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EastEnders star Nina Wadia has renewed her vows to husband Raiomond Mirza after 25 years of marriage in a romantic ceremony.<\/p>\n
Nina is best known to EastEnders fans as the formidable Zainab Masood, who she played for six years between 2007 and 2013.<\/p>\n
During that time she was involved in some dramatic storylines, including discovering her son Syed\u2019s affair with Christian Clarke and tricking her abusive husband Yusef into entering a burning building.<\/p>\n
The actress first married husband Raiomond in 1998, just a few months after being introduced by Nadia\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s original wedding ceremony was held in Canada, where Raiomond is from, with a large crowd, though they chose to do things differently this time around.<\/p>\n
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The renewal of their vows took place on Croatia\u2019s island of Losinj, and was attended only by the couple\u2019s two children, 19-year-old daughter Tia and son Aidan, 16.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Hello! Magazine, the Zainab Masood actress revealed that the idea of renewing her vows came from daughter Tia, who was upset to have not been at the couple\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n
\u2018When she was younger, Tia said the funniest thing which prompted all of this,\u2019 Nina explained. \u2018When she was looking at our wedding photos, she said to me: \u201cMum, how come I didn\u2019t get to come to the wedding day? I wanted to be there!\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n
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Nina explained that the special day was \u2018about celebrating their kids\u2019 amid a \u2018really big year\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018It has been a really big year for us in a lot of ways, so we thought: \u201cLet\u2019s do something special.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n
Despite this, she revealed that son Aidan wasn\u2019t as keen as his sister.<\/p>\n
\u2018[Tia] was very excited when we decided to renew our vows \u2013 my son, not so much. He\u2019s a 16-year-old boy so he\u2019s not got a romantic bone in his body! But he came around when we told him where we were going. <\/p>\n
\u2018We had a huge wedding first time around. This time, we wanted just the four of us.\u2019<\/p>\n
Nina has recently expressed her love for her time on EastEnders, telling ITV\u2019s Loose Women panel that she would \u2018go back in a heartbeat\u2019.<\/p>\n
Following her exit from the BBC soap, she thought she would go back into comedy, where her career began, but went on to reveal that, \u2018Zainab Masood ruined my career for a year because no casting director touched me.\u2019<\/p>\n