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.

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Present characters

Regular characters
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Kathy BealeGillian Taylforth1985–2000, 2015–present[1]
Sharon WattsLetitia Dean1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present[2]
Martin FowlerJames Bye1985–2007, 2014–present[3][4]
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Janine ButcherCharlie Brooks1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–present[5]
Alexia Demetriou
Rebecca Michael
Phil MitchellSteve McFadden1990–2003, 2005–present[6]
Sam MitchellKim Medcalf1990–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–present[7]
Danniella Westbrook
Sonia FowlerNatalie Cassidy1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present[8]
Peter BealeDayle Hudson1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present[9]
Ben Hardy
Thomas Law
James Martin
Joseph Shade
Alex Stevens
Francis Brittin-Snell
Ben MitchellMax Bowden1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present[10]
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy MitchellPerry Fenwick1998–present[11]
Kat SlaterJessie Wallace2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present[12]
Patrick TruemanRudolph Walker2001–present[13]
Bobby BealeClay Milner Russell2003–2017, 2019–present[14]
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Stacey SlaterLacey Turner2004–2010, 2014–present[15]
Jean SlaterGillian Wright2004–present[16]
Ruby AllenLouisa Lytton2005–2006, 2018–present[lower-alpha 1][17]
Honey MitchellEmma Barton2005–2008, 2014–present[18]
Chelsea FoxZaraah Abrahams2006–2010, 2020–present[19]
Tiana Benjamin
Denise FoxDiane Parish2006–present[20]
Shirley CarterLinda Henry2006–present[21]
Jay BrownJamie Borthwick2006–present[22]
Rainie CrossTanya Franks2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–present[23]
Jack BranningScott Maslen2007–2013, 2015–present[24]
Whitney DeanShona McGarty2008–present[25]
Dotty CottonMilly Zero2008–2010, 2019–present[26]
Molly Conlin
Kim FoxTameka Empson2009–present[27]
Lola PearceDanielle Harold2011–2015, 2019–present[28]
Linda CarterKellie Bright2013–present[29]
Mick CarterDanny Dyer2013–2022[30]
Nancy CarterMaddy Hill2014–2016, 2021–present[31]
Karen TaylorLorraine Stanley2017–present[32]
Bernadette TaylorClair Norris2017–present[32]
Callum "Halfway" HighwayTony Clay2018–present[33]
Mitch BakerRoger Griffiths2018–present[34]
Stuart HighwayRicky Champ2018–present[35]
Ash KaurGurlaine Kaur Garcha2019–present[lower-alpha 2][36]
Kheerat PanesarJaz Deol2019–present[37]
Vinny PanesarShiv Jalota2019–present[37]
Suki PanesarBalvinder Sopal2020–present[38]
Frankie LewisRose Ayling-Ellis2020–present[39]
Zack HudsonJames Farrar2021–present[40]
Dana MonroeBarbara Smith2021–present[41]
Vi HighwayGwen Taylor2021–present[42]
Tom "Rocky" CottonBrian Conley2021–present[43]
Harvey MonroeRoss Boatman2021–present[44]
Howie DanesDelroy Atkinson2021–present[45]
Aaron MonroeCharlie Wernham2021–present[46]
Eve UnwinHeather Peace2021–present[47]
Jada LennoxKelsey Calladine-Smith2021–present[48]
Lewis ButlerAiden O'Callaghan2022–present[49]

Recurring and guest characters
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Ritchie ScottSian Webber2005–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2022–present[50][51]
Janet MitchellGrace 2006–2012, 2014–present[52]
Will MitchellFreddie Phillips2007–2012, 2014–present[53]
Toby Walpole
Samantha KeebleAlison Newman2008, 2014–2016, 2022–present[54]
Amy MitchellAbbie Burke2008–present[55]
Amelie Conway
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Sandy GibsonMartha Cope2010, 2021–present[56]
Caroline Pegg
Lily SlaterLilia Turner2010, 2014–present[57]
Aine Garvey
Ricky MitchellFrankie Day2010, 2016–present[58]
Henri Charles
Tommy MoonSonny Kendall2010–2016, 2018–present[59][60][61]
Shay Crotty
Ralfie White
Shane
Scarlett ButcherTabitha Byron2012–2013, 2021–present[62][63]
Amelie
Lexi PearceIsabella Brown2012–2015, 2019–present[64][65]
Dotti-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog)Hot Lips2013–present[66]
Bert MoonElliot Briffett2014–2016, 2018–present[67]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Ernie MoonCody Briffett2014–2016, 2018–present[67]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Pearl FoxArayah Harris-Buckles2015–present[68]
Ollie CarterHarry Farr2015–present[69][70][71]
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur FowlerRocco Brenner2015–present[72]
Hunter Bell
Raymond DawkinsMichael Jose Pomares Calixte2017, 2020–present[73][74]
Hope FowlerNoach Persell2017–present[75][76]
Frankie Brennan
Mica FoxUncredited2018–present[77]
Bailey BakerKara-Leah Fernandes2019–present[78]
Mia AtkinsMahalia Malcolm2019–present[79]
Mackenzie AtkinsIsaac Lemonius2019–present[79]
Albie Uncredited2020–present[80]
Molly EllisJuliette Alexandra2021–present[81]
Annie CarterUncredited2021–present[82]
Alyssa Uncredited2021–present[48]
Jordan AtkinsUncredited2021–present[83]
Roland HighwayUncredited2022–present[84][85]

Named extras
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter1985–present[86]
Winston Ulric Browne1985–present[87]
Marie EvansLiz Sweet2003–present[88]
Shrimpy Ben Champniss2014–present[89]

Cast changes

Departing characters
Character Actor(s) Ref.
Mick CarterDanny Dyer[90]

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. Ash is currently absent as of January 2022 due to Kaur Garcha taking a break from the soap

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