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–present [1]
Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present [2]
Martin Fowler James Bye 1985–2007, 2014–present [3][4]
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Janine Butcher Charlie Brooks 1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–present [5]
Alexia Demetriou
Rebecca Michael
Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990–2003, 2005–present [6]
Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present [7]
Peter Beale Dayle Hudson 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present [8]
Ben Hardy
Thomas Law
James Martin
Joseph Shade
Alex Stevens
Francis Brittin-Snell
Ben Mitchell Max Bowden 1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present [9]
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998–present [10]
Kat Slater Jessie Wallace 2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present [11]
Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001–present [12]
Bobby Beale Clay Milner Russell 2003–2017, 2019–present [13]
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004–2010, 2014–present [14]
Jean Slater Gillian Wright 2004–present [15]
Ruby Allen Louisa Lytton 2005–2006, 2018–present[a] [16]
Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005–2008, 2014–present [17]
Chelsea Fox Zaraah Abrahams 2006–2010, 2020–present [18]
Tiana Benjamin
Denise Fox Diane Parish 2006–present [19]
Shirley Carter Linda Henry 2006–present [20]
Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006–present [21]
Rainie Cross Tanya Franks 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–present [22]
Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007–2013, 2015–present [23]
Whitney Dean Shona McGarty 2008–present [24]
Dotty Cotton Milly Zero 2008–2010, 2019–present [25]
Molly Conlin
Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009–present [26]
Sandy Gibson Martha Cope 2010, 2021–present [27]
Caroline Pegg
Lola Pearce Danielle Harold 2011–2015, 2019–present [28]
Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013–present [29]
Mick Carter Danny Dyer 2013–2022 [30]
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill 2014–2016, 2021–present [31]
Keegan Baker Zack Morris 2017–present [32]
Karen Taylor Lorraine Stanley 2017–present [33]
Bernadette Taylor Clair Norris 2017–present[b] [33]
Callum "Halfway" Highway Tony Clay 2018–present [34]
Mitch Baker Roger Griffiths 2018–present [35]
Stuart Highway Ricky Champ 2018–present [36]
Gray Atkins Toby-Alexander Smith 2019–present [37]
Ash Kaur Gurlaine Kaur Garcha 2019–present [38]
Kheerat Panesar Jaz Deol 2019–present [39]
Vinny Panesar Shiv Jalota 2019–present [39]
Isaac Baptiste Stevie Basaula 2020–present [40]
Suki Panesar Balvinder Sopal 2020–present [41]
Frankie Lewis Rose Ayling-Ellis 2020–present [42]
Zack Hudson James Farrar 2021–present [43]
Dana Monroe Barbara Smith 2021–present [44]
Vi Highway Gwen Taylor 2021–present [45]
Tom "Rocky" Cotton Brian Conley 2021–present [46]
Harvey Monroe Ross Boatman 2021–present [47]
Aaron Monroe Charlie Wernham 2021–present [48]
Eve Unwin Heather Peace 2021–present [49]

Recurring and guest characters[]

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Ritchie Scott Sian Webber 2005–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2022–present [50][51]
Janet Mitchell Grace 2006–2012, 2014–present [52]
Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips 2007–2012, 2014–present [53]
Toby Walpole
Samantha Keeble Alison Newman 2008, 2014–2016, 2022–present
Amy Mitchell Abbie Burke 2008–present [54]
Amelie Conway
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Lily Slater Lilia Turner 2010, 2014–present [55]
Aine Garvey
Ricky Mitchell Frankie Day 2010, 2016–present [56]
Henri Charles
Tommy Moon Sonny Kendall 2010–2016, 2018–present [57][58][59]
Shay Crotty
Ralfie White
Shane
Scarlett Butcher Tabitha Byron 2012–2013, 2021–present [60][61]
Amelie
Lexi Pearce Isabella Brown 2012–2015, 2019–present [62][63]
Dotti-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog) Hot Lips 2013–present [64]
Bert Moon Elliot Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–present [65]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Ernie Moon Cody Briffett 2014–2016, 2018–present [65]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Pearl Fox Arayah Harris-Buckles 2015–present [66]
Ollie Carter Harry Farr 2015–present [67][68][69]
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur Fowler Hunter Bell 2015–present [66]
Raymond Dawkins Michael Jose Pomares Calixte 2017, 2020–present [70][71]
Hope Fowler Noach Persell 2017–present [72][73]
Frankie Brennan
Mica Uncredited 2018–present [74]
Bailey Baker Kara-Leah Fernandes 2019–present [75]
Mia Atkins Mahalia Malcolm 2019–present [76]
Mackenzie Atkins Isaac Lemonius 2019–present [76]
Albie Uncredited 2020–present [77]
Kioni Marwa Florisa Kamara 2021–present [78]
Annie Carter Uncredited 2021–present [79]
Alyssa Uncredited 2021–present [80]
Jada Lennox Kelsey Calladine-Smith 2021–present [80]
Jordan Atkins Uncredited 2021–present [81]

Named extras[]

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter 1985–present [82]
Winston Ulric Browne 1985–present [83]
Marie Evans Liz Sweet 2003–present [84]
Shrimpy Ben Champniss 2014–present [85]

Cast changes[]

Departing characters[]

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Mick Carter Danny Dyer [86]

Returning characters[]

Character Actor Ref(s)
Sam Mitchell Kim Medcalf [87]

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. ^ Bernadette is currently absent as of October 2021 due to Norris taking a break from the soap

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