This is a list of characters from the soap opera EastEnders ordered by the year in which they made their final appearance. For a full list of present characters see list of characters from EastEnders.
| Contents: • 2010s: 2012 2011 2010 • 2000s: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 • 1990s: 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 • 1980s: 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 • External links |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Miranda Powell | Victoria Pritchard | |
| Norman Simmonds | George Layton | |
| Pat Evans | Pam St. Clement |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Maude | Doreen Taylor | |
| Paul Trueman | Gary Beadle | |
| Marcus Christie | Stephen Churchett | |
| Vicki Fowler | Scarlett Johnson | Emma Herry, Samantha Leigh Martin |
| Kelly Taylor | Brooke Kinsella | |
| Lynne Hobbs | Elaine Lordan | |
| Shirley Benson | Robyn Moore | |
| Sarah Cairns | Alison Pargeter | |
| Natalie Evans | Lucy Speed | |
| Jack Evans | Joseph and Samuel Timson | |
| Wilfred Atkins | Dudley Sutton | |
| Laura Beale | Hannah Waterman | |
| Barry Evans | Shaun Williamson | |
| Tommy Grant | Robert Cavanah | |
| David Collins | Dan Milne | |
| Paula Campbell | Mia Soteriou | |
| JJ | Daniel Anthony | |
| Mattie George | Chizzy Akudolu | |
| Simon Gott | Johann Myers | |
| Tony Macrae | Tam White | |
| Robert MacLean | Gordon Kane | |
| Keith Makepeace | Julian Parkin | |
| Michael Nee | Christopher Fry | |
| Dom Shaw | Lloyd McGuire | |
| Matt Hill | Ben Joiner | |
| George Wakefield | Andrew Bridgemont | |
| Nadia Ibrahim | Amber Agar | |
| Barbara Foster | Patricia Brake | |
| Andrew Warwick | Bo Poraj | |
| Reg Conway | Mark Kempner |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Steve Owen | Martin Kemp | |
| Melanie Owen | Tamzin Outhwaite | |
| Jamie Mitchell | Jack Ryder | |
| Nathan Williams | Doug Allen | |
| Beppe di Marco | Michael Greco | |
| Joe di Marco | Jake Kyprianou | |
| Trevor Morgan | Alex Ferns | |
| Clare Butcher | Caroline O'Neill | Lucy Foxall |
| Clive Mitchell | Tony Selby | |
| Ted Mitchell | John Boswell | |
| Vi Mitchell | Joan Linder | |
| Angel Hudson | Clifford Price | |
| Clement Robertson | Eddie Nestor | |
| Rebecca Hibbert | Paulette Williams | |
| Milton Hibbert | Jeffrey Kissoon | |
| Mick McFarlane | Sylvester Williams | |
| Kim McFarlane | Krystal Williams | |
| Donna Andrews | Paula Jennings | Alison Senior |
| Sean Andrews | Oliver Bradley | Victor Hunter, Harry Hunter |
| Lee Vickers | Dermot Keaney | |
| Alison Peters | Sarah French-Ellis | |
| Precious Hudson | Judi Shekoni | |
| Dave Roberts | David Kennedy | |
| John Sparks | Richard Waters | |
| Samir Mistry | Andrew Rajan | |
| Chris Wright | Tom Roberts | |
| Bridget Banks | Mary Larkin | |
| Mikey Smith | Leo Gregory | |
| Tom Banks | Colm O'Maonlai | |
| Sadie Banks | Isobel Middleton | |
| Charlotte Banks | Hannah Bridges | |
| Krystal Cunnings | Rula Lenska | |
| Jason Cunnings | James Taylor | |
| Terry Raymond | Gavin Richards | |
| Ernie Johnson | John Junkin | |
| Estella Hulton | Ellen Thomas | |
| Matt Lindsay | Matthew Steer | |
| Anne Lindsay | Gerry Cowper | |
| Jason James | Joseph Millson | |
| Bill Parrish | Roger Walker | |
| Ben Ashford | Adrian Irvine | |
| Maria Cobden | Jean Trend | |
| Andrew Clark | Marc Bolton | |
| Tony Clarke | Iain Fraser | |
| Jimmy Diamonds | Cornell John | |
| Gordon Granger | Philip Herbert | |
| Dr. Alex Harrison | Ian Shaw | |
| Dr. Julia Harrison | Louise Breckon-Richards | |
| Dr. Steve Khan | Hari Saijan | |
| PC Elaine Monks | Fiona Bell | |
| DS Steve Peters | Peter McCabe | |
| Craig Payne | Ade Sapara | |
| Matthew Rogers | Dominic Arnold | |
| Alistair Wilson | Michael Jayston | |
| Dr. Daniel Rodford | Howard Saddler | |
| Sue Miller | Victoria Willing | |
| Neil Miller | Robin Sneller | |
| Jane Williams | Ann Mitchell |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Ashley Cotton | Frankie Fitzgerald | Rossi Higgins |
| Zoe Newton | Tara Ellis | Elizabeth Chadwick |
| Roxy Drake | Tracy Brabin | |
| Harry Slater | Michael Elphick | |
| Miss French | Rakie Ayola | |
| Dan Sullivan | Craig Fairbrass | |
| Margaret Walker | Susan George | |
| David Walker | Michael Fenner | |
| John Davis | Huw Higginson | |
| Nellie Ellis | Elizabeth Kelly | |
| Chris Wallace | Georgia Reece | |
| Tony Wallace | Andy Capie | |
| Kerry Skinner | Gemma McCluskie | |
| Norman Dunn | Roland Oliver | |
| Ross Fletcher | Che Walker | |
| Ann Fletcher | Wendy Fitzgerald | |
| Jan Sherwood | Cherie Lunghi | |
| Jack Robbins | Chook Sibtain | |
| Audrey Trueman | Corinne Skinner-Carter | |
| Diane Irving | Sheila Whitfield | |
| Gary Bolton | Bruce Byron | |
| Kevin Bolton | Rupert Hill | |
| Sandra di Marco | Clare Wilkie | |
| Kay Bradshaw | Vanessa Earl | |
| Sidney Gibbs | James Marcus | |
| George Hawkins | Gary Lucas | |
| Kevin Jones | Patrick O'Kane | |
| Alan Mills | Ashley Powell | |
| Theresa Lawless | Charlotte Randle | |
| Andy Pikton | Andrew Powell | |
| Dave Smalls | Rocky Marshall | |
| Ritchie Stringer | Gareth Hunt | |
| Andrew Wheeler | Alan Turner |
| Character | Actor |
| Tiffany Mitchell | Martine McCutcheon |
| Cindy Beale | Michelle Collins |
| Nick Holland | Dominic Taylor |
| George Palmer | Paul Moriarty |
| Sanjay Kapoor | Deepak Verma |
| Gita Kapoor | Shobu Kapoor |
| Neelam Kapoor | Jamila Massey |
| Sharmilla Kapoor | Priya Bilkhu |
| Arjun Kapoor | Amar Malik |
| Polly Becker | Victoria Gould |
| Nigel Bates | Paul Bradley |
| Julie Hay | Karen Henthorn |
| Josh Saunders | Jon Lee |
| Eliot Saunders | Lawrence Lambert |
| John Valecue | Steve Weston |
| Bruno di Marco | Leon Lissek |
| Luisa di Marco | Stella Tanner |
| Lorna Cartwright | Janet Dibley |
| Nicole Moore | Sara Stephens |
| Jessie Moore | Chelsey Paden |
| Jean McSweeney | Sara Flind |
| Ros Thorne | CP Grogan |
| Vanessa Carlton | Adele Salem |
| Brian Meade | Patrick Cremin |
| Melanie Thomas | Ava Healy |
| Dr. Christine Jennings | Jane Bertish |
| Luke Harrington | Mark Vidol |
| Lola Christie | Diane Parish |
| Carl Christie | Stacey Wright |
| Max Townsend | Alan Hunter |
| Chris Clarke | Matthew Jay Lewis |
| Jason le Fell | Robin Askwith |
| Alice McMahon | Carli Norris |
| Barry Dean | Paul Corrigan |
| Hayley Edwards | Karin Diamond |
| Rachel Ford | Matilda Thorpe |
| Robert Dayton | Gareth Armstrong |
| Vince Watson | Anthony Newley |
| Kim Chan | Lucy Sheen |
| Steve Rogers | David Bardsley |
| Val Rogers | Karen Seacombe |
| Peter Daly | Charles Daish |
| Ollie Kingston | Chris Ettridge |
| Alfie Kane | Mark Pegg |
| Rob Hedges | Lee Whitlock |
| Jonah Tyler | Mark Mooney |
| Eric McCarthy | Harry Fowler |
| Oliver Philips | Frank Lazarus |
| Jill Summers | Pat Jones |
| Hayley Smith | Debra Beaumont |
| Ross Thatcher | Charles De'Ath |
| Laurence Andersen | George Keller |
| Elton Mathers | Elliot Katt |
| Johnny Price | Mark Kingston |
| Character | Actor |
| Jacques Butcher | Jack Snell |
| Felix Kawalski | Harry Landis |
| Joe Wicks | Paul Nicholls |
| Lorraine Wicks | Jacqueline Leonard |
| Hazel Foster | Jean Rimmer |
| Jules Tavernier | Tommy Eytle |
| Ted Hills | Brian Croucher |
| Frankie Pierre | Syan Blake |
| Alistair Matthews | Neil Clark |
| Sue Taylor | Charlotte Bellamy |
| Colin Rose | James Puddephat |
| Clive Dixon | John Gillett |
| Alison Hastings | Kate Rutter |
| Hilary Janes | Clare Clifford |
| Brian Meade | Patrick Cremin |
| Sally Fisher | Jane Van Hool |
| William Blenchard | Sebastian Abineri |
| Neil Kaplan | Andrew Nyman |
| Joseph Marks | Nicholas Palliser |
| Maggie Flaherty | Olivia Shanley |
| Sean Flaherty | Pat Laffin |
| Eamonn Flaherty | Maurice O'Donoghue |
| Brenda Flaherty | Janet Behan |
| Colette Flaherty | Shiona Redmond |
| Eamonn Flaherty Jr. | Sean Walsh |
| Declan Flaherty | Unknown |
| Kylie Flaherty | Unknown |
| Carl Flaherty | Unknown |
| John Flaherty | Unknown |
| Gerry McCrae | Simon O'Gorman |
| Peter Michaels | Jason Pethers |
| Alison Burgess | Siobhan Fogarty |
| PC Judith Simkin | Michele Whitehead |
| Tony Woods | Ray Macallan |
| Dan Zappieri | Carl Pizzie |
| Damian Spinks | Christopher Donnelly |
| Marco Collantoni | Stephen Marzella |
| Big Ron | Ron Tarr |
| Character | Actor |
| Arthur Fowler | Bill Treacher |
| Melanie Fishman | Kirsty Senior |
| April Branning | Debbie Arnold |
| Cliff Murray | Tony Pitts |
| Reenie Branning | Joy Graham |
| Willy Roper | Michael Tudor-Barnes |
| Meena McKenzie | Sudha Bhuchar |
| Steve Elliot | Mark Monero |
| Lydia | Marlaine Gordon |
| Guppy Sharma | Lyndam Gregory |
| Janet Stoddard | Selina Cadell |
| Peter Sullivan | Ray Polhill |
| Keith Laycock | Peter Alexander |
| Gary Mather | Robert Beach |
| Kevin | John Pickard |
| Character | Actor |
| Maxine Palmer | Dilys Laye |
| Michelle Fowler | Susan Tully |
| Debbie Bates | Nicola Duffett |
| Stan Dougan | Jack Chissick |
| Della Alexander | Michelle Joseph |
| Binnie Roberts | Sophie Langham |
| Alice Alexander | Isabelle Lucas |
| Liam Tyler | Francis Magee |
| Geoff Barnes | David Roper |
| Felicity Barnes | Tara Moran |
| John Wilson | Tegan Summer |
| Sid Holliday | Fine Time Fontayne |
| Character | Actor |
| Shelley Lewis | Nicole Arumugam |
| Nadia Mitchell | Anna Barkan |
| Jerry McKenzie | Brian Capron |
| Richard Cole | Ian Reddington |
| Hattie Tavernier | Michelle Gayle |
| Etta Tavernier | Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence |
| Jackie Wallace | Ann Lynn |
| Elizabeth Willmott-Brown | Helena Breck |
| Dougie Briggs | Max Gold |
| Neil Bradley | Martyn Whitby |
| Sid Spiggs | Kieron Forsyth |
| Tina Whiteside | Jeannie Crowther |
| Joe Saunders | Paul Humpoletz |
| Carmen | Amanda Holden |
| Tony McJordan | Vernon Nurse |
| Stanley Bridge | Godfrey Jackman |
| Doreen Ellis | Olga Lowe |
| Louise Ellis | Cate Fowler |
| Reg Simpson | Philip Manikum |
| Character | Actor |
| Danny Taurus | Billy Boyle |
| Aidan Brosnan | Sean Maguire |
| Pete Beale | Peter Dean |
| Rose Chapman | Petra Markham |
| Rachel Kominski | Jacquetta May |
| Celestine Tavernier | Leroy Golding |
| Clyde Tavernier | Stephen Woodcock |
| Kofi Tavernier | Marcel Smith |
| Gidea Thompson | Sian Martin |
| Sylvia Weng-Chung | Rachel Hiew |
| John Royle | Paddy Joyce |
| Christine Hewitt | Lizzie Power |
| Greg Hewitt | Robert Swann |
| Joe Wallace | Jason Rush |
| Jack Woodman | James Gilbey |
| WPC Julie Morgan | Susanna Shelling |
| Trevor Barnes | Tyrone Huggins |
| Peter Hannagan | Mark Drewry |
| Christopher Moore | Malcolm Sinclare |
| Jennifer Wakeham QC | Dinah Stabb |
| Jackie Burns | Dave Burns |
| Will Chapman | Garrie Lammin |
| Jackie Chapman | Susan Brown |
| Audrey Whittingham | Shirley Dixon |
| Snip Gibbons | Steve Sweeney |
| Trevor Scott | Robert Blythe |
| Harry Samson | Michael Roberts |
| Roly | Roly |
| Character | Actor |
| James Willmott-Brown | William Boyde |
| Sophie Willmott-Brown | Natasha Knight |
| Luke Willmott-Brown | Henry Power |
| Jonathan Hewitt | Jonny Lee Miller |
| Lloyd Tavernier | Garey Bridges |
| Gill Fowler | Susanna Dawson |
| Lorraine Salter | Linda Henry |
| Christine Pretis | Vivien Heilbron |
| Mike Monroe | John Salthouse |
| Marilyn Monroe | Sadie Shimmin |
| Ronnie Bains | Lesley Nightingale |
| Mike Bains | Rupert Degus |
| Major Charlie Grace | Frank Windsor |
| Adrian Bell | Joseph Marcell |
| Donald Cameron | Robert Wilson |
| Stephanie Watson | Yasmin Pettigrew |
| Keith Steer | Tim Dantay |
| Charlie Keating | Nicholas Tennant |
| Anne Howes | Cassie Stuart |
| Terry Howes | Neal Swettenham |
| Bernie Stanton | Patrick Carter |
| Charles Raymond | Tim Stern |
| Albert Davies | Unknown |
| Craig Bains | Dean Saunders |
| Beth Bains | Adele Silva |
| Sean Hogan | Aran Bell |
| Lilian Kominski | Anna Korwin |
| Colin Simpson | Colin McEwan |
| Gary Phillips | Scott Lane |
| Willy | Willy |
| Character | Actor |
| Eibhlin O'Donnell | Mary Conlon |
| Disa O'Brien | Jan Graveson |
| Jasmine O'Brien | Unknown |
| Eddie Royle | Michael Melia |
| Alfie Phillips | Johnny Shannon |
| Lesley Fisher | Judi Lamb |
| Linda Barney | Kate Spiro |
| John Harper | Owen Brenman |
| Joan London | Charlotte Harvey |
| Ken Raynor | Ian Redford |
| Sandra Raynor | Rosalind Bailey |
| Kevin Masters | Colin McCormack |
| Sergeant Jimmy Buckwell | Philip Martin Brown |
| Bob Evans | Edward Harbour |
| Russell Nash | Ray Ashcroft |
| George Lawler | Edmund Kente |
| Jason Warren | George Russo |
| Fred Coats | John White |
| Barbara Collins | Shirley Cain |
| Barney Green | Ralph Watson |
| Gary Green | Jimmy Flint |
| Harry Owens | Patrick Burke |
| Chris Cole | James Curran |
| Dave Carter | David Cheeseman |
| Irene Carter | Karen Murden |
| Alan Jenson | Steve Ramsden |
| Marie Jenson | Lesley Anne Sharpe |
| Terry Metcalfe | Ron Flanagan |
| Wayne Harris | Ellam Hull |
| Jacqui Coles | Anita Parry |
| Kate George | Jill Brassington |
| Jackie Stone | Richard Beale |
| Benny Heller | Unknown |
| Jim Gillespie | Philip Joseph |
| Tommy Chivers | Jimmy Batten |
| Lorna | Cathy Murphy |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Simon Wicks | Nick Berry | |
| Mo Butcher | Edna Doré | |
| Rod Norman | Christopher McHallem | |
| Carol Hanley | Sheila White | |
| Ron Hanley | Dean Harris | |
| Marge Green | Pat Coombs | |
| Vince Johnson | Hepburn Graham | |
| Matthew Taylor | Neil Phillips | |
| Greg McIntosh | Charlie Hawkins | |
| April McIntosh | Helen Pearson | |
| Danny Whiting | Saul Jephcott | |
| Mandy Whiting | Charon Bourke | |
| Shireen Karim | Nisha Kapur | |
| Sohail Karim | Ronnie Jhutti | |
| Ashraf Karim | Aftab Sachak | Tony Wredden |
| Sufia Karim | Rani Singh | |
| Trevor Short | Phil McDermott | |
| Julie Cooper | Louise Plowright | |
| Laurie Bates | Gary Powell | |
| Paul Priestly | Mark Thrippleton | |
| Farah Ahmed | Souad Faress | |
| Nasreen Ahmed | Hebe Chitnis | |
| Hanif Ahmed | Badi Uzzaman | |
| Jabbar Ahmed | Gordon Warnecke | |
| Parvez Ahmed | Mohammed Ashiq | |
| Harry Osborne | John Boswall | |
| Henry Chadwick | Thomas Baptiste | |
| Pearl Chadwick | Ellen Thomas | |
| Chief Supt. Dave Penton | Andrew Burt | |
| Supt. Alan Millward | Simon Rouse | |
| Maggie Stewart | Aline Mowatt | |
| Michael Pariss | Matthew Line | |
| Manny Rosenthal | Cyril Shaps | |
| Malcolm Kent | Russell Dixon | |
| Alice Dutton | Daphne Oxenford | |
| Stuart Kendle | Mark Sproston | |
| Alec Carter | John Rolfe | |
| Billy Dawson | Danny Brown | |
| Alan Growalski | Richard Huw | |
| Carol Nickleson | Briony McRoberts | |
| Lucy Williams | Unknown | |
| PC Keith Manly | Nathan Lewis | |
| Joan Garwood | Mary Miller | |
| Lauren Whiting | Unknown | |
| Barnsey Barnes | John Hallam | |
| DS Neil Buckle | Nigel Harrison | |
| Shirley Bates | Sarah Swingler |
| Character | Actor | Previous actors |
| Johnny Harris | Michael O'Hagan | |
| Alan Richards | Michael Irving | |
| Reg Sparrow | Richard Ireson | |
| Nigel Fenshaw | Tim Bannerman | |
| Jessie Williams | Unknown | |
| Chalkie Whiting | Terry Molloy | |
| Chris Smith | Allan O'Keefe | |
| "Uncle" | Leonard Maguire | |
| Flo Medeemey | Unknown | |
| Lou Beale | Anna Wing | |
| Darren Roberts | Gary McDonald | |
| Harry Jameson | Anthony Dutton | |
| Mary Smith | Linda Davidson | |
| Annie Smith | Samantha Crown | Zara Posener |
| Angie Watts | Anita Dobson | |
| Edie Smith | Eileen O'Brien | |
| Tom Clements | Donald Tandy | |
| Lofty Holloway | Tom Watt | |
| Joan Boyd | Maggie Fold | |
| Hester Samuels | Barbara Shelley | |
| Magda Czajkowski | Kathryn Apanowicz | |
| Rayif Osman | Billy Hassan | |
| Murat Osman | Eddie Izzet | |
| Emine Osman | Pelim Ahmet | |
| Bruce Tally | Crawford Logan | |
| Elizabeth Beale | Lucy Bayler | |
| Kenny Beale | Michael Attwell | |
| Karen Sibley | June Page | |
| Debbie Jansen | Shelley Thompson | |
| Graham Clark | Gary Webster | |
| Rezaul Gabir | Tanveer Ghani | |
| Gerry Fairweather | Jason Watkins | |
| Yvonne Martin | Karen Archer |
| Character | Actor |
| Dr. Jaggat Singh | Amerjit Deu |
| Brendan Smith | Ian Wilkinson |
| Naima Jeffery | Shreela Ghosh |
| Farrukh | Sumar Khan |
| Martin Hunter | Peter Purves |
| Derek Taylor | Ken Sharrok |
| Kelvin Carpenter | Paul J. Medford |
| Tony Carpenter | Oscar James |
| Debbie Wilkins | Shirley Cheriton |
| Terry Rich | Gary Whelan |
| Oxley | Colun Gallivan |
| June Watkins | Madaline Blakeney |
| Auntie Irene | Katherine Parr |
| Hannah Carpenter | Sally Sagoe |
| Tina Hopkins | Eleanor Rhodes |
| WPC Alison Howard | Elaine Donnelly |
| Eddie Hunter | Simon Henderson |
| Alan Miller | Unknown |
| Character | Actor |
| Cassie Carpenter | Delanie Forbes |
| Dario Chimisso | Marino Mase |
| Harry Reynolds | Gareth Potter |
| Monty Krietman | Charles Rea |
| Sam Sangers | Alan Ford |
| Sandra Marsh | Erin Geraghty |
| Andy O'Brien | Ross Davidson |
| Owen Hughes | Philip Brock |
| Tessa Parker | Josephine Melville |
| Roy Quick | Douglas Fielding |
| Johnny Earthquake | G.B. Zoot Money |
| Trevor Smith | George Irving |
| Jestis Scanlon | Unknown |
| Nigel Dean | Anthony Jackson |
| Ruth Lyons | Judy Liebert |
| John Fisher | David Dale |
| Neville Agard | Gordon Case |
| Wally Ashton | Unknown |
| Sonia Marples | Unknown |
| Sicily Barnes | Unknown |
| Lizzie Burton | Sharon D. Clarke |
| Character | Actor |
| Saeed Jeffery | Andrew Johnson |
| Sheena Menell | Dulice Liecier |
| Adam Steadman | Unknown |
| Alan Grout | Jon Glentoran |
| Ernie Mears | Ken Wynne |
| Ayse Osman | Mine Keylan |
| Hassan Osman | Michael Evangelou |
| Gary "Spotty" | Peter Laxton |
| Jean Hancock | Isabelle Lucas |
| Reg Cox | Johnnie Clayton |
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