There was a time when Martine McCutcheon had the world at her feet. She became the nation’s sweetheart playing loveable barmaid Tiff in EastEnders in the Nineties before bagging a number one record with her single Perfect Moment, and went on to achieve worldwide fame opposite Hugh Grant in Love Actually.
There was even a Laurence Olivier Award, for her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 2002 National Theatre’s stage production of My Fair Lady.
She was often likened to a cockney Catherine Zeta-Jones – a similar rags-to-riches actress who successfully conquered Hollywood.
Martine – whose net worth was once estimated as being more than £2million – was sure to follow.
Not so. Earlier this month it was revealed that the London-born…