This is a list of characters currently in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, listed in order of first appearance. Where more than one actor has portrayed the same character, the current actor is listed first.
Present characters
Regular characters
Character |
Actor(s) |
Duration |
Kathy Beale | Gillian Taylforth | 1985–2000, 2015– |
Sharon Watts | Letitia Dean | 1985–1995, 2001–2006, 2012– |
Ian Beale | Adam Woodyatt | 1985– |
Dot Cotton | June Brown | 1985–1993, 1997– |
Martin Fowler | James Bye | 1985–2007, 2014– |
James Alexandrou |
Jon Peyton Price |
Phil Mitchell | Steve McFadden | 1990–2003, 2005– |
Sonia Fowler | Natalie Cassidy | 1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014– |
Robbie Jackson | Dean Gaffney | 1993–2004, 2010, 2015, 2017– |
Mel Owen | Tamzin Outhwaite | 1998–2002, 2018– |
Billy Mitchell | Perry Fenwick | 1998– |
Kat Slater | Jessie Wallace | 2000–2005, 2010–2016, 2018– |
Mo Harris | Laila Morse | 2000–2016, 2018– |
Bex Fowler | Jasmine Armfield | 2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014– |
Jade Sharif |
Alex and Vicky Gonzalez |
Patrick Trueman | Rudolph Walker | 2001– |
Louise Mitchell | Tilly Keeper | 2001–2003, 2008, 2010, 2016– |
Brittany Papple |
Danni Bennatar |
Rachel Cox |
Alfie Moon | Shane Richie | 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018– |
Stacey Slater | Lacey Turner | 2004–2010, 2014– |
Jean Slater | Gillian Wright | 2004– |
Ruby Allen | Louisa Lytton | 2005–2006, 2018– |
Honey Mitchell | Emma Barton | 2005–2008, 2014– |
Denise Fox | Diane Parish | 2006– |
Max Branning | Jake Wood | 2006– |
Shirley Carter | Linda Henry | 2006– |
Jay Brown | Jamie Borthwick | 2006– |
Rainie Cross | Tanya Franks | 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018– |
Masood Ahmed | Nitin Ganatra | 2007– |
Jack Branning | Scott Maslen | 2007–2013, 2015– |
Whitney Dean | Shona McGarty | 2008– |
Tiffany Butcher | Maisie Smith | 2008–2014, 2016, 2018– |
Kim Fox | Tameka Empson | 2009– |
Cora Cross | Ann Mitchell | 2011–2015, 2017– |
Tina Carter | Luisa Bradshaw-White | 2013− |
Linda Carter | Kellie Bright | 2013− |
Mick Carter | Danny Dyer | 2013− |
Kush Kazemi | Davood Ghadami | 2014– |
Carmel Kazemi | Bonnie Langford | 2015–2018 |
Keegan Baker | Zack Morris | 2017– |
Ted Murray | Christopher Timothy | 2017– |
Karen Taylor | Lorraine Stanley | 2017– |
Keanu Taylor | Danny Walters | 2017– |
Bernadette Taylor | Clair Norris | 2017– |
Arshad Ahmed | Madhav Sharma | 2018– |
Mariam Ahmed | Indira Joshi | 2018– |
Halfway | Tony Clay | 2018– |
Hunter Owen | Charlie Winter | 2018– |
Hayley Slater | Katie Jarvis | 2018– |
Stuart Highway | Ricky Champ | 2018– |
Ray Kelly | Seán Mahon | 2018– |
Recurring and guest characters
Lists of characters by year of introduction
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