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List of EastEnders characters
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EastEnders is a British television soap opera first broadcast on BBC One 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.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth 1985–2000, 2015–
Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–
Martin Fowler James Bye 1985–2007, 2014–
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Janine Butcher Charlie Brooks 1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–
Alexia Demetriou
Rebecca Michael
Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990–2003, 2005–
Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–
Peter Beale Dayle Hudson 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Ben Hardy
Thomas Law
James Martin
Joseph Shade
Alex Stevens
Francis Brittin-Snell
Ben Mitchell Max Bowden 1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998–
Liam Butcher Alfie Deegan 1998–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2015, 2021
James Forde
Nathaniel Gleed
Gavin and Mitchell Vaughan
Jack and Tom Godolphin
Sonny Bottomley
Kat Slater Jessie Wallace 2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–
Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001–
Bobby Beale Clay Milner Russell 2003–2017, 2019–
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004–2010, 2014–
Jean Slater Gillian Wright 2004–
Ruby Allen Louisa Lytton 2005–2006, 2018–
Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005–2008, 2014–
Chelsea Fox Zaraah Abrahams 2006–2010, 2020–
Tiana Benjamin
Denise Fox Diane Parish 2006–
Shirley Carter Linda Henry 2006–
Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006–
Rainie Cross Tanya Franks 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–
Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007–2013, 2015–
Whitney Dean Shona McGarty 2008–
Tiffany Butcher Maisie Smith 2008–2014, 2016, 2018–2021
Dotty Cotton Milly Zero 2008–2010, 2019–
Molly Conlin
Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009–
Lola Pearce Danielle Harold 2011–2015, 2019–
Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013–
Mick Carter Danny Dyer 2013–
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill 2014–2016, 2021–
Keegan Baker Zack Morris 2017–
Karen Taylor Lorraine Stanley 2017–
Bernadette Taylor Clair Norris 2017–
Callum "Halfway" Highway Tony Clay 2018–
Mitch Baker Roger Griffiths 2018–
Stuart Highway Ricky Champ 2018–
Iqra Ahmed Priya Davdra 2019–
Gray Atkins Toby-Alexander Smith 2019–
Ash Kaur Gurlaine Kaur Garcha 2019–
Kheerat Panesar Jaz Deol 2019–
Vinny Panesar Shiv Jalota 2019–
Isaac Baptiste Stevie Basaula 2020–
Suki Panesar Balvinder Sopal 2020–
Frankie Lewis Rose Ayling-Ellis 2020–
Mila Marwa Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa 2020–
Zack Hudson James Farrar 2021–
Dana Monroe Barbara Smith 2021–
Vi Highway Gwen Taylor 2021–
Tom "Rocky" Cotton Brian Conley 2021–
Harvey Monroe Ross Boatman 2021–
Aaron Monroe Charlie Wernham 2021–
Eve Unwin Heather Peace 2021–
Jada Lennox Kelsey Calladine-Smith 2021–

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Janet Mitchell Grace 2006–2012, 2014–
Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips 2007–2012, 2014–
Toby Walpole
Amy Mitchell Abbie Burke 2008–
Amelie Conway
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Sandy Gibson Martha Cope 2010, 2021–
Caroline Pegg
Lily Slater Lilia Turner 2010, 2014–
Aine Garvey
Ricky Mitchell Frankie Day 2010, 2016–
Henri Charles
Tommy Moon Sonny Kendall 2010–2016, 2018–
Shay Crotty
Ralfie White
Shane
Scarlett Butcher Tabitha Byron 2012–2013, 2021–
Amelie
Lexi Pearce Isabella Brown 2012–2015, 2019–
Dotti-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog) Hot Lips 2013–
Bert Moon Elliot Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Ernie Moon Cody Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Pearl Fox Arayah Harris-Buckles 2015–
Ollie Carter Harry Farr 2015–
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur Fowler Hunter Bell 2015–
Raymond Dawkins Michael Jose Pomares Calixte 2017, 2020–
Hope Fowler Noach Persell 2017–
Frankie Brennan
Abi Branning Uncredited 2017−
Mica Fox Uncredited 2018, 2020–
Bailey Baker Kara-Leah Fernandes 2019–
Mia Atkins Mahalia Malcolm 2019–
Mackenzie Atkins Isaac Lemonius 2019–
Albie Watts Uncredited 2020–
Annie Carter Uncredited 2021–
Alyssa Uncredited 2021–

Named extras

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

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Liam Butcher Alfie Deegan
Tiffany Butcher Maisie Smith

Returning characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Ian Beale Adam Woodyatt

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

  1. Ruby is currently absent as of September 2021 due to Lytton being on maternity leave
  2. Linda is currently absent as of September 2021 due to Bright being on maternity leave
  3. Bernadette is currently absent as of October 2021 due to Norris taking a break from the soap

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