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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 FowlerJon Peyton Price1985–2007, 2014–present[4][5]
James Alexandrou
James Bye
Cindy BealeMichelle Collins1988–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present[6]
Phil MitchellSteve McFadden1990–2003, 2005–present[7]
Sam MitchellDanniella Westbrook1990–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–present[8]
Kim Medcalf
Sonia FowlerNatalie Cassidy1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present[9]
Peter BealeFrancis Brittin-Snell1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present[10]
Alex Stevens
Joseph Shade
James Martin
Ben Hardy
Dayle Hudson
Thomas Law
Ben MitchellMatthew Silver1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–2024[11]
Morgan Whittle
Charlie Jones
Joshua Pascoe
Harry Reid
Max Bowden
Billy MitchellPerry Fenwick1998–present[12]
Kat SlaterJessie Wallace2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present[13]
Patrick TruemanRudolph Walker2001–present[14]
Alfie MoonShane Richie2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present[15]
Bobby BealeKevin Curran2003–2017, 2019–present[16]
Alex Francis
Rory Stroud
Eliot Carrington
Clay Milner Russell
Yolande TruemanAngela Wynter2003–2008, 2017, 2023–present[17]
Stacey SlaterLacey Turner2004–2010, 2014–present[18]
Freddie SlaterAlex Kilby2004–2006, 2022–present[19]
Tom Kilby
Bobby Brazier
Jean SlaterGillian Wright2004–present[20]
Honey MitchellEmma Barton2005–2008, 2014–present[21]
Dean WicksMatt Di Angelo2006–2008, 2014–2016, 2023–present[22]
Chelsea FoxTiana Benjamin2006–2010, 2020–present[23]
Zaraah Abrahams
Denise FoxDiane Parish2006–present[24]
Lauren BranningMadeline Duggan2006–2018, 2022–present[25]
Jacqueline Jossa
Jay BrownJamie Borthwick2006–present[26]
Jack BranningScott Maslen2007–2013, 2015–present[27]
Will MitchellToby Walpole2007–2012, 2014–present[28]
Freddie Phillips
Whitney DeanShona McGarty2008–2024[29]
Penny BranningMia McKenna-Bruce2008, 2024–present[30]
Kitty Castledine
Amy MitchellNatalia Lipka-Kozanka2008–present[31]
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Amelie Conway
Abbie Burke
Ellie Dadd
Kim FoxTameka Empson2009–present[32]
Lily SlaterAine Garvey2010, 2014–present[33]
Lillia Turner
Linda CarterKellie Bright2013–present[34]
Elaine PeacockMaria Friedman2014–2017, 2023–present[35]
Harriet Thorpe
Bernadette TaylorClair Norris2017–present[36]
Callum "Halfway" HighwayTony Clay2018–present[37]
Vinny PanesarShiv Jalota2019–present[38]
Suki PanesarBalvinder Sopal2020–present[39]
Zack HudsonJames Farrar2021–present[40]
Harvey MonroeRoss Boatman2021–present[41]
Howie DanesDelroy Atkinson2021–present[42]
Eve UnwinHeather Peace2021–present[43]
Ravi GulatiAaron Thiara2022–present[44]
Felix BakerMatthew James Morrison2022–present[45]
Denzel DanesJaden Ladega2022–present[46]
Davinder "Nugget" GulatiJuhaim Rasul Choudhury2022–present[47]
Nish PanesarNavin Chowdhry2022–present[48]
Reiss ColwellJonny Freeman2022–present[49]
George KnightColin Salmon2023–present[35]
Anna KnightMolly Rainford2023–present[35]
Gina KnightFrancesca Henry2023–present[35]
Priya Nandra-HartSophie 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]
Ricky BranningHenri Charles2010, 2016–present[52]
Frankie Day
Tommy MoonShane 2010–2016, 2018–present[53][54][55]
Ralfie White
Shay Crotty
Sonny Kendall
Lexi PearceDotti-Beau Cotterill2012–2015, 2019–present[56][57]
Isabella Brown
Bert MoonFreddie Beale2014–2016, 2018–present[58]
Stanley Beale
Elliot Briffett
Ernie MoonFreddie Beale2014–2016, 2018–present[58]
Stanley Beale
Cody Briffett
Pearl FoxArayah Harris-Buckle2015–present[59]
Louie BealeOscar Winehouse2015–2018, 2023–present[25]
Freddie Harrington
Jake McNally
Ollie CarterJack Tilley2015–present[60][61][62]
Charlie Harrington
Harry Farr
Arthur FowlerHunter Bell2015–present[63]
Rocco Brenner
Raymond FoxMichael Jose Pomares Calixte2017, 2020–present[64][65]
Hope FowlerFrankie Brennan2017–present[66][67][68]
Noach Persell
Isabelle Smith
Mica FoxMaylo Miller2018–present[69]
Albie WattsArthur Gentleman2020–present[70]
Annie CarterUncredited2021–present[71]
Jordan AtkinsUncredited2021–present[72]
Tyson (dog)Uncredited2023–present[35]
Jasper Parrott (parrot)Uncredited2023–present[73]
Charli SlaterUncredited2023–present[74]
Eddie KnightChristopher Fairbank2024–present[75]
Gloria KnightElizabeth Counsell2024–present[75]

Named extras

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter1985–present[76]
Winston Ulric Browne1985–present[77]
Marie EvansLiz Sweet2000–present[78]
Shrimpy Ben Champniss2014–present[79]

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor(s) Ref(s)
Whitney DeanShona McGarty[80]
Ben MitchellMax Bowden[81]

Returning characters

Character Actor(s) Ref(s)
Stevie MitchellAlan Ford[82]
Johnny CarterCharlie Suff[83]
Shirley CarterLinda Henry[84]

Future characters

Character Actor(s) Ref(s)
Harold MartinDavid Sterne[85]

Former characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

Notes

    References

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