List of EastEnders characters

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
Kathy BealeGillian Taylforth1985–2000, 2015–
Sharon WattsLetitia Dean1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–
Ian BealeAdam Woodyatt1985–
Martin FowlerJames Bye1985–2007, 2014–
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Phil MitchellSteve McFadden1990–2003, 2005–
Sonia FowlerNatalie Cassidy1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–
Peter BealeDayle Hudson1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Ben Hardy
Thomas Law
James Martin
Joseph Shade
Alex Stevens
Francis Brittin-Snell
Ben MitchellMax Bowden1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy MitchellPerry Fenwick1998–
Kat SlaterJessie Wallace2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–
Mo HarrisLaila Morse2000–2016, 2018–2021
Patrick TruemanRudolph Walker2001–
Bobby BealeClay Milner Russell2003−2017, 2019−
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Stacey SlaterLacey Turner2004–2010, 2014–
Jean SlaterGillian Wright2004–
Ruby AllenLouisa Lytton2005–2006, 2018–
Honey MitchellEmma Barton2005–2008, 2014–
Chelsea FoxZaraah Abrahams2006–2010, 2020–
Tiana Benjamin
Denise FoxDiane Parish2006–
Max BranningJake Wood2006–2021
Shirley CarterLinda Henry2006–
Jay BrownJamie Borthwick2006–
Rainie CrossTanya Franks2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–
Jack BranningScott Maslen2007–2013, 2015–
Whitney DeanShona McGarty2008–
Tiffany ButcherMaisie Smith2008–2014, 2016, 2018–
Lucas JohnsonDon Gilet2008–2010, 2016, 2020–
Dotty CottonMilly Zero2008–2010, 2019–
Molly Conlin
Kim FoxTameka Empson2009–
Lola PearceDanielle Harold2011–2015, 2019–
Linda CarterKellie Bright2013−
Mick CarterDanny Dyer2013−
Kush KazemiDavood Ghadami2014–2021
Keegan BakerZack Morris2017–
Karen TaylorLorraine Stanley2017–
Bernadette TaylorClair Norris2017–
Callum "Halfway" HighwayTony Clay2018–
Mitch BakerRoger Griffiths2018–
Stuart HighwayRicky Champ2018–
Iqra AhmedPriya Davdra2019–
Gray AtkinsToby-Alexander Smith2019–
Sheree TruemanSuzette Llewellyn2019–
Ash KaurGurlaine Kaur Garcha2019–
Kheerat PanesarJaz Deol2019–
Vinny PanesarShiv Jalota2019–
Isaac BaptisteStevie Basaula2020–
Suki PanesarBalvinder Sopal2020–
Frankie LewisRose Ayling-Ellis2020–
Katy LewisSimone Lahbib2020–

Recurring and guest characters
Character Actor(s) Duration
Ritchie ScottSian Webber2005–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–
Janet MitchellGrace2006–2012, 2014–
Will MitchellFreddie Phillips2007–2012, 2014–
Toby Walpole
Amy MitchellAbbie Burke2008–
Amelie Conway
Kamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Lily FowlerLilia Turner2010, 2014–
Aine Garvey
Uncredited
Ricky MitchellFrankie Day2010, 2016–
Henri Charles
Uncredited
Tommy MoonShay Crotty2010–2016, 2018–
Ralfie White
Shane
Lexi PearceIsabella Brown2012–2015, 2019–
Dottie-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog)Hot Lips2013–
Bert MoonElliot Briffett2014–2016, 2018–
Freddie and Stanley Beale
Ernie MoonCody Briffett2014–2016, 2018–
Freddie and Stanley Beale
Pearl Fox-HubbardArayah Harris-Buckle2015–
Ollie CarterHarry Farr2015–
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur FowlerHunter Bell2015−
Raymond DawkinsUncredited2017, 2020–
Bronson (dog)Uncredited2017–
Cyrus
Riley TaylorTom Jacobs2017–
Chatham TaylorAlfie Jacobs2017–
Hope FowlerUncredited2017–
Abi BranningUncredited2017–
Mica Fox-HubbardUncredited2018–
Bailey BakerKara-Leah Fernandes2019–
Danny HardcastlePaul Usher2019–
Mia AtkinsMahalia Malcolm2019–
Mackenzie AtkinsIsaac Lemonius2019–
DI Steve ThompsonPhilip Wright2019–
Albie WattsUncredited2020–
Mila MarwaRuhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa2020–
Caleb MaloneBen Freeman2021–
JedJames Backway2021–

Named extras
Character Actor(s) Duration
TraceyJane Slaughter1985–
WinstonUlric Browne1985–
Marie EvansLiz Sweet2003–
ShrimpyBen Champniss2014–

Cast changes

Departing characters
Character Actor Ref(s)
Max BranningJake Wood[1]
Kush KazemiDavood Ghadami[2]
Katy LewisSimone Lahbib[3]
Mo HarrisLaila Morse[4]

Returning characters
Character Actor Ref(s)
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill [5]

Future characters
Character Actor Ref(s)
Zack Hudson James Farrar [6]

Past characters
Main article: List of past EastEnders characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters
Main article: List of EastEnders spin-off characters

References
  1. Lindsay, Duncan (16 September 2020). "EastEnders spoilers: Jake Wood leaves after 15 years as Max Branning makes explosive exit". Metro. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. Kilkelly, Daniel (26 September 2020). "EastEnders exit confirmed for Kush Kazemi as Davood Ghadami bows out". DigitalSpy. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. Lindsay, Duncan (13 January 2020). "Who is leaving EastEnders and do Max Branning and Kush Kazemi die?". Metro. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "EastEnders exit for Big Mo Slater as Laila Morse leaves role". Metro. 6 February 2021.
  5. "EastEnders: Nancy Carter to return with Maddy Hill reprising her role". Entertainment Daily. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. @bbceastenders (31 January 2021). "We are delighted to announce that @JamesFarrar_ has joined the cast of EastEnders, taking on the new role of the charismatic Zack Hudson. James will be making his Walford debut in March, and we can't wait! #EastEnders 👏👏🏼👏🏿👏🏾👏🏻" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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