Danniella Westbrook enjoys a night out in London with MAFS UK stars as she recovers after being rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties

Danniella Westbrook enjoyed a night out in London as she recovers after being rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties.

The former Eastenders actress, 52, stepped out with Married At First Sight UK stars Steven Springett and Divarni Balogun in Mayfair on Wednesday.

It came weeks after was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties following years of complications due to her collapsed septum.

Danniella had been due on set for her new movie role Tales From The Trap but was recast in the film amid health issues.

After recovering from her hospital stint, Danniella headed out for the night in a beige fur coat. 

She paired the look with a graphic t-shirt and a pair of barrel-leg dark blue jeans, a white and black scarf and chunky trainers.  

Danniella's appearance comes after sources revealed exclusively to the Daily Mail, that the star, who has not starred in a film or TV show since mid 2016, was forced to seek medical attention in December due to her respiratory struggles. 

Tales From The Trap, where she was set to star opposite Love Island star Liv Hawkins, marked Danniella's return to the screen, having scooped the role of a gun-selling, gangster granny - yet she has been recast by Slow Horses star Kim Tiddy. 

A source close to Danniella said: 'Danniella was rushed into hospital on Friday with breathing difficulties which meant she had to pull out of filming Tales From The Trap...

'She was due to make her movie comeback as a gangster granny selling AK47s to the gangsters. It's really disappointing as I am sure everyone was looking forward to seeing her play that part.'

The insider details producers' relief at being able to nab Kim as a replacement, saying: 'Luckily the producers were able to replace her with Kim Tiddy who has just featured in Slow Horses with Gary Oldman and was on The Bill for years'.   

Kidulthood star Adam Deacon has also been added to the roster.  

Danniella, who found fame at 16 portraying Sam Mitchell on BBC soap EastEnders, was set to star alongside producer and actor Terry Stone, as well as Vas Blackwood, Frazer Clarke, Judith Shekoni and newcomer Grime MC Amzzino. 

The gritty urban drama dives deep into south London's county lines gang culture, drill music scene and the violent realities of inner-city life — marking producer Stone's boldest project since his iconic crime classics.

Stone, best known for the Rise of the Footsoldier franchise, Bonded by Blood, Once Upon a Time in London, Rollin' with the Nines, Anuvahood and Shank, calls the new film 'a powerful modern evolution' of the genre he helped define.

He said: 'I'm beyond excited to finally be making this film. The energy, music and raw truth in this story is something I've wanted to bring to the screen for a long time.

'Tales From the Trap is essentially Top Boy meets Blue Story on Steroids - think of it as Rise of the Hoodsoldier. We've discovered some fabulous talent and can't wait to share this with our audience.'

Danniella last appeared on TV on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, where she reached the final, finishing in first place. 

She has also competed on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here in 2003, before going on to star on Dancing On Ice in 2010, and appearing on Channel 4's Hollyoaks three years later.

The TV personality found fame at the age of 16 in EastEnders but due to her cocaine use producers were forced to terminate her contract and she was written out of the soap again in 1996.

Earlier this year, Danniella revealed she's finally getting her face rebuilt as she headed into 'very long' surgery.

The actress has in the past undergone various reconstructive operations in a bid to fix her 'collapsing' face due to her previous cocaine addiction and osteoporosis.

In 2023, she admitted that she hated the results of the facial reconstruction she had that year, having up until that point waited seven years to find a surgeon willing to do the operation due to the condition of her septum.