EastEnders SPOILERS: Cancer-stricken Lola Pearce reveals her dying wish to be reunited with her estranged mother – as Patsy Kensit joins the soap as her mother

EastEnders’ Lola Pearce reveals her last wish is to be reunited with her estranged mother in upcoming scenes from the BBC soap.

The character, played by Danielle Harold, is currently dying of an inoperable brain tumor – and medics insist there is nothing more they can do for her.

Lola’s dream comes true as Patsy Kensit prepares to make her EastEnders debut as her long-lost mother, Emma Harding.

With little time left, Lola wants to make the most of her life and is planning her wedding to Jay Brown after their romantic Christmas engagement last year.

She asks Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) to be her maid of honor, who gladly accepts and Lola begins planning an epic bachelorette party with a massive guest list.

However, when Kim accidentally hits a nerve by asking about Lola’s mother, it causes her to consider reconnecting with her parents as she dies.

In a later conversation with her fiancé Jay (Jamie Borthwick), Lola shares her desire to meet her mother, but Jay is reluctant.

Incoming: Lola’s dream comes true as Patsy Kensit prepares for her EastEnders debut as her long-lost mother Emma Harding

While Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) agrees with the director of the funeral home and advises Lola to take it easy.

But now that Lola’s daughter, Lexi, has asked her questions about her grandmother that she couldn’t answer, she’s more determined than ever to find her mother.

And while Lola’s grandfather, Billy Mitchell, is deciding what to get her as a wedding present, she comes up with the perfect present…

Ahead: With little time left, Lola wants to make the most of her life and is planning her wedding to Jay Brown after their romantic Christmas engagement last year

Exciting: She asks Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) to be her maid of honor, who gladly accepts and Lola starts planning an epic bachelorette party with a huge guest list

Patsy Kensit is getting ready to make her debut as Lola’s mother in the upcoming episodes.

Her character Emma has never appeared in the soap, as she left Lola and her father when their daughter was just three years old.

EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw said of the signing: “We are delighted to welcome the wonderfully talented Patsy to the EastEnders family. She is perfectly suited to take on the role of such a highly anticipated character that we know very little about.

On the one hand, Emma, ​​with her soft and measured voice, is the opposite of her long-lost daughter, Lola.

Thoughts: However, when Kim accidentally hits a nerve by asking about Lola’s mother, she begins to think about reconnecting with her parents as she dies

Hesitation: Lola later talks to her fiancé, Jay, and shares her desire to meet her mother, but Jay balks at the idea

Determined: But now that Lola’s daughter, Lexi, has asked her questions about her grandmother that she couldn’t answer, she’s more determined than ever to find her mother

“But on the other hand there is a striking similarity; successful, the ability to hold her own – if she says she’ll do something, she will – and she’s a fighter, just like Lola.

Meanwhile, Danielle Harold recently opened up about Lola’s decision to reach out to her mother.

She told the press: “Lola thinks long and hard about her decision and after talking to Lexi, she decides to find her mother.

Newcomer: “She is perfectly suited to take on the role of such a highly anticipated character that we know very little about. Soft spoken and measured, Emma is on the one hand the opposite of her long lost daughter Lola.

“I think she’s drawing on her own experience as a mother and doesn’t want her daughter to be left with the same unanswered questions that she was.

“After she decides she wants to look, she seeks advice from Sharon to see if there is a way to track her down. It’s all those little things that make her make that decision.

EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

Danielle Harold says, “I think she’s drawing from her own experience as a mother and she doesn’t want her daughter to be left with the same unanswered questions.”