Soap fans are only just realising that one EastEnders legend has a very famous brother in the acting industry who helped her bag her first major role. Laila Morse, best known for her role of Mo Harris in the BBC soap, made her debut on the programme back in 2000 as the loud elder matriarch of the Slater family with her famous one-liners.

However, what many viewers don't know about Laila is that she didn't make it in the industry until she was 51-years-old and it was her famous younger brother who helped her get there. Fans have been left floored to discover that Laila, 79, is the older sister of none other than Hollywood sensation Gary Oldman.

Gary, 67, rose to fame in the mid 1980s and made his acting debut in the film Remembrance in 1982. The actor is best known for his roles in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Immortal Beloved, Sid & Nancy, Batman The Dark Knight and Harry Potter where he plays Sirius Black.

The star has had a very successful career, having won three British Academy Film Awards, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his work over the years.

Gary attended drama school as a child while Laila, whose real name is Maureen Oldman, took a very different path as she left school without any qualifications and fell pregnant at 17.