'EastEnders' star auditions for 'Housewives'

Former EastEnders star Michelle Collins has revealed that she has auditioned for a role on ABC's Desperate Housewives.

The actress, who played scheming Cindy Beale in the Walford soap, told BBC One's Breakfast that she may soon be heading to Los Angeles.

"I've got an American visa now so I've spent quite a bit of time there," she admitted. "I went to a casting for Desperate Housewives, but I haven't got it yet.

"As I've told people about it, they're amazed and have been telling me that someone like Cindy from EastEnders would be great for that show. I have to remind them I’m not Cindy, I’m Michelle."

The 46-year-old also said that she has tried out for other shows including Bones and CSI.

"I'm just doing what a lot of British actors are doing there at the moment - the 'LA thing'. I'd like to think there's been interest in me. But I'm a single parent so obviously that would be my biggest consideration before going for anything in America."

Collins has also previously appeared in Daylight Robbery, Sunburn and Rock Rivals.