Natalie Cassidy has revealed the shocking toll EastEnders took on her career and even her LOOKS - claiming that her face has changed since she was ‘liberated’ from the BBC soap. Talking to Prima, Natalie said: 'It was amazing when I got to reinvent myself after leaving EastEnders. 'I do feel like my face has changed a little since leaving EastEnders, because I was quite sad and depressed when I was playing Sonia, or angry all the time. Natalie, pictured aged 16, said that she needed to 'break free' and leave the show'You know where you are and what you’re doing. Since leaving EastEnders, Natalie has been busy working on her podcast Life with Nat and Off the Telly with Joanna Page.