STEPH Waring has revealed she's qualified in a new career after "hours of work behind the scenes" following her shock Hollyoaks axing. The 46-year-old starred as Cindy Cunningham on and off for 28 years until she was caught up in a brutal cull of 20 cast members earlier this year. 3 Steph has revealed she's qualified in a brand new career Credit: WireImage 3 The actress played Cindy in Hollyoaks on and off for 28 years Credit: Channel 4 3 She and Tom eloped to the Maldives in July to tie the knot Credit: Instagram But actress Steph has been keeping busy and revealed to fans that she's pursuing a new career as a life coach and recently qualified.

Posting a snap of her certificate on Instagram, Steph wrote: "Today I became a certified life coach! "Behind the scenes I have been working hard, studying for hours, working with clients for my unsupervised hours required and it all came down to this. "The final exam! I am so unbelievably proud of myself for seeing this through and discovering a passion beyond my wildest dreams." More on Steph Waring MAL-DIVA 'You're so beautiful' say Steph Waring fans as she strips to a bikini bond girl Hollyoaks' Steph Waring strips off to bikini on £900 a NIGHT Maldives holiday Speaking to The Sun after learning her Hollyoaks fate earlier this year, Steph revealed she broke down in tears and begged bosses to reconsider .

Discussing the meeting with show bosses, she said: "They got to the end and said ‘And with that, we will be losing Cindy from .