EastEnders star rejected from soap before finally landing her dream role

Aaliyah finally made it to Walford after previously being rejected by the Soap (Picture: BBC)It turns out that EastEnders newcomer Aaliyah James almost made it onto the show long before her big break, but things didn’t quite go to plan the first time around.In a fun TikTok video shared on the official EastEnders account, Aaliyah, who plays Avani Nandra-Hart, joined her on-screen family, Balvinder Sopal (Suki Panesar), Priya Davdra (Priya Nandra-Hart), and Juhaim Rasul Choudhury (Davinder