Danniella Westbrook looks unrecognizable with her bruised and bloody face

Danniella Westbrook has shared an old snapshot of the gruesome facial injuries she sustained after a terrifying car accident in 1998.

The 49-year-old EastEnders star sported painful bruises, cuts and a swollen eye after the crash.

She captioned it: “I had more lives than your average #blessed kitty.”

Danniella was involved in the horrific head-on collision in 1998 when she was just 24 years old and later had to undergo surgery to remove the glasses from her eyes.

The star, who was at the height of her fame as Sam in EastEnders at the time, was not wearing a seatbelt when she hit the windshield while her then-boyfriend, Robert Fernandez, was driving.

Their son Kai, who was 14 months old at the time, was also in the car but was uninjured.

Terrifying: Danniella was involved in the gruesome head-on accident in 1998 when she was just 24 and then had to have an operation to remove the glasses from her eyes (pictured the same year before the accident)

Tough: The star, who was at the height of his fame as Sam in EastEnders at the time, was not wearing a seatbelt when he hit the windshield while her then-boyfriend Robert Fernandez was driving (pictured now)

It comes after Danniella shared a flashback snap taken many years ago during a trip to Las Vegas, looking worlds away from her usual self.

The actress was joined by her son Kai, now 26, and daughter Jodie, 21, who were children in the snap.

Danniella sported darker locks in the photo from the past along with a gray top and dark jeans.

Tagging Ceasar’s Palace in the post, she captioned the photo: “The power of 3.”

Family: It comes after Danniella shared a flashback snapshot taken many years ago during a trip to Las Vegas, looking worlds away from her usual self.

It came after Danniella hinted at a split from her fiancé David after six years together with a cryptic comment last Friday.

The soap opera star raised suspicions during a reading with psychic Louisa Earth Angel on an Instagram Live.

Danniella’s ‘toyboy’ David, 29, who has never been photographed. she is serving prison time for counterfeit products and getting into a ‘fight with someone’ by her own admission.

When the medium mentioned jail during the reading, Danniella refused to talk about her partner, according to her account. Sun.

Louisa began hinting at bad blood when she predicted that Danniella might open “old wounds” soon.

Louisa said: ‘There will be a text from someone in the next 14 days, opening up old wounds. So you have to handle that with apprehension. Well well. apprehension, that’s all I’ll say.

Relationship: It came after Danniella hinted at a split from her fiancé David after six years together with a cryptic comment last Friday

He then continued: ‘I keep watching the Gachas show. And I don’t know why, but I also need to give it to you.’

Danniella then replied, ‘The prison probably, it was in the prison, wasn’t it?’

To which Louisa confirmed, “Yes, Porridge is in prison.”

But Danniella didn’t seem to want to go into any more detail when the psychic was giving out the information.

Tough: Danniella’s ‘toyboy’ David, 29, who has never been photographed, is serving prison time for counterfeit goods and getting into a ‘fight with someone’ by her own admission.

The reader continued: “I feel like there’s something connected, but I don’t feel like you’re going to jail.” You are well. But I feel like you might hear about something to do with a prison.

Danniella then murmured, ‘Yes. Well, yes, well, that. Yes there is. That’s how it is.

Louisa reassuringly replied, ‘Yeah, well, that’s fine. But you don’t have to mention anything.

Danniella’s representatives have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.

Couple?: The EastEnders star raised suspicions during a reading with psychic Louisa Earth Angel during an Instagram Live

It comes after, in happier times, the actress joked that her toyboy “keeps her young” while discussing their 20-year age difference.

The star said last year that there will be “a lot of sleepless nights” once her secret fiancé, David, is released from prison.

Talking with him daily star Last May, the soap opera actress said she is “living the dream” by dating a younger man.

She said: ‘I’m just having fun, I’m led by young people: my children, my friends. They keep me nervous.

‘David is young and he’s 28, approaching 29. David will be 30 when I’m 50. But I’m like the Barbara Windsor with Scott, she had a young one. Vanessa Feltz and Ben: They all have other young halves.

Everyone has toy children. I’m living the dream, they keep me young.’

Danniella also proclaimed that she will be in the ‘best shape of [her] life at 50’ both in ‘body and mind’.

Actress: Danniella first appeared on EastEnders in 1990 at the age of 16 and has had several stints on the soap opera over the years (pictured 2009)