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

CharacterActorDuration
Kathy BealeGillian Taylforth1985–2000, 2015–
Sharon WattsLetitia Dean1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–
Ian BealeAdam Woodyatt1985–
Martin FowlerJames Bye1985–2007, 2014–
Martin FowlerJames Alexandrou1985–2007, 2014–
Martin FowlerJon Peyton Price1985–2007, 2014–
Phil MitchellSteve McFadden1990–2003, 2005–
Sonia FowlerNatalie Cassidy1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–
Peter BealeDayle Hudson1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeBen Hardy1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeThomas Law1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeJames Martin1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeJoseph Shade1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeAlex Stevens1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Peter BealeFrancis Brittin-Snell1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–
Ben MitchellMax Bowden1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Ben MitchellHarry Reid1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Ben MitchellJoshua Pascoe1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Ben MitchellCharlie Jones1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Ben MitchellMorgan Whittle1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Ben MitchellMatthew Silver1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–
Billy MitchellPerry Fenwick1998–
Kat SlaterJessie Wallace2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–
Mo HarrisLaila Morse2000–2016, 2018–
Patrick TruemanRudolph Walker2001–
Bobby BealeClay Milner Russell2003−2017, 2019−
Bobby BealeEliot Carrington2003−2017, 2019−
Bobby BealeRory Stroud2003−2017, 2019−
Bobby BealeAlex Francis2003−2017, 2019−
Bobby BealeKevin Curran2003−2017, 2019−
Stacey SlaterLacey Turner2004–2010, 2014–
Jean SlaterGillian Wright2004–
Ruby AllenLouisa Lytton2005–2006, 2018–
Honey MitchellEmma Barton2005–2008, 2014–
Denise FoxDiane Parish2006–
Max BranningJake Wood2006–
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–
Dotty CottonMilly Zero2008–2010, 2019–
Dotty CottonMolly Conlin2008–2010, 2019–
Kim FoxTameka Empson2009–
Lola PearceDanielle Harold2011–2015, 2019–
Tina CarterLuisa Bradshaw-White2013−
Linda CarterKellie Bright2013−
Mick CarterDanny Dyer2013−
Kush KazemiDavood Ghadami2014–
Keegan BakerZack Morris2017–
Karen TaylorLorraine Stanley2017–
Bernadette TaylorClair Norris2017–
Callum "Halfway" HighwayTony Clay2018–
Mitch BakerRoger Griffiths2018–
Stuart HighwayRicky Champ2018–
Habiba AhmedRukku Nahar2019–
Iqra AhmedPriya Davdra2019–
Chantelle AtkinsJessica Plummer2019–
Gray AtkinsToby-Alexander Smith2019–
Sheree TruemanSuzette Llewellyn2019–
Ash KaurGurlaine Kaur Garcha2019–
Jags PanesarAmar Adatia2019–
Kheerat PanesarJaz Deol2019–
Vinny PanesarShiv Jalota2019–
Isaac BaptisteStevie Basaula2020–
Suki PanesarBalvinder Sopal2020–

Recurring and guest characters

CharacterActorDuration
Ritchie ScottSian Webber2005–2012, 2014–2016, 2018–
Janet MitchellGrace2006–2012, 2014–
Will MitchellFreddie Phillips2007–2012, 2014–
Will MitchellToby Walpole2007–2012, 2014–
Mr ListerNick Wilton2008–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–
Amy MitchellAbbie Burke2008–
Amy MitchellAmelie Conway2008–
Amy MitchellKamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka2008–
Lily FowlerAine Garvey2010, 2014–
Lily FowlerUncredited2010, 2014–
Ricky MitchellFrankie Day2010, 2016–
Ricky MitchellHenri Charles2010, 2016–
Ricky MitchellUncredited2010, 2016–
Tommy MoonShay Crotty2010–2016, 2018–
Tommy MoonRalfie White2010–2016, 2018–
Tommy MoonShane2010–2016, 2018–
Lexi PearceIsabella Brown2012–2015, 2019–
Lexi PearceDottie-Beau Cotterill2012–2015, 2019–
Lady Di Hot Lips2013–
Bert MoonElliot Briffett2014–2016, 2018–
Bert MoonFreddie and Stanley Beale2014–2016, 2018–
Ernie MoonCody Briffett2014–2016, 2018–
Ernie MoonFreddie and Stanley Beale2014–2016, 2018–
Ollie CarterHarry Farr2015–
Ollie CarterCharlie Harrington2015–
Ollie CarterJack Tilley2015–
Arthur FowlerHunter Bell2015−
Bronson Uncredited2017–
Bronson Cyrus2017–
Riley TaylorTom Jacobs2017–
Chatham TaylorAlfie Jacobs2017–
Hope FowlerUncredited2017–
Abi BranningUncredited2017–
Cherry SlaterUncredited2018–
Bailey BakerKara-Leah Fernandes2019–
Danny HardcastlePaul Usher2019–
Mia AtkinsMahalia Malcolm2019–
Mackenzie AtkinsIsaac Lemonius2019–
DI Steve ThompsonPhilip Wright2020–
Kayden WattsUncredited2020–
Dr LaghariEzra Faroque Khan2020–
Laura AwoyinkaSarah Paul2020–
Frankie LewisRose Ayling-Ellis2020–

Named extras

Cast changes

Returning characters

Past characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction