Zoe Cotton

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EastEnders character

Zoe Cotton
Portrayed by	Tara Ellis
Duration	1993, 2000, 2001
Marital status	Divorced
Family	Ashley

Zoe Cotton was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Elizabeth Chadwick in 1993 and then by Tara Ellis in 2000 and 2001.

[edit] History

Zoe arrived in Walford as the secret wife of Nick Cotton in July 1993 along with their son Ashley. She was married to Nick in 1984 but had not appeared previously in Walford and had never met Nick's mother Dot until she arrived. She was keen that Dot had got a chance to meet her grandson and Dot and Ashley eventually grew close after a few meetings. She and Nick were planning to move away to Gravesend and Zoe wanted Dot to come and live with them. Dot was reluctant at first but later agreed to move away and left Walford with them in August 1993.

When Dot returned to Walford in 1997 she revealed that off-screen Zoe and Ashley had moved away to France after Zoe grew tired of Nick's criminal activities and he had been arrested for drugs possession.

When Nick was released from prison in October 2000, he met up with Ashley and Zoe in France in a special spin-off episode. Zoe wasn't happy to see him back and offered him money to leave for good. Some thugs then came after him. After trying to escape from the thugs, he and Ashley stole a car to escape them. Zoe didn't want Ashley to go off with Nick knowing how much of a bad influence he was but she couldn't stop him and he drove off with Nick back to Walford.

When Nick and Ashley returned to Walford the next month, Nick got into a feud with Mark Fowler leading to Nick becoming disabled after a fall off a bridge. Nick vowed revenge and after returning from a spinal unit in May 2001, he tried to get his revenge by cutting off the brakes off Mark's motorbike. Tragically, his son Ashley got onto the bike instead and died after crashing into a shop window. Zoe was devastated when she returned for his funeral and attacked Nick, blaming him for Ashley's death. She knew that Nick would never be a good father to Ashley and Ashley should have never come with Nick to Walford. After the funeral, she left Walford and has not been seen or heard from since.