EastEnders’ Lily Slater actress Lillia Turner is unrecognisable at The British Soap Awards
EASTENDERS’ Lily Slater actress Lillia Turner was unrecognisable at The British Soap Awards on Saturday night.
The 13-year-old actress joined her EastEnders co-stars at the annual soap event in Manchester to see if the BBC soap could win big.
Lillia’s character Lily has been at the centre of one of the show’s most controversial storylines in the past year, with the 12-year-old becoming pregnant by Ricky Mitchell.
While Lily spends most of her time in either her school uniform or her dressing gown, Lillia had the chance to dress up for the awards and wore a stylish, light metallic gold floor length gown.
It featured a draped detail at one side and Lillia wore minimal accessories, while styling her long brown hair in loose waves.
The young actress posed for pictures on the red carpet with her on-screen relative Jessie Wallace, who plays Kat Slater.
Lillia’s night got even better as she won The Best Young Performer Award for her incredible work as Lily.
The starlet looked thrilled as she took to the stage to receive her award, which was one of four that EastEnders picked up on the night.
While Coronation Street took home the most gongs with six, they failed to pick up the big one – Best British Soap – which went to their BBC rivals.
Villain of the year went to EastEnders killer Aaron Thiara for his role of murdering hunk Ravi Gulati.
And Danielle Harold won Best Leading Performer for her work as tragic cancer victim Lola Pearce-Brown.
Meanwhile Hollyoaks took home two awards with Eric’s incel plot being named Best Storyline, and The Tony Warren Award going to casting superstar Peter Hunt.
And despite a bumper year, Emmerdale could only manage one win.
The ITV soap failed to win a single storyline award, but did take home a lifetime achievement award for Marlon Dingle star Mark Charnock.
The British Soap Awards 2023 Winners
BEST SINGLE EPISODE PRESENTED BY SCOTT MILLS & HELEN SKELTON
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS: CORONATION STREET – ACID ATTACK
Coronation Street – Acid attack
Doctors – Anything but magnolia and if wishes were horses
EastEnders – Goodbye Dot
Emmerdale – All male man club
Hollyoaks – The long walk home
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY WILFRED WEBSTER
(Viewer voted category)
THE WINNER IS AARON THIARA – EASTENDERS
Todd Boyce (Stephen Reid) – Coronation Street
Laura White (Dr Princess Buchanan) – Doctors
Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders
Michael Wildman (Al Chapman) – Emmerdale
Angus Castle Doughty (Eric Foster) – Hollyoaks
SCENE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY THE VIVIENNE
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS CORONATION STREET – ACID ATTACK
Coronation Street – Acid attack
Doctors – Hell is empty
EastEnders – Whitney and Zach say goodbye to Peach
Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt
Hollyoaks – Zoe tells abused Maxine ‘It’s not your fault’
BEST STORYLINE PRESENTED BY SHAUN DOOLEY & OLIVER SAVELL
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS HOLLYOAKS – INCEL ERIC TARGETS MASON AND MAXINE
Coronation Street – Daisy’s stalking hell
Doctors – Valerie and the forged prescription
EastEnders – Loving and losing Lola
Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt
Hollyoaks – Incel Eric targets Mason and Maxine
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY JAMES COSMO
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS CHARLOTTE JORDAN – CORONATION STREET
Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street
Chris Walker (Rob Hollins) – Doctors
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) – EastEnders
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) – Emmerdale
Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver) – Hollyoaks
BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP PRESENTED BY SAM QUEK & UGO MONYE
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS CHRIS WALKER & JAN PEARSON – DOCTORS
David Neilson & Maureen Lipman (Roy Cropper & Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street
Chris Walker & Jan Pearson (Rob Hollins & Karen Hollins) – Doctors
Jamie Borthwick & Danielle Harold (Jay Brown & Lola Pearce Brown) – EastEnders
Mark Charnock & Dominic Brunt (Marlon Dingle & Paddy Kirk) – Emmerdale
Richard Blackwood & Jamie Lomas (Felix Westwood & Warren Fox) – Hollyoaks
BEST COMEDY PERFORMER PRESENTED BY CHRIS MCCAUSLAND
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS MAUREEN LIPMAN – CORONATION STREET
Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street
Ian Midlane (Al Haskey) – Doctors
Jonny Freeman (Reiss Colwell) – EastEnders
Samantha Giles (Bernice Blackstock) – Emmerdale
Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay) – Hollyoaks
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER PRESENTED BY ALISHA WEIR
(Viewer voted category)
THE WINNER IS LILLIA TURNER EASTENDERS
Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman) – Coronation Street
Lillia Turner (Lily Slater) – EastEnders
Huey Quinn (Kyle Winchester) – Emmerdale
Jayden Fox (Bobby Costello) – Hollyoaks
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (ON-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY SHEREE MURPHY, GEMMA ATKINSON & VERITY RUSHWORTH to MARK CHARNOCK
BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY SYABIRA YOUSOFF
(Panel voted category)
THE WINNER IS CHANNIQUE STERLING-BROWN – CORONATION STREET
Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey) – Coronation Street
Kia Pegg (Scarlett Kiernan) – Doctors
Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders
William Ash (Caleb Miligan) – Emmerdale
Anya Lawrence (Vicky Grant) – Hollyoaks
THE TONY WARREN AWARD (OFF-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY AMY CONACHAN TO PETER HUNT
BEST FAMILY PRESENTED BY SUE JENKINS, DEAN SULLIVAN & CLAIRE SWEENEY
(Viewer voted category)
THE WINNER IS CORONATION STREET – THE PLATTS
The Platts – Coronation Street
The Slaters – EastEnders
The Dingles – Emmerdale
The McQueens – Hollyoaks
The Millars – Doctors
BEST LEADING PERFORMER PRESENTED BY SUSAN LYNCH
(Viewer voted category)
THE WINNER IS: DANIELLE HAROLD – EASTENDERS
Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street
Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean) – EastEnders
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) – EastEnders
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk) – Emmerdale
Sally Dexter (Faith Dingle) – Emmerdale
BEST BRITISH SOAP PRESENTED BY DAME SHEILA HANCOCK
THE WINNER IS EASTENDERS
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
The British Soap Awards 2023 airs on Tuesday, June 6 at 8pm on ITV1.