EastEnders’ Lacey Turner Praised For ‘Oscar-Worthy’ Stacey Branning Performance

We all love nothing more than settling down to a good episode of EastEnders, but last night’s episode saw us on the edge of our seat as Stacey Branning, played by the brilliant Lacey Turner, was pushed to breaking point.

We mean, if she doesn’t win a few dozen Soap Awards for this one we’re not going to be impressed.

In case you’ve missed the last few episodes, Stacey has been suffering from postpartum psychosis following the birth of her son Arthur on Christmas Eve, with the illness seeing a sudden onset of mental health symptoms.

The condition has left Stacey, who also suffers from bipolar disorder, convinced that her child is the son of God, and last night’s episode saw her standing on the roof of the Queen Vic pub in a bid to get closer to God.

The panic-stricken new mum was seen babbling to boyfriend Martin Fowler about how she needed to see the stars and that she was protecting Arthur from “the demons” before he eventually managed to coax Stacey off the roof and back home.

Fans of the show were left seriously impressed with Lacey’s performance and took to their Twitter accounts to shower the young actress with praise - with some even saying that she deserved an Oscar for her role: