Actress Shilpa Shetty [ Images ] has apparently been approached to star in EastEnders.

The 32-year-old actress is said to be in talks with the producers of the hit BBC series, where she's likely to play a member of a new Asian family about to move into Albert Square, reports The Daily Express.

Meanwhile, Shetty, who rose to international stardom with Britain's Celebrity Big Brother, has bought a 10million pounds mansion in Weybridge, Surrey, recently.

She's expected to move in after marrying London-born millionaire Raj Kundra [ Images ].

Text: ANI | Photograph: Manav Manglani/Reuters