EastEnders favourite Shona McGarty lands singing gig – at soap pal’s wedding
FRESH from announcing she is leaving EastEnders, Shona McGarty has performed a singing gig . . . at her soap star pal’s wedding.
Emmerdale actress Amy Walsh tied the knot with Shona’s former co-star Toby Alexaner-Smith at a luxury ceremony in Montenegro earlier this month.
And Shona – who has stunned audiences with her vocal talents during Children In Need performances – belted out tunes at the star-studded bash.
Guests included Amy’s sister, ex Girls Aloud singer Kimberley, and bandmate Nicola Roberts, as well as co-stars from the ITV soap
A source said: “It was a beautiful, intimate affair with lots of singing and dancing.
“Shona met Toby when she worked with him on EastEnders and they’ve kept in touch.
“She was delighted when the couple asked her to perform at their wedding and was only too happy to take time off from filming to join the wedding party. It was a really special day.”
Amy, who plays Tracy Metcalfe in the ITV soap, started dating Toby, who featured as Gray Atkins in Albert Square, in 2019 and they now have a one-year-old daughter, Bonnie.
Ironically, Amy’s character got married on the soap this summer too.
She said: “I’d just picked my own wedding dress two weeks before.
“Then I was going back to the wedding shop to choose another one.
“I was looking through the dresses going, ‘I don’t want to see one I like more than mine’.
“But equally you’re bound to want to pick one that suits your shape, so it’s a funny one.”
Double congrats . . .