Hetti Bywater is an English actor who is best known for her career defining role of Lucy Beale in long-running television soap opera Eastenders, which have made stars out of Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden and Pam St. Clement, who have all become national stars due to the show’s prominence and global reach; Eastenders has won over 189 critical awards. Bywater entered the show in 2012 to play Lucy Beale, daughter of Adam Wooyatt’s character Ian, and debuted in the role to much appraise – winning her the ‘Best Newcomer’ award at the Inside Soap Awards, with the plot surrounding Lucy’s death being on the biggest marketing campaigns for the show, and winning a nomination for the best single episode at the British Soap Awards. Her role as Lucy as seen her be interviewed by the likes of Graham Norton, and Bywater’s performance has captured the fans of Eastenders so much so as to appear in shows such as Gogglebox, discussing her impact.
Bywater has also had roles in other prominent UK shows such as Doctors and Casualty, as well as Death in Paradise and numerous special appearances as Lucy for Children in Need. Bywater also has the lead role in film Counting Backwards which won the award for Best Narrative Short at the Great Lakes Film Festival as well as at the River Bend Film Festival. Bywater is also a huge fan of fashion, and posts her various outfits to her 98 thousand followers on Instagram.