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
Peggy Mitchell	Jo Warne	1991, 1994–2010, 2013–16
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
Lorna Cartwright	Janet Dibley	1997–98, 2016–
Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick	1998–
Mo Harris	Laila Morse	2000–^{[lower-greek 1]}
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–
Jean Slater	Gillian Wright	2004–^{[lower-greek 2]}
Honey Mitchell	Emma Barton	2005–08, 2014–
Denise Fox	Diane Parish	2006–
Libby Fox	Belinda Owusu	2006–10, 2014–^{[lower-greek 3]}
Max Branning	Jake Wood	2006–
Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald	2006–
Lauren Branning	Jacqueline Jossa	2006–
Lauren Branning	Madeline Duggan	2006–
Shirley Carter	Linda Henry	2006–
Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick	2006–
Roxy Mitchell	Rita Simons	2007–
Ronnie Mitchell	Samantha Womack	2007–11, 2013–
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–
Jordan Johnson	Michael-Joel David Stuart	2008–10, 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−
Johnny Carter	Ted Reilly	2013–14, 2016–
Johnny Carter	Sam Strike	2013–14, 2016–
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	2015–16
Gavin Sullivan	Paul Nicholas	2015–
Kyle Slater	Riley Carter Millington	2015–
Shakil Kazemi	Shaheen Jafargholi	2016–

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–
Belinda Peacock	Carli Norris	2001–03, 2016–
Belinda Peacock	Leanne Lakey	2001–03, 2016–
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–
Will Mitchell	Toby Walpole	2007–12, 2014–
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–
Hannah Reynolds	Mia Jenkins	2009, 2016–
Hannah Reynolds	Eloise Barnes	2009, 2016–
Fatima Inzamam	Anu Hasan	2010, 2015–
Kamil Masood	Arian Chikhlia	2010–13, 2015–
Lily Branning	Aine Garvey	2010, 2014–
Lily Branning	Uncredited	2010, 2014–
PC Evans	Adam McNamara	2011–
Dennis Rickman Jnr	Bleu Landau	2012–
Dennis Rickman Jnr	Harry Hickles	2012–
Ollie Walters	Tony O'Callaghan	2013–
Lady Di (dog)	Hot Lips	2013–
DS Cameron Bryant	Glen Wallace	2014–
Tom Pepper	Tristam Summers	2014–
Elaine Peacock	Maria Friedman	2014–
Sylvie Carter	Linda Marlowe	2014–
Matthew Mitchell-Cotton	Uncredited	2015–
Pearl Fox-Hubbard	Aureya	2015–
Margaret Midhurst	Jan Harvey	2015–
Ollie Carter	Jack	2015–
Louie	Uncredited	2015–
Arthur Fowler	Uncredited	2015−
Sophie Dodd	Poppy Rush	2016–
Ricksy Hicks	Joel Phillimore	2016–
Tim Reynolds	Charlie Baker	2016–
Thelma Bragg	Lorraine Stanley	2016–
Linzi Bragg	Amy-Leigh Hickman	2016–
JJ Johnson	Zayden Kareem	2016–
Delphine Rousseau	Emmanuelle Bouaziz	2016–
Andy Flynn	Jack Derges	2016–

Named extras

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Tracey	Jane Slaughter	1985–
Michael	Michael Leader	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]
Paul Coker	Jonny Labey	^[2]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Grant Mitchell	Ross Kemp	^[3]
Sam Mitchell	Danniella Westbrook	^[4]
Christian Clarke	John Partridge	^[5]
Linda Clarke	Lynda Baron	^[5]
Steven Beale	Aaron Sidwell	^[6]

Future characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Neville Peacock	Gary Webster	^[7]

Past characters

Main article: List of past EastEnders characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

Main article: List of EastEnders spin-off characters

Footnotes

↑ Mo has made guest appearances since 2012.
↑ Jean has made guest appearances since 2014.
↑ Libby has made guest appearances since 2014.

References

↑ "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.
↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (19 April 2016). "Exclusive: Goodbye Paul Coker! EastEnders star Jonny Labey is leaving the show". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
↑ 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.
↑ Warner, Sam (27 February 2016). "At last! EastEnders has finally confirmed that Daniella Westbrook will return as Sam Mitchell". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
1 2 "BBC Blogs - EastEnders News & Spoilers - John Partridge and Lynda Baron to return to EastEnders". BBC Online. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (2 May 2016). "Exclusive: EastEnders is bringing back Aaron Sidwell as Steven Beale and we're expecting fireworks". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
↑ "Episode dated 09/05/2016". 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

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