EastEnders star Molly Rainford reveals more on Anna's desperate search for Rose
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EastEnders star Molly Rainford has opened up about her character Anna Knight's search for her mum Rose.
Next week, Anna desperately seeks out answers about her missing mother – unaware that 'Rose' is actually Cindy Beale, who recently made her return to Albert Square.
Speaking about Anna's growing curiosity about her mother, Molly explained that her character has never stopped hoping that she would return.
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“I think she, out of her and Gina, has always been the one to hold on and champion her mum," she said. "She’s always been the one to wonder the reason why she left as she believes their mum wouldn’t have just left with no explanation. I think she’s always been so curious and always hopeful.”
Speaking about the lengths Anna goes to, the actress revealed: “Anna steals some cash from The Vic till because she’s so desperate. She’s been saving the money for a while and it got to a breaking point for Anna where she needed to find out.
"With the money she has, Anna hires a private investigator to help her find, or at least get some information or explanation, about her mum. I think she’s very desperate at this point.”
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Elaborating on her decision to enlist a PI, Molly said: “Anna has a lot of conversations with Freddie and Bobby about finding people in their families and I think their curiosity to find their loved ones massively plays a part in Anna wanting to find her mum.
"That idea of having nothing to lose, in the sense of if she doesn’t find her then she’s no worse off, but if she does, she’ll get more information about herself and her identity. I think that’s the thing that overrides it and persuades her to reach out to the investigator.”
Molly also admitted that stealing money is “100% out of character" for Anna, noting that she "isn’t a dishonest person at all" and "it just shows that desperation even more".
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"It’s definitely not something that she would do and I think that’s why her family don’t believe it’s her at first, because it is just so out of character. Deep down, she of course didn’t want to do that but it is the last resort for Anna.
“I think Anna has a massive conflict between doing what’s right for her versus what’s right for her family," she continued. "She knows she will open some old wounds by doing this and she doesn’t want to hurt her dad by going against him.
"Anna is very happy with her family situation at the moment, she loves Elaine, so wouldn’t want to cause any harm in that relationship but she’s also at the age where she needs to know answers about her own identity.
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"By doing this though, she knows she’ll have to go against what her family wants but I think she has to be selfish in this moment.”
The star also noted that Anna “definitely feels guilty" about going behind her family's back, adding: "Anna is selfless and I think this whole situation of trying to find her mum is quite out of character as she has never gone against her family before.
"I think it just shows how important it is to her as she definitely feels so guilty because she knows what has happened in the past and what the family went through.”
EastEnders airs on Mondays - Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.
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