Max said that he was fine with their marriage but it could down to his granddaughter’s … She tells Kirsty to sign divorce papers, but Kirsty refuses. Tanya leaves her purse behind and Ava returns in, meeting Cora. She is best known for starring in Family Affairs, The Bill, Pulling, Lucy Stevens in … Tanya's mother, Cora and Rainie arrive in Walford for her wedding, much to Tanya's dismay. Tanya locks Lauren in the house but she escapes through the upstairs window. Eventually, when she does come back, her skin and eyes are yellow and she collapses in pain. Tanya Franks, Actress: Pulling. To make it up to her, Max buys 10 Turpin Road for Tanya, which she turns into a beauty salon named Booty.

Tanya then tells Cora and Rainie the truth about how her father died – he did not die peacefully as they believed, but was in constant pain and so Tanya helped him to die. I love working with everyone at EastEnders.“With John Yorke at the helm at the moment, the show is in good hands and I’m excited to explore the next chapter in Rainie’s journey.”.Rainie made her first appearance back in 2007 and caused problems for the Branning family as she battled a drug addiction.She struggled to fight her demons and left a path of destruction behind her.Rainie was last seen stealing from her mother, Cora, before fleeing Walford in 2014.Her return raised a few eyebrows and it all seemed a bit too good to be true until her true motives were revealed.Max is paying her to play the dutiful wife in his bid to gain custody of baby Abi Branning.Tanya played DI Rowanne Morell in the ITV police drama The Bill from 2004-2005.In 2013 she played Lucy Stevens, the sister of DC Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) in Broadchurch.In 2018 she played the lawyer Sarah Pope in the hit BBC legal drama The Split.She has also appeared in Holby City, Doctors and Skins.Joe Swash surprises Stacey Solomon with epic £50,000 campervan for the family,Pubs & restaurants could shut completely within days in two-week lockdown,Amanda Holden and Jenni Falconer turn up to work in the exact same dress,EastEnders fans reveal clue showing how Chantelle would die 9 months ago,6 months of on-off lockdown as Boris to declare 'circuit breaker' in days,©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Max insults Tanya, and Tanya throws him out.

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Lauren tells Tanya that Derek stole from Lucy Beale and she confronts him about it. Tanya is devastated and leaves the hospital in tears.A few days later, she plans to visit Lauren and Abi with Cora, but Cora comes alone and slaps Max, blaming him for his daughters' injuries.

After discovering this, she breaks up with Max, but he decides to tell the truth to his fiancé, Vanessa Gold who reveals all to Greg.

Tanya then tells Cora that she can talk to her any time. In January 2014, Tanya's friend, Jane Beale, reveals to Max that Tanya is now in a relationship, with a man named Tim and that they are planning on getting engaged.In February 2015, Tanya returns to Walford, to attend Ian and Jane's wedding and after the reception, she agrees to sit and have a conversation with Max. She later learns that Abi is brain-dead and that she will never recover. Tanya Franks is an English stage and screen actress, writer, and producer. Tanya realises Max still loves Kirsty because he refuses to have sex with her and is sad about Kirsty leaving. Tanya announces that her divorce from Greg will soon be finalised and proposes to Max. Indeed, the only other person who Sean ever told this to was Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner).So what happened between Sean and Tanya to make him trust her so much?Sean and Tanya have a romantic history from way back in the day – almost from the beginning of Sean’s first stint in Walford from 2006 until 2009.After he decided to stick around to look after his little sister Stacey (Lacey Turner), Tanya caught Sean’s eye and he pursued her.However, after then-gold-digging Sean caught wind of.After Sean rather messily split up with Ruby, his playboy ways continued to get him into trouble, to say the very least.And that didn’t stop when, in 2008, he finally got together with Tayna.Sean and Tanya didn’t exactly bring out the best in each other, as together, they plotted to bury Tanya’s estranged and cheating husband Max Branning (Jake Wood) alive.They almost went through with it too, but Tanya had a last-minute change of heart and dug Max up out of guilt.She also ended things with Sean, telling him that she actually just used him just to get revenge on Max, even though Sean wanted he, Tanya and her children to be a family.Sean cared deeply enough for Tanya that, while they were together, he told her his darkest secret –.Years earlier, when he was just a teenager, Sean punched his dad during an argument and, as a result, his dad suffered a brain hemorrhage the next day and sadly passed away.Tanya was the only person who knew this dreadful secret, until now that is.After returning to Walford to try and make amends for all the wrong he’s done over the years, Sean confessed what happened all those years ago to his mother Jean (Gillian Wright).Includes exclusive content, spoilers and interviews before they're seen on the site.EastEnders spoilers: Special episode brings tragic end for Chantelle and Gray abuse story,Naga Munchetty declares 'I'm not for everyone' with jumper after getting warning from BBC,Five incredible off-the-beaten-track Greek isles to jet to,Want to live more sustainably but struggling? These two have enjoyed their time in town with baby Abi but will a rude awakening destroy their happiness? They are then told that Abi has suffered critical brain damage and remains in a coma. Max then reconciles with Tanya and they become a couple again.

On the day of the funeral, Cora yells at Max, urging him to stay away as he has done enough damage to his family, and mentions that she had to sedate a grief-stricken Tanya to get her into the car to go to the funeral. Max agrees to come down but Lauren and Abi slip and fall off the roof. Derek in response taunts Tanya about what he and Max did in Manchester. Lauren lies to Max that the funeral has already taken place, but later admits that Tanya does not want him there. Tanya's doctor, Yusef Khan, later confronts Tanya and asks why she has stopped her treatment. Tanya, after much pressure from Max, gives birth to Oscar. She is an actress and writer, known for Pulling (2006), EastEnders (1985) and Broadchurch (2013). Later, Tanya agrees to allow Cora to move back in, after she has been thrown out by Dot Branning.