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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–present
Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present
Martin Fowler James Bye 1985–2007, 2014–present
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Janine Butcher Charlie Brooks 1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–present
Alexia Demetriou
Rebecca Michael
Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990–2003, 2005–present
Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present
Peter Beale Dayle Hudson 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present
Ben Hardy
Thomas Law
James Martin
Joseph Shade
Alex Stevens
Francis Brittin-Snell
Ben Mitchell Max Bowden 1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998–present
Kat Slater Jessie Wallace 2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present
Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001–present
Bobby Beale Clay Milner Russell 2003–2017, 2019–present
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004–2010, 2014–present
Jean Slater Gillian Wright 2004–present
Ruby Allen Louisa Lytton 2005–2006, 2018–present
Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005–2008, 2014–present
Chelsea Fox Zaraah Abrahams 2006–2010, 2020–present
Tiana Benjamin
Denise Fox Diane Parish 2006–present
Shirley Carter Linda Henry 2006–present
Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006–present
Rainie Cross Tanya Franks 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–present
Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007–2013, 2015–present
Whitney Dean Shona McGarty 2008–present
Dotty Cotton Milly Zero 2008–2010, 2019–present
Molly Conlin
Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009–present
Lola Pearce Danielle Harold 2011–2015, 2019–present
Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013–present
Mick Carter Danny Dyer 2013–2022
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill 2014–2016, 2021–present
Karen Taylor Lorraine Stanley 2017–present
Bernadette Taylor Clair Norris 2017–present
Callum "Halfway" Highway Tony Clay 2018–present
Mitch Baker Roger Griffiths 2018–present
Stuart Highway Ricky Champ 2018–present
Ash Kaur Gurlaine Kaur Garcha 2019–present
Kheerat Panesar Jaz Deol 2019–present
Vinny Panesar Shiv Jalota 2019–present
Suki Panesar Balvinder Sopal 2020–present
Frankie Lewis Rose Ayling-Ellis 2020–present
Zack Hudson James Farrar 2021–present
Dana Monroe Barbara Smith 2021–present
Vi Highway Gwen Taylor 2021–present
Tom "Rocky" Cotton Brian Conley 2021–present
Harvey Monroe Ross Boatman 2021–present
Howie Danes Delroy Atkinson 2021–present
Aaron Monroe Charlie Wernham 2021–present
Eve Unwin Heather Peace 2021–present
Jada Lennox Kelsey Calladine-Smith 2021–present

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Ritchie Scott Sian Webber 2005–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2022–present
Janet Mitchell Grace 2006–2012, 2014–present
Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips 2007–2012, 2014–present
Toby Walpole
Samantha Keeble Alison Newman 2008, 2014–2016, 2022–present
Amy Mitchell Abbie Burke 2008–present
Amelie Conway
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Sandy Gibson Martha Cope 2010, 2021–present
Caroline Pegg
Lily Slater Lilia Turner 2010, 2014–present
Aine Garvey
Ricky Mitchell Frankie Day 2010, 2016–present
Henri Charles
Tommy Moon Sonny Kendall 2010–2016, 2018–present
Shay Crotty
Ralfie White
Shane
Scarlett Butcher Tabitha Byron 2012–2013, 2021–present
Amelie
Lexi Pearce Isabella Brown 2012–2015, 2019–present
Dotti-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog) Hot Lips 2013–present
Bert Moon Elliot Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–present
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Ernie Moon Cody Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–present
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Pearl Fox Arayah Harris-Buckles 2015–present
Ollie Carter Harry Farr 2015–present
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur Fowler Rocco Brenner 2015–present
Hunter Bell
Raymond Dawkins Michael Jose Pomares Calixte 2017, 2020–present
Hope Fowler Noach Persell 2017–present
Frankie Brennan
Mica Fox Uncredited 2018–present
Bailey Baker Kara-Leah Fernandes 2019–present
Mia Atkins Mahalia Malcolm 2019–present
Mackenzie Atkins Isaac Lemonius 2019–present
Albie Uncredited 2020–present
Annie Carter Uncredited 2021–present
Alyssa Uncredited 2021–present
Jordan Atkins Uncredited 2021–present
Roly Highway Uncredited 2022–present

Named extras

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

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Mick Carter Danny Dyer

Returning characters

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