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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)
Robyn Mitchell
Natasha Smith
1985 –present
[1]
Kathy Beale
Gillian Taylforth
1985 –2000, 2015–present
[2]
Sharon Watts
Letitia Dean
1985 –1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present
[3]
Martin Fowler
James Bye
1985 –2007, 2014–present
[4]
[5]
James Alexandrou
Jon Peyton Price
Ricky Butcher
Sid Owen
1988 –2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2012, 2022
[6]
Janine Butcher
Charlie Brooks
1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–2022
[7]
Alexia Demetriou
Rebecca Michael
Phil Mitchell
Steve McFadden
1990 –2003, 2005–present
[8]
Sam Mitchell
Kim Medcalf
1990 –1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–present
[9]
Danniella Westbrook
Sonia Fowler
Natalie Cassidy
1993 –2007, 2010–2011, 2014–present
[10]
Ben Mitchell
Max Bowden
1996 –2001, 2006–2012, 2014–present
[11]
Harry Reid
Joshua Pascoe
Charlie Jones
Morgan Whittle
Matthew Silver
Billy Mitchell
Perry Fenwick
1998 –present
[12]
Kat Slater
Jessie Wallace
2000 –2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present
[13]
Patrick Trueman
Rudolph Walker
2001 –present
[14]
Alfie Moon
Shane Richie
2002 –2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present
[15]
Bobby Beale
Clay Milner Russell
2003 –2017, 2019–present
[16]
Eliot Carrington
Rory Stroud
Alex Francis
Kevin Curran
Freddie Slater
Bobby Brazier
2004 –2006, 2022–present
[17]
Alex Kilby
Tom Kilby
Stacey Slater
Lacey Turner
2004 –2010, 2014–present
[18]
Jean Slater
Gillian Wright
2004 –present
[19]
Honey Mitchell
Emma Barton
2005 –2008, 2014–present
[20]
Chelsea Fox
Zaraah Abrahams
2006 –2010, 2020–present
[21]
Tiana Benjamin
Lauren Branning
Jacqueline Jossa
2006 –2018, 2022
[22]
Madeline Duggan
Denise Fox
Diane Parish
2006 –present
[23]
Shirley Carter
Linda Henry
2006 –present
[24]
Jay Brown
Jamie Borthwick
2006 –present
[25]
Jack Branning
Scott Maslen
2007 –2013, 2015–present
[26]
Will Mitchell
Freddie Phillips
2007 –2012, 2014–present
[27]
Toby Walpole
Whitney Dean
Shona McGarty
2008 –present
[28]
Amy Mitchell
Ellie Dadd
2008 –present
[29]
Abbie Burke
Amelie Conway
Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Natalia Lipka-Kozanka
Dotty Cotton
Milly Zero
2008 –2010, 2019–2022
[30]
Molly Conlin
Kim Fox
Tameka Empson
2009 –present
[31]
Lola Pearce
Danielle Harold
2011 –2015, 2019–2023
[32]
Linda Carter
Kellie Bright
2013 –present
[33]
Mick Carter
Danny Dyer
2013 –2022
[34]
Karen Taylor
Lorraine Stanley
2017 –present
[35]
Bernadette Taylor
Clair Norris
2017 –present
[35]
Callum "Halfway" Highway
Tony Clay
2018 –present
[36]
Mitch Baker
Roger Griffiths
2018 –present
[37]
Ash Panesar
Gurlaine Kaur Garcha
2019 –present
[38]
Vinny Panesar
Shiv Jalota
2019 –present
[39]
Suki Panesar
Balvinder Sopal
2020 –present
[40]
Zack Hudson
James Farrar
2021 –present
[41]
Vi Highway
Gwen Taylor
2021 –present
[42]
Tom "Rocky" Cotton
Brian Conley
2021 –present
[43]
Harvey Monroe
Ross Boatman
2021 –present
[44]
Howie Danes
Delroy Atkinson
2021 –present
[45]
Eve Unwin
Heather Peace
2021 –present
[46]
Ravi Gulati
Aaron Thiara
2022 –present
[47]
Finlay Baker
Ashley Byam
2022 –present
[48]
Felix Baker
Matthew James Morrison
2022 –present
[48]
Denzel Danes
Jaden Ladega
2022 –present
[49]
Davinder 'Nugget' Gulati
Juhaim Rasul Choudhury
2022 –present
[50]
Nish Panesar
Navin Chowdhry
2022–present
[51]
Reiss Colwell
Jonny Freeman
2022–present
[52]
Recurring and guest characters
Character
Actor(s)
Duration
Ref(s)
Ritchie Scott
Sian Webber
2005 –2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2022–present
[53]
[54]
Janet Mitchell
Grace
2006 –2011, 2014–present
[55]
Samantha Keeble
Alison Newman
2008 , 2014–2016, 2022–present
[56]
Lily Slater
Lillia Turner
2010 , 2014–present
[57]
Aine Garvey
Ricky Mitchell
Frankie Day
2010 , 2016–present
[58]
Henri Charles
Tommy Moon
Sonny Kendall
2010 –2016, 2018–present
[59]
[60]
[61]
Shay Crotty
Ralfie White
Shane
Scarlett Butcher
Tabitha Byron
2012–2013, 2021–present
[62]
[63]
Amelie
Lexi Pearce
Isabella Brown
2012 –2015, 2019–present
[64]
[65]
Dotti-Beau Cotterill
Lady Di (dog)
Hot Lips
2013 –present
[66]
Bert Moon
Elliot Briffett
2014 –2016, 2018–present
[67]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Ernie Moon
Cody Briffett
2014 –2016, 2018–present
[67]
Freddie Beale
Stanley Beale
Pearl Fox
Arayah Harris-Buckles
2015 –present
[68]
Ollie Carter
Harry Farr
2015 –present
[69]
[70]
[71]
Charlie Harrington
Jack Tilley
Arthur Fowler
Rocco Brenner
2015 –present
[72]
Hunter Bell
Raymond Dawkins
Michael Jose Pomares Calixte
2017 , 2020–present
[73]
[74]
Hope Fowler
Isabelle Smith
2017 –present
[75]
[76]
[77]
Noach Persell
Frankie Brennan
Mica Fox
Uncredited
2018 –present
[78]
Bailey Baker
Kara-Leah Fernandes
2019 –present
[79]
Mia Atkins
Mahalia Malcolm
2019 –present
[80]
Mackenzie Atkins
Isaac Lemonius
2019 –present
[80]
Albie Watts
Uncredited
2020 –present
[81]
Annie Carter
Uncredited
2021–present
[82]
Jordan Atkins
Uncredited
2021–present
[83]
Cast changes
Departing characters
Future characters
Returning characters
Former characters
Lists of characters by year of introduction
Spin-off characters
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"Silent Witness and Call The Midwife star James Farrar joins the cast of EastEnders" .
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a
b Harp, Justin (6 June 2022).
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b Harp, Justin (11 March 2019).
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^
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