EastEnders actress Shona McGarty has revealed that she received a terrifying ‘death threat’ in the post from a fan. Shona has played Whitney Dean in the BBC soap since 2008 and has a strong and loyal following of fans. Her character Whitney has been struggling with a heartbreaking miscarriage with on-screen boyfriend Zack Hudson, played by James Farrar, in recent months.The storyline isn’t the first heartbreaker for Whitney, throughout her time on the soap the character has been sexually abused by her paedophile step dad, had two failed marriages, and seen the rest of her family move away from the square.