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Not only has she just landed a role on EastEnders but Denise McCormack told how she’s set to star in her first Hollywood movie.

The former Love/Hate and Red Rock actress said she will start filming for her big screen debut next month.

She told RTE: “I have just been cast in a film, it’s an MK1 production who did Young Offenders and MarVista in LA.

“It’s a Christmas movie for the American market that is being filmed in Ireland.

“I’ve got a nice role in it. That starts filming in February.”

Meanwhile, the mum-of-two also admitted that before flying to London for filming on Albert’s Square she had to brush up on her Eastenders history as she hadn’t watched the show in years.

The 41-year-old Dubliner made her debut on the long-running series on New Year’s Day in an hour-long episode, playing new girl on the block Ciara Maguire.

Fiesty Ciara is the ex wife of criminal Aidan Maguire, played by fellow Dublin actor Patrick Bergin.

Speaking to Dave Fanning on 2FM yesterday, Denise said: “To be honest I watched it back in the day with Dirty Den and Angie and iconic characters like that.

“I don’t have time to be watching television. I had to brush up on it.”

Denise said she still can’t believe she is working on the iconic British soap.

“It’s an amazing set, everything is real. The cobblestones are real, nothing is wonky as some soaps can be. You do have to pinch yourself and think ‘this is great!”

But the talented actress, who appeared on last year’s Dancing with the Stars, said commuting between her Dublin home and London for filming over the last few months has been “tough.”

It was revealed last August that TV3 were putting Garda-based drama Red Rock on a production hiatus.

Denise said she’s been left in the dark about whether the show will go on.

“I don’t know and nobody knows,” she said. “We were all set to go forward with season four and that stopped.”