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'']'' is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ] on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed first. '']'' is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ] on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last.


== Present characters == == Present characters ==
=== Regular characters === === Regular characters ===
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! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Character
! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Actor(s)
! scope="col" style="width:320px;" | Duration ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" | Duration
! scope="col" style="width:10px;" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}} ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
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| {{sortname|Kathy|Beale}} || {{sortname|Gillian|Taylforth}} || {{dts|1985}}–2000, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Kathy Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3RhCFJdBwXgsKCR6q3Nl8HX/kathy-beale |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Kathy|Beale}}|| {{sortname|Gillian|Taylforth}} || {{dts|1985}}–2000, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Kathy Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3RhCFJdBwXgsKCR6q3Nl8HX/kathy-beale |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Sharon|Watts}} || {{sortname|Letitia|Dean}} || {{dts|1985}}–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sharon Watts">{{cite web |title=Sharon Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3PGXGVJRP6xW0dntQ05MmVS/sharon-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Sharon|Watts}} || {{sortname|Letitia|Dean}} || {{dts|1985}}–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sharon Watts">{{cite web |title=Sharon Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3PGXGVJRP6xW0dntQ05MmVS/sharon-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Martin|Fowler|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|James|Bye|dab=actor}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|1985}}–2007, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Martin Fowler">{{cite web |title=Martin Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5s9VjgKXjBGXXmCJGwcld7/martin-fowler |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayley |first1=James |title=Here's what EastEnders actor James Alexandrou who played badboy Martin Fowler is up to now |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/heres-what-eastenders-actor-james-19614602 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=MyLondon |date=15 January 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Ian|Beale}} || {{sortname|Adam|Woodyatt}} || 1985–present || align="center" | <ref name="Ian Beale">{{cite web |title=Ian Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4Gwvxh2W63SFhPY0xGM8czx/ian-beale |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Martin|Fowler|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Jon|Peyton Price|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|1985}}–2007, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Martin Fowler">{{cite web |title=Martin Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5s9VjgKXjBGXXmCJGwcld7/martin-fowler |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayley |first1=James |title=Here's what EastEnders actor James Alexandrou who played badboy Martin Fowler is up to now |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/heres-what-eastenders-actor-james-19614602 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=MyLondon |date=15 January 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|James|Alexandrou}} | {{sortname|James|Alexandrou}}
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| {{sortname|Jon|Peyton Price|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|James|Bye|dab=actor}}
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Janine|Butcher}} || {{sortname|Charlie|Brooks}} || rowspan="3" | 1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–present || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Janine Butcher">{{cite web |title=Janine Butcher|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1WWjfFZsNmh5C6KkBBkqBzj/janine-butcher |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Cindy|Beale}} || {{sortname|Michelle|Collins}} || {{dts|1988}}–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Cindy Beale">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lewis |title=What happened to Cindy Beale in EastEnders? Michelle Collins role explained |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-cindy-beale-michelle-collins-explained/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Alexia|Demetriou|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Rebecca|Michael|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Phil|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Steve|McFadden}} || {{dts|1990}}–2003, 2005–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Phil Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Phil Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/FYbhfKRvJWzfqCQgBs84qS/phil-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Phil|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Steve|McFadden}} || {{dts|1990}}–2003, 2005–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Phil Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Phil Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/FYbhfKRvJWzfqCQgBs84qS/phil-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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|rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Sam|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Kim|Medcalf}} || rowspan="2"| {{dts|1990}}&ndash;1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–present || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sam Mitchell">{{cite news |last1=Goodacre |first1=Kate |title=EastEnders confirms comeback for Sam Mitchell as Kim Medcalf reprises role |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38932134/eastenders-cast-sam-mitchell-kim-medcalf-return/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=29 January 2022}}</ref> | {{sortname|Nigel|Bates}} || {{sortname|Paul|Bradley|dab=English actor}}|| {{dts|1992}}–1998, 2024–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=EastEnders airs surprise Christmas Eve return for classic character in early BBC iPlayer release |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-surprise-nigel-bates-paul-bradley-christmas-eve-return-newsupdate/|access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Bianca|Jackson}} || {{sortname|Patsy|Palmer}} || {{dts|1993}}–1999, 2008–2014, 2019, 2024–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=EastEnders confirms Patsy Palmer return as Bianca Jackson for reunion with David Wicks |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-bianca-jackson-patsy-palmer-return-david-reunion-newsupdate/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Danniella|Westbrook}}
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| {{sortname|Sonia|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Natalie|Cassidy}} || {{dts|1993}}–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sonia Jackson">{{cite web |title=Sonia Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3ZyR7HWVfd3Yf89GQgLYF1v/sonia-fowler |access-date=2 March 2021 |website=] |publisher=]}}</ref> | {{sortname|Sonia|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Natalie|Cassidy}} || {{dts|1993}}–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sonia Jackson">{{cite web |title=Sonia Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3ZyR7HWVfd3Yf89GQgLYF1v/sonia-fowler |access-date=2 March 2021 |website=] |publisher=]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="7" | {{sortname|Peter|Beale}} || {{sortname|Dayle|Hudson|nolink=1}} || rowspan="7" | {{dts|1993}}–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Milan |first1=Aidan |title=Who is Peter Beale and who plays him on EastEnders? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/18/peter-beale-plays-eastenders-12262966/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=18 February 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="7" | {{sortname|Peter|Beale}} || {{sortname|Francis|Brittin-Snell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="7" | 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present || rowspan="7" align="center" | <ref name="Peter Beale">{{Cite press release|title=EastEnders' Peter Beale to return to Walford alongside Cindy and Ian later this year|date=23 June 2023|publisher=]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/eastenders-peter-beale-returns |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ben|Hardy|dab=actor}} | {{sortname|Alex|Stevens|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Thomas|Law}} | {{sortname|Joseph|Shade|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|James|Martin|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|James|Martin|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Joseph|Shade|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Ben|Hardy|dab=actor}}
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| {{sortname|Alex|Stevens|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Dayle|Hudson|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Francis|Brittin-Snell|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Thomas|Law}}
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| rowspan="6" | {{sortname|Ben|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Max|Bowden}} || rowspan="6" | {{dts|1996}}–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Manson |first1=Marianna |title=EastEnders: axed Ben Mitchell actors - where are they now? |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/soaps/eastenders-ben-mitchell-actors/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=8 February 2019}}</ref> | {{sortname|Billy|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Perry|Fenwick}} || {{dts|1998}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Billy Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Billy Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5lSWM7YsLr5GWd4Htj0f06Q/billy-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kat|Slater}}|| {{sortname|Jessie|Wallace}} || {{dts|2000}}–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kat Slater">{{cite web |title=Kat Moon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5YsrNP0Nc7CdLD36V2FW1XJ/kat-moon |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Harry|Reid|dab=actor}}
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| {{sortname|Mo|Harris}} || {{sortname|Laila|Morse}} || 2000–2016, 2018–2022, 2024–present || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Grace |title=Mo Harris to make EastEnders return — and she'll be joined by ANOTHER Slater |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/emb-8pm-tonight-eastenders-mo-harris-to-make-permanent-return-and-shes-not-alone |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=] |date=28 February 2024}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Joshua|Pascoe|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Charlie|Jones|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Morgan|Whittle|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Matthew|Silver|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Billy|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Perry|Fenwick}} || {{dts|1998}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Billy Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Billy Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5lSWM7YsLr5GWd4Htj0f06Q/billy-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kat|Slater}} || {{sortname|Jessie|Wallace}} || {{dts|2000}}–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kat Slater">{{cite web |title=Kat Moon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5YsrNP0Nc7CdLD36V2FW1XJ/kat-moon |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Patrick|Trueman}} || {{sortname|Rudolph|Walker}} || {{dts|2001}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Patrick Trueman">{{cite web |title=Patrick Trueman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1CBkDZWbMdzWmBjXKDfG3mJ/patrick-trueman |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Patrick|Trueman}} || {{sortname|Rudolph|Walker}} || {{dts|2001}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Patrick Trueman">{{cite web |title=Patrick Trueman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1CBkDZWbMdzWmBjXKDfG3mJ/patrick-trueman |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Bobby|Beale|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Clay|Milner Russell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="5" | {{dts|2003}}–2017, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Caroline |title=Bobby Beale actors in EastEnders – a closer look at the five faces of Ian Beale's son |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/13/bobby-beale-actors-in-eastenders-a-closer-look-at-the-five-faces-of-ian-beales-son-9943022/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=13 June 2019}}</ref> | {{sortname|Alfie|Moon}} || {{sortname|Shane|Richie}} || {{dts|2002}}–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Alfie Moon">{{cite web |title=Alfie Moon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4qs9JsPPZghCLZfK3JRSC5D/alfie-moon |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Yolande|Trueman}} || {{sortname|Angela|Wynter}} || {{dts|2003}}–2008, 2017, 2023–present ||style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Yolande Trueman">{{cite news |title=EastEnders summer return for Angela Wynter as Yolande Trueman |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-yolande-trueman-yolande-trueman-return-newsupdate/ |work=] |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Eliot|Carrington|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Stacey|Slater}} || {{sortname|Lacey|Turner}} || {{dts|2004}}–2010, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Stacey Slater">{{cite web |title=Stacey Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1TvxZ4wXZMMCRyxFYCRJ0Pn/stacey-fowler |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Rory|Stroud|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Freddie|Slater}} || {{sortname|Alex|Kilby|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2004}}–2006, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Freddie Slater">{{cite news |title=EastEnders sign Jade Goody's son Bobby Brazier as they recast role |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/eastenders/jade-goody-son-bobby-brazier/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Alex|Francis|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Kevin|Curran|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Tom|Kilby|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Bobby|Brazier}}
| {{sortname|Stacey|Slater}} || {{sortname|Lacey|Turner}} || {{dts|2004}}–2010, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Stacey Slater">{{cite web |title=Stacey Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1TvxZ4wXZMMCRyxFYCRJ0Pn/stacey-fowler |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jean|Slater}} || {{sortname|Gillian|Wright}} || {{dts|2004}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jean Slater">{{cite web |title=Jean Slater |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3bkKJvMFk1wlg0n8wsH5hcw/jean-slater |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Jean|Slater}} || {{sortname|Gillian|Wright}} || {{dts|2004}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jean Slater">{{cite web |title=Jean Slater |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3bkKJvMFk1wlg0n8wsH5hcw/jean-slater |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ruby|Allen}} || {{sortname|Louisa|Lytton}} || {{dts|2005}}–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–present|| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruby Allen set to return to EastEnders as Louisa Lytton reprises the role later this year |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-ruby-allen-louisa-lytton-return |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Honey|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Emma|Barton}} || {{dts|2005}}–2008, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Honey Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Honey Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Lj05GFMBVbdtbDfwk77RV/honey-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Honey|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Emma|Barton}} || {{dts|2005}}–2008, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Honey Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Honey Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Lj05GFMBVbdtbDfwk77RV/honey-mitchell |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Chelsea|Fox}} || {{sortname|Zaraah|Abrahams}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2006}}–2010, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kitson |first1=Calli |title=Who plays Chelsea Fox in EastEnders and why is it a new actress? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/25/who-plays-chelsea-fox-in-eastenders-and-why-is-it-a-new-actress-13793623/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=25 December 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Chelsea|Fox}} || {{sortname|Tiana|Benjamin}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2006}}–2010, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Chelsea Fox">{{cite news |last1=McLennan |first1=Patrick |title=EastEnders casts former Coronation Street star Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Fox |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-zaraah-abrahams-chelsea-fox/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Tiana|Benjamin}} | {{sortname|Zaraah|Abrahams}}
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| {{sortname|Denise|Fox}} || {{sortname|Diane|Parish}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Denise Fox |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/N9NNn11VLycV2J2y4wnnS5/denise-fox |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Denise|Fox}} || {{sortname|Diane|Parish}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Denise Fox |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/N9NNn11VLycV2J2y4wnnS5/denise-fox |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Shirley|Carter}} || {{sortname|Linda|Henry}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Shirley Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1n0dmtq69YFtkBb9VfqG8Ny/shirley-carter |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lauren|Branning}} || {{sortname|Madeline|Duggan}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2006}}–2018, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Lauren">{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Jossa announces return to EastEnders as Lauren Branning five years after exit |website=] |date=30 September 2023 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-jacqueline-jossa-announces-return-31074751}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Jossa}}
| {{sortname|Jay|Brown}} || {{sortname|Jamie|Borthwick}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jay Brown">{{cite web |title=Jay Brown |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zw3m064HfJrVkvLLg63bxP/jay-brown |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Rainie|Cross}} || {{sortname|Tanya|Franks}} || {{dts|2007}}–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Rainie Cross">{{cite web |title=Rainie Cross |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/52gBHPCjCmyTwyB4t1vKbCg/rainie-cross |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Jay|Brown}} || {{sortname|Jamie|Borthwick}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jay Brown">{{cite web |title=Jay Brown |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zw3m064HfJrVkvLLg63bxP/jay-brown |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jack|Branning}} || {{sortname|Scott|Maslen}} || {{dts|2007}}–2013, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jack Branning">{{cite web |title=Jack Branning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2wJkT96Kv3YckLf1MfvzR8z/jack-branning |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Jack|Branning}} || {{sortname|Scott|Maslen}} || {{dts|2007}}–2013, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jack Branning">{{cite web |title=Jack Branning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2wJkT96Kv3YckLf1MfvzR8z/jack-branning |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Whitney|Dean}} || {{sortname|Shona|McGarty}} || {{dts|2008}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Whitney Dean">{{cite web |title=Whitney Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2clkTRXx27tC2Wzgs4CVndd/whitney-carter |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Penny|Branning}} || {{sortname|Mia|McKenna-Bruce}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2008}}, 2024–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Penny Branning">{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Helen |title=EastEnders confirms Penny Branning return after 15 years away |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-penny-branning-return-new-actress-newsupdate/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kitty|Castledine}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Dotty|Cotton}} || {{sortname|Milly|Zero}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2008}}–2010, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Corner |first1=Natalie L. |title=Who is Milly Zero? Inside EastEnders Dotty Cotton star's life away from the soap |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/milly-zero-dotty-cotton-molly-22579232 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=26 August 2020}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Amy|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Natalia|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}} || rowspan="5" | {{dts|2008}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" | <ref name="Amy Mitchell">{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders confirms Amy Mitchell recast in new episodes|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40831191/eastenders-spoilers-amy-mitchell-recast-ellie-dadd/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Molly|Conlin}}
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| {{sortname|Kamil|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kim|Fox}} || {{sortname|Tameka|Empson}} || {{dts|2009}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kim Fox">{{cite web |title=Kim Fox-Hubbard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2Q4dzRjC1qpmrtc0nylRt5C/kim-fox-hubbard |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Amelie|Conway|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Lola|Pearce}} || {{sortname|Danielle|Harold}} || {{dts|2011}}–2015, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Johnathon |title=Who is EastEnders' Lola Pearce? Who plays her and when did she leave the soap? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-lola-pearce-return-actress-bbc-ben-mitchell/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=5 April 2019}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Abbie|Burke|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Linda|Carter}} || {{sortname|Kellie|Bright}} || {{dts|2013}}–present|| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Linda Carter">{{cite web |title=Linda Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Vw0M9WXmC7mWTrdqmYhdXp/linda-carter |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ellie|Dadd}}
| {{sortname|Mick|Carter}} || {{sortname|Danny|Dyer}} || {{dts|2013}}–2022 || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Mick Carter">{{cite web |title=Mick Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2mc8tQs5Sp3dHycPkkLTFFF/mick-carter |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Nancy|Carter}} || {{sortname|Maddy|Hill}} ||{{dts|2014}}–2016, 2021–present ||style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=David |title=Nancy Carter makes shock return to EastEnders after nearly 5 years away |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-nancy-carter-return/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=] |date=8 February 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Kim|Fox}} || {{sortname|Tameka|Empson}} || {{dts|2009}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kim Fox">{{cite web |title=Kim Fox-Hubbard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2Q4dzRjC1qpmrtc0nylRt5C/kim-fox-hubbard |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Karen|Taylor|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Lorraine|Stanley}} || {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Taylors">{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders casts a brand new family as the Taylors arrive with "explosive" storylines |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a828001/eastenders-spoilers-cast-changes-taylor-family/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=10 May 2017}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lily|Slater}} || {{sortname|Aine|Garvey|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Lily Slater">{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders: Who is the new actress playing Lily Slater, and who played her before? |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-who-new-actress-playing-22725552 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Lillia|Turner}}
| {{sortname|Bernadette|Taylor}} || {{sortname|Clair|Norris|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Taylors"/>
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| {{sortname|Callum "Halfway"|Highway}} || {{sortname|Tony|Clay}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ben |title=EastEnders confirms plans for Halfway to return to Albert Square |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a853395/eastenders-confirms-plans-for-halfway-to-return-to-albert-square/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 March 2018}}</ref> | rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Tommy|Moon}} || {{sortname|Shane||nolink=1}} || rowspan="4" | {{dts|2010}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | <ref name="Moon">{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=Charlie |title=EastEnders spoilers: Tommy Moon's heartbreaking 'diagnosis' rocks Walford in tragic twist |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1307017/EastEnders-spoilers-Tommy-Moon-diagnosis-dyslexia-bullying-Kat-Slater-return-BBC-video |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace: EastEnders baby plot was not hard |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0416/428884-eastenders/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |title=EastEnders confirms Tommy Moon recast in box set episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36860717/eastenders-confirms-tommy-moon-recast-sonny-kendall/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ralfie|White|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Mitch|Baker|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Roger|Griffiths}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Bea |title=EastEnders confirms a dramatic return for Keegan Baker's father Mitch |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a870424/eastenders-spoilers-keegan-baker-dad-mitch-baker-roger-griffiths-return/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=12 November 2018}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Shay|Crotty|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Stuart|Highway|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Ricky|Champ}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders casts Him & Her star Ricky Champ as Halfway's brother Stuart |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a853432/eastenders-spoilers-ricky-champ-stuart-highway/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 March 2018}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Sonny|Kendall|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Ash|Kaur}} || {{sortname|Gurlaine|Kaur Garcha|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders star Gurlaine Kaur Garcha reacts to that big Ash reveal – and teases more twists |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29624831/eastenders-spoilers-gurlaine-kaur-garcha-ash-panesar-twist/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kheerat|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Jaz|Deol}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Panesars">{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders – who are the Panesar brothers? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29366276/eastenders-panesar-brothers-family-jags-kheerat-vinny/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=4 October 2019}}</ref> | {{sortname|Linda|Carter}} || {{sortname|Kellie|Bright}} || {{dts|2013}}–present|| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Linda Carter">{{cite web |title=Linda Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Vw0M9WXmC7mWTrdqmYhdXp/linda-carter |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Johnny|Carter|dab=EastEnders}} ||{{sortname|Sam|Strike}}|| rowspan="3" | 2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2024–present || rowspan="3" align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarrubba |first1=Stefania |title=EastEnders to bring back Johnny Carter as role is recast again |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46038903/eastenders-johnny-carter-recast-charlie-suff/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |publisher=] |date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Vinny|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Shiv|Jalota|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Panesars"/>
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| {{sortname|Ted|Reilly}}
| {{sortname|Suki|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Balvinder|Sopal}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Fullerton |first1=Huw |title=EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-balvinder-sopal-as-suki-panesar/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=22 December 2019}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Charlie|Suff}}
| {{sortname|Frankie|Lewis}} || {{sortname|Rose|Ayling-Ellis|}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders kicks off Frankie Lewis mystery as she befriends Tina Carter |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33941726/eastenders-spoilers-frankie-lewis-mystery-carters/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=7 September 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Zack|Hudson}} || {{sortname|James|Farrar|dab=actor}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Crick |first1=Claire |title=Silent Witness and Call The Midwife star James Farrar joins the cast of EastEnders |url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/silent-witness-call-the-midwife-james-farrar-joins-eastenders-658847/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=] |date=31 January 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Elaine|Peacock}} || {{sortname|Maria|Friedman}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2014}}–2017, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Knight">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43441910/eastenders-knight-family-recasting-molly-rainford/|title=EastEnders recasts a character as new Queen Vic family is revealed|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=28 March 2023|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=28 March 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Harriet|Thorpe}}
| {{sortname|Dana|Monroe}} || {{sortname|Barbara|Smith|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers: Wicked Suki Panesar destroys Bobby Beale's sexual confidence |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/28/eastenders-spoilers-wicked-suki-destroys-bobbys-sexual-confidence-14207289/amp/ |access-date=8 May 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Vi|Highway}} || {{sortname|Gwen|Taylor}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a35866725/eastenders-sppilers-gwen-taylor-cast-callum-grandmother/|title=EastEnders casts Gwen Taylor as Stuart and Callum's grandmother Violet|work=]|publisher=]|date=17 March 2021|last=Harp|first=Justin}}</ref> | {{sortname|Bernadette|Taylor}} || {{sortname|Clair|Norris}} || {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Bernadette Taylor">{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders casts a brand new family as the Taylors arrive with "explosive" storylines |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a828001/eastenders-spoilers-cast-changes-taylor-family/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Tom "Rocky"|Cotton}} || {{sortname|Brian|Conley}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kitson |first1=Calli |title=EastEnders spoilers: Brian Conley cast as Sonia Fowler's long-lost father Terry Cant |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/15/eastenders-spoilers-brian-conley-cast-as-sonias-father-terry-cant-14083334/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=] |date=15 February 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Callum|Highway}} || {{sortname|Tony|Clay}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Callum Highway">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ben |title=EastEnders confirms plans for Halfway to return to Albert Square |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a853395/eastenders-confirms-plans-for-halfway-to-return-to-albert-square/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 March 2018}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Harvey|Monroe}} || {{sortname|Ross|Boatman}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36671353/eastenders-spoilers-ross-boatman-harvey-monroe-dana-bobby/|title=EastEnders casts Ross Boatman for big Bobby Beale storyline|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=9 June 2021|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=9 June 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Vinny|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Shiv|Jalota}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Panesars">{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders – who are the Panesar brothers? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29366276/eastenders-panesar-brothers-family-jags-kheerat-vinny/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
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| ] || {{sortname|Delroy|Atkinson|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a39094105/eastenders-kim-fox-new-love-interest-howie/|title= EastEnders hints at new love interest for Kim Fox|last=Alexander|first=Susannah|date=15 February 2022|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> | {{sortname|Suki|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Balvinder|Sopal}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Suki Panesar">{{cite news |last1=Fullerton |first1=Huw |title=EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-balvinder-sopal-as-suki-panesar/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=22 December 2019}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Aaron|Monroe}} || {{sortname|Charlie|Wernham}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37256370/eastenders-cast-charlie-wernham-aaron-harvey-hollyoaks/|title=EastEnders casts former Hollyoaks star Charlie Wernham as Harvey's son Aaron|last=Wehrstedt|first=Lisa|date=9 August 2021|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=9 August 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Zack|Hudson}} || {{sortname|James|Farrar|dab=actor}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Zack Hudson">{{cite news |last1=Crick |first1=Claire |title=Silent Witness and Call The Midwife star James Farrar joins the cast of EastEnders |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/silent-witness-call-the-midwife-james-farrar-joins-eastenders-658847 |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=] |date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Eve|Unwin}} || {{sortname|Heather|Peace}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.google.co.uk/metro.co.uk/2021/08/29/eastenders-cast-waterloo-road-star-heather-peace-as-staceys-inmate-15163995/|title= Eastenders to cast Heather Pearce as Stacey Slaters inmate Eve|last=Kitson|first=Calli|date=30 August 2021|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Harvey|Monroe}} || {{sortname|Ross|Boatman}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Harvey Monroe">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36671353/eastenders-spoilers-ross-boatman-harvey-monroe-dana-bobby/|title=EastEnders casts Ross Boatman for big Bobby Beale storyline|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=9 June 2021|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=9 June 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jada|Lennox}} || {{sortname|Kelsey|{{nowrap|Calladine-Smith}}|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Alyssa" /> | {{sortname|Howie|Danes}} || {{sortname|Delroy|Atkinson}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Howie Danes">{{cite magazine |last1=White |first1=Kate |title='People keep telling me I better treat Kim right!' |magazine=] |date=27 August - 2 September 2022 |issue=35 |pages=44–45}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Eve|Unwin}} || {{sortname|Heather|Peace}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Eve Unwin">{{cite news |last1=Theil |first1=Michele |title=EastEnders casts former Waterloo Road star Heather Peace as Stacey's prison friend |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37425704/eastenders-casts-waterloo-road-heather-peace-new-character/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |publisher=] |date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
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=== Recurring and guest characters ===
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| {{sortname|Ravi|Gulati|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Aaron|Thiara}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Ravi Gulati">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40501110/eastenders-cast-aaron-thiara-ravi-gulati-panesar-story/ |title=EastEnders confirms Aaron Thiara has joined cast for new Panesar story |last=Harp|first=Justin|date=4 July 2022|work=] |publisher=]|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Character
! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Actor(s)
! scope="col" style="width:320px;" | Duration
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| {{sortname|Ritchie|Scott}} || {{sortname|Sian|Webber}} || {{dts|2005}}–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Duncan |title=EastEnders spoilers: Lawyer Ritchie Scott returns to save arrested Phil Mitchell |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/30/eastenders-spoilers-lawyer-ritchie-scott-returns-save-arrested-phil-mitchell-12477258/|access-date=6 January 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harp |first=Justin |title=EastEnders' Phil Mitchell gets very bad prison news from returning character |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38686460/eastenders-spoilers-phil-arrest-life-sentence/ |access-date=6 January 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=6 January 2022}}</ref> | {{sortname|Felix|Baker}} || {{sortname|Matthew James|Morrison|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Felix Baker">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40208483/eastenders-spoilers-mitch-brother-nephews-arrive/|title=EastEnders is bringing in Mitch Baker's brother and nephews in cast shake-up|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=6 June 2022|work=] |publisher=]|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Janet|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Grace||nolink=1}} || {{dts|2006}}–2012, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers: Panic as Janet Mitchell goes missing |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/01/eastenders-spoilers-panic-as-janet-goes-missing-14165091/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=1 March 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Denzel|Danes}} || {{sortname|Jaden|Ladega}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Denzel Danes">{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders reveals Howie Danes secret in new episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40768009/eastenders-spoilers-howie-danes-secret-revealed/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |publisher=] |date=1 August 2022}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Will|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Freddie|Phillips|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2007}}–2012, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders' Suki Panesar to turn nasty with Billy and Honey's son Will |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34804902/eastenders-spoilers-suki-panesar-will-mitchell-clash/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 November 2020}}</ref> | {{sortname|Davinder "Nugget"|Gulati}} || {{sortname|Juhaim Rasul|Choudhury|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Davinder Nugget Gulati">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers reveal deadly fight that leaves one person lifeless |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-spoilers-jean-return-stacey-27609263|access-date=8 August 2022 |work=] |publisher=(]) |date=2 August 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Reiss|Colwell}} || {{sortname|Jonny|Freeman}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Reiss Colwell">{{cite news |last1=Sarrubba |first1=Stefania |title=EastEnders casts Jonny Freeman as Dot Branning's great-nephew |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a42037621/eastenders-jonny-freeman-dot-great-nephew/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=] |publisher=] |date=22 November 2022}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Toby|Walpole|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|George|Knight|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Colin|Salmon}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
| {{sortname|Samantha|Keeble}} || {{sortname|Alison|Newman}} || {{dts|2008}}, 2014–2016, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/who-is-dci-keeble-in-eastenders-why-does-she-want-to-bring-phil-mitchell-down/|title= Who is DCI Keeble in EastEnders? Why does she want to bring Phil Mitchell down? |work=Entertainment Daily|date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Anna|Knight}} || {{sortname|Molly|Rainford}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Amy|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Abbie|Burke|nolink=1}} || rowspan="4" | {{dts|2008}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | <ref>{{cite news |title=EastEnders confirms Amy Mitchell recast |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a553826/eastenders-confirms-amy-mitchell-recast/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Gina|Knight}} || {{sortname|Francesca|Henry}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
| {{sortname|Amelie|Conway|nolink=1}}
|- |-
| {{sortname|Priya|Nandra-Hart}} || {{sortname|Sophie|Khan Levy}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Nandra-Hart">{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Helen |title=EastEnders casts Ravi Gulati's long lost love - and his secret daughter |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-ravi-priya-sophie-khan-levy-newsupdate/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=] |date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Kamil|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Avani|Nandra-Hart}} || {{sortname|Aaliyah|James|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Nandra-Hart"/>
| {{sortname|Natalia|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lily|Slater}} || {{sortname|Lilia|Turner|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders: Who is the new actress playing Lily Slater, and who played her before? |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-who-new-actress-playing-22725552 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=22 September 2020}}</ref> | {{sortname|Junior|Knight}} || {{sortname|Micah|Balfour}} || 2024–present || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders casts Emmerdale star as George's son |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60672936/eastenders-spoilers-micah-balfour-george-son/ |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 May 2024 |date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Teddy|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Roland|Manookian}}||2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="mitchells">{{cite web |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=EastEnders expands Mitchell family in Stevie secret story|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61019030/eastenders-spoilers-new-mitchell-family-teddy/ |website=] |publisher=] |access-date= 6 June 2024 |date= 6 June 2024}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Aine|Garvey|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Ricky|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Frankie|Day|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2016–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders introduces new Ricky Mitchell as Frankie Day takes over the role |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a863815/eastenders-ricky-mitchell-recast/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=13 August 2018}}</ref> | {{sortname|Harry|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}}||{{sortname|Elijah|Holloway}}|| 2024–present|| align="center" | <ref name="mitchells">{{cite web |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=EastEnders expands Mitchell family in Stevie secret story|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61019030/eastenders-spoilers-new-mitchell-family-teddy/ |website=] |publisher=] |access-date= 6 June 2024 |date= 6 June 2024}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Barney|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Lewis|Bridgeman|nolink=1}} || 2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="mitchells">{{cite web |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=EastEnders expands Mitchell family in Stevie secret story|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61019030/eastenders-spoilers-new-mitchell-family-teddy/ |website=] |publisher=] |access-date= 6 June 2024 |date= 6 June 2024}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Henri|Charles|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Kojo|Asare}} || {{sortname|Dayo|Koleosho|nolink=1}} ||2024–present|| align="center" | <ref name="Asare brothers">{{cite web |last1=Denby |first1=Laura |title=EastEnders casts Ted Lasso and Strike stars as George's long-lost brothers Kobina and Kojo Asare |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-george-knight-brothers-kobina-kojo-asare-newsupdate/ |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=16 August 2024 |date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Tommy|Moon}} || {{sortname|Sonny|Kendall|nolink=1}} || rowspan="4" | {{dts|2010}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | <ref name="Moon">{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=Charlie |title=EastEnders spoilers: Tommy Moon's heartbreaking 'diagnosis' rocks Walford in tragic twist |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1307017/EastEnders-spoilers-Tommy-Moon-diagnosis-dyslexia-bullying-Kat-Slater-return-BBC-video |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace: EastEnders baby plot was not hard |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0416/428884-eastenders/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=16 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |title=EastEnders confirms Tommy Moon recast in box set episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36860717/eastenders-confirms-tommy-moon-recast-sonny-kendall/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Nicola|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Laura|Doddington}} ||2024–present|| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Zammitt |first=Erin |date=October 2, 2024 |title=EastEnders to introduce Teddy Mitchell’s ex-wife in new story |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62484731/eastenders-spoilers-nicola-mitchell-teddy-ex-wife-casting/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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=== Recurring and guest characters ===
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| {{sortname|Shay|Crotty|nolink=1}}
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! scope="col" style="width:10px;" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
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| {{sortname|Janet|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Grace||nolink=1}} <!-- Please do not add a surname here, to protect the privacy of this person. There is an OTRS request in relation to this. Additions of surname should be revision deleted by an administrator or oversighted. --> || {{dts|2006}}–2011, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers: Panic as Janet Mitchell goes missing |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/01/eastenders-spoilers-panic-as-janet-goes-missing-14165091/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=]}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Ralfie|White|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Shane||nolink=1}} | rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Will|Mitchell}}
|{{sortname|Toby|Walpole|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|2007}}–2012, 2014–present
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |date=28 November 2020 |title=EastEnders' Suki Panesar to turn nasty with Billy and Honey's son Will |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34804902/eastenders-spoilers-suki-panesar-will-mitchell-clash/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=]}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Freddie|Phillips|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Scarlett|Butcher}} || {{sortname|Tabitha|Byron|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | 2012–2013, 2021–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Duncan |title=EastEnders spoilers: Huge storylines planned as Janine Butcher's return is finally confirmed |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/14/eastenders-spoilers-huge-storylines-as-janines-return-is-confirmed-14770934/|access-date=21 April 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dainty |first=Sophie |title='EastEnders' producers release video of baby Scarlett |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/ |access-date=6 January 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=7 June 2013}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Ricky|Branning}} || {{sortname|Henri|Charles|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2016–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders introduces new Ricky Mitchell as Frankie Day takes over the role |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a863815/eastenders-ricky-mitchell-recast/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=13 August 2018}}</ref>
| Amelie
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| {{sortname|Frankie|Day|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lexi|Pearce}} || {{sortname|Isabella|Brown|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2012}}–2015, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Danielle Harold's EastEnders daughter reminds her of Maisie Smith |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/danielle-harolds-eastenders-daughter-reminds-maisie-smith-1265122.html |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=Female First |date=3 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt |first1=Steve |title=Bad Santa is too merry for Lola |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/11660167.bad-santa-merry-lola/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=11 December 2014}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lexi|Pearce}} || {{sortname|Dotti-Beau|Cotterill|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2012}}–2015, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Danielle Harold's EastEnders daughter reminds her of Maisie Smith |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/danielle-harolds-eastenders-daughter-reminds-maisie-smith-1265122.html |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=Female First |date=3 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt |first1=Steve |title=Bad Santa is too merry for Lola |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/11660167.bad-santa-merry-lola/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=11 December 2014}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Dotti-Beau|Cotterill|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Isabella|Brown|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Lady Di||dab=EastEnders}} (dog) || {{sortname|Hot|Lips|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2013}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=23–29 November 2013|title=Hello Lady!|magazine=]|issue=47|page=15}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Bert|Moon}} || {{sortname|Elliot|Briffett|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie">{{cite news |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=EastEnders star Jessie Wallace reveals adorable Christmas card from her on-screen sons |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38558211/eastenders-jessie-wallace-christmas-card-on-screen-sons/ |access-date=19 December 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=18 December 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Bert|Moon}} || {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie">{{cite news |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=EastEnders star Jessie Wallace reveals adorable Christmas card from her on-screen sons |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38558211/eastenders-jessie-wallace-christmas-card-on-screen-sons/ |access-date=19 December 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=18 December 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Elliot|Briffett|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ernie|Moon}} || {{sortname|Cody|Briffett|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie"/>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ernie|Moon}} || {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie"/>
| {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Cody|Briffett|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Pearl|Fox|List of EastEnders characters (2015)#Pearl Fox-Hubbard}} || {{sortname|Arayah|Harris-Buckles|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="credits">{{cite web |title=01/03/2021 - Credits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000stxj#credits |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Pearl|Fox}} || {{sortname|Arayah|Harris-Buckle|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="credits">{{cite web |title=01/03/2021 - Credits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000stxj#credits |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Louie|Beale}} || {{sortname|Oscar|Winehouse|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015}}–2018, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Lauren"/>
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| {{sortname|Freddie|Harrington|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Jake|McNally|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ollie|Carter}} || {{sortname|Harry|Farr|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref>{{cite tweet|number=1071339480462827522|user=lauraziepe|title=My little Harry on front of @TVChoice and @whatsontvuk magazine #EastEnders #olliecarter #ollieeastenders|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=8 December 2018|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=721101044965588992|user=Jdbaby666|title=@MrDDyer Watching tonight made me MELT my charlie! so cute x|author=Jadie|date=15 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=695874459861917696|user=CarenFraggle|title=Watched Jacks last episode as Ollie yesterday. Thanx 4 being so kind & lovely 2 us X @MrDDyer @kelliebright76 @maddy_hill90 @danboy @ShonaBM|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=6 February 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ollie|Carter}} || {{sortname|Jack|Tilley|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref>{{cite tweet|number=1071339480462827522|user=lauraziepe|title=My little Harry on front of @TVChoice and @whatsontvuk magazine #EastEnders #olliecarter #ollieeastenders|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=8 December 2018|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=721101044965588992|user=Jdbaby666|title=@MrDDyer Watching tonight made me MELT my charlie! so cute x|author=Jadie|date=15 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=695874459861917696|user=CarenFraggle|title=Watched Jacks last episode as Ollie yesterday. Thanx 4 being so kind & lovely 2 us X @MrDDyer @kelliebright76 @maddy_hill90 @danboy @ShonaBM|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=6 February 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Charlie|Harrington|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Charlie|Harrington|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Jack|Tilley|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Harry|Farr|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Arthur|Fowler|dab=2015 character}} || {{sortname|Rocco|Brenner|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a39493895/eastenders-spoilers-arthur-fowler-recast/|title=EastEnders recasts character in Stacey and Jean Slater row storyline|last=Harp|first=Justin|work=]|publisher=]|date=21 March 2022|accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Arthur|Fowler|dab=2015 character}} || {{sortname|Hunter|Bell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a39493895/eastenders-spoilers-arthur-fowler-recast/|title=EastEnders recasts character in Stacey and Jean Slater row storyline|last=Harp|first=Justin|work=]|publisher=]|date=21 March 2022|accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Hunter|Bell|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Rocco|Brenner|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Raymond|Dawkins}} || {{sortname|Michael Jose|Pomares Calixte|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2017}}, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Anna |title=Who is Raymond in EastEnders? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/25/who-is-raymond-in-eastenders-13327020/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="4jun21">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 04/06/2021|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wncb|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Consultant: ]; Director: Nimer Rashed, Ian Barnes and John Greening; Writer: Matthew Hurt|network=]|station=]|airdate=4 June 2021|access-date=4 June 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{sortname|Raymond|Dawkins}} || {{sortname|Michael Jose|Pomares Calixte|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2017}}, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Anna |title=Who is Raymond in EastEnders? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/25/who-is-raymond-in-eastenders-13327020/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="4jun21">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 04/06/2021|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wncb|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Consultant: ]; Director: Nimer Rashed, Ian Barnes and John Greening; Writer: Matthew Hurt|network=]|station=]|airdate=4 June 2021|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Hope|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Noach|Persell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Noach Persell |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/noach-persell |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Brennan |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/frankie-brennan |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Hope|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Frankie|Brennan|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="IsabelleSmith">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 09/08/2022 - Part 1|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001b1c5|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Producer: Chris Clenshaw; Director: John Howlett; Writer: Poz Watson|network=]|station=]|airdate=9 August 2022|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Noach Persell |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/noach-persell |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Brennan |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/frankie-brennan |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Frankie|Brennan|nolink=1}} | {{sortname|Noach|Persell|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Isabelle|Smith|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Mica|Fox}} || Uncredited || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Katie |title=EastEnders Fox family tree explained: How is Kim Fox related to Denise and Raymond? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1358081/kim-fox-family-tree-who-is-eastenders-character-related-to-plot-bbc-evg |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Bailey|Baker}} || {{sortname|Kara-Leah|Fernandes|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Akingbade |first1=Tobi |title=EastEnders' Kara-Leah Fernandes' 'eloquent and confident' acceptance speech basically won British Soap Awards |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/01/eastenders-kara-leah-fernandes-eloquent-confident-acceptance-speech-basically-won-british-soap-awards-9773268/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=1 June 2019}}</ref> | {{sortname|Mica|Fox}} || {{sortname|Maylo|Miller|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Katie |title=EastEnders Fox family tree explained: How is Kim Fox related to Denise and Raymond? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1358081/kim-fox-family-tree-who-is-eastenders-character-related-to-plot-bbc-evg |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Mia|Atkins}} || {{sortname|Mahalia|Malcolm|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Atkins">{{cite news |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders announces a brand new family as Karen's daughter Chantelle joins Albert Square |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a26788062/eastenders-first-look-karen-daughter-chantelle-new-family-joins-cast/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=11 March 2019}}</ref> | {{sortname|Albie|Watts}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Gentleman|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Amy |title=EastEnders confirms Sharon Watts changed baby Kayden's name during lockdown |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33912103/eastenders-sharon-watts-baby-kayden-name-change-albie/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Annie|Carter}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Annie">{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/14/eastenders-spoilers-linda-reveals-name-of-her-newborn-baby-15258385/ |title= EastEnders spoilers: Linda Carter reveals name of her newborn baby |access-date=14 September 2021 |work=Metro |date=14 September 2021}}</ref>
| {{sortname|Mackenzie|Atkins}} || {{sortname|Isaac|Lemonius|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Atkins"/>
|- |-
| {{sortname|Albie||List of EastEnders characters (2020)#Albie}} || Uncredited || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Amy |title=EastEnders confirms Sharon Watts changed baby Kayden's name during lockdown |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33912103/eastenders-sharon-watts-baby-kayden-name-change-albie/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |publisher=] |date=3 September 2020}}</ref> | {{sortname|Jordan|Atkins|dab=EastEnders}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders reveals aftermath of Chelsea Fox's unexpected labour |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38622125/eastenders-spoilers-chelsea-labour-aftermath-photos/ |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=] |publisher=(]) |date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname||Tyson|dab=EastEnders}} (dog) || {{|Spud || {{dts|2023}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Knight" />
|] || Juliette Alexandra || 2021&ndash;present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-31 |title=EastEnders spoilers (April 5 to 9) |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a35967906/eastenders-spoilers-ruby-zack-kush/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Annie|Carter}} || Uncredited || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Annie">{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/14/eastenders-spoilers-linda-reveals-name-of-her-newborn-baby-15258385/ |title= EastEnders spoilers: Linda Carter reveals name of her newborn baby |access-date=14 September 2021 |work=Metro |date=14 September 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Jasper|Parrott|dab=EastEnders}} (parrot) || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=George |title=EastEnders to air parrot storyline for Rocky Cotton |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43883176/eastenders-rocky-cotton-parrot-storyline/ |access-date=18 June 2023 |work=] |publisher=] |date=13 May 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Alyssa||List of EastEnders characters (2021)#Alyssa}} || Uncredited || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Alyssa">{{cite news |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders stuns with the reveal of baby Alyssa's father after Martin and Zack confusion |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38191211/eastenders-spoilers-martin-zack-baby-father-revealed/ |access-date=8 November 2021 |work=] |publisher=(]) |date=8 November 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Charli|Slater}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45019810/eastenders-baby-name-charli-xcx/|title=Charli XCX reacts to EastEnders baby name tribute|last=Rowan|first=Iona|work=]|publisher=]|date=6 September 2023|access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jordan|Atkins|dab=EastEnders}} || Uncredited || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders reveals aftermath of Chelsea Fox's unexpected labour |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38622125/eastenders-spoilers-chelsea-labour-aftermath-photos/ |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=] |publisher=(]) |date=27 December 2021}}</ref> | {{sortname|Brenda|Collins|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Brenda Collins}} || {{sortname|Nichola|McAuliffe}} || 2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="Debbie Parents">{{cite news |title=EastEnders casts British sitcom legend as Reiss confronted by Debbie's parents |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-reiss-debbie-parents-cast-newsupdate/ |last=Daly |first=Helen |date=25 July 2024 |work=]}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Hugh|Collins|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Brenda Collins}} || {{sortname|Michael|Bertenshaw|nolink=1}} || 2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="Debbie Parents"/>
| {{sortname|Roland|Highway}} || Uncredited || 2022–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Denby |first1=Laura |title=EastEnders gives surprise nod to show’s first ever dog with Bernie’s baby name |url= https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/31/eastenders-spoilers-show-gives-surprised-nod-to-first-ever-dog-16382359/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=Metro |date=31 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="27apr22">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 27/04/2022|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016t5l|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Producer: ]; Director: Karl Neilson; Writer: Lauren Klee|network=]|station=]|airdate=27 April 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Lewis|Butler}} || {{sortname|Aiden|O'Callaghan|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a39626050/eastenders-spoilers-sharon-watts-shocking-discovery-ben-mitchell/|title= Sharon Watts makes a discovery about Ben Mitchell as Lewis Butler arrives in Walford in EastEnders|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=4 April 2022|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> | {{sortname|Roman|Allen|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Roman Allen}} || Uncredited|| 2024–present || align="center" | <ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-ruby-allen-return-martin-fowler-baby/</ref>
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| {{sortname|Winston||dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Ulric|Browne}} || {{dts|1985}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinnell |first1=Ellie |title=What the actor who played our favourite extra Winston on EastEnders is doing now |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/what-actor-who-played-winston-18912279 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=MyLondon |date=10 September 2020}}</ref> | {{sortname|Winston||dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Ulric|Browne}} || {{dts|1985}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinnell |first1=Ellie |title=What the actor who played our favourite extra Winston on EastEnders is doing now |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/what-actor-who-played-winston-18912279 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=MyLondon |date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Marie|Evans|List of EastEnders characters (2003)#Marie Evans}} || {{sortname|Liz|Sweet|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2003}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders fans can't deal when cafe waitress Marie speaks for the first time |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastendersfans-cant-deal-cafe-waitress-14737885 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2016}}</ref> | {{sortname|Marie|Evans}} || {{sortname|Liz|Sweet|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2000}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders fans can't deal when café waitress Marie speaks for the first time |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastendersfans-cant-deal-cafe-waitress-14737885 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Shrimpy|}} || {{sortname|Ben|Champniss|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2014}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Duncan |title=Everyone's favourite EastEnders extra Shrimpy looks seriously different in real life |url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/05/09/everyones-favourite-eastenders-extra-shrimpy-looks-seriously-different-in-real-life-5870711/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=9 May 2016}}</ref> | {{sortname|Shrimpy|}} || {{sortname|Ben|Champniss|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2014}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Duncan |title=Everyone's favourite EastEnders extra Shrimpy looks seriously different in real life |url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/05/09/everyones-favourite-eastenders-extra-shrimpy-looks-seriously-different-in-real-life-5870711/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=] |date=9 May 2016}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Mick|Carter}} || {{sortname|Danny|Dyer}} || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Watts |first1=Halina |title=Danny Dyer quits EastEnders after being poached by Sky – plunging soap into crisis |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/danny-dyer-quits-eastenders-after-25893066 |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=] |publisher=(]) |date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
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EastEnders is a British television soap opera first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth 1985–2000, 2015–present
Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present
Ian Beale Adam Woodyatt 1985–present
Martin Fowler Jon Peyton Price 1985–2007, 2014–present
James Alexandrou
James Bye
Cindy Beale Michelle Collins 1988–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present
Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990–2003, 2005–present
Nigel Bates Paul Bradley 1992–1998, 2024–present
Bianca Jackson Patsy Palmer 1993–1999, 2008–2014, 2019, 2024–present
Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present
Peter Beale Francis Brittin-Snell 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present
Alex Stevens
Joseph Shade
James Martin
Ben Hardy
Dayle Hudson
Thomas Law
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998–present
Kat Slater Jessie Wallace 2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present
Mo Harris Laila Morse 2000–2016, 2018–2022, 2024–present
Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001–present
Alfie Moon Shane Richie 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present
Yolande Trueman Angela Wynter 2003–2008, 2017, 2023–present
Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004–2010, 2014–present
Freddie Slater Alex Kilby 2004–2006, 2022–present
Tom Kilby
Bobby Brazier
Jean Slater Gillian Wright 2004–present
Ruby Allen Louisa Lytton 2005–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–present
Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005–2008, 2014–present
Chelsea Fox Tiana Benjamin 2006–2010, 2020–present
Zaraah Abrahams
Denise Fox Diane Parish 2006–present
Lauren Branning Madeline Duggan 2006–2018, 2022–present
Jacqueline Jossa
Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006–present
Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007–2013, 2015–present
Penny Branning Mia McKenna-Bruce 2008, 2024–present
Kitty Castledine
Amy Mitchell Natalia Lipka-Kozanka 2008–present
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Amelie Conway
Abbie Burke
Ellie Dadd
Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009–present
Lily Slater Aine Garvey 2010, 2014–present
Lillia Turner
Tommy Moon Shane 2010–2016, 2018–present
Ralfie White
Shay Crotty
Sonny Kendall
Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013–present
Johnny Carter Sam Strike 2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2024–present
Ted Reilly
Charlie Suff
Elaine Peacock Maria Friedman 2014–2017, 2023–present
Harriet Thorpe
Bernadette Taylor Clair Norris 2017–present
Callum Highway Tony Clay 2018–present
Vinny Panesar Shiv Jalota 2019–present
Suki Panesar Balvinder Sopal 2020–present
Zack Hudson James Farrar 2021–present
Harvey Monroe Ross Boatman 2021–present
Howie Danes Delroy Atkinson 2021–present
Eve Unwin Heather Peace 2021–present
Ravi Gulati Aaron Thiara 2022–present
Felix Baker Matthew James Morrison 2022–present
Denzel Danes Jaden Ladega 2022–present
Davinder "Nugget" Gulati Juhaim Rasul Choudhury 2022–present
Reiss Colwell Jonny Freeman 2022–present
George Knight Colin Salmon 2023–present
Anna Knight Molly Rainford 2023–present
Gina Knight Francesca Henry 2023–present
Priya Nandra-Hart Sophie Khan Levy 2023–present
Avani Nandra-Hart Aaliyah James 2023–present
Junior Knight Micah Balfour 2024–present
Teddy Mitchell Roland Manookian 2024–present
Harry Mitchell Elijah Holloway 2024–present
Barney Mitchell Lewis Bridgeman 2024–present
Kojo Asare Dayo Koleosho 2024–present
Nicola Mitchell Laura Doddington 2024–present

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Janet Mitchell Grace 2006–2011, 2014–present
Will Mitchell Toby Walpole 2007–2012, 2014–present
Freddie Phillips
Ricky Branning Henri Charles 2010, 2016–present
Frankie Day
Lexi Pearce Dotti-Beau Cotterill 2012–2015, 2019–present
Isabella Brown
Bert Moon Freddie Beale 2014–2016, 2018–present
Stanley Beale
Elliot Briffett
Ernie Moon Freddie Beale 2014–2016, 2018–present
Stanley Beale
Cody Briffett
Pearl Fox Arayah Harris-Buckle 2015–present
Louie Beale Oscar Winehouse 2015–2018, 2023–present
Freddie Harrington
Jake McNally
Ollie Carter Jack Tilley 2015–present
Charlie Harrington
Harry Farr
Arthur Fowler Hunter Bell 2015–present
Rocco Brenner
Raymond Dawkins Michael Jose Pomares Calixte 2017, 2020–present
Hope Fowler Frankie Brennan 2017–present
Noach Persell
Isabelle Smith
Mica Fox Maylo Miller 2018–present
Albie Watts Arthur Gentleman 2020–present
Annie Carter Uncredited 2021–present
Jordan Atkins Uncredited 2021–present
Tyson (dog) Spud 2023–present
Jasper Parrott (parrot) Uncredited 2023–present
Charli Slater Uncredited 2023–present
Brenda Collins Nichola McAuliffe 2024–present
Hugh Collins Michael Bertenshaw 2024–present
Roman Allen Uncredited 2024–present

Named extras

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter 1985–present
Winston Ulric Browne 1985–present
Marie Evans Liz Sweet 2000–present
Shrimpy Ben Champniss 2014–present

Cast changes

Returning characters

Character Actor(s) Ref(s)
Grant Mitchell Ross Kemp

Former characters

Main article: List of former EastEnders characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

Main article: List of EastEnders spin-off characters

Notes

References

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