EastEnders star Maisie Smith soaks up the sun in a crop top and hot pants

She’s among a host of British soap stars who have been forced to take some time away from the screen amid the global COVID-19 lockdown.

And EastEnders star Maisie Smith showed that she was making the most of her downtime on Thursday, when she shared shots of herself soaking up the sunshine.

The 18-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a trio of snaps of herself posing in a red strapless Adidas crop top, which she teamed with black denim hot pants.

Keeping the sporty theme going, she complemented her ensemble with a pair of pristine white Adidas socks, while red-and-white Nike mid-tops rounded out her look.

With her locks falling beyond her shoulders in voluminous curls, the screen star struck a series of poses for the camera as she relaxed in a large field.

Captioning the set of images, she wrote: ‘My outfit has never matched so good.’ 

Last week, Maisie chose to get in on a shocking new TikTok trend, which saw her pretending to engage in a violent fight with American influencer @iheartmemphis.

The trend began when verified TikToker @iheartmemphis posted a video of himself and asked his followers to ‘#duetwithme,’ urging them to upload a response video on the platform.

Maisie shared her ‘duet’ video with the social media star to her TikTok (where she has over 1.5m followers) and her Instagram (where she has over 600k followers).

In the clip of herself acting while the song ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ by Shakira plays, Maisie can be seen pretending to punch her fellow TikToker.

Retaliating, he mimics popping a gun and shooting her and she fakes being shot, displaying her impressive acting skills in the process.

The pair then pretend to extremely aggressively hit and punch each other back and fourth until the video cuts out.

Maisie captioned her TikTok upload of the duet: ‘This better pop coz I got whiplash from dis duet with @iheartmemphis.’ 

MailOnline has contacted Maisie Smith’s representatives and EastEnders for comment.  

Maisie continued to entertain her fans with a light-hearted TikTok video uploaded last week.

The actress enlisted her mother Julia and sister Scarlett to join her to perform a perfectly choreographed routine to Don’t Need Love by 220 Kid & Gracey.

Maisie paraded her pins in fluorescent pink velour shorts and matching tracksuit top that slipped playfully off her shoulder. 

Her lookalike team wore co-ordinated white and red ensembles before the trio smashed the energetic routine with their fast-paced moves.

Maisie is currently quarantined at home with her family at home since the UK went into lockdown. 

The thespian, who joined EastEnders as Tiffany aged seven, recently shared a beautiful self-penned song with her social media followers.

Maisie opened up about her battle with body dysmorphia in the lyrics, admitting she remembers ‘wishing she was thinner’ from a young age.  

She said that she has been feeling ‘anxious’ and ‘trapped in her thoughts’ while in isolation she penned the song in a bid to ‘heal her mind’.

The song began: ‘When I was little I would look in the mirror, holding in my stomach wishing that I was thinner.

Suggesting it is something she struggles with, Maisie added: ‘Guess I had a case of body dysmorphia – and I still haven’t shaken it off.’