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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 last.

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]
Ian BealeAdam Woodyatt1985–present[3]
Martin FowlerJames Bye[lower-alpha 1]1985–2007, 2014–present[4][5]
Cindy BealeMichelle Collins1988–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present[3]
Phil MitchellSteve McFadden1990–2003, 2005–present[6]
Sam MitchellKim Medcalf[lower-alpha 2]1990–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–present[7]
Sonia FowlerNatalie Cassidy1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present[8]
Peter BealeThomas Law[lower-alpha 3]1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present[9]
Ben MitchellMax Bowden[lower-alpha 4]1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present[10]
Billy MitchellPerry Fenwick1998–present[11]
Kat SlaterJessie Wallace2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present[12]
Patrick TruemanRudolph Walker2001–present[13]
Alfie MoonShane Richie2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present[14]
Bobby BealeClay Milner Russell[lower-alpha 5]2003–2017, 2019–present[15]
Yolande TruemanAngela Wynter2003–2008, 2017, 2023–present[16]
Stacey SlaterLacey Turner2004–2010, 2014–present[17]
Freddie SlaterBobby Brazier[lower-alpha 6]2004–2006, 2022–present[18]
Jean SlaterGillian Wright2004–present[19]
Honey MitchellEmma Barton2005–2008, 2014–present[20]
Dean WicksMatt Di Angelo2006–2008, 2014–2016, 2023–present[21]
Chelsea FoxZaraah Abrahams[lower-alpha 7]2006–2010, 2020–present[22]
Denise FoxDiane Parish2006–present[23]
Jay BrownJamie Borthwick2006–present[24]
Jack BranningScott Maslen2007–2013, 2015–present[25]
Whitney DeanShona McGarty2008–2024[26]
Amy MitchellEllie Dadd[lower-alpha 8]2008–present[27]
Kim FoxTameka Empson2009–present[28]
Lily SlaterLillia Turner[lower-alpha 9]2010, 2014–present[29]
Linda CarterKellie Bright2013–present[30]
Elaine PeacockHarriet Thorpe[lower-alpha 10]2014–2017, 2023–present[31]
Keanu TaylorDanny Walters2017–2020, 2022–present[32]
Karen TaylorLorraine Stanley2017–2023[33]
Bernadette TaylorClair Norris2017–present[33]
Chatham TaylorAlfie Jacob2017–2020, 2023
Riley TaylorTom Jacob2017–2020, 2023
Callum "Halfway" HighwayTony Clay2018–present[34]
Mitch BakerRoger Griffiths2018–present[35]
Vinny PanesarShiv Jalota2019–present[36]
Suki PanesarBalvinder Sopal2020–present[37]
Zack HudsonJames Farrar2021–present[38]
Tom "Rocky" CottonBrian Conley2021–2023[39]
Harvey MonroeRoss Boatman2021–present[40]
Howie DanesDelroy Atkinson2021–present[41]
Eve UnwinHeather Peace2021–present[42]
Ravi GulatiAaron Thiara2022–present[43]
Felix BakerMatthew James Morrison2022–present[44]
Denzel DanesJaden Ladega2022–present[45]
Davinder "Nugget" GulatiJuhaim Rasul Choudhury2022–present[46]
Nish PanesarNavin Chowdhry2022–present[47]
Reiss ColwellJonny Freeman2022–present[48]
Theo HawthorneWilliam Ellis2023–present[49]
George KnightColin Salmon2023–present[31]
Anna KnightMolly Rainford2023–present[31]
Gina KnightFrancesca Henry2023–present[31]
Priya Nandra-HartSophia Khan Levy2023–present[50]
Avani Nandra-HartAaliyah James2023–present[50]

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Janet MitchellGrace 2006–2011, 2014–present[51]
Will MitchellToby Walpole2007–2012, 2014–present[52]
Freddie Phillips
Ricky BranningHenri Charles2010, 2016–present[53]
Frankie Day
Tommy MoonShane 2010–2016, 2018–present[54][55][56]
Ralfie White
Shay Crotty
Sonny Kendall
Lexi PearceDotti-Beau Cotterill2012–2015, 2019–present[57][58]
Isabella Brown
Bert MoonFreddie Beale2014–2016, 2018–present[59]
Stanley Beale
Elliot Briffett
Ernie MoonFreddie Beale2014–2016, 2018–present[59]
Stanley Beale
Cody Briffett
Pearl FoxArayah Harris-Buckle2015–present[60]
Ollie CarterJack Tilley2015–present[61][62][63]
Charlie Harrington
Harry Farr
Arthur FowlerHunter Bell2015–present[64]
Rocco Brenner
Raymond DawkinsMichael Jose Pomares Calixte2017, 2020–present[65][66]
Hope FowlerFrankie Brennan2017–present[67][68][69]
Noach Persell
Isabelle Smith
Mica FoxUncredited2018–present[70]
Bailey BakerKara-Leah Fernandes2019–present[71]
Mia AtkinsMahalia Malcolm2019–present[72]
Mackenzie AtkinsIsaac Lemonius2019–present[72]
Albie WattsArthur Gentleman2020–present[73]
Annie CarterUncredited2021–present[74]
Jordan AtkinsUncredited2021–present[75]
Tyson (dog)Uncredited2023–present[31]
Jasper Parrott (parrot)Uncredited2023–present[76]
Charli SlaterUncredited2023–present[77]
Nadine KellerJazzy Phoenix2023–present[78]

Named extras

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter1985–present[79]
Winston Ulric Browne1985–present[80]
Marie EvansLiz Sweet2000–present[81]
Shrimpy Ben Champniss2014–present[82]

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Karen TaylorLorraine Stanley[83]
Tom "Rocky" CottonBrian Conley[84]
Whitney DeanShona McGarty[85]

Future characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
TBAAlan Ford[86]

Returning characters

Character Actor(s) Ref.
Lauren BranningJacqueline Jossa[87]
Shirley CarterLinda Henry[88]
Louie BealeFreddie Harrington[87]
Penny Branning Kitty Castledine [89]
Johnny Carter Charlie Suff [90]

Former characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

Notes

  1. ↑ James Bye joined the cast in 2014 and is the third actor to play Martin.
  2. ↑ Kim Medcalf joined the cast in 2002 and is the second actor to play Sam.
  3. ↑ Thomas Law joined the cast in 2006 and is the fifth actor to play Peter.
  4. ↑ Max Bowden joined the cast in 2019 and is the sixth actor to play Ben.
  5. ↑ Clay Milner Russell joined the cast in 2019 and is the fifth actor to play Bobby.
  6. ↑ Bobby Brazier joined the cast in 2022 and is the third actor to play Freddie.
  7. ↑ Zaarah Abrahams joined the cast in 2020 and is the second actor to play Chelsea.
  8. ↑ Ellie Dadd joined the cast in 2022 and is the fourth actor to play Amy.
  9. ↑ Lillia Turner joined the cast in 2020 and is the fifth actor to play Lily.
  10. ↑ Harriet Thorpe joined the cast in 2023 and is the second actor to play Elaine.

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