Lacey Turner is best known for her long-standing role on BBC’s EastEnders as Stacey Slater, which she has held since 2004. Apart from a short four-year break from 2010 to 2014, Turner has been a major figure in the show as a key member of the cast and a beloved fan favourite.

However, despite this, the actress has revealed that the cost of living crisis has severely impacted her young family of five. Just months after welcoming her third baby in January, Turner admitted: “We’re all facing the same struggles.” Although she reportedly enjoys a five-figure salary for her role, the 37-year-old made a candid admission about the “daily struggles,” with the costs of bills soaring.

According to OK! Magazine, Turner is earning between £150,000 to £190,000 for her soap role.

Speaking on her experience with the current financial climate on her family, she said: "You do what you can. Ultimately if you strip everything back we're all the same, it doesn't matter what industry you're in.

“You could be a broker, you could be hairdresser, you could be a gardener - we're all facing the same struggles daily.

“Some people earn more money than others but everyone has different kinds of problems and ultimately underneath that is the judgement.

“You cannot judge people you don't know, you never know what another person is going through.”

She told MailOnline of her money worries: “I look at my shopping bill and think, when did that go up?”

“What would be a £70 shop suddenly becomes a £120 shop and you go oh my God, I'm not buying them again.”

Turner is mum to five month old daughter, Gipsy, as well as Dusty, five, and son Trilby, three, who she shares with her husband Matt Kay.