Michelle Keegan shares emotional message as she leaves her role in Our Girl

She played the role of Corporal Georgie Lane for four years

Author: Alex RossPublished 29th Apr 2020

After four years of playing the role of Corporal Georgie Lane on hit BBC drama Our Girl, Michelle Keegan said an emotional goodbye last night (Tuesday 28th April), after the emotional series finale aired.

Series four of Our Girl certainly brought some major twists and turns! Not only was Georgie struggling to cope with losing her fiancé Elvis Harte in a bomb attack, her brother-in-law 'Fingers' was then tragically killed after a gun shot wound, and she was sent for a psych assessment.

In Tuesday night's final episode, Georgie was restored to full duties after her psych results, and later found herself in a compromising position with the real Omar, after 2 Section discovered the man they had behind bars was simply a decoy.

After Omar confessed to Georgie's face that it was in fact him who gave orders to detonate the bomb which killed Elvis, viewers thought Georgie was about to kill her enemy, but instead she rushed to treat Prof after Omar had shot him in the shoulder.

Later in the episode, viewers were overjoyed when Georgie told trainee medic Mimi Saunders that her sister was expecting a 'baby fingers', and then they were left in tears at the final moments of the series.

In Michelle Keegan's final ever scenes as Georgie, she tied her engagement ring from Elvis to a kite, before letting it go to heaven, leaving viewers in tears at the poignant scene.

One viewer wrote on Twitter, 'Crying at our girl right now', with another adding, 'I honestly thought Elvis was going to be alive and we would have a happy ending. Heartbroken at how wrong I was #OurGirl'. (sic)

However, it wasn't all sad, it looks like Georgie finally got her happy ending, by accepting a drink with Prof when the pair travel back home, a relationship fans have been championing throughout series four.

After the episode aired, actress Michelle took to her Instagram page to share an emotional video from her time on Our Girl.

She wrote, 'Stand down soldier... your mission is done ✅

'I wanted to share a little video of the journey that I’ve been on for the past 4 years.

'Our Girl wasn’t just an acting job for me, it was special, the experience helped me grow not just as an actor but as a person. I was able to travel the world with friends I met along the way and experience things I could only of dreamt of growing up.

'Thank you to all the cast, the crew and production team for the memories that will stay with me forever. Finally, thank you to the fans of the show for investing your time in to this amazing project, watching and staying with us from start to finish. I am so very grateful ❤️ xxx' (sic)

Actor Sean Ward, who played the role of Fingers in the hit show, commented, 'Keegs this song 😍😍 you are a beautiful soul and a phenomenal actress. Congratulations yung queen 👸 ❤️'. (sic)

Michelle's mother-in-law Carol Wright then added, 'You are amazing and we are all so proud of you, was a fantastic series and going to miss you in it for sure. @michkeegan #bestactress xx ❤️❤️'. (sic)

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Although Michelle won't be returning to the show, it's not yet been confirmed if Our Girl will return with a new lead actress.

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