Elle est magnifique! Natalie Cassidy opts for shabby chic as she maintains slender physique

By Nadia Mendoza


Shabby chic: Natalie Cassidy looked a little scruffy, but stylish too as she left her Manchester hotel


Despite the recent trauma of splitting from her fiancé, Natalie Cassidy is obviously feeling 'magnifique'.

The former EastEnder emerged from her Manchester hotel wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the French word.

Looking trim in black leggings, it appeared the mother-of-one had been for an early workout in the gym as she sported scruffy hair and trainers.


She also opted for no make-up, rocking the 'just-got-off-a-treadmill' look.

But her new revamped red bob gave her a splash of colour against the backdrop of a dreary rainy day.

The 28-year-old has dropped a remarkable three stone since parting ways with Adam Cottrell in May - and looks keen to keep off the weight.

Rising stress levels left the newly-single Strictly Come Dancing contestant unable to sleep or eat and her weight plummeted to 9st 2lb.

But taking control again, she has stabilised herself at a healthy 9st 7lb.

Bleary-eyed: Natalie looked a little tired as she showcased her slender frame in black leggings


Natalie said at the time: ‘I have been a size six, I’ve been a size 16 – bordering on an 18.

'But I am a size 10 now, and I feel that I am the weight I should be.’

The pair were due to marry this year following the birth of ten-month-old daughter Eliza, but Cassidy called off the ceremony after a huge bust-up.

Cottrell later pleaded guilty to assault and criminal damage and now has a restraining order under his name.

It looks like the bad boy could sink further into trouble, with a potential jail sentence looming for possessing a class A drug and drink-driving.

The 31-year-old has been released on bail until September 20 until the case continues.

Kick back and relax: Actress hops into the backseat as she is whisked away by a waiting driver


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Natalie Cassidy shows off new vampish red hair as she pops to the shops with baby Eliza

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Natalie Cassidy showing off her red hair as she shops with baby Eliza


She had already lost several stone and chopped her long locks into a grown-up bob but now Natalie Cassidy has changed her hair colour too.

The ex-EastEnders star, who used to play dowdy Sonia, showed off a new vampish red crop as she hit the shops today.

Cassidy, 28, has given herself a total makeover since the trauma of splitting from her fiance Adam Cottrell.

They had been due to marry this year but broke up after he assaulted the actress twice in their home.


Despite the difficulties in her personal life, Cassidy looked happy as she and her daughter with Cottrell, Eliza, headed out in Hertfordshire.

Her hair had been cut even shorter than how it was earlier this month and is now a deep red colour.

Slim in a pair of light blue 'jeggings' and green stripey T-shirt, the actress also wore a pair of large sunglasses.

Eliza, nestling in her arms, looked cute in a dress, white tights and purple shoes as she clutched a teddy almost the same size as her.

Cassidy has lost 3st since the break-up from Cottrell earlier this year and recently enjoyed a holiday in Turkey.

Cottrell, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and criminal damage and was sentenced in June.

Natalie had already chopped her locks short but the red dye is a new addition


He escaped jail but was handed a restraining order banning him from contacting the actress.

He was also given 120 hour unpaid work and placed on a 12-month community order with 12 months' supervision.

During the court case, prosecutors said he had lost his temper, smeared Cassidy's mascara and hit her on the leg with a slipper.

The court heard how he also 'grabbed her by the arms and ripped her top' and later caused £350 of damage to their home.

In the wake of the attack, their £50,000 marriage was called off and Cottrell was kicked out of their flat.

Their daughter Eliza was born last September, before the relationship disintegrated.

Cassidy starred in EastEnders as Sonia from 1993 to 2007 and returned to the soap last year.

Natalie on Loose Women earlier this month - minus the red hair


Natalie as Sonia in EastEnders, chatting with Ricky and Carol


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Er Natalie, where are your trousers? Ex-EastEnders actress gets shirty during an appearance on Loose Women

By Daily Mail Reporter


Where's ya troosers?: Natalie Cassidy goes bottomless during an appearance on Loose Women on ITV1


Natalie Cassidy may be a busy woman, what with being a new mother and all.

But surely she could have remembered to put some trousers on during an appearance on the ITV1's Loose Women.

The former EastEnders star waltzed on to stage on the daytime chat show in just a white shirt that finished just above her knees.


Natalie, 28, finished off the 'outfit' with a pair of brown suede pumps.

Despite the odd nature of what she'd decided to wear, or not to wear, the newly slim star looked great.

The actress was on the show discussing her weight loss (for which she credited zumba classes) and her recent troubles, resulting from her relationship with Adam Cottrell.

She told the hosts: 'I go to zumba on a Monday and it's absolutely brilliant, there's about 50 women that go and it's such a laugh. And I work really hard.

'Because of the baby, on a Monday night I feel like I'm going out. I get all excited, everyone's like "You're only going to zumba for an hour", but I'm like "Well no, it's like my night out".

Fresh faced: The former EastEnders actress looked great despite her fashion faux pas


'I was doing it before and then once the split happened and everything went on I didn't go for about five or six weeks. And actually going back was really nerve-wracking and really emotional.'

She later added: 'I think everyone goes through stuff in life, we all go through problems I'm not the only one. I'm not like "Poor me, poor me."'

Cassidy hit headlines in May after she had a huge bust up with her former fiancé Adam in front of their baby Eliza, 10 months old.

Problems: Natalie spoke about her weight loss and her recent relationship breakdown


He later pleaded guilty to assault and criminal damage and now has a restraining order under his name.

She started smoking and turned to sleeping pills to numb the pain but soon stopped taking them as she didn’t want to be ‘spaced out’ .

After shedding weight following the split, Natalie, 28, told the Sunday Mirror: ‘I have been through the mill with weight.

Slim pickings: The actress has shed the pounds since her split with ex-fiance Adam Cottrell


But after pulling herself together and getting her health back on track she is now a healthy 9st 7lb.

‘I have been a size six, I’ve been a size 16 – bordering on an 18. But I am a size 10 now, and I feel that I am the weight I should be.’

She added that she had her breasts surgically enlarged to a D cup at the age of 22 when she was a bigger dress size but originally an A cup.

‘I am smaller all over now, so my boobs do look bigger – but I’m not complaining. Who moans about huge knockers and a tiny waist?’ she said.

Natalie says that she started exercising when Eliza was four months old and admits she works very hard to stay in shape because she piles on the pounds very easily.

She recently showed off her figure on a holiday in Turkey and looked happier than we’ve seen her in months.


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Natalie Cassidy emerges for the first time since fiancé Adam Cottrell's arrest and calms her nerves with a cigarette

By Daily Mail Reporter


Stressed: Natalie Cassidy looked as though she had the weight of the world on her shoulders as emerged for the first time since fiancé Adam Cottrell was arrested on Sunday


It's been a trying and upsetting few days for poor old Natalie Cassidy.

So it's little wonder she turned to her trusted cigarettes to calm her nerves and help her think straight.

The former EastEnders actress was snapped for the first time since her fiancé Adam Cottrell was arrested on Sunday.


Cassidy stood on the balcony of her Hertfordshire home having a smoke as the news broke about his arrest after a violent row with her reportedly 'turned physical'.

She looked as though she had the weight of the world on her shoulders as she stood in the sun and smoked her cigarette and held her head in her hands, the worried look on her face all too apparent.

Cottrell, 31, was quizzed by police and later charged with two offences of beating and two of criminal damage.

Feeling the strain: Natalie takes a puff and looks crestfallen at the turn of events

Deep in thought: Natalie looked miles away as she stared off into the distance


Miss Cassidy, 28, called police after Cottrell apparently went 'berserk' and allegedly smashed up furniture in their Hertfordshire home during the heated argument on Sunday night.

According to the Daily Mirror, Cottrell fled from the property after the fight at which time Miss Cassidy called the authorities.

Hertfordshire police said: 'We were called on Sunday around 5.30pm.

Arrested: Natalie Cassidy's fiancé Adam Cottrell, pictured this month with the actress, has been charged with assault following a fight between the couple


'Adam Cottrell has been charged with two counts of assault by beating and two counts of criminal damage. He will appear at East Herts Magistrates Court on May 31st.'
It is not known why the couple were fighting.

The incident occurred as a gushing interview with Miss Cassidy was published in this week's Closer magazine, in which she talks about the couple's spicy love life.

Heated: Miss Cassidy called the police after Cottrell, pictured with their eight-month-old daughter Eliza, allegedly smashed up furniture and fled from their home


She told the magazine: 'We (she and Cottrell) are having more sex than ever since we got back from our holiday to Cyprus (earlier this month).

'But we’re not at it like rabbits. I’ve no time for dressing up in sexy maid outfits!'

A source close to Miss Cassidy told the Mirror: 'Natalie is absolutely devastated by events.

'She and Adam had a huge argument and it spiralled massively out of control, ending with Adam losing his temper like never before. It turned physical.

Family life: The couple were filmed during Miss Cassidy's pregnancy for a Channel 4 series Natalie Cassidy: Becoming Mum


'Her main concern is the welfare of her daughter and, for now, she just wants to keep a low profile and get on with her life until this has all been resolved.

'She doesn’t know what the future holds for herself and Adam.'

The couple welcomed daughter Eliza in September. Miss Cassidy's pregnancy was chronicled on her Channel 4 series Natalie Cassidy: Becoming Mum, in which Cottrell starred with her.

Miss Cassidy, who starred in EastEnders from 1993 to 2007, became engaged to Cotttrell in May last year during a holiday in Italy after meeting at the 2009 Isle of Wight festival.




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She's one hot Mama! Natalie Cassidy shows off her bikini body after losing two stone

By SARAH BULL

Laughs all round: Natalie, who is thrilled with her new figure, appeared to be in good spirits as she sat on the edge of the pool with little Eliza


She has succeeded in losing two stone in three months through a healthy diet and exercise regime.

And now Natalie Cassidy has decided to show off her figure for the first time by donning a flowery bikini while on holiday in Cyprus with her daughter Eliza.

The 28-year-old actress looked thrilled with her new figure as she enjoyed a dip in the pool at the exclusive Aphrodites Hills resort.


Yo-yo dieter: Natalie previously slimmed down from a size 16 to a slender size eight in 2007


Natalie, who had gone up to 12st 7lbs during her pregnancy, has regained her slim figure after giving birth to Eliza in September 2010.

She then stepped up her exercise and diet regime in February and lost a further stone and a half and had dropped to nine stone and 12lbs by last month.

The former EastEnders star has had a constant battle with her weight after dropping from a size 16 to a slender eight in 2007.


Success: Natalie's fitness DVD had huge sales


However, shortly after launching her fitness DVD, which became the fastest-selling fitness DVD ever, Natalie started to see the weight creep back on.

She also admitted using laxatives to help her lose weight and said she was 'bordering on having an eating disorder'.

But this time the actress has slimmed down healthily and safely and is hoping to maintain her slender figure for the foreseeable future.


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