Natalie Cassidy waved goodbye to EastEnders in 2025, but the star has kept busy and she's now fronting a new BBC show, Caring Together.
The show follows the 43-year-old as she takes on a new career, becoming a carer. The star was inspired to become a carer after she needed to care for her father, Charlie, before he passed away. A synopsis for the series reads: "Natalie Cassidy has left the Square and is starting over. New place. New role.
"After caring for her dad Charlie at the end of his life, Nat can’t forget Linda, the woman who helped them through it. Nat calls her 'her angel', and now she wants to understand what it takes to do that job – properly. So, she's going to college to do a Level 3 in Health and Social Care."
Away from her new career, Natalie will be supported by her long-time partner, cameraman Marc Humphreys, who she has been seeing since 2014. Although Marc popped the question in 2015, the couple are still yet to actually walk down the aisle.
Find out about Natalie's life below...
Natalie's partner and children
Natalie has a stunning home in Hertfordshire that she shares with Marc and her two children.
Natalie and Marc have been together since 2014 after first meeting on the set of EastEnders. After a year of dating, Marc proposed and it wasn't long before the pair announced they were expecting their first daughter. They welcomed Joanie Elizabeth Cassidy-Humphreys in August 2016.
© InstagramNatalie is also a mum to Eliza Beatrice, 15, whom she shares with her ex-fiancé, Adam Cottrell. The former couple had an on-off relationship between 2009 and 2013, and in 2011, Natalie was granted a restraining order after Adam attacked her in their home. Although they later reunited, Natalie left him after a "sober up or leave" ultimatum.
Natalie and Marc have a close relationship, and previously marking his birthday, she shared a carousel of snaps from over the years, penning: "Happy birthday to my Marc. Man of the house. Joker. One sexy sod. My other half. We get through each year with very few rows. We don't do bad at all. 37 again is it? I love you @camera_marc."
© InstagramNatalie has often praised Marc for helping her record episodes of her podcast, Life with Nat. Taking to Instagram back in November, Natalie shared her gratitude in a post that read: "Listen to my scraping the barrel episode 10 with my @camera_marc.
"When I'm really busy Marc really is always there to help me and get an episode out. Scraping the Barrel could be called 'saving my arse'," joked the TV star.
Why Natalie and Marc have never married
Speaking to Jen Brister and Kerry Godliman on the Memory Lane podcast, the soap star admitted that it's "time and budget" that is holding her back.
© @natcass1 / Instagram"Do you know what? It's a lot of money. No, I tell you what it is; it's time and budget. It is because I go, 'I'll only do something small; I don't need to...'" began the actress.
"I will do it small but I want to be at The Ledbury. Oh, I want a Michelin star meal or I'm just a bit of a snob genuinely," she continued, adding: "I'll want the best flowers and I will want a designer suit."
