List of EastEnders characters

This is a list of characters currently in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, listed in order of first appearance.

Present characters

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)
Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt
Dot Branning	June Brown
Pat Evans	Pam St. Clement
Steven Beale	Aaron Sidwell	Stuart Stevens, Edward Savage
Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden
Peggy Mitchell	Barbara Windsor	Jo Warne
Lucy Beale	Melissa Suffield	Eva Britton-Snell, Casey Anne Rothery
Peter Beale	Thomas Law	Francis Britton-Snell, Alex Stevens, Joseph Shade, James Martin
Ben Mitchell	Charlie Jones	Matthew Silver, Morgan Whittle
Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick
Charlie Slater	Derek Martin
Garry Hobbs	Ricky Groves
Mo Harris	Laila Morse
Patrick Trueman	Rudolph Walker
Minty Peterson	Cliff Parisi
Gus Smith	Mohammed George
Mickey Miller	Joe Swash
Bobby Beale	Alex Francis	Kevin Curran
Yolande Trueman	Angela Wynter
Jane Beale	Laurie Brett
Darren Miller	Charlie G. Hawkins
Keith Miller	David Spinx
Stacey Branning	Lacey Turner
Jean Slater	Gillian Wright
Dawn Swann	Kara Tointon
Honey Mitchell	Emma Barton
Bradley Branning	Charlie Clements
Chelsea Fox	Tiana Benjamin
Libby Fox	Belinda Owusu
Tanya Branning	Jo Joyner
Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald
Lauren Branning	Madeline Duggan
Sean Slater	Robert Kazinsky
Janet Mitchell	Grace
Shirley Carter	Linda Henry
Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick
Hazel Hobbs	Kika Mirylees
Summer Swann	Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty	Harry Swash
Heather Trott	Cheryl Fergison
Zainab Masood	Nina Wadia
Shabnam Masood	Zahra Ahmadi
Jase Dyer	Stephen Lord
Roxy Mitchell	Rita Simons
Ronnie Mitchell	Samantha Janus
Tamwar Masood	Himesh Patel
Vinnie Monks	Bobby Davro
Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra
Jack Branning	Scott Maslen
William Mitchell	Unknown
Oscar Branning	Unknown

Character	Actor	References
Deano Wicks	Matt Di Angelo	^[1]
Max Branning	Jake Wood	^[2]

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)	References
Rainie Cross	Tanya Franks		^[3]
Clare Bates	Gemma Bissix		^[4]
Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer		^[5]
Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen		^[6]
Liam Butcher	Unknown	Jack and Tom Godolphin, Gavin and Mitchell Vaughan, Nathaniel Gleed	^[6]
Janine Evans	Charlie Brooks	Rebecca Michael, Alexia Demetriou	^[7]
Diane Butcher	Sophie Lawrence		^[7]
Denise Wicks	Diane Parish	"'Kevin Wicks' quits 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-18. `{{cite news}}`: Check date values in: `\|date=` (help)</ref>

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^ "Ex-'Hollyoaks' actress returns to 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-09-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Palmer making an Eastenders comeback". BBC News. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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^ ^a ^b "Frank's for the memories". The Sun. 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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^ "'Star Stories' actress joins 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-01-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)