List of EastEnders characters

This is a list of characters currently in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, listed in order of first appearance. Where more than one actor has portrayed the same character, the current actor is listed first and the earliest is at the bottom.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character Actor(s) Duration
Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth 1985–2000, 2015–
Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985–95, 2001–06, 2012–
Ian Beale Adam Woodyatt 1985–
Dot Cotton June Brown 1985–93, 1997–
Martin Fowler James Bye 1985–2007, 2014–
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990–2003, 2005–
Peggy Mitchell Barbara Windsor 1991, 1994–2010, 2013–16
Jo Warne
Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993–2007, 2010–11, 2014–
Ben Mitchell Harry Reid 1996–2000, 2006–12, 2014–
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998–
Mo Harris Laila Morse 2000–
Rebecca Fowler Jasmine Armfield 2000, 2002, 2005–07, 2014–
Jade Sharif
Alex and Vicky Gonzalez
Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001–
Louise Mitchell Tilly Keeper 2001–03, 2008, 2010, 2016–
Brittany Papple
Danni Bennatar
Rachel Cox
Jane Beale Laurie Brett 2004–12, 2014–
Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004–10, 2014–
Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005–08, 2014–
Denise Fox Diane Parish 2006–
Max Branning Jake Wood 2006–
Abi Branning Lorna Fitzgerald 2006–
Lauren Branning Jacqueline Jossa 2006–
Madeline Duggan
Shirley Carter Linda Henry 2006–
Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006–
Roxy Mitchell Rita Simons 2007–
Ronnie Mitchell Samantha Womack 2007–11, 2013–
Tamwar Masood Himesh Patel 2007–
Masood Ahmed Nitin Ganatra 2007–
Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007–13, 2015–
Whitney Dean Shona McGarty 2008–
Lucas Johnson Don Gilet 2008–10, 2016–
Jordan Johnson Joivan Wade 2008–10, 2016–
Michael-Joel David Stuart
Ryan Malloy Neil McDermott 2009–11, 2014, 2016
Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009–
Cora Cross Ann Mitchell 2011–
Les Coker Roger Sloman 2012, 2014–
Tina Carter Luisa Bradshaw-White 2013−
Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013−
Mick Carter Danny Dyer 2013−
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill 2014–
Babe Smith Annette Badland 2014–
Lee Carter Danny-Boy Hatchard 2014–
Donna Yates Lisa Hammond 2014–
Pam Coker Lin Blakley 2014–
Kush Kazemi Davood Ghadami 2014–
Buster Briggs Karl Howman 2014–
Vincent Hubbard Richard Blackwood 2015–
Claudette Hubbard Ellen Thomas 2015–
Carmel Kazemi Bonnie Langford 2015–
Paul Coker Jonny Labey 2015–
Kyle Slater Riley Carter Millington 2015–

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) Duration
Marcus Christie Stephen Churchett 1990–91, 1993, 1996–2004, 2014–
Sal Martin Anna Karen 1996–97, 2001–04, 2007–11, 2013–
DCI Jill Marsden Sophie Stanton 2001–03, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–
Bobby Beale Eliot Carrington 2003–
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
The Reverend Mr Stevens Michael Keating 2005–13, 2015–
Ritchie Scott Sian Webber 2005–12, 2014–
Janet Mitchell Grace 2006–12, 2014–
Derek Evans Simon Lowe 2007–10, 2015–
Sergeant Kenny Morris Ryan Philpott 2007–09, 2011, 2015–
Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips 2007–12, 2014–
Toby Walpole
Oscar Branning Charlie and Neo Hall 2007–
Gabriel Miller-Williams
DI Samantha Keeble Alison Newman 2008, 2014–
Amy Mitchell Abbie Knowles 2008–
Amelie Conway
Kamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Bushra Abbasi Pooja Ghai 2009–11, 2014–
Imam Ali Emilio Doorgasingh 2009–11, 2015–
Fatima Inzamam Anu Hasan 2010, 2015–
Kamil Masood Arian Chikhlia 2010–13, 2015–
Lily Branning Aine Garvey 2010, 2014–
Uncredited
PC Evans Adam McNamara 2011–
Dennis Rickman Jnr Bleu Landau 2012–
Harry Hickles
PC Scott Beckley Richard Hurst 2013–
Lady Di (dog) Hot Lips 2013–
DS Cameron Bryant Glen Wallace 2014–
Fiona Payne Sandra James-Young 2014–
Elaine Peacock Maria Friedman 2014–
Sylvie Carter Linda Marlowe 2014–
Matthew Mitchell-Cotton Uncredited 2015–
Pearl Fox-Hubbard Aureya 2015–
Ollie Carter Jack 2015–
Gavin Sullivan Paul Nicholas 2015–
Louie Uncredited 2015–
Arthur Fowler Uncredited 2015−
Sophie Dodd Poppy Rush 2016–
Ricksy Hicks Joel Phillimore 2016–
Eve Igwe Emmanuella Cole 2016–
Tim Reynolds Charlie Baker 2016–
Linzi Bragg Amy-Leigh Hickman 2016–
JJ Johnson Zayden Kareem 2016–

Named extras

Character Actor(s) Duration
Tracey Jane Slaughter 1985–
Winston Ulric Browne 1986–
Marie Evans Elizabeth Sweet 2003–
Shrimpy Ben Champniss 2014–

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor Ref(s)
Peggy Mitchell Barbara Windsor [1]

Returning characters

Character Actor Ref(s)
Grant Mitchell Ross Kemp [2]
Johnny Carter TBA [3]

Future characters

Character Actor Ref(s)
Linford Short Leon Lopez [4]

Past characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Blogs - EastEnders News & Spoilers - Dame Barbara Windsor to return to EastEnders for the very last time…". BBC Online. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Bryant, Tom (17 January 2016). "Grant Mitchell's EastEnders return CONFIRMED as Ross Kemp rejoins cast for Peggy's final farewell". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Brown, David (6 February 2016). "EastEnders to recast the role of Johnny Carter". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (14 January 2016). "Exclusive: From Brookside to EastEnders: Leon Lopez lands guest role as Claudette's foster son". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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