Maisie Smith is famous for playing Tiffany Butcher in EastEnders, but her choice of boyfriend has caused as much controversy as one of her character’s plotlines!
She’s the latest celebrity to be spun around on Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, and she’ll be in the spotlight asking questions on the BBC soap that made her famous.
But there are plenty of other topics she’s got experience of… Strictly Come Dancing, pranks gone wrong, and celeb controversies… Here’s everything you need to know about Maisie Smith, including her famous boyfriend and lookalike sister, and how she became a star.
Who is Maisie Smith? What’s she been in?
Maisie Smith is best known for playing Tiffany Butcher in EastEnders from She joined the BBC One soap as a child star, and stayed until she was an adult.
In 2008, the same year she joined EastEnders, she was cast in the film The Other Boleyn Girl as the young Elizabeth 1. She also appeared in CITV show Bookaboo in which she read Stinky by Ian Whybrow.
In 2020, she appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Gorka Marquez. The pair made the final – losing out to eventual winner Bill Bailey.
More recently, she played Chloe in the John Hannah film Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire. She also took part in the 2022 series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. Maisie is currently touring with Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds. She appears in the show, alongside her real life boyfriend Max George.
When did she first appear in EastEnders?
Maisie was a child star and joined the cast of the BBC One soap in 2008 at the age of six. According to her mum, Maisie was a feisty young actress who wasn’t too far removed from the role of Tiffany.
She said: “The role is an exaggeration of her own personality. She’s a little madam. She’s a lively character both on and off screen. The difference is, she’s told to pronounce her T’s at home!
“She is not star-struck at all and has her feet very firmly on the ground. She is an extremely confident child and a great actress.”
Maisie was on the show until 2014, then took some time out, briefly returned in November 2016, before coming back full time in January 2018. She left again in 2021, and popped back in 2022 for one episode.
She once said of being on the iconic soap: “I love being on EastEnders. I really [got] on with Patsy Palmer who plays my mum. She looks after me so well. It’s like I’m her real daughter some days. Everyone is really nice. I’m glad I get to be cheeky and say some funny lines. I would never want to be a goody goody. It’s strange people point at me in the street now. All my friends think it’s great I’m on television. I think I will want to be an actress forever now.”
Talking about the fame that accompanies being in a soap, she added: “Sudden fame can be tricky when you are just out having fun and people keep wanting to take your photo. But the EastEnders people are very supportive and have said that we can politely say no in situations where we feel uncomfortable.
“I am very glad that my break came with EastEnders, as they are like a family who look after you. Working on the show has given me the chance to learn so much from the actors, especially those who are in my TV family.”
How old is Maisie? Where is she from?
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