with everyone but Shona I’ve known since I was literally a baby where she would carry me on her hip, so that for me was a really hard moment."

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