EastEnders star Lacey Turner was punched in a supermarket car park after a night out clubbing, say reports.

According to The Sun, the soap star was on her way home from the Destiny club in Watford when she was knocked to the floor by a gang of men.

Turner, who plays Stacey Slater, was reportedly with her co-star Aaron Sidwell (Steven Beale) when the attack occurred.

A witness said: "They’d been having a really good night, but you could see she wasn’t happy. I left at around the same time and saw her and Aaron walking across a nearby supermarket car park when the group of men approached them.

"There were a few words exchanged and suddenly one of the blokes lashed out. He hit her with a very powerful punch - it knocked her right to the ground. She looked really shaken up and had to be helped to her feet.

"Everyone stopped. They couldn’t believe what had happened. A couple of people helped her into a car and she went home."

However, a friend of Turner has denied reports of a fight, insisting that she was "accidentally clipped" and that she stumbled onto the floor.

The friend added: "Lacey walked past a fight. She was lucky not to be hurt, but was enjoying a scheduled day off yesterday. She is fine and will return to filming today."

EastEnders Lacey Turner won 'Most Popular Actress Award' for the role of Stacey Slater...
Oh wait, I mean Stacey Branning! :)

Congrats to Lacey for adding to her awards collection - 2008 is looking good!

What FHM.com had to say about Lacey Turner

“Though you'll know her best as bed-hopping soap chav Stacey Slater, pint-sized Lacey has also enjoyed a multitude of theatre roles. We predict she'll be ditching the stall and throwing some marvellous shapes before our cameras very soon.”