Queenie star Tilly Keeper on dating rumors with her EastEnders co-star

Queenie star Tilly Keeper made a name for herself in the Netflix phenomenon You, so imagine her discomfort when she found herself unable to see properly while filming a crucial scene…

Tilly, who previously appeared in EastEnders as Phil Mitchell’s daughter Louise, now stars in Channel 4 drama Queenie, based on the bestselling book of the same name.

Here’s everything you need to know about Queenie’s Tilly Keeper, her career and dating rumors.

How old is Tilly Keeper? Where is she from?

Tilly Keeper was born on August 16, 1997 in Westminster, London. As of this writing, she is 26 years old.

At just four years old, Tilly began learning ballet at the D&B Academy of Performing Arts before signing with their agency at age seven. She would later become the fifth former pupil of the school to appear on EastEnders (another is Lauren Branning actress Jacqueline Jossa!).

Tilly attended Bromley High School, an independent school in Bickley, Greater London.

Who did Tilly Keeper play in EastEnders?

Tilly portrayed Louise Mitchell, daughter of soap heavyweights Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Lisa Fowler (Lucy Benjamin) in the BBC soap. She had huge storylines in the soap opera.

Memorably, Louise saw red when she discovered that her boyfriend and dad Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) was also the father of her stepmother Sharon Watts’ (Letitia Dean) baby. She took revenge by helping her father and brother Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) kidnap Keanu, leaving him for dead.

Louise left the soap with baby Peggy Mitchell in 2020, believing she would be responsible for Keanu’s murder. However, EastEnders fans know that Keanu was in fact still alive. This wouldn’t be his last time involved in a soap murder plot either!

Why did she leave EastEnders?

The Sun Online reported in 2019 that Tilly was leaving the show. In a statement, Tilly said: “I have loved playing Louise Mitchell over the past few years and feel honored to have been part of such an iconic series.”

She also added that she would “miss my EastEnders family dearly”.

In 2023, Tilly admitted to W Magazine that at the time, she had “wanted” to leave.

She said: “I was 18 when I started and I had just turned 21. All my friends at university were graduating. I started thinking, “Maybe I should move on too.”

“It seemed like a natural progression. I got to the point where I was ready to work on other things. I saw my actor friends getting roles and I had a bit of an itch. So it was a good time to leave.

Who plays Darcy in Queenie?

Tilly stars in new drama Queenie, Channel 4’s adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ award-winning novel. She plays Darcy, the friend of main character Queenie (Dionne Brown), a woman struggling after the breakup of a long-term relationship.

Queenie is a sharp, honest and funny drama about a 25-year-old British Jamaican who straddles two cultures, but fits neatly into neither.

In the first episode of eight, titled Return of the Prodigal Granddaughter, Queenie is shocked when her longtime boyfriend Tom tells her they need a break.

What else has Tilly Keeper been involved in? What is she doing now?

Last year, Tilly played socialite Lady Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth in the Netflix hit You. Phoebe was part of the wealthy London crowd in which serial killer protagonist Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) hides.

In one terrifying scene, Phoebe tried to seduce the dangerous Joe – unaware that her beauty concealed a bad personality.

However, Tilly remembers this scene for the wrong reasons: after falling ill during filming. She told Glamour: “I woke up the morning we filmed this scene with an optical migraine, so I think I could only see the left half of Penn’s face while I was filming it!”

Tilly’s other major roles include the TV movie Make Me Famous (2020), alongside Tom Brittney and Amanda Abbington.

Who are his parents ?

It turns out that Tilly isn’t the only famous name in the family. In fact, his father Peter Keeper wrote for the satirical comedy Spitting Image.

Peter helped write two seasons of the hit series in the 1980s.

Meanwhile, Tilly’s mother, Amanda, is a former model. In 2017, Tilly told the Daily Express that her taste in fashion was inspired by her mother. She said: “It has a lot to do with my mother. She was a model in her youth and every time I go shopping she comes too.

Who is Tilly Keeper dating?

While starring in EastEnders, rumors swirled that Tilly was romantically involved with co-star Shaheen Jafargholi. Shaheen played Shakil Kazemi, brother of Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) in the London soap. Shakil was at one point involved in a love triangle with Louise Mitchell and Tilly’s Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield).

However, Tilly said OK! Magazine in 2019 that the two men were “just friends.”

It’s a friendship she still maintains today. Despite not appearing on screen together since 2019, Tilly supported Shaheen during the March 2024 launch of her BBC Three series Wreck.

Tilly is rumored to not have dated anyone else and is single at the time of writing this article.

How big is she?

According to Tilly’s IMDb profile, she is 5’8″ tall.

This is the same height as his former on-screen father, Steve McFadden.

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Catch Tilly in Queenie, which starts on Channel 4 on Tuesday June 4, 2024 at 10pm.

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