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"EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa has expressed surprise over her British Soap Award nomination for &amp;#039;Sexiest Female&amp;#039;. The 19-year-old, who plays troubled Lauren Branning on the BBC show, has made the shortlist for this year&amp;#039;s gong alongside former Walford colleague Preeya Kalidas, Coronation Street&amp;#039;s Michelle Keegan and Hollyoaks&amp;#039; Jorgie Porter.   Jossa has now joked that she is confused by the nod as she finds Lauren&amp;#039;s ongoing drinking problem and hangovers far from attractive. She told The Sun: &amp;quot;The other girls are all very, very sexy! How can I be up against Michelle Keegan? I don&amp;#039;t know how I am nominated, all I do is throw up! &amp;quot;Maybe it&amp;#039;s because Lauren is just your normal girl, a plain Jane, but maybe people see a sexy side to her. I think some girls relate to her, although maybe not all of them have run over their dad.  &amp;quot;I am excited about it because it is nice to be nominated, but I&amp;#039;m nervous as well because people will be expecting me to be sexy and I am just not. I like getting dressed up, though, because Lauren never does, so it is nice to put on some make-up and do something different.&amp;quot; Jossa has already won a prize this year as she secured the &amp;#039;Best Newcomer&amp;#039; title at the National Television Awards in January. The British Soap Awards take place in London on Saturday (April 28). &amp;gt; British Soap Awards 2012 - Full viewer and panel shortlist revealed &amp;gt; EastEnders&amp;#039; Jacqueline Jossa: &amp;#039;Lauren plot puts me off alcohol&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Read more EastEnders news and spoilers Watch Lauren&amp;#039;s EastEnders character trail in the video below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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