NEWCOMER Maya will make her debut next week as she sparks an unlikely friendship with the cab driver.
Next week on the BBC soap, it appears that Maya may be too good to be true as a new mystery is teased.
Harvey loses friend Maya Houssain’s number so gets Tommy’s help to find her online.
Maya arrives in Walford and is furious with Harvey for going through her socials.
He apologises and invites her for a drink to say sorry.
Maya opens up and tells Harvey her husband died last year, and they bond further.
The pair bond over their mutual love of football, and Harvey is delighted to make another friend, especially after Rocky Cotton and Mitch Baker’s recent exits.
When Maya leaves, Maya forgets her hat.
However, when Harvey goes online to message her, her account has been deleted.
What is Maya hiding and is this the last Harvey has seen of her?
Later in the week, Harvey is in the doldrums about losing touch with Maya.
So Jean offers to take him on a ‘boy’s night out’ with a football theme to cheer him up.
But where have we seen Maya before?
The actress who plays Maya is named Bharti Patel.
She has previously starred in Doctors portraying the role of Ruhma Carter.
She has been nominated for numerous awards at the National Television Awards, British Soap Awards and Inside Soap Awards.
The Coventry born is also known for her acting roles in What a Girl Wants (2003) and Damage (2019).
Elsewhere on Albert Square, Cindy Beale plots to steal ex-husband George Knight back following their shock kiss.
Cindy tries to get closer to George as they talk about how to help Anna after she was mugged.
But when Anna arrives to talk to her dad she is shocked to find him drinking with Cindy.
After Anna leaves, a desperate Cindy renews her attempts to reel George in, but he shows her out, as Junior watches from the shadows.
Later, George is making dinner when Cindy arrives dressed to the nines as Ian waits at home with a surprise romantic dinner he’s cooked for her.
Will Cindy’s plan to get George back work and what will Ian think?
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