Danniella Westbrook, the 49-year-old former EastEnders actress, has revealed she will undergo two further facial surgeries in Turkey as part of her ongoing transformation. The star, who played Sam Mitchell on the BBC soap, has suffered severe facial damage from years of cocaine and alcohol abuse, including a collapsed jaw, cheekbone, and septum.
Speaking to The Sun, Westbrook said: "I go away next week to Turkey to have another face operation and then another one after Christmas." The procedures come after she vowed to turn her life around in 2021 following years of drug addiction, which began with her first line of cocaine at age 14 and is estimated to have cost her £250,000.
Westbrook's latest surgery follows an operation in April, after which she was seen in London with a large white bandage on her nose. Earlier this year, she told OK! magazine: "I'm going through a lot of operations at the moment. They're good but they're very hard." She added that a bone surgeon would be removing a rib for the next procedure.
The actress has already undergone five reconstructive surgeries at Liverpool's Aintree Hospital, including two where pieces of rib were inserted into her face. Her facial bones began breaking down from snorting cocaine laced with a tranquilliser typically used on cattle.
Westbrook recently turned 49 and celebrated with friends in Liverpool. She has also landed her first acting role in years, playing the Fairy Godmother in the adult pantomime "Sinderfella" in London's West End for one night on December 12. A show insider told The Sun she "couldn't wait to get back to her acting roots" and is "super excited for this next chapter of her career."
