It 's good while it lasts . Adoring crowds , glittering black-tie events and lucrative opportunities to spin turntables in nightclubs , open supermarkets or turn on Christmas tree lights . However , when the showbiz spotlight dims , what happens to those faces who once graced our television screens on a regular basis can seem relatively cruel ... they have to get a proper job . Pictures emerged this week of Daniella Westbrook , once the darling of the Queen Vic pub in EastEnders , pulling pints to make ends meet in a real-life London boozer . Star of the bar : Former Eastenders actress Daniella Westbrook has been doing shifts at The Bill Nicholson pub in Tottenham , North London . Daniella tweeted that the pub work made her feel 'useful ' Life imitating art : Daniella ( left ) played Peggy Mitchell 's daughter Sam in the hit soap from the age of 16 . The actress , 41 , pictured earlier this year ( right ) , has since fallen on harder times . Daniella , 41 , has been putting in shifts behind the bar at The Bill Nicholson in Tottenham . Describing her new vocation on Twitter , the out-of-work actress said : ' I help my mate at her pub @ thebillnicn17 it makes me feel useful and I laugh all day . ' Daniella , who was cast as Peggy Mitchell 's daughter Sam in EastEnders when she was just 16 , famously battled a cocaine addiction which forced her septum , the bridge under the nose , to collapse . In recent years , the actress has appeared on reality television and even had a stint in Los Angeles , but is now keeping herself busy in the footballing pub , a stone 's throw from the Spurs ground . Daniella is n't the only famous face forced to roll up her sleeves and get a real job though . Westlife hearthrob Mark Feehily , who once toured the globe as part of Irish supergroup Westlife , has been spotted brewing up coffees and selling crepes in his foodie van , which parks up at festivals . Although the singer is about to embark on a solo singing career , Mark - now preferring to be called Markus , is proud of his tea-making skills . Make mine a cappuccino : Westlife singer Mark Feehily ( top left ) is launching a solo career but also has his own coffee and crepes van , which he parks up at events . Mark says : 'It 's my business and I love it ' Former life : The singer ( second from left ) was one quarter of Irish supergroup Westlife , which had seven number one albums and toured the globe . From Platt to that : Sean Wilson , who trod the cobbles of Weatherfield as Martin Platt ( pictured with onscreen wife Gail , left ) for 21 years has turned his hand to cheese-making with the Saddlesworth Cheese Company . He told the Mirror : 'It 's my business and I love it , anything I get involved in I get involved 110 % . ' A couple of Irish people came up and were like `` Wait a minute , what are you doing in a van ? '' ' I love festivals , so why not ? ' He 's not the only one serving up culinary delights . Former actor Sean Wilson , who played Martin Platt in Coronation Street for 21 years , is now making cheese for a living . Sean swapped the cobbles of Weatherfield for a role in the Saddlesworth Cheese Company based in Lancashire . Eighties ' television heroes who turned to alternative careers when the work dried up have included Tom Watt , who graced the screens as asthmatic Lofty in EastEnders , and is now a football writer and Zammo from Grange Hill , who keeps people secure with a locksmith and key-cutting shop in Surrey . A long way from the classrooms of Grange Hill : Lee McDonald aka Zammo , star of the hit 'Just Say No ' teen drugs campaign in the Eighties , now runs a locksmith and key-cutting shop in Surrey . Other stars who 've opted to earn an honest fee rather than twiddling their thumbs : Holby City star Jeremy Edwards turned to manual labour in 2011 and ( right ) Adele Silva took a job in Ted Baker on Melrose Avenue after a stint hunting acting work in LA did n't work out . Former Holby City star Jeremy Edwards , 44 , also admitted that he 's not afraid to get his hands dirty when the fickle finger of fame is n't pointing in his direction . Back in 2011 , Jeremy was spotted hauling bricks into a skip in London in a bid to fill in the gaps between working . He said at the time : ' I really do n't see the shame in manual labour . I do n't know any actors who work consistently without other work . He added : 'There 's a lucky few , but not many , I had a good ten-year run ! ' One-time Emmerdale starlet Adele Silva might have been on the receiving end of fashion freebies at the height of her soap career . A failed attempt to make it across the pond in Hollywood saw the actress forced to resort to a plan B ... working as an assistant at a Ted Baker store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles . She said at the time : ' I 'm a jobbing actress and in this climate you can either sell your soul or do an honest day 's work . ' Adele , 34 , is now back in the UK and expecting her first child .
Ex-EastEnder Daniella , 41 , has been working at The Bill Nicholson pub in Tottenham . She was a waitress when she met her husband David