A DARTFORD model appearing in a TV show about a drama course, revealed her dream role would be Kat in EastEnders.

Louisa Maretti, of Princes Road, Dartford, was one of 20 models chosen for MTA (Model Turned Actor) showing tonight, on Channel 4.

The 20-year-old, who had a bit-part in EastEnders as a stripper, told the News Shopper her TV heroine was Jessie Wallace who plays Kat.

"I'd love to play a part like Kat because I love her fieriness," she said.

Louisa, who has modelled clothes for lifestyle magazines such as Vogue, said the three-month crash course on acting gave her "more confidence" to chase her dream.

But she branded acting coach Kate Marlow, shown on the programme bringing models to tears, as colder than Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell.

She said: "Kate was very strict, very hard and very cold. She's worse than Simon Cowell.

"She was a prim and proper, go-home-to-the-husband sort of person.

"But in class she would come out with of swear words and ask us personal questions to break us down."

However, Louisa was one of 14 models to stick out the course and is currently looking for new roles.