Tilly Keeper leaving EastEnders 'on a high'

Tilly Keeper says she\'s leaving \'EastEnders\' on a high after her character Louise Mitchell arranged her fiance\'s murder.

Louise was horrified to discover fiancé Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) was the father of her stepmother Sharon\'s (Letitia Dean) baby and she went to extreme lengths to get her revenge, setting Keanu up to be murdered by Martin Fowler (James Bye).

Tilly - who is leaving the soap - told Metro.co.uk: "What a way to go out. I\'m leaving on a high, I\'ve had a really great year and I\'ve really enjoyed working on this story, and it\'s given me something to get my teeth into, so I\'ve really loved it.

"It\'s been a really good challenge for me, and I just think how lucky am I? I\'ve had a really great year working with Tish and Danny, and Max [Bowden - who plays Ben Mitchell] and James towards the end, I\'ve had everything that I could\'ve asked for.

"[Executive producer] Jon Sen and [\'EastEnders\' boss] Kate Oates definitely delivered for me, so I\'m just really grateful to have this story, and that can be my little piece while I go off and try other things.

On Christmas Day (25.12.19) viewers saw Louise lie to Keanu and pretend that she was willing to leave Walford with him and their daughter Peggy.

However, she had set him up and he was shot dead by Martin.