![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/eastenders-tanya-franks-love-life/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Good-Morning-Britain-TV-show-London-UK-24-Apr-2019.jpg&description=Actress Tanya Franks is best known for playing the role of Rainie Highway in BBC's EastEnders from 2007 to 2022, before she exited the Albert Square soap last year Tanya Franks has settled into a very happy and loving relationship with Dame Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell, and this morning he praised her on ITV's Lorraine for being "incredibly supportive" of his Alzheimer's campaigning work in honour of his beloved late wife. Fans of BBC's EastEnders will recognise Tanya as Barbara's fellow soap star, as she played the role of Rainie Highway on the show for 15 years, and has been a familiar face across TV dramas throughout her acting career. Tanya joined the soap in 2007 as Tanya Branning's troubled sister Rainie Cross and stirred up trouble for the Brannings on Albert Square from 2007 to 2008, 2010 to 2011, 2014 to 2015. She then joined the EastEnders family fulltime from 2018 and married Stewart Highway in 2020, before the couple left Walford last August with their son Roland. Here, we take a look at the actress' life off-screen and her former romances before love blossomed with Scott... Tanya has previously been married to fellow actor James Barriscale, who fans may also recognise from EastEnders as well as ITV's police drama The Bill, which ended in 2010. James appeared in five episodes of EastEnders, playing character Jonathan Malnet who was the adoptive father of Jade Green, making his first appearance in 2015. James has also been in films such as The Death of Stalin and Terminator: Dark Fate. The pair were still pictured together last year and the date or cause of their split isn't known. Tanya had been friends with Scott prior to their romance, and she too campaigned about the disease both because of Barbara and because her own family had been impacted by Alzheimer's. Through their experiences and Tanya's support of Scott the pair found love again, with Scott able to move on after his wife's death - while he said he would never forget his life with){kind=link}
Actress Tanya Franks is best known for playing the role of Rainie Highway in BBC’s EastEnders from 2007 to 2022, before she exited the Albert Square soap last year
Tanya Franks has settled into a very happy and loving relationship with Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell, and this morning he praised her on ITV’s Lorraine for being “incredibly supportive” of his Alzheimer’s campaigning work in honour of his beloved late wife.
Fans of BBC’s EastEnders will recognise Tanya as Barbara’s fellow soap star, as she played the role of Rainie Highway on the show for 15 years, and has been a familiar face across TV dramas throughout her acting career. Tanya joined the soap in 2007 as Tanya Branning’s troubled sister Rainie Cross and stirred up trouble for the Brannings on Albert Square from 2007 to 2008, 2010 to 2011, 2014 to 2015.
She then joined the EastEnders family fulltime from 2018 and married Stewart Highway in 2020, before the couple left Walford last August with their son Roland. Here, we take a look at the actress’ life off-screen and her former romances before love blossomed with Scott…
Tanya has previously been married to fellow actor James Barriscale, who fans may also recognise from EastEnders as well as ITV’s police drama The Bill, which ended in 2010. James appeared in five episodes of EastEnders, playing character Jonathan Malnet who was the adoptive father of Jade Green, making his first appearance in 2015. James has also been in films such as The Death of Stalin and Terminator: Dark Fate. The pair were still pictured together last year and the date or cause of their split isn’t known.