EastEnders icon Diane Parish stunned soap fans with her stunning new hair do on social media.

The Denise Fox actress, 54, took to Instagram and showed off a much shorter hairstyle.

‘New Barnet. New Me. New D,’ she penned.

‘All I’ll say is continuity is a lady dawg when you’re in a flashforward! 😂😑
Thank you @hairbyprestige and Nathalie and Veronica. Long overdue!’

Fans and fellow co-stars gushed over Diane’s new do in the comments with actress Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson) replying: ‘Beautiful woman . Class is class.’

Hollyoaks star Rita Simons, who also played Roxy Mitchell on EastEnders commented: ‘You know what I’m gonna say don’t u? It’s fkn fanthhhhhhh!!

’Viewers of the BBC soap will remember that Jack Branning’s (Scott Maslen) civil partner Denise was recently admitted to hospital under the mental health act as a result of troubling hallucinations she’d been having of Keanu.

She was one of six Walford women that helped to conceal his body under the floor of the Bridge Street Café after Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) stabbed him with a meat thermometer whilst protecting Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean).

Since arriving at the hospital, Denise has refused to speak to any of her family which has devastated her step-daughter Amy (Ellie Dadd), who has feared losing another maternal figure in her life.

Last week, in a dramatic showdown, Jack demanded Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) tell him everything she knew about the festive ordeal and Denise’s involvement, noticing cracks in her story.

She was forced to come clean and tell him that Denise had attacked Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) on the evening that Keanu disappeared – but didn’t divulge anymore details, leaving him suspicious.