{"id":610597,"date":"2025-12-04T00:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610597\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:51:17","slug":"eastenders-star-molly-rainford-teases-anna-knights-future-after-low-key-exit-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610597\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Molly Rainford teases Anna Knight&#8217;s future after low-key exit scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"EastEnders\" data-node-id=\"1.0.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">EastEnders<\/a> star Molly Rainford has teased that Anna Knight may not be gone from Albert Square forever after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/a69610542\/eastenders-airs-anna-freddie-exits-final-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/a69610542\/eastenders-airs-anna-freddie-exits-final-scenes\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"exit scenes aired this week\" data-node-id=\"1.2\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">exit scenes aired this week<\/a>. The actor has been part of the BBC One soap since 2023 when she and her family arrived in Walford, but her character and Bobby Brazier&#8217;s Freddie Slater left to go to Australia.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Following the airing of her departure, Rainford took to Instagram to reflect on her exit and and teased that she may one day be back.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Alongside a whole host of photos and videos of the cast hanging out around the set and having fun at some glamorous events, she wrote a cute caption about her time in EastEnders and Anna&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Your girl Anna Knight is off to AU,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t put into words just how wonderful the last few years at @bbceastenders has been.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anna&#8217;s laughed, cried, worked and lived in the Vic (still surreal), been in a love triangle, been spiked, got pregnant, had tough conversations about Race and her mum came back from the dead. No wonder she needs a break from Walford.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"anna knight, freddie slater, eastenders\" title=\"Anna Knight, Freddie Slater, EastEnders\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4284\" height=\"2856\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/anna-knight-freddie-slater-eastenders-6908c1919c878.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"13.0\">Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a46265799\/best-film-tv-tours-2024\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a46265799\/best-film-tv-tours-2024\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best film and TV tours for 2025\" data-node-id=\"13.2\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-node-id=\"13.2.0\">Best film and TV tours for 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really is a family,&#8221; she continued, &#8220;the cast and crew are truly special. I&#8217;m gonna miss working alongside them everyday. Especially the lovely Knights, Beales and Peacock\/Carters. Couldn&#8217;t have asked for better people to learn from and laugh with day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank everyone so much for all the love and support, it means the absolute world. I have so many lovely memories from Albert Square, here&#8217;s a handful of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And let&#8217;s be honest, no one goes travelling forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"16\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"16.0\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/a69606591\/eastenders-spoilers-anthony-sam-teddy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/a69606591\/eastenders-spoilers-anthony-sam-teddy\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"11 huge EastEnders spoilers for next week (8 to 11 December)\" data-node-id=\"16.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">11 huge EastEnders spoilers for next week (8 to 11 December)<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Just to drive home that she&#8217;d definitely be up for a return, the final sentence of her caption was accompanied by a winking emoji.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"20\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Could there be plans in the works for Anna to return already? Possibly heartbroken by breaking up with Freddie?<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Outside of EastEnders, Rainford competed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69279014\/celebrity-race-across-world-season-3-dylan-llewellyn-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a69279014\/celebrity-race-across-world-season-3-dylan-llewellyn-team\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"this year&#039;s season of\" data-node-id=\"22.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">this year&#8217;s season of<\/a> Celebrity Race Across the World, and had previously competed in Britain&#8217;s Got Talent, released music, and fronted two shows for CBBC.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"24\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"24.0\">EastEnders<\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"24.1\"> airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage\" data-node-id=\"26.0\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-node-id=\"26.0.0\">Read more <\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"26.0.1\">EastEnders<\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"26.0.2\"> spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"29\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"29.0\">The new edition of <\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"29.1\">Living Legends<\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"29.2\">, celebrating music icon Dolly Parton, is here! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvldollyparton\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/special-editions-subscriptions-lvldollyparton\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Dolly at 80 in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"29.3\" class=\"body-link css-1lh7k7j emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-node-id=\"29.3.0\">Buy <\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"29.3.1\">Dolly at 80 <\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"29.3.2\">in newsagents or online<\/strong><\/a><strong data-node-id=\"29.4\">, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Molly Rainford has teased that Anna Knight may not be gone from Albert Square forever after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[1380,190745,1331,77,1330,190744,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-610597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-41cc5472-3bd7-48fc-a436-d2436e111988","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-locale-gb","13":"tag-shorttitle-eastenders-star-teases-anna-knights-future","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115658561682636705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}