Lacey Turner has amassed an army of fans for playing Stacey Slater in EastEnders - and her sisters have followed in her footsteps.

The 32-year-old soap star first joined the BBC's EastEnders in 2004 and has bagged more than thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Award.

And it seems acting skills run in the family.

Lacey's youngest sister Lily Harvey, 21, won a role in EastEnders shortly before the actress left in December 2010.

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Lily - who used her mother's maiden name as her stage name - went on to make her debut as Shenice Quinn in 2011, reports The Mirror.

EastEnders executive producer Bryan Kirkwood said at the time, he'd picked Lily, then nine, for the part from her audition video and he had no idea she was related to Lacey.

He said: "The truth of it is I didn't know she was Lacey's sister until after I said she was the girl I wanted to cast.

"Whether by accident or design I sat down and watched a tape of a very talented young girl and it was only after we decided that I was told it was Lacey's sister. So it was complete accident."

Lily joined EastEnders for four episodes, but brought back full-time later in 2011.

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Her character Shenice was the daughter of Kat Moon's pal Martine, played by Tamara Wall.

She stayed with the show until 2012, but never got at act alongside big sister Lacey.

The actress had taken a lengthy break from the show shortly before Lily joined the cast and didn't return until after Lily had left.

Lily is now 21 and appears to have stepped away from acting since leaving EastEnders.

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However, the pair aren't the only soap stars in the family as their other sister Daisy Turner also went into acting.

She joined Hollyoaks in 2011 - the same year Lily landed her role on EastEnders - playing Rebecca Massey.

Her stint on the show was short-lived as Rebecca was bumped off by serial killer Silas after less than a year on TV.

Daisy also appeared in a short film You Got the Time? and has worked as a model.