Hayley Slater's return to the Square causes drama for Linda Carter

Everything you need to know about Katie Jarvis
By Katy Brent

Hayley Slater has sure as hell made her presence back on the Square felt, with poor Linda Carter catching her in bed with Mick… all very innocent on his part of course!

Linda kicked the Slater lass out on her ear – but Mick had been set up.

His so-called friend Stuart Highway was behind the prank to get Linda all fired up, and it worked.

Linda finds Hayley with Mick (Credit: BBC)

But just who is actress Katie Jarvis who plays the Walford newbie and what has she been in before?

Here’s the juice.

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Katie is 26 years old and hails from Tilbury in Essex.

She’s a mum of two – daughter Lillie Mae is nine and son Alfie is seven.

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Katie as Mia in Fish Tank (Credit: WENN)

In 2009 she won the role of teen tearaway Mia in acclaimed movie Fish Tank, where she starred alongside Michael Fassbender.

Fish Tank also starred former EastEnders actress Kierston Wearing who played Max Branning’s wife Kirsty.

And alongside former EastEnder Kierston Wareing (Credit: Google)

Kierston played Mia’s mum in the movie.

Katie missed her red carpet debut when Fish Tank debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 because she was giving birth to her daughter.

Katie at the British Independent Film Awards in 2009 (Credit: WENN)

She was spotted by a casting agent while having a row across a train platform with her boyfriend according to legend.

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Katie has also starred in Channel 5’s acclaimed improvised drama Suspects alongside former Emmerdale star Dominic Power.

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