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'{{long plot|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox soap character |series = [[EastEnders]] |name= Bex Fowler |image = |caption= |portrayer={{plainlist| * Alex and Vicky Gonzalez (2000–2002) * Jade Sharif (2005–2007) * [[Jasmine Armfield]] (2014–2020)}} |introducer={{plainlist| * [[John Yorke (television producer)|John Yorke]] (2000) * [[Kathleen Hutchison]] (2005) * [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]] (2014)}} |years=2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020 |first=Episode 2020 <br> {{Start date|df=y|2000|10|26}} |last= Episode 6091/6092 <br> {{End date|df=y|2020|3|6}} |classification=[[List of former EastEnders characters#Last appeared in 2020|Former; regular]] |occupation= {{Plainlist| *Student *Café worker }} |family = [[Fowler family|Fowler]]/[[Jackson family (EastEnders)|Jackson]] |father = [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin Fowler]] |mother = [[Sonia Fowler]] |adoptivemother = [[Sue Miller (EastEnders)|Sue Miller]] |adoptivefather = [[Neil Miller (EastEnders)|Neil Miller]] |stepmother = [[Stacey Slater]] <br> [[Ruby Allen]] |halfbrothers = [[List of EastEnders characters (2015)#Arthur Fowler|Arthur Fowler]]{{efn|Bex also has another half-brother via [[Ruby Allen]] ([[Louisa Lytton]]) who has not yet made an appearance in the show. Lytton was supposedly returning after her maternity leave in 2021.}} |halfsisters = [[Hope Fowler]]<br>[[Lily Slater]] (adoptive) |grandmothers = [[Pauline Fowler]] <br> [[Carol Jackson]] |grandfathers = [[Arthur Fowler]] |uncles = [[Mark Fowler]] <br> [[Robbie Jackson]] <br> [[Billie Jackson]] |aunts = [[Michelle Fowler]] <br> [[Bianca Jackson]] |nephews = |nieces = [[List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Charli Slater|Charli Slater]] (adoptive) |cousins = [[Vicki Fowler]] <br> [[Mark Fowler (2016 character)|Mark Fowler]] <br> [[Liam Butcher]] <br> [[Tiffany Butcher]] <br> [[Morgan Butcher]] <br> [[Sami Jackson]] |relatives = [[Jim Branning]] <br> [[Ian Beale]] <br> [[Peter Beale]] <br> [[Lucy Beale]] <br> [[Bobby Beale (EastEnders)|Bobby Beale]] <br>[[Max Branning]] <br> [[Jack Branning]] <br> [[Lauren Branning]] <br> [[Abi Branning]] <br> [[List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Charli Slater|Charli Slater]] |alias= Rebecca Fowler <br> Chloe Jackson <br> Rebecca Miller }} '''Rebecca''' "'''Bex'''" '''Fowler'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tvgwd|title=BBC One – EastEnders, 04/05/2015|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> is a [[fictional character]] from the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'' and is portrayed by [[Jasmine Armfield]].<ref name="EastEnders">{{cite web|last1=News Team|first1=EastEnders|title=Jasmine Armfield to join EastEnders as Rebecca Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/0d7cb2b2-8940-34f4-a71f-2360647eff2a|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=17 December 2016|date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Bex made her first appearance in episode 2020 first originally broadcast on 26 October 2000. Rebecca is the daughter of [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin Fowler]] ([[James Alexandrou]]/[[James Bye (actor)|James Bye]]) and [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia Jackson]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]). Her storylines on ''[[EastEnders]]'' included her relationship with [[Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]), being bullied, losing her virginity, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, getting into the [[University of Oxford]] and attempting suicide.<ref name="attemptedsuicide">{{cite web|url= https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/what-happened-to-bex-in-eastenders-a-recap-of-her-suicide-storyline-10862068/|title=What happened to Bex in EastEnders – a recap on her suicide storyline|last=Milan|first=Aidan|date=4 October 2019|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref> On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Armfield had decided to leave the soap; she departed on-screen in the episode broadcast on 6 March 2020.<ref name="bexexit1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastenders-jasmine-armfield-bex-fowler-21379426.amp|title=EastEnders star Jasmine Armfield quits soap after five years playing Bex Fowler|work=[[OK! Magazine]]|date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="bexexit2">{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/28/eastenders-spoilers-bex-fowler-die-boat-tragedy-jasmine-armfield-quits-12140358/amp/|title=EastEnders spoilers: Bex Fowler to die in boat tragedy as Jasmine Armfield quits?|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=28 January 2020}}</ref> ==Development== ===Reintroduction (2014)=== [[File:Jasmine Armfield 2016.jpg|thumb|left|When Rebecca returned in 2014, the role was recast to actress [[Jasmine Armfield]].]] Bex, (now played by [[Jasmine Armfield]]), returned along with her mother [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]) for a storyline involving [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsay Coulson]]) being diagnosed with [[breast cancer]].<ref name="EastEnders"/><ref name="Watts">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/natalie-cassidy-returns-eastenders-sonia-2343477|title=Natalie Cassidy returns to EastEnders as Sonia Fowler in dramatic New Year storyline|last=Watts|first=Halina|date=6 October 2013|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006075041/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/natalie-cassidy-returns-eastenders-sonia-2343477|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a523538/eastenders-confirms-sonia-fowler-return.html|title='EastEnders' confirms Sonia Fowler return|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=15 October 2013|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201407/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a523538/eastenders-confirms-sonia-fowler-return.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bex made her return on 15 January 2014. Armfield's casting as Rebecca was announced in January 2014. Of her casting, Armfield's drama school principal, Teri Levett, said, "I'm so very proud of her. Jasmine is a really hardworking student. ''EastEnders'' is going to be fantastic for her and I'm really, really pleased."<ref>{{citenews|url=http://m.echo-news.co.uk/news/10915832.Jasmine_15__lands_dream_part_in_EastEnders/|title=Jasmine,15, lands dream part in EastEnders|work=Echo News|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref> When Armfield auditioned for ''EastEnders'', she was unaware of the character she would be playing and was "surprised" when she found out, saying of her casting, "My agent called and I couldn't believe it...it was amazing news"..<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://twitter.com/jasarmfield/status/775728783731163136 Jasmine Armfield on Twitter: First interview with @InsideSoapMag ! Feeling very lucky🙏🏻❤️]</ref> ===Sexting and revenge porn (2016)=== With the introduction of [[Shaheen Jafargholi]] as [[Shakil Kazemi]], Tilly Keeper said, "there will probably be maybe a little bit of a love triangle and a lot of jealousy" between Louise and Bex. Keeper also added that Louise will show a "bit more of a manipulative side."<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-spoilers-louise-mitchell-storyline-8015141|title=EastEnders spoilers: Louise Mitchell set for biggest storyline yet as Tilly Keeper teases 'manipulative' love triangle|work=The Mirror|last=Walker|first=Danny|date=23 May 2016|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> A sexting plot began in December 2016, with Bex, Shakil and Louise as central characters. The storyline progressed into a revenge porn plot, following the aftermath of the bus crash Disaster Week.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a820414/eastenders-reveals-naked-pictures-scandal-as-louise-mitchell-gets-her-revenge-on-shakil-kazemi/|title=EastEnders reveals naked pictures scandal as Louise Mitchell gets her revenge on Shakil Kazemi|work=Digital Spy|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=2 February 2017|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> David Brown, from [[Radio Times]], says the storyline "tackles a topic that should be of massive concern to both tech-savvy teenagers and parents who fear they’re being left behind when it comes to the way their offspring communicate" and "that the fallout of these rash actions" could lead to legal consequences for Louise, Bex and Shakil. He also added that the show "is in a powerful position in that it can provide moral guidance to its younger viewers" and "has the potential to articulate the fears and worries of viewers who might not be able to express such concerns by themselves".<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-06/eastenders-why-the-revenge-porn-plotline-should-be-essential-viewing---for-both-teenagers-and-their-parents|title=EastEnders: why the revenge porn plotline should be essential viewing - for both teenagers and their parents|work=Radio Times|last=Brown|first=David|date=6 February 2017|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> ===Bullying storyline (2017)=== Bex enters a storyline where she is bullied by [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven). They are friends of [[Louise Mitchell]] ([[Tilly Keeper]]) who meet Bex through their mutual friend; they begin to taunt Bex for months. Louise also then starts bullying Bex and their friendship deteriorates. On one occasion, they are in a scene where Bex is brutally attacked in a school bathroom by the girls, and viewers were noted to be angry.<ref name="viewersangry">{{cite web|url= https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/790780/EastEnders-Bex-Fowler-Jasmine-Armfield-Bully-Alexandra-Madison-Michelle-Jenna-Russell-BBC/|title=EastEnders viewers 'SWITCH OFF' in anger over violent Bex Fowler bullying storyline|last=O'Connor|first=Rory|date=11 April 2017}}</ref> Madison and Alexandra then also fall out with Louise after realising Louise still wishes to be friends with Bex and in the final showdown Louise is then pushed onto a tray of burning candles.<ref name="louiseburn">{{cite news|url= https://metro.co.uk/2017/07/14/eastenders-spoilers-bex-fowlers-evil-bullies-are-caught-but-something-terrible-lies-ahead-6778608/|title=Bex Fowlers evil bullies are found out, but something nasty lays ahead|last=Lyndsay|first=Duncan|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> ===Grief & losing Shakil (2018)=== [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Keegan Baker|Keegan Baker]] ([[Zack Morris (actor)|Zack Morris]]) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2016)#Shakil Kazemi|Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]) are [[stabbed]] in altercation with a gang over a stolen bike and Shakil dies as a result of his injuries. <ref name="Harrowing knife crime">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a852960/eastenders-spoilers-knife-crime-storyline-keegan-shakil/|title=EastEnders is lining up a harrowing knife crime storyline involving Keegan and Shakil|work=Digital Spy|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hard hitting new storyline">{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2018-03-22/eastenders-to-tackle-knife-crime-in-hard-hitting-new-storyline/|title=EastEnders to tackle knife crime in hard-hitting new storyline|work=Radio Times|last=Hughes|first=Jonathon|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Double stabbing horror">{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/22/eastenders-spoilers-double-stabbing-horror-as-soap-tackles-knife-crime-storyline-7409191/|title=EastEnders spoilers: Double stabbing horror as soap tackles knife crime storyline|work=Metro|last=Lindsay|first=Duncan|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>{{efn|This has been compared for its similarities to back when the characters on-screen mother [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]) loses on-screen boyfriend [[Jamie Mitchell]] ([[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]]) on Christmas Day 2002 after is killed by [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin]] ([[James Alexandrou]]); a massive similarity is also how Sonia was around a similar age to Bex when she lost Jamie, and Bex was at the age of losing Shakil.}} Bex struggles upon the news of Shakil's death – she begins to have breakdowns. ===Running away & attempted suicide (2019)=== In spring 2019, Bex is struggling with her dependency on [[ADHD]] medication.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> After recovering from her addiction, she is then met with struggling to cope after being accepted by [[University of Oxford|Oxford university]] and being rejected by former boyfriend Shakils older brother [[Kush Kazemi]] ([[Davood Ghadami]]).<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> She later runs away after being encouraged by [[List of EastEnders characters (2018)#Stuart Highway|Stuart Highway]] ([[Ricky Champ]]), but is then found.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> After managing to pull herself from the crowds of [[The Queen Victoria|the Queen Vic]], [[Lisa Fowler]] ([[Lucy Benjamin]]) notices the brave face being put on by Bex and encourages Bex to tell Sonia about how she is feeling as Lisa sees past her brave face and also has a history of poor [[mental health]].<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> Bex later doesn’t and does attempt suicide: she is saved by Sonia and survives the ordeal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29354624/eastenders-bex-fowler-suicide-attempt-viewers-praise-star/|title=Viewers praise star Jasmine Armfield for her work in suicide storyline|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=4 October 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> ===Departure (2020)=== On 28 January 2020, it was announced Armfield was set to depart from the soap in coming months.<ref name=bexexit1/><ref name=bexexit2/> She departed on 6 March 2020 after deciding to have a gap year before attending [[University of Oxford|Oxford university]] and travel the world.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> Bex is regularly mentioned in the show since her last appearance; most of them about where she has been and what she has been up to from having off-screen contact with on-screen mother Sonia. {{clear}} ==Storylines== ===2000–2007=== Sonia does not know she is pregnant until she goes into labour and [[Mo Harris]] ([[Laila Morse]]) delivers the baby. After her daughter is born, Sonia is taken to hospital and tells her social worker [[#Ameena Badawi|Ameena Badawi]] ([[Shobna Gulati]]) upon meeting her that she does not want her baby. She names her baby Chloe and Sonia decides she wants Chloe adopted. Sonia hands Chloe over to Ameena, who takes Chloe into foster care. Martin and his mother, [[Pauline Fowler]] ([[Wendy Richard]]), discover Martin is the father, Pauline wants custody of Chloe, which Sonia is against. Martin agrees that he wants Chloe for Pauline's sake, but admits to his brother, [[Mark Fowler]] ([[Todd Carty]]), that he does not want to be a father and Chloe is adopted by [[Neil Miller (EastEnders)|Neil]] and [[Sue Miller (EastEnders)|Sue Miller]] (Sadie Shimmin). The Millers change Chloe's name to Rebecca. In 2002, Sonia, now suffering depression over the guilt of abandoning her daughter, kidnaps Rebecca and barricades herself inside her house. Neil and Sue (now [[Victoria Willing]]), understandably upset about Sonia's actions, give [[Dot Cotton|Dot Branning]] ([[June Brown]]) fifteen minutes to persuade Sonia to give Rebecca back before they phone the police. Dot successfully persuades Sonia to give Rebecca back. In 2005, Neil and Sue are killed in a car crash and Rebecca moves in with Sue's mother, [[Margaret Wilson (EastEnders)|Margaret Wilson]] ([[Janet Amsden]]). Sonia reads about the crash in the newspaper and she and Martin, who are now married, are concerned for their daughter and decide to track her down to make sure she is well. Posing as friends of the Millers, Margaret allows the Fowlers into their home where they meet Rebecca (now Sharif). It is only when they admit who they really are that she tells them to leave. Pauline demands to be part of Rebecca's life, causing upset. Sonia is furious when she discovers Pauline and Martin have been seeing her daughter behind her back. Eventually Sonia gives into her urges and grows closer to Rebecca too. Margaret decides to make Sonia and Martin Rebecca's legal guardians in case anything happens to her, unaware that Sonia and Martin have separated due to Sonia's lesbian adultery. Sonia persuades Martin not to tell Margaret that they have split up, but when the truth comes out, Margaret is furious and refuses to give Sonia guardianship of Rebecca. When Margaret has a fall and dies, Rebecca is given to Martin and Pauline refuses Sonia access, causing many rows. Sonia and Martin reunite in December 2006. On Christmas Day 2006, Pauline dies just before emigrating to America. Rebecca saw Sonia slap Pauline before her death and believes that Sonia killed Pauline. Sonia tries to hush Rebecca but the truth comes out and Sonia is arrested following a row with Martin. After absconding with Rebecca, Sonia is cleared of Pauline's murder when [[Joe Macer]] ([[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]]), Pauline's husband, admits to manslaughter. Sonia leaves Walford with Martin and Rebecca in February 2007. ===2014–2020=== Rebecca returned on 15 January 2014,<ref name=Watts/><ref>[http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/sitenews/a130011/soaplands-joiners-movers-and-leavers.html – As of 8 January 2014]</ref> now portrayed by Armfield,<ref name="Armfield">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a539554/eastenders-jasmine-armfield-to-play-sonias-daughter-rebecca.html|title=EastEnders: Jasmine Armfield to play Sonia's daughter Rebecca|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=19 December 2013|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> when [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsey Coulson]]) tells Sonia about her [[breast cancer]] diagnosis. Rebecca is seen in October 2014 when Sonia discovers that she has been missing school to practice her guitar for music school with [[Charlie Cotton (2014 character)|Charlie Cotton]] ([[Declan Bennett]]). Having arranged for Rebecca to appear at the Queen Vic, Charlie calls Sonia. Rebecca performs a cover song of "[[You and I (One Direction song)|You and I]]" by [[One Direction]]. In March 2015, Rebecca, tired of strife between her parents, enters a rebellious phase of her life. She adopts a [[goth fashion]] style and insists on being referred to by her former name, Chloe, before deciding to go by Bex. Bex rejects Sonia as she has been living away from them, and they become further estranged when Martin (now Bye) reveals Sonia is having a lesbian relationship with [[Tina Carter]] ([[Luisa Bradshaw-White]]). Martin, realising the situation may be his own fault, decides to have Bex live with Sonia, reasoning that she needs to spend more time with her mother. Martin starts a relationship with [[Stacey Slater|Stacey Branning]] ([[Lacey Turner]]) and moves in with her and her daughter [[Lily Slater|Lily Branning]] (Aine Garvey). Martin plans to propose to Stacey and Bex gives him her blessing but is glad when they decide not to marry. Stacey gives birth to a son, [[Arthur Fowler (2015 character)|Arthur Fowler]], although unbeknownst to Martin, Arthur is not his son. When Stacey is diagnosed with and sectioned due to [[postpartum psychosis]], Bex realises Martin is struggling with Arthur, Lily and work, so she draws him up a schedule. She accompanies Martin on a visit to the hospital to see Stacey. When Martin learns the truth about Arthur's paternity, he goes to stay with his sister [[Michelle Fowler]] ([[Susan Tully]]) in America and when he returns, he intends to leave for good. Martin then reveals that [[Kush Kazemi]] ([[Davood Ghadami]]) is Arthur's father to everyone in the pub, including Bex. Martin tells Bex that Arthur is still her brother, and Bex later explains to Stacey that she hurt her father. When Martin and Stacey get engaged, Martin tells Bex, who says that Arthur really is her brother now. Bex takes [[Louise Mitchell]] ([[Tilly Keeper]]) to school on her first day and when Louise has a fight, [[Jay Brown]] ([[Jamie Borthwick]]) collects her and the girl she had a fight with turns out to be Jay's girlfriend, [[Linzi Bragg]] ([[Amy-Leigh Hickman]]).<ref name="18apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 18/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078ddxx |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director; John Howlett; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 18 April 2016}}</ref> Bex and Louise tell Jay that Linzi is Bex's friend, Star, and is 14.<ref name="19apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 19/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078dgpq |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: John Howlett; Writer: [[Maya Sondhi]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 19 April 2016}}</ref> Linzi gets upset when Jay is adamant things are over, and Bex comforts her. Bex tells Linzi's mother, [[List of EastEnders characters (2016)#Thelma Bragg|Thelma Bragg]] ([[Lorraine Stanley]]) about the relationship, and points out Jay to her when she demands to know who has been having sex with Linzi. Although Jay has not had sex with Linzi, Bex states that Thelma's accusations are true. Jay is arrested and Bex is interviewed by police.<ref name="26apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 26/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795p4j |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: [[Anya Reiss]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 26 April 2016}}</ref> After Bex tells Sonia that she has had sex, Sonia, [[Sharon Watts|Sharon Mitchell]] ([[Letitia Dean]]) and [[Honey Mitchell]] ([[Emma Barton]]), talk to her and Louise about the pressures and consequences of sex, but Bex reveals that she has not had sex.<ref name="27apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 27/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795rpz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: Natalie Mitchell, Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref> When Sonia finds a lump in her breast, she tells Bex, who fears that Sonia has cancer, but it turns out to be a cyst. Bex has a crush on newcomer [[Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]) and is jealous when Louise flirts with him. At Martin and Stacey's reception, Bex and Shakil kiss, seen by a jealous Louise. Martin struggles to accept Bex dating, and after disputes between Martin and Shakil, Sonia gets them to make amends for Bex's sake.<ref name="16jun16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 16/06/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gvwm2 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: David Tucker; Writer: Katie Douglas |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 16 June 2016}}</ref> Tina's mother [[Sylvie Carter]] ([[Linda Marlowe]]), who suffers from [[Alzheimer's disease]], later moves in with Sonia and Tina, but Bex does not cope looking after her when Sonia and Tina are not around. Bex is stunned when Shakil tells her he wants to have sex with her.<ref name="23aug16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 23/08/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07qc7kd |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: [[Anya Reiss]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 23 August 2016}}</ref> Bex tells him that she is not ready for sex and she talks about it with Louise, who tells her Shakil will not wait for long. After taking advice from Louise, Bex decides to change her appearance. Bex confides in Stacey about Shakil wanting to have sex, who mentions this to Martin; Martin interrupts Shakil's party, but later apologises to Bex. Sonia is offered a job in Kettering and Martin and Stacey agree for Bex to live with them. Bex is angry and upset with Sonia and refuses to say goodbye, but Tina arranges for them to talk. Bex is upset and Shakil comforts her. Bex moves in with Martin and Stacey, but struggles to cope with the overcrowding until they move into Sonia's old house. When Bex discovers Shakil has bought condoms, she cancels her 16th birthday party to avoid him. Stacey advises Bex to tell Shakil how she feels. When the pair are alone in Bex's room, she stops him from going further than kissing, so he calls her frigid. However, Shakil apologises to Bex and she forgives him. Bex finds out from Louise and Shakil that people are talking about her relationship and about her and Shakil not having sex. Shakil suggests to Bex they send explicit photos of themselves to each other instead of sex. After talking with Louise and Tina, Bex decides to take an explicit photo. She tells Louise she has not sent the photo and thinks Shakil is not interested in her when he ignores her. Bex confronts Shakil about his ignoring her and Bex admits to Shakil that she did not want to break the law and feared the photos being shared, but apologises for hurting his feelings. Bex then tells Shakil she wants to have sex with him and they try to arrange a place and time that they can be alone. Bex goes round to Shakil's whilst his mother [[Carmel Kazemi]] ([[Bonnie Langford]]) and brother Kush are out and they have sex. Immediately afterwards, Shakil sees Bex and Louise talking and assumes Bex is telling Louise about it, so he ignores Bex and refuses to tell her if they are still together. Bex asks Stacey how to know if you're having sex right and explains how Shakil is behaving towards her. Bex is upset when Shakil changes his online status to single. An upset Bex tells Stacey she has been dumped, who tells Martin and she is left embarrassed when Martin publicly has a go at Shakil. Martin's aunt and godmother, [[Kathy Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]]) tries to justify his actions, but Bex refuses to forgive Martin or Stacey until she watches Shakil kiss Louise as part of the Christmas play. Bex shows Louise a prospectus for a college after deciding she needs a fresh start but decides to stay at her school's 6th form to study A-Levels. [[Keegan Baker]] ([[Zack Morris (actor)|Zack Morris]]) insults Bex and she finds out Shakil was one of the boys who teased Louise with Keegan and warns him to stay away from her. When the school closes early, Bex, Louise, Shakil and Keegan take a bus home, but the driver suffers a heart attack and drives through the market and into the viaduct. The students are trapped but escape through the emergency exit. Bex is upset to learn Martin is trapped under the bus, but everyone works together to get him out. Bex stops Louise from truanting after being teased over a video posted online by Keegan of the bus crash and Louise gets Bex to promise that she will not resume her relationship with Shakil. Convinced that Shakil is encouraging Keegan, Louise gets Bex's phone and sends Shakil's naked photo to her friends [[Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven) and [[Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and Bex is left distressed when she finds out what Louise did and that the photo has been sent to another person. Bex remains angry with Louise, Madison and Alexandra for the way they have treated Shakil and is hurt when Shakil tells her she can "drop dead". On Valentine's Day, Bex receives a card and believes Shakil sent it, however, she realises Louise, Madison and Alexandra played a prank on her. Shakil tells Louise that he has seen Bex and Travis together and Madison and Alexandra tell Louise they believe Bex has been after Travis for a while, but when Louise confronts Bex, she insists they are just friends. Bex takes a liking to [[Preston Cooper]] (Martin Anzor), a student from the United States with whom her aunt Michelle (now played by [[Jenna Russell]]) had an illegal relationship. Preston encourages Bex to skip school and Preston gets Michelle to Sharon's house, where he is in bed with Bex, and Michelle realises Preston is using Bex to make her jealous. After finding out Bex had sex with Preston, Madison and Alexandra spread the fact, and Keegan and Shakil find out. Keegan suggests to Shakil they should get revenge on Bex, and Keegan imposes Bex's face on a porn video and spreads it around. Bex is humiliated when Martin sees the video. Bex and Martin meet with one of Bex's teachers, where Bex refuses to name anyone involved and they are told it is being passed onto the police as it is treated as an image of child abuse. Martin is called into school and is informed about Shakil's explicit photo. Bex takes the blame for sending it and she and Martin are told Bex will be interviewed under caution by the police the following day because she has distributed an indecent image of a child. Bex overhears Martin talking negatively about her to Stacey. When she tells Louise that she will admit the truth, Louise confesses that Madison and Alexandra were responsible for sending the photo and she should think about bringing them into it. Bex is cautioned and tells Louise, Madison and Alexandra she took the blame despite being the only innocent person, and they laugh at her. The police and social services visit Bex, Martin and Stacey to ask about explicit photos Bex took of herself. Although Bex thought she had deleted the photos and had not sent them on, they had been backed up automatically. Bex is told she can return to school, but when Martin returns her phone, she only receives abuse so decides to do an apprenticeship, which Martin disagrees with her doing. Kush persuades Bex to return to school and not let what is happening ruin her life. Madison and Alexandra overhear Bex insult them when she confronts Louise over their friendship. In the toilets, Madison and Alexandra push Bex, tear her shirt and write on her face whilst Louise stands outside, worried about Bex but feeling unable to help. She admits to teachers [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Mrs Robyn Lund|Mrs Robyn Lund]] (Polly Highton) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Gethin Pryce|Mr Gethyn Price]] ([[Cerith Flinn]]) that Louise, Madison and Alexandra were responsible for her attack and sending the photo, but Louise, Madison and Alexandra deny knowledge of either incidents and Bex ends her friendship with Louise, but Linzi offers her support. When Preston returns from Manchester, he and Bex become a couple. Louise finds out that Michelle and Preston are having an affair so tells Bex, who refuses to believe it until she sees Preston touching Michelle and Michelle flinching, so publicly demands to know if Michelle is having sex with her boyfriend. Preston apologises to Bex and admits he loves Michelle. Stacey and [[Whitney Dean|Whitney Carter]] ([[Shona McGarty]]) stick up for Bex, ordering Preston to leave. While trying to find Preston, Michelle crashes a car into the chip shop after taking sleeping pills with alcohol. After this, Preston returns to America after being convinced that Michelle does not need him; Bex is glad that he has gone. Michelle tries to make amends with Bex, who reminds Michelle of what she has lost. Bex works alongside Michelle at the café and she snaps at Michelle when Madison and Alexandra make remarks about them and Preston. Bex goes busking but almost backs out when she sees a group of girls laughing. Shakil persuades her to carry on, but she is stopped by Martin. When Alexandra sees Bex in the local shop, she knocks the sugar she is buying out of her hands and sticks chewing gum in her hair when she goes to pick it up. Later, Bex goes to the café where Kathy asks her to serve Alexandra and Madison their drinks. They insult her and Alexandra trips Bex, causing Kathy to spill soup on Madison. They later warn Bex that she can never escape them, and gain access to Bex's home by telling Stacey they are her friends and they smash her guitar. Bex is then tricked by them into putting mud covered in chocolate in her mouth, which the film and tell her it is cat faeces. Bex sees the video of this online and calls Sonia in tears, who returns to Walford and announces that she wants Bex to live with her. Sonia also visits Bex's school but does not mention Louise is part of the bullying when Bex asks her not to, which gives Louise hope that they can be friends again. After Michelle and Sharon get them talking, Louise agrees not to be friends with Alexandra and Madison, but in front of Bex she tells them she is not friends with Bex again, so Bex walks off in anger. Unknown to Louise, Madison and Alexandra plan to take revenge on her because they blame her for being reported to the school. Bex overhears Madison and Alexandra inviting Travis to a party at Louise's home, which Louise believes will just be for the three girls. Bex tries to warn Louise that they cannot be trusted but Louise accuses her of being jealous because she has no friends of her own. Travis leaves Louise's party and tells Bex that Louise needs her. After Louise gets drunk and is sick, she staggers outside, coughs up blood and collapses, panicking Bex, Madison, Alexandra, Keegan, Travis and Dennis, who are watching. Louise is taken to hospital with paralysis and Sharon tells Louise about Bex finding her. When Louise is sent home, she invites Bex round, but Madison and Alexandra turn up so Bex does not go to Louise's house. After speaking to Dennis about the party on Travis's behalf, Bex tells Louise that Alexandra followed Travis into the kitchen and Alexandra interrupts them. Alexandra gets herself out of trouble by telling Louise and Bex that Travis may not have been responsible for spiking her drink and Louise insists that Madison and Alexandra are still her friends. Bex hears a rumour that Louise had sex with Keegan at the party, so she tells her to take a pregnancy test, but Martin catches Bex purchasing the test for Louise and wrongly assumes it is for herself. Bex is delighted when she learns Stacey and Martin are having a baby. Sonia returns from Kettering and wants Bex to move in with her and her brother, [[Robbie Jackson]] ([[Dean Gaffney]]) and Dot, however, Bex wants to remain with Martin and Stacey. Alexandra decides she will take revenge on Bex when she overhears Bex smugly telling Travis that Alexandra will mess up in the showcase. Before Bex's performance at the showcase, Madison and Alexandra break a guitar string and when Bex looks for one in a classroom, Madison and Alexandra pin Bex up against a wall. Shakil hears the bullying through headphones and exposes it through the soundboard. Bex is found locked in the cupboard and she is encouraged to perform following her ordeal. Bex and Louise make amends and Bex decides to go the prom with Shakil. At the prom, Louise suffers burns after being pushed onto lit candles by Alexandra and Madison, leading to their arrests. Bex visits Louise in hospital but her mother, [[Lisa Fowler]] ([[Lucy Benjamin]]), says Louise wants no visitors and Lisa tells Bex her plans for Louise if she was well. Louise is distressed when Lisa and Bex arrange for Travis to visit her. Bex receives her GCSE results and is disappointed that she gained a D in music, so Sonia contacts Gethin about Bex's result and Gethin agrees to tutor Bex. Following a gas explosion, Bex tends to Gethin's wounds and they kiss. Bex apologises but Gethin reassures her, however, he says he can no longer tutor her and says a relationship would be illegal due to the fact he is her teacher and insists he has no feelings for her. Bex attempts to make Gethin jealous by flirting with Shakil and Gethin asks her to stop her behaviour and he later kisses Sonia, watched by Bex. When Bex claims to have a new boyfriend, Gethin starts tutoring her again. Bex continues to pursue him but he insists nothing can happen, and Louise asks Bex not to chase Gethin. However, Bex tries to get Gethin to admit he likes her, but he goes through with telling Sonia that Bex kissed him. Sonia is furious that the kiss happened weeks ago and throws Gethin out. She asks Bex for the whole truth and Bex insists it was just a kiss and asks Sonia not to report Gethin. Gethin gets drunk and Bex's great-uncle, [[Jack Branning]] ([[Scott Maslen]]), Gethin's landlord, evicts Gethin when he finds out about the kiss. Gethin then leaves Walford. Louise accidentally tells Shakil about Bex and Gethin, and Bex is heartbroken when Shakil kisses Louise, though Louise is stunned and disgusted by Shakil's immaturity. Bex is devastated when Shakil is stabbed and killed in a knife attack in May 2018. The following year, overwhelmed by the prospect of going to Oxford, Bex takes drugs to cope with her exams and runs away; she is found by [[Stuart Highway (EastEnders)|Stuart Highway]] ([[Ricky Champ]]). On the night of her leaving party, Bex writes a suicide note to her parents and attempts to overdose on pills. The following morning, Sonia finds her unresponsive in bed. She recovers well but decides to defer Oxford for a year, and once her life is back on track, she makes the decision to go travelling, which Sonia is unhappy about. However, she writes her mother a letter and successfully persuades her that she's doing the right thing. Martin and Sonia see her off at the Tube station. {{clear}} ==Reception== In 2017, [[Jasmine Armfield|Armfield]] (who portrays ''Bex'') was nominated for Best Soap Actress at the [[TV Choice Awards|''TV Choice'' Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2017/06/26/news/royal-showdown-as-the-crown-battles-victoria-at-tv-choice-awards-1067822/|title=Royal showdown as The Crown battles Victoria at TV Choice Awards|publisher=[[The Irish News]]|date=26 June 2017|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> It is also notable that during Bex's bullying storyline, fans had been to the point where they could no longer watch the bullying commence as they were noted to be "angry" at the pair of bullies [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven)'s characters.<ref name=viewersangry/> ==Notes== {{notes}} ==See also== {{plainlist| * [[List of EastEnders characters (2000)#Bex Fowler|List of EastEnders characters (2000)]] }} ==References== {{ref list}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Bex}} [[Category:Fictional vegan and vegetarian characters]] [[Category:Branning family]]'
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'{{long plot|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox soap character |series = [[EastEnders]] |name= Bex Fowler |image =Bex Fowler Promo (2017).jpg |caption=Jasmine Armfield as Bex Fowler (2017) |portrayer={{plainlist| * Alex and Vicky Gonzalez (2000–2002) * Jade Sharif (2005–2007) * [[Jasmine Armfield]] (2014–2020)}} |introducer={{plainlist| * [[John Yorke (television producer)|John Yorke]] (2000) * [[Kathleen Hutchison]] (2005) * [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]] (2014)}} |years=2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020 |first=Episode 2020 <br> {{Start date|df=y|2000|10|26}} |last= Episode 6091/6092 <br> {{End date|df=y|2020|3|6}} |classification=[[List of former EastEnders characters#Last appeared in 2020|Former; regular]] |occupation= {{Plainlist| *Student *Café worker }} |family = [[Fowler family|Fowler]]/[[Jackson family (EastEnders)|Jackson]] |father = [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin Fowler]] |mother = [[Sonia Fowler]] |adoptivemother = [[Sue Miller (EastEnders)|Sue Miller]] |adoptivefather = [[Neil Miller (EastEnders)|Neil Miller]] |stepmother = [[Stacey Slater]] <br> [[Ruby Allen]] |halfbrothers = [[List of EastEnders characters (2015)#Arthur Fowler|Arthur Fowler]]{{efn|Bex also has another half-brother via [[Ruby Allen]] ([[Louisa Lytton]]) who has not yet made an appearance in the show. Lytton was supposedly returning after her maternity leave in 2021.}} |halfsisters = [[Hope Fowler]]<br>[[Lily Slater]] (adoptive) |grandmothers = [[Pauline Fowler]] <br> [[Carol Jackson]] |grandfathers = [[Arthur Fowler]] |uncles = [[Mark Fowler]] <br> [[Robbie Jackson]] <br> [[Billie Jackson]] |aunts = [[Michelle Fowler]] <br> [[Bianca Jackson]] |nephews = |nieces = [[List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Charli Slater|Charli Slater]] (adoptive) |cousins = [[Vicki Fowler]] <br> [[Mark Fowler (2016 character)|Mark Fowler]] <br> [[Liam Butcher]] <br> [[Tiffany Butcher]] <br> [[Morgan Butcher]] <br> [[Sami Jackson]] |relatives = [[Jim Branning]] <br> [[Ian Beale]] <br> [[Peter Beale]] <br> [[Lucy Beale]] <br> [[Bobby Beale (EastEnders)|Bobby Beale]] <br>[[Max Branning]] <br> [[Jack Branning]] <br> [[Lauren Branning]] <br> [[Abi Branning]] <br> [[List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Charli Slater|Charli Slater]] |alias= Rebecca Fowler <br> Chloe Jackson <br> Rebecca Miller }} '''Rebecca''' "'''Bex'''" '''Fowler'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tvgwd|title=BBC One – EastEnders, 04/05/2015|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> is a [[fictional character]] from the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'' and is portrayed by [[Jasmine Armfield]].<ref name="EastEnders">{{cite web|last1=News Team|first1=EastEnders|title=Jasmine Armfield to join EastEnders as Rebecca Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/0d7cb2b2-8940-34f4-a71f-2360647eff2a|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=17 December 2016|date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Bex made her first appearance in episode 2020 first originally broadcast on 26 October 2000. Rebecca is the daughter of [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin Fowler]] ([[James Alexandrou]]/[[James Bye (actor)|James Bye]]) and [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia Jackson]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]). Her storylines on ''[[EastEnders]]'' included her relationship with [[Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]), being bullied, losing her virginity, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, getting into the [[University of Oxford]] and attempting suicide.<ref name="attemptedsuicide">{{cite web|url= https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/what-happened-to-bex-in-eastenders-a-recap-of-her-suicide-storyline-10862068/|title=What happened to Bex in EastEnders – a recap on her suicide storyline|last=Milan|first=Aidan|date=4 October 2019|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref> On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Armfield had decided to leave the soap; she departed on-screen in the episode broadcast on 6 March 2020.<ref name="bexexit1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastenders-jasmine-armfield-bex-fowler-21379426.amp|title=EastEnders star Jasmine Armfield quits soap after five years playing Bex Fowler|work=[[OK! Magazine]]|date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="bexexit2">{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/28/eastenders-spoilers-bex-fowler-die-boat-tragedy-jasmine-armfield-quits-12140358/amp/|title=EastEnders spoilers: Bex Fowler to die in boat tragedy as Jasmine Armfield quits?|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=28 January 2020}}</ref> ==Development== ===Reintroduction (2014)=== [[File:Jasmine Armfield 2016.jpg|thumb|left|When Rebecca returned in 2014, the role was recast to actress [[Jasmine Armfield]].]] Bex, (now played by [[Jasmine Armfield]]), returned along with her mother [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]) for a storyline involving [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsay Coulson]]) being diagnosed with [[breast cancer]].<ref name="EastEnders"/><ref name="Watts">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/natalie-cassidy-returns-eastenders-sonia-2343477|title=Natalie Cassidy returns to EastEnders as Sonia Fowler in dramatic New Year storyline|last=Watts|first=Halina|date=6 October 2013|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006075041/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/natalie-cassidy-returns-eastenders-sonia-2343477|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a523538/eastenders-confirms-sonia-fowler-return.html|title='EastEnders' confirms Sonia Fowler return|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=15 October 2013|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201407/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a523538/eastenders-confirms-sonia-fowler-return.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bex made her return on 15 January 2014. Armfield's casting as Rebecca was announced in January 2014. Of her casting, Armfield's drama school principal, Teri Levett, said, "I'm so very proud of her. Jasmine is a really hardworking student. ''EastEnders'' is going to be fantastic for her and I'm really, really pleased."<ref>{{citenews|url=http://m.echo-news.co.uk/news/10915832.Jasmine_15__lands_dream_part_in_EastEnders/|title=Jasmine,15, lands dream part in EastEnders|work=Echo News|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref> When Armfield auditioned for ''EastEnders'', she was unaware of the character she would be playing and was "surprised" when she found out, saying of her casting, "My agent called and I couldn't believe it...it was amazing news"..<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://twitter.com/jasarmfield/status/775728783731163136 Jasmine Armfield on Twitter: First interview with @InsideSoapMag ! Feeling very lucky🙏🏻❤️]</ref> ===Sexting and revenge porn (2016)=== With the introduction of [[Shaheen Jafargholi]] as [[Shakil Kazemi]], Tilly Keeper said, "there will probably be maybe a little bit of a love triangle and a lot of jealousy" between Louise and Bex. Keeper also added that Louise will show a "bit more of a manipulative side."<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-spoilers-louise-mitchell-storyline-8015141|title=EastEnders spoilers: Louise Mitchell set for biggest storyline yet as Tilly Keeper teases 'manipulative' love triangle|work=The Mirror|last=Walker|first=Danny|date=23 May 2016|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> A sexting plot began in December 2016, with Bex, Shakil and Louise as central characters. The storyline progressed into a revenge porn plot, following the aftermath of the bus crash Disaster Week.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a820414/eastenders-reveals-naked-pictures-scandal-as-louise-mitchell-gets-her-revenge-on-shakil-kazemi/|title=EastEnders reveals naked pictures scandal as Louise Mitchell gets her revenge on Shakil Kazemi|work=Digital Spy|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=2 February 2017|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> David Brown, from [[Radio Times]], says the storyline "tackles a topic that should be of massive concern to both tech-savvy teenagers and parents who fear they’re being left behind when it comes to the way their offspring communicate" and "that the fallout of these rash actions" could lead to legal consequences for Louise, Bex and Shakil. He also added that the show "is in a powerful position in that it can provide moral guidance to its younger viewers" and "has the potential to articulate the fears and worries of viewers who might not be able to express such concerns by themselves".<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-06/eastenders-why-the-revenge-porn-plotline-should-be-essential-viewing---for-both-teenagers-and-their-parents|title=EastEnders: why the revenge porn plotline should be essential viewing - for both teenagers and their parents|work=Radio Times|last=Brown|first=David|date=6 February 2017|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> ===Bullying storyline (2017)=== Bex enters a storyline where she is bullied by [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven). They are friends of [[Louise Mitchell]] ([[Tilly Keeper]]) who meet Bex through their mutual friend; they begin to taunt Bex for months. Louise also then starts bullying Bex and their friendship deteriorates. On one occasion, they are in a scene where Bex is brutally attacked in a school bathroom by the girls, and viewers were noted to be angry.<ref name="viewersangry">{{cite web|url= https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/790780/EastEnders-Bex-Fowler-Jasmine-Armfield-Bully-Alexandra-Madison-Michelle-Jenna-Russell-BBC/|title=EastEnders viewers 'SWITCH OFF' in anger over violent Bex Fowler bullying storyline|last=O'Connor|first=Rory|date=11 April 2017}}</ref> Madison and Alexandra then also fall out with Louise after realising Louise still wishes to be friends with Bex and in the final showdown Louise is then pushed onto a tray of burning candles.<ref name="louiseburn">{{cite news|url= https://metro.co.uk/2017/07/14/eastenders-spoilers-bex-fowlers-evil-bullies-are-caught-but-something-terrible-lies-ahead-6778608/|title=Bex Fowlers evil bullies are found out, but something nasty lays ahead|last=Lyndsay|first=Duncan|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> ===Grief & losing Shakil (2018)=== [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Keegan Baker|Keegan Baker]] ([[Zack Morris (actor)|Zack Morris]]) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2016)#Shakil Kazemi|Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]) are [[stabbed]] in altercation with a gang over a stolen bike and Shakil dies as a result of his injuries. <ref name="Harrowing knife crime">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a852960/eastenders-spoilers-knife-crime-storyline-keegan-shakil/|title=EastEnders is lining up a harrowing knife crime storyline involving Keegan and Shakil|work=Digital Spy|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hard hitting new storyline">{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2018-03-22/eastenders-to-tackle-knife-crime-in-hard-hitting-new-storyline/|title=EastEnders to tackle knife crime in hard-hitting new storyline|work=Radio Times|last=Hughes|first=Jonathon|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Double stabbing horror">{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/22/eastenders-spoilers-double-stabbing-horror-as-soap-tackles-knife-crime-storyline-7409191/|title=EastEnders spoilers: Double stabbing horror as soap tackles knife crime storyline|work=Metro|last=Lindsay|first=Duncan|date=22 March 2018|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>{{efn|This has been compared for its similarities to back when the characters on-screen mother [[Sonia Fowler|Sonia]] ([[Natalie Cassidy]]) loses on-screen boyfriend [[Jamie Mitchell]] ([[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]]) on Christmas Day 2002 after is killed by [[Martin Fowler (EastEnders)|Martin]] ([[James Alexandrou]]); a massive similarity is also how Sonia was around a similar age to Bex when she lost Jamie, and Bex was at the age of losing Shakil.}} Bex struggles upon the news of Shakil's death – she begins to have breakdowns. ===Running away & attempted suicide (2019)=== In spring 2019, Bex is struggling with her dependency on [[ADHD]] medication.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> After recovering from her addiction, she is then met with struggling to cope after being accepted by [[University of Oxford|Oxford university]] and being rejected by former boyfriend Shakils older brother [[Kush Kazemi]] ([[Davood Ghadami]]).<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> She later runs away after being encouraged by [[List of EastEnders characters (2018)#Stuart Highway|Stuart Highway]] ([[Ricky Champ]]), but is then found.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> After managing to pull herself from the crowds of [[The Queen Victoria|the Queen Vic]], [[Lisa Fowler]] ([[Lucy Benjamin]]) notices the brave face being put on by Bex and encourages Bex to tell Sonia about how she is feeling as Lisa sees past her brave face and also has a history of poor [[mental health]].<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> Bex later doesn’t and does attempt suicide: she is saved by Sonia and survives the ordeal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29354624/eastenders-bex-fowler-suicide-attempt-viewers-praise-star/|title=Viewers praise star Jasmine Armfield for her work in suicide storyline|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=4 October 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> ===Departure (2020)=== On 28 January 2020, it was announced Armfield was set to depart from the soap in coming months.<ref name=bexexit1/><ref name=bexexit2/> She departed on 6 March 2020 after deciding to have a gap year before attending [[University of Oxford|Oxford university]] and travel the world.<ref name=attemptedsuicide/> Bex is regularly mentioned in the show since her last appearance; most of them about where she has been and what she has been up to from having off-screen contact with on-screen mother Sonia. {{clear}} ==Storylines== ===2000–2007=== Sonia does not know she is pregnant until she goes into labour and [[Mo Harris]] ([[Laila Morse]]) delivers the baby. After her daughter is born, Sonia is taken to hospital and tells her social worker [[#Ameena Badawi|Ameena Badawi]] ([[Shobna Gulati]]) upon meeting her that she does not want her baby. She names her baby Chloe and Sonia decides she wants Chloe adopted. Sonia hands Chloe over to Ameena, who takes Chloe into foster care. Martin and his mother, [[Pauline Fowler]] ([[Wendy Richard]]), discover Martin is the father, Pauline wants custody of Chloe, which Sonia is against. Martin agrees that he wants Chloe for Pauline's sake, but admits to his brother, [[Mark Fowler]] ([[Todd Carty]]), that he does not want to be a father and Chloe is adopted by [[Neil Miller (EastEnders)|Neil]] and [[Sue Miller (EastEnders)|Sue Miller]] (Sadie Shimmin). The Millers change Chloe's name to Rebecca. In 2002, Sonia, now suffering depression over the guilt of abandoning her daughter, kidnaps Rebecca and barricades herself inside her house. Neil and Sue (now [[Victoria Willing]]), understandably upset about Sonia's actions, give [[Dot Cotton|Dot Branning]] ([[June Brown]]) fifteen minutes to persuade Sonia to give Rebecca back before they phone the police. Dot successfully persuades Sonia to give Rebecca back. In 2005, Neil and Sue are killed in a car crash and Rebecca moves in with Sue's mother, [[Margaret Wilson (EastEnders)|Margaret Wilson]] ([[Janet Amsden]]). Sonia reads about the crash in the newspaper and she and Martin, who are now married, are concerned for their daughter and decide to track her down to make sure she is well. Posing as friends of the Millers, Margaret allows the Fowlers into their home where they meet Rebecca (now Sharif). It is only when they admit who they really are that she tells them to leave. Pauline demands to be part of Rebecca's life, causing upset. Sonia is furious when she discovers Pauline and Martin have been seeing her daughter behind her back. Eventually Sonia gives into her urges and grows closer to Rebecca too. Margaret decides to make Sonia and Martin Rebecca's legal guardians in case anything happens to her, unaware that Sonia and Martin have separated due to Sonia's lesbian adultery. Sonia persuades Martin not to tell Margaret that they have split up, but when the truth comes out, Margaret is furious and refuses to give Sonia guardianship of Rebecca. When Margaret has a fall and dies, Rebecca is given to Martin and Pauline refuses Sonia access, causing many rows. Sonia and Martin reunite in December 2006. On Christmas Day 2006, Pauline dies just before emigrating to America. Rebecca saw Sonia slap Pauline before her death and believes that Sonia killed Pauline. Sonia tries to hush Rebecca but the truth comes out and Sonia is arrested following a row with Martin. After absconding with Rebecca, Sonia is cleared of Pauline's murder when [[Joe Macer]] ([[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]]), Pauline's husband, admits to manslaughter. Sonia leaves Walford with Martin and Rebecca in February 2007. ===2014–2020=== Rebecca returned on 15 January 2014,<ref name=Watts/><ref>[http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/sitenews/a130011/soaplands-joiners-movers-and-leavers.html – As of 8 January 2014]</ref> now portrayed by Armfield,<ref name="Armfield">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a539554/eastenders-jasmine-armfield-to-play-sonias-daughter-rebecca.html|title=EastEnders: Jasmine Armfield to play Sonia's daughter Rebecca|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=19 December 2013|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> when [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsey Coulson]]) tells Sonia about her [[breast cancer]] diagnosis. Rebecca is seen in October 2014 when Sonia discovers that she has been missing school to practice her guitar for music school with [[Charlie Cotton (2014 character)|Charlie Cotton]] ([[Declan Bennett]]). Having arranged for Rebecca to appear at the Queen Vic, Charlie calls Sonia. Rebecca performs a cover song of "[[You and I (One Direction song)|You and I]]" by [[One Direction]]. In March 2015, Rebecca, tired of strife between her parents, enters a rebellious phase of her life. She adopts a [[goth fashion]] style and insists on being referred to by her former name, Chloe, before deciding to go by Bex. Bex rejects Sonia as she has been living away from them, and they become further estranged when Martin (now Bye) reveals Sonia is having a lesbian relationship with [[Tina Carter]] ([[Luisa Bradshaw-White]]). Martin, realising the situation may be his own fault, decides to have Bex live with Sonia, reasoning that she needs to spend more time with her mother. Martin starts a relationship with [[Stacey Slater|Stacey Branning]] ([[Lacey Turner]]) and moves in with her and her daughter [[Lily Slater|Lily Branning]] (Aine Garvey). Martin plans to propose to Stacey and Bex gives him her blessing but is glad when they decide not to marry. Stacey gives birth to a son, [[Arthur Fowler (2015 character)|Arthur Fowler]], although unbeknownst to Martin, Arthur is not his son. When Stacey is diagnosed with and sectioned due to [[postpartum psychosis]], Bex realises Martin is struggling with Arthur, Lily and work, so she draws him up a schedule. She accompanies Martin on a visit to the hospital to see Stacey. When Martin learns the truth about Arthur's paternity, he goes to stay with his sister [[Michelle Fowler]] ([[Susan Tully]]) in America and when he returns, he intends to leave for good. Martin then reveals that [[Kush Kazemi]] ([[Davood Ghadami]]) is Arthur's father to everyone in the pub, including Bex. Martin tells Bex that Arthur is still her brother, and Bex later explains to Stacey that she hurt her father. When Martin and Stacey get engaged, Martin tells Bex, who says that Arthur really is her brother now. Bex takes [[Louise Mitchell]] ([[Tilly Keeper]]) to school on her first day and when Louise has a fight, [[Jay Brown]] ([[Jamie Borthwick]]) collects her and the girl she had a fight with turns out to be Jay's girlfriend, [[Linzi Bragg]] ([[Amy-Leigh Hickman]]).<ref name="18apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 18/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078ddxx |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director; John Howlett; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 18 April 2016}}</ref> Bex and Louise tell Jay that Linzi is Bex's friend, Star, and is 14.<ref name="19apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 19/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078dgpq |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: John Howlett; Writer: [[Maya Sondhi]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 19 April 2016}}</ref> Linzi gets upset when Jay is adamant things are over, and Bex comforts her. Bex tells Linzi's mother, [[List of EastEnders characters (2016)#Thelma Bragg|Thelma Bragg]] ([[Lorraine Stanley]]) about the relationship, and points out Jay to her when she demands to know who has been having sex with Linzi. Although Jay has not had sex with Linzi, Bex states that Thelma's accusations are true. Jay is arrested and Bex is interviewed by police.<ref name="26apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 26/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795p4j |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: [[Anya Reiss]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 26 April 2016}}</ref> After Bex tells Sonia that she has had sex, Sonia, [[Sharon Watts|Sharon Mitchell]] ([[Letitia Dean]]) and [[Honey Mitchell]] ([[Emma Barton]]), talk to her and Louise about the pressures and consequences of sex, but Bex reveals that she has not had sex.<ref name="27apr16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 27/04/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795rpz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: Natalie Mitchell, Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref> When Sonia finds a lump in her breast, she tells Bex, who fears that Sonia has cancer, but it turns out to be a cyst. Bex has a crush on newcomer [[Shakil Kazemi]] ([[Shaheen Jafargholi]]) and is jealous when Louise flirts with him. At Martin and Stacey's reception, Bex and Shakil kiss, seen by a jealous Louise. Martin struggles to accept Bex dating, and after disputes between Martin and Shakil, Sonia gets them to make amends for Bex's sake.<ref name="16jun16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 16/06/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gvwm2 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: David Tucker; Writer: Katie Douglas |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 16 June 2016}}</ref> Tina's mother [[Sylvie Carter]] ([[Linda Marlowe]]), who suffers from [[Alzheimer's disease]], later moves in with Sonia and Tina, but Bex does not cope looking after her when Sonia and Tina are not around. Bex is stunned when Shakil tells her he wants to have sex with her.<ref name="23aug16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 23/08/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07qc7kd |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]]; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: [[Anya Reiss]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 23 August 2016}}</ref> Bex tells him that she is not ready for sex and she talks about it with Louise, who tells her Shakil will not wait for long. After taking advice from Louise, Bex decides to change her appearance. Bex confides in Stacey about Shakil wanting to have sex, who mentions this to Martin; Martin interrupts Shakil's party, but later apologises to Bex. Sonia is offered a job in Kettering and Martin and Stacey agree for Bex to live with them. Bex is angry and upset with Sonia and refuses to say goodbye, but Tina arranges for them to talk. Bex is upset and Shakil comforts her. Bex moves in with Martin and Stacey, but struggles to cope with the overcrowding until they move into Sonia's old house. When Bex discovers Shakil has bought condoms, she cancels her 16th birthday party to avoid him. Stacey advises Bex to tell Shakil how she feels. When the pair are alone in Bex's room, she stops him from going further than kissing, so he calls her frigid. However, Shakil apologises to Bex and she forgives him. Bex finds out from Louise and Shakil that people are talking about her relationship and about her and Shakil not having sex. Shakil suggests to Bex they send explicit photos of themselves to each other instead of sex. After talking with Louise and Tina, Bex decides to take an explicit photo. She tells Louise she has not sent the photo and thinks Shakil is not interested in her when he ignores her. Bex confronts Shakil about his ignoring her and Bex admits to Shakil that she did not want to break the law and feared the photos being shared, but apologises for hurting his feelings. Bex then tells Shakil she wants to have sex with him and they try to arrange a place and time that they can be alone. Bex goes round to Shakil's whilst his mother [[Carmel Kazemi]] ([[Bonnie Langford]]) and brother Kush are out and they have sex. Immediately afterwards, Shakil sees Bex and Louise talking and assumes Bex is telling Louise about it, so he ignores Bex and refuses to tell her if they are still together. Bex asks Stacey how to know if you're having sex right and explains how Shakil is behaving towards her. Bex is upset when Shakil changes his online status to single. An upset Bex tells Stacey she has been dumped, who tells Martin and she is left embarrassed when Martin publicly has a go at Shakil. Martin's aunt and godmother, [[Kathy Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]]) tries to justify his actions, but Bex refuses to forgive Martin or Stacey until she watches Shakil kiss Louise as part of the Christmas play. Bex shows Louise a prospectus for a college after deciding she needs a fresh start but decides to stay at her school's 6th form to study A-Levels. [[Keegan Baker]] ([[Zack Morris (actor)|Zack Morris]]) insults Bex and she finds out Shakil was one of the boys who teased Louise with Keegan and warns him to stay away from her. When the school closes early, Bex, Louise, Shakil and Keegan take a bus home, but the driver suffers a heart attack and drives through the market and into the viaduct. The students are trapped but escape through the emergency exit. Bex is upset to learn Martin is trapped under the bus, but everyone works together to get him out. Bex stops Louise from truanting after being teased over a video posted online by Keegan of the bus crash and Louise gets Bex to promise that she will not resume her relationship with Shakil. Convinced that Shakil is encouraging Keegan, Louise gets Bex's phone and sends Shakil's naked photo to her friends [[Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven) and [[Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and Bex is left distressed when she finds out what Louise did and that the photo has been sent to another person. Bex remains angry with Louise, Madison and Alexandra for the way they have treated Shakil and is hurt when Shakil tells her she can "drop dead". On Valentine's Day, Bex receives a card and believes Shakil sent it, however, she realises Louise, Madison and Alexandra played a prank on her. Shakil tells Louise that he has seen Bex and Travis together and Madison and Alexandra tell Louise they believe Bex has been after Travis for a while, but when Louise confronts Bex, she insists they are just friends. Bex takes a liking to [[Preston Cooper]] (Martin Anzor), a student from the United States with whom her aunt Michelle (now played by [[Jenna Russell]]) had an illegal relationship. Preston encourages Bex to skip school and Preston gets Michelle to Sharon's house, where he is in bed with Bex, and Michelle realises Preston is using Bex to make her jealous. After finding out Bex had sex with Preston, Madison and Alexandra spread the fact, and Keegan and Shakil find out. Keegan suggests to Shakil they should get revenge on Bex, and Keegan imposes Bex's face on a porn video and spreads it around. Bex is humiliated when Martin sees the video. Bex and Martin meet with one of Bex's teachers, where Bex refuses to name anyone involved and they are told it is being passed onto the police as it is treated as an image of child abuse. Martin is called into school and is informed about Shakil's explicit photo. Bex takes the blame for sending it and she and Martin are told Bex will be interviewed under caution by the police the following day because she has distributed an indecent image of a child. Bex overhears Martin talking negatively about her to Stacey. When she tells Louise that she will admit the truth, Louise confesses that Madison and Alexandra were responsible for sending the photo and she should think about bringing them into it. Bex is cautioned and tells Louise, Madison and Alexandra she took the blame despite being the only innocent person, and they laugh at her. The police and social services visit Bex, Martin and Stacey to ask about explicit photos Bex took of herself. Although Bex thought she had deleted the photos and had not sent them on, they had been backed up automatically. Bex is told she can return to school, but when Martin returns her phone, she only receives abuse so decides to do an apprenticeship, which Martin disagrees with her doing. Kush persuades Bex to return to school and not let what is happening ruin her life. Madison and Alexandra overhear Bex insult them when she confronts Louise over their friendship. In the toilets, Madison and Alexandra push Bex, tear her shirt and write on her face whilst Louise stands outside, worried about Bex but feeling unable to help. She admits to teachers [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Mrs Robyn Lund|Mrs Robyn Lund]] (Polly Highton) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Gethin Pryce|Mr Gethyn Price]] ([[Cerith Flinn]]) that Louise, Madison and Alexandra were responsible for her attack and sending the photo, but Louise, Madison and Alexandra deny knowledge of either incidents and Bex ends her friendship with Louise, but Linzi offers her support. When Preston returns from Manchester, he and Bex become a couple. Louise finds out that Michelle and Preston are having an affair so tells Bex, who refuses to believe it until she sees Preston touching Michelle and Michelle flinching, so publicly demands to know if Michelle is having sex with her boyfriend. Preston apologises to Bex and admits he loves Michelle. Stacey and [[Whitney Dean|Whitney Carter]] ([[Shona McGarty]]) stick up for Bex, ordering Preston to leave. While trying to find Preston, Michelle crashes a car into the chip shop after taking sleeping pills with alcohol. After this, Preston returns to America after being convinced that Michelle does not need him; Bex is glad that he has gone. Michelle tries to make amends with Bex, who reminds Michelle of what she has lost. Bex works alongside Michelle at the café and she snaps at Michelle when Madison and Alexandra make remarks about them and Preston. Bex goes busking but almost backs out when she sees a group of girls laughing. Shakil persuades her to carry on, but she is stopped by Martin. When Alexandra sees Bex in the local shop, she knocks the sugar she is buying out of her hands and sticks chewing gum in her hair when she goes to pick it up. Later, Bex goes to the café where Kathy asks her to serve Alexandra and Madison their drinks. They insult her and Alexandra trips Bex, causing Kathy to spill soup on Madison. They later warn Bex that she can never escape them, and gain access to Bex's home by telling Stacey they are her friends and they smash her guitar. Bex is then tricked by them into putting mud covered in chocolate in her mouth, which the film and tell her it is cat faeces. Bex sees the video of this online and calls Sonia in tears, who returns to Walford and announces that she wants Bex to live with her. Sonia also visits Bex's school but does not mention Louise is part of the bullying when Bex asks her not to, which gives Louise hope that they can be friends again. After Michelle and Sharon get them talking, Louise agrees not to be friends with Alexandra and Madison, but in front of Bex she tells them she is not friends with Bex again, so Bex walks off in anger. Unknown to Louise, Madison and Alexandra plan to take revenge on her because they blame her for being reported to the school. Bex overhears Madison and Alexandra inviting Travis to a party at Louise's home, which Louise believes will just be for the three girls. Bex tries to warn Louise that they cannot be trusted but Louise accuses her of being jealous because she has no friends of her own. Travis leaves Louise's party and tells Bex that Louise needs her. After Louise gets drunk and is sick, she staggers outside, coughs up blood and collapses, panicking Bex, Madison, Alexandra, Keegan, Travis and Dennis, who are watching. Louise is taken to hospital with paralysis and Sharon tells Louise about Bex finding her. When Louise is sent home, she invites Bex round, but Madison and Alexandra turn up so Bex does not go to Louise's house. After speaking to Dennis about the party on Travis's behalf, Bex tells Louise that Alexandra followed Travis into the kitchen and Alexandra interrupts them. Alexandra gets herself out of trouble by telling Louise and Bex that Travis may not have been responsible for spiking her drink and Louise insists that Madison and Alexandra are still her friends. Bex hears a rumour that Louise had sex with Keegan at the party, so she tells her to take a pregnancy test, but Martin catches Bex purchasing the test for Louise and wrongly assumes it is for herself. Bex is delighted when she learns Stacey and Martin are having a baby. Sonia returns from Kettering and wants Bex to move in with her and her brother, [[Robbie Jackson]] ([[Dean Gaffney]]) and Dot, however, Bex wants to remain with Martin and Stacey. Alexandra decides she will take revenge on Bex when she overhears Bex smugly telling Travis that Alexandra will mess up in the showcase. Before Bex's performance at the showcase, Madison and Alexandra break a guitar string and when Bex looks for one in a classroom, Madison and Alexandra pin Bex up against a wall. Shakil hears the bullying through headphones and exposes it through the soundboard. Bex is found locked in the cupboard and she is encouraged to perform following her ordeal. Bex and Louise make amends and Bex decides to go the prom with Shakil. At the prom, Louise suffers burns after being pushed onto lit candles by Alexandra and Madison, leading to their arrests. Bex visits Louise in hospital but her mother, [[Lisa Fowler]] ([[Lucy Benjamin]]), says Louise wants no visitors and Lisa tells Bex her plans for Louise if she was well. Louise is distressed when Lisa and Bex arrange for Travis to visit her. Bex receives her GCSE results and is disappointed that she gained a D in music, so Sonia contacts Gethin about Bex's result and Gethin agrees to tutor Bex. Following a gas explosion, Bex tends to Gethin's wounds and they kiss. Bex apologises but Gethin reassures her, however, he says he can no longer tutor her and says a relationship would be illegal due to the fact he is her teacher and insists he has no feelings for her. Bex attempts to make Gethin jealous by flirting with Shakil and Gethin asks her to stop her behaviour and he later kisses Sonia, watched by Bex. When Bex claims to have a new boyfriend, Gethin starts tutoring her again. Bex continues to pursue him but he insists nothing can happen, and Louise asks Bex not to chase Gethin. However, Bex tries to get Gethin to admit he likes her, but he goes through with telling Sonia that Bex kissed him. Sonia is furious that the kiss happened weeks ago and throws Gethin out. She asks Bex for the whole truth and Bex insists it was just a kiss and asks Sonia not to report Gethin. Gethin gets drunk and Bex's great-uncle, [[Jack Branning]] ([[Scott Maslen]]), Gethin's landlord, evicts Gethin when he finds out about the kiss. Gethin then leaves Walford. Louise accidentally tells Shakil about Bex and Gethin, and Bex is heartbroken when Shakil kisses Louise, though Louise is stunned and disgusted by Shakil's immaturity. Bex is devastated when Shakil is stabbed and killed in a knife attack in May 2018. The following year, overwhelmed by the prospect of going to Oxford, Bex takes drugs to cope with her exams and runs away; she is found by [[Stuart Highway (EastEnders)|Stuart Highway]] ([[Ricky Champ]]). On the night of her leaving party, Bex writes a suicide note to her parents and attempts to overdose on pills. The following morning, Sonia finds her unresponsive in bed. She recovers well but decides to defer Oxford for a year, and once her life is back on track, she makes the decision to go travelling, which Sonia is unhappy about. However, she writes her mother a letter and successfully persuades her that she's doing the right thing. Martin and Sonia see her off at the Tube station. {{clear}} ==Reception== In 2017, [[Jasmine Armfield|Armfield]] (who portrays ''Bex'') was nominated for Best Soap Actress at the [[TV Choice Awards|''TV Choice'' Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2017/06/26/news/royal-showdown-as-the-crown-battles-victoria-at-tv-choice-awards-1067822/|title=Royal showdown as The Crown battles Victoria at TV Choice Awards|publisher=[[The Irish News]]|date=26 June 2017|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> It is also notable that during Bex's bullying storyline, fans had been to the point where they could no longer watch the bullying commence as they were noted to be "angry" at the pair of bullies [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Madison Drake]] (Seraphina Beh) and [[List of EastEnders characters (2017)#Madison Drake and Alexandra D'Costa|Alexandra D'Costa]] (Sydney Craven)'s characters.<ref name=viewersangry/> ==Notes== {{notes}} ==See also== {{plainlist| * [[List of EastEnders characters (2000)#Bex Fowler|List of EastEnders characters (2000)]] }} ==References== {{ref list}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Bex}} [[Category:Fictional vegan and vegetarian characters]] [[Category:Branning family]]'
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background-color: #CCCCFF">Bex Fowler</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:Error mw:File"><a href="/enwiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Bex_Fowler_Promo_(2017).jpg" class="new" title="File:Bex Fowler Promo (2017).jpg"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media" data-width="240">File:Bex Fowler Promo (2017).jpg</span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Jasmine Armfield as Bex Fowler (2017)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Alex and Vicky Gonzalez (2000–2002)</li> <li>Jade Sharif (2005–2007)</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jasmine_Armfield" title="Jasmine Armfield">Jasmine Armfield</a> (2014–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First&#160;appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">Episode 2020 <br /> 26&#160;October&#160;2000<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000-10-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last&#160;appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">Episode 6091/6092 <br /> 6&#160;March&#160;2020<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="dtend">2020-03-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_former_EastEnders_characters#Last_appeared_in_2020" title="List of former EastEnders characters">Former; regular</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced&#160;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Yorke_(television_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Yorke (television producer)">John Yorke</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kathleen_Hutchison" title="Kathleen Hutchison">Kathleen Hutchison</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="font-size: 100%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.6em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; margin:0; clear:none; float:none;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="padding-left:4em; font-size: 100%; background-color: #CCCCFF">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data">Rebecca Fowler <br /> Chloe Jackson <br /> Rebecca Miller</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Student</li> <li>Café worker</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fowler_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Fowler family">Fowler</a>/<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jackson_family_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson family (EastEnders)">Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martin_Fowler_(EastEnders)" title="Martin Fowler (EastEnders)">Martin Fowler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sonia_Fowler" title="Sonia Fowler">Sonia Fowler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adoptive&#160;father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neil_Miller_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil Miller (EastEnders)">Neil Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adoptive&#160;mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sue_Miller_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sue Miller (EastEnders)">Sue Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stepmother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stacey_Slater" title="Stacey Slater">Stacey Slater</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ruby_Allen" title="Ruby Allen">Ruby Allen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Half-brothers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2015)#Arthur_Fowler" title="List of EastEnders characters (2015)">Arthur Fowler</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;a&#93;</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Half-sisters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hope_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hope Fowler">Hope Fowler</a><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lily_Slater" class="mw-redirect" title="Lily Slater">Lily Slater</a> (adoptive)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grandfathers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arthur_Fowler" title="Arthur Fowler">Arthur Fowler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grandmothers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pauline_Fowler" title="Pauline Fowler">Pauline Fowler</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carol_Jackson" title="Carol Jackson">Carol Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Uncles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Fowler" title="Mark Fowler">Mark Fowler</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robbie_Jackson" title="Robbie Jackson">Robbie Jackson</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billie_Jackson" title="Billie Jackson">Billie Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aunts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Michelle_Fowler" title="Michelle Fowler">Michelle Fowler</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bianca_Jackson" title="Bianca Jackson">Bianca Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nieces</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2023)#Charli_Slater" title="List of EastEnders characters (2023)">Charli Slater</a> (adoptive)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First&#160;cousins</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vicki_Fowler" title="Vicki Fowler">Vicki Fowler</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Fowler_(2016_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Fowler (2016 character)">Mark Fowler</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Liam_Butcher" title="Liam Butcher">Liam Butcher</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tiffany_Butcher" title="Tiffany Butcher">Tiffany Butcher</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Morgan_Butcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Butcher">Morgan Butcher</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sami_Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sami Jackson">Sami Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other&#160;relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jim_Branning" title="Jim Branning">Jim Branning</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ian_Beale" title="Ian Beale">Ian Beale</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Peter_Beale" title="Peter Beale">Peter Beale</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lucy_Beale" title="Lucy Beale">Lucy Beale</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bobby_Beale_(EastEnders)" title="Bobby Beale (EastEnders)">Bobby Beale</a> <br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Max_Branning" title="Max Branning">Max Branning</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jack_Branning" title="Jack Branning">Jack Branning</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lauren_Branning" title="Lauren Branning">Lauren Branning</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abi_Branning" title="Abi Branning">Abi Branning</a> <br /> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2023)#Charli_Slater" title="List of EastEnders characters (2023)">Charli Slater</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rebecca</b> "<b>Bex</b>" <b>Fowler</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> is a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">fictional character</a> from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> and is portrayed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jasmine_Armfield" title="Jasmine Armfield">Jasmine Armfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EastEnders_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EastEnders-3">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> Bex made her first appearance in episode 2020 first originally broadcast on 26 October 2000. Rebecca is the daughter of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martin_Fowler_(EastEnders)" title="Martin Fowler (EastEnders)">Martin Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Alexandrou" title="James Alexandrou">James Alexandrou</a>/<a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Bye_(actor)" title="James Bye (actor)">James Bye</a>) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sonia_Fowler" title="Sonia Fowler">Sonia Jackson</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natalie_Cassidy" title="Natalie Cassidy">Natalie Cassidy</a>). Her storylines on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i> included her relationship with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shakil_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakil Kazemi">Shakil Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shaheen_Jafargholi" title="Shaheen Jafargholi">Shaheen Jafargholi</a>), being bullied, losing her virginity, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, getting into the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> and attempting suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Armfield had decided to leave the soap; she departed on-screen in the episode broadcast on 6 March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-bexexit1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bexexit1-5">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bexexit2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bexexit2-6">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Development"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Development</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Reintroduction_(2014)"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Reintroduction (2014)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Sexting_and_revenge_porn_(2016)"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sexting and revenge porn (2016)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Bullying_storyline_(2017)"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Bullying storyline (2017)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Grief_&amp;_losing_Shakil_(2018)"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Grief &amp; losing Shakil (2018)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Running_away_&amp;_attempted_suicide_(2019)"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Running away &amp; attempted suicide (2019)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Departure_(2020)"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">Departure (2020)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Storylines"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Storylines</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#2000–2007"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">2000–2007</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#2014–2020"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">2014–2020</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Reception"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Reception</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Development">Development</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1"title="Edit section: Development" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <h3><span id="Reintroduction_.282014.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Reintroduction_(2014)">Reintroduction (2014)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2"title="Edit section: Reintroduction (2014)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg/220px-Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg/330px-Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg/440px-Jasmine_Armfield_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1014" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>When Rebecca returned in 2014, the role was recast to actress <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jasmine_Armfield" title="Jasmine Armfield">Jasmine Armfield</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bex, (now played by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jasmine_Armfield" title="Jasmine Armfield">Jasmine Armfield</a>), returned along with her mother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sonia_Fowler" title="Sonia Fowler">Sonia</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natalie_Cassidy" title="Natalie Cassidy">Natalie Cassidy</a>) for a storyline involving <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carol_Jackson" title="Carol Jackson">Carol Jackson</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lindsay_Coulson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lindsay Coulson">Lindsay Coulson</a>) being diagnosed with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EastEnders_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EastEnders-3">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Watts_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watts-7">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> Bex made her return on 15 January 2014. Armfield's casting as Rebecca was announced in January 2014. Of her casting, Armfield's drama school principal, Teri Levett, said, "I'm so very proud of her. Jasmine is a really hardworking student. <i>EastEnders</i> is going to be fantastic for her and I'm really, really pleased."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> When Armfield auditioned for <i>EastEnders</i>, she was unaware of the character she would be playing and was "surprised" when she found out, saying of her casting, "My agent called and I couldn't believe it...it was amazing news"..<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-10">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Sexting_and_revenge_porn_.282016.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Sexting_and_revenge_porn_(2016)">Sexting and revenge porn (2016)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3"title="Edit section: Sexting and revenge porn (2016)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>With the introduction of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shaheen_Jafargholi" title="Shaheen Jafargholi">Shaheen Jafargholi</a> as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shakil_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakil Kazemi">Shakil Kazemi</a>, Tilly Keeper said, "there will probably be maybe a little bit of a love triangle and a lot of jealousy" between Louise and Bex. Keeper also added that Louise will show a "bit more of a manipulative side."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>A sexting plot began in December 2016, with Bex, Shakil and Louise as central characters. The storyline progressed into a revenge porn plot, following the aftermath of the bus crash Disaster Week.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> David Brown, from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a>, says the storyline "tackles a topic that should be of massive concern to both tech-savvy teenagers and parents who fear they’re being left behind when it comes to the way their offspring communicate" and "that the fallout of these rash actions" could lead to legal consequences for Louise, Bex and Shakil. He also added that the show "is in a powerful position in that it can provide moral guidance to its younger viewers" and "has the potential to articulate the fears and worries of viewers who might not be able to express such concerns by themselves".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Bullying_storyline_.282017.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Bullying_storyline_(2017)">Bullying storyline (2017)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4"title="Edit section: Bullying storyline (2017)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>Bex enters a storyline where she is bullied by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Madison_Drake_and_Alexandra_D&#39;Costa" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Madison Drake</a> (Seraphina Beh) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Madison_Drake_and_Alexandra_D&#39;Costa" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Alexandra D'Costa</a> (Sydney Craven). They are friends of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Louise_Mitchell" title="Louise Mitchell">Louise Mitchell</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tilly_Keeper" title="Tilly Keeper">Tilly Keeper</a>) who meet Bex through their mutual friend; they begin to taunt Bex for months. Louise also then starts bullying Bex and their friendship deteriorates. On one occasion, they are in a scene where Bex is brutally attacked in a school bathroom by the girls, and viewers were noted to be angry.<sup id="cite_ref-viewersangry_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viewersangry-14">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> Madison and Alexandra then also fall out with Louise after realising Louise still wishes to be friends with Bex and in the final showdown Louise is then pushed onto a tray of burning candles.<sup id="cite_ref-louiseburn_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-louiseburn-15">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Grief_.26_losing_Shakil_.282018.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Grief_&amp;_losing_Shakil_(2018)">Grief &amp; losing Shakil (2018)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5"title="Edit section: Grief &amp; losing Shakil (2018)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Keegan_Baker" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Keegan Baker</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zack_Morris_(actor)" title="Zack Morris (actor)">Zack Morris</a>) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2016)#Shakil_Kazemi" title="List of EastEnders characters (2016)">Shakil Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shaheen_Jafargholi" title="Shaheen Jafargholi">Shaheen Jafargholi</a>) are <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stabbed" class="mw-redirect" title="Stabbed">stabbed</a> in altercation with a gang over a stolen bike and Shakil dies as a result of his injuries. <sup id="cite_ref-Harrowing_knife_crime_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrowing_knife_crime-16">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hard_hitting_new_storyline_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hard_hitting_new_storyline-17">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Double_stabbing_horror_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Double_stabbing_horror-18">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">&#91;b&#93;</a></sup> Bex struggles upon the news of Shakil's death – she begins to have breakdowns. </p> <h3><span id="Running_away_.26_attempted_suicide_.282019.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Running_away_&amp;_attempted_suicide_(2019)">Running away &amp; attempted suicide (2019)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6"title="Edit section: Running away &amp; attempted suicide (2019)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>In spring 2019, Bex is struggling with her dependency on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ADHD" class="mw-redirect" title="ADHD">ADHD</a> medication.<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> After recovering from her addiction, she is then met with struggling to cope after being accepted by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford university</a> and being rejected by former boyfriend Shakils older brother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kush_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kush Kazemi">Kush Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Davood_Ghadami" title="Davood Ghadami">Davood Ghadami</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> She later runs away after being encouraged by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2018)#Stuart_Highway" title="List of EastEnders characters (2018)">Stuart Highway</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ricky_Champ" title="Ricky Champ">Ricky Champ</a>), but is then found.<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> After managing to pull herself from the crowds of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Queen_Victoria" title="The Queen Victoria">the Queen Vic</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lisa_Fowler" title="Lisa Fowler">Lisa Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lucy_Benjamin" title="Lucy Benjamin">Lucy Benjamin</a>) notices the brave face being put on by Bex and encourages Bex to tell Sonia about how she is feeling as Lisa sees past her brave face and also has a history of poor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health">mental health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> Bex later doesn’t and does attempt suicide: she is saved by Sonia and survives the ordeal.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Departure_.282020.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Departure_(2020)">Departure (2020)</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7"title="Edit section: Departure (2020)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>On 28 January 2020, it was announced Armfield was set to depart from the soap in coming months.<sup id="cite_ref-bexexit1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bexexit1-5">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bexexit2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bexexit2-6">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> She departed on 6 March 2020 after deciding to have a gap year before attending <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford university</a> and travel the world.<sup id="cite_ref-attemptedsuicide_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attemptedsuicide-4">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> Bex is regularly mentioned in the show since her last appearance; most of them about where she has been and what she has been up to from having off-screen contact with on-screen mother Sonia. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Storylines">Storylines</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8"title="Edit section: Storylines" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <h3><span id="2000.E2.80.932007"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="2000–2007">2000–2007</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9"title="Edit section: 2000–2007" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>Sonia does not know she is pregnant until she goes into labour and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mo_Harris" title="Mo Harris">Mo Harris</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Laila_Morse" title="Laila Morse">Laila Morse</a>) delivers the baby. After her daughter is born, Sonia is taken to hospital and tells her social worker <a href="#Ameena_Badawi">Ameena Badawi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shobna_Gulati" title="Shobna Gulati">Shobna Gulati</a>) upon meeting her that she does not want her baby. She names her baby Chloe and Sonia decides she wants Chloe adopted. Sonia hands Chloe over to Ameena, who takes Chloe into foster care. Martin and his mother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pauline_Fowler" title="Pauline Fowler">Pauline Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wendy_Richard" title="Wendy Richard">Wendy Richard</a>), discover Martin is the father, Pauline wants custody of Chloe, which Sonia is against. Martin agrees that he wants Chloe for Pauline's sake, but admits to his brother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Fowler" title="Mark Fowler">Mark Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Todd_Carty" title="Todd Carty">Todd Carty</a>), that he does not want to be a father and Chloe is adopted by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neil_Miller_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil Miller (EastEnders)">Neil</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sue_Miller_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sue Miller (EastEnders)">Sue Miller</a> (Sadie Shimmin). The Millers change Chloe's name to Rebecca. In 2002, Sonia, now suffering depression over the guilt of abandoning her daughter, kidnaps Rebecca and barricades herself inside her house. Neil and Sue (now <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Victoria_Willing" title="Victoria Willing">Victoria Willing</a>), understandably upset about Sonia's actions, give <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dot_Cotton" title="Dot Cotton">Dot Branning</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/June_Brown" title="June Brown">June Brown</a>) fifteen minutes to persuade Sonia to give Rebecca back before they phone the police. Dot successfully persuades Sonia to give Rebecca back. </p><p>In 2005, Neil and Sue are killed in a car crash and Rebecca moves in with Sue's mother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Margaret_Wilson_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Wilson (EastEnders)">Margaret Wilson</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Janet_Amsden" title="Janet Amsden">Janet Amsden</a>). Sonia reads about the crash in the newspaper and she and Martin, who are now married, are concerned for their daughter and decide to track her down to make sure she is well. Posing as friends of the Millers, Margaret allows the Fowlers into their home where they meet Rebecca (now Sharif). It is only when they admit who they really are that she tells them to leave. Pauline demands to be part of Rebecca's life, causing upset. Sonia is furious when she discovers Pauline and Martin have been seeing her daughter behind her back. Eventually Sonia gives into her urges and grows closer to Rebecca too. Margaret decides to make Sonia and Martin Rebecca's legal guardians in case anything happens to her, unaware that Sonia and Martin have separated due to Sonia's lesbian adultery. Sonia persuades Martin not to tell Margaret that they have split up, but when the truth comes out, Margaret is furious and refuses to give Sonia guardianship of Rebecca. When Margaret has a fall and dies, Rebecca is given to Martin and Pauline refuses Sonia access, causing many rows. </p><p>Sonia and Martin reunite in December 2006. On Christmas Day 2006, Pauline dies just before emigrating to America. Rebecca saw Sonia slap Pauline before her death and believes that Sonia killed Pauline. Sonia tries to hush Rebecca but the truth comes out and Sonia is arrested following a row with Martin. After absconding with Rebecca, Sonia is cleared of Pauline's murder when <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joe_Macer" title="Joe Macer">Joe Macer</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ray_Brooks_(actor)" title="Ray Brooks (actor)">Ray Brooks</a>), Pauline's husband, admits to manslaughter. Sonia leaves Walford with Martin and Rebecca in February 2007. </p> <h3><span id="2014.E2.80.932020"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="2014–2020">2014–2020</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10"title="Edit section: 2014–2020" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h3> <p>Rebecca returned on 15 January 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-Watts_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watts-7">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup> now portrayed by Armfield,<sup id="cite_ref-Armfield_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armfield-22">&#91;20&#93;</a></sup> when <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carol_Jackson" title="Carol Jackson">Carol Jackson</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lindsey_Coulson" title="Lindsey Coulson">Lindsey Coulson</a>) tells Sonia about her <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> diagnosis. Rebecca is seen in October 2014 when Sonia discovers that she has been missing school to practice her guitar for music school with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Charlie_Cotton_(2014_character)" title="Charlie Cotton (2014 character)">Charlie Cotton</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Declan_Bennett" title="Declan Bennett">Declan Bennett</a>). Having arranged for Rebecca to appear at the Queen Vic, Charlie calls Sonia. Rebecca performs a cover song of "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/You_and_I_(One_Direction_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="You and I (One Direction song)">You and I</a>" by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a>. In March 2015, Rebecca, tired of strife between her parents, enters a rebellious phase of her life. She adopts a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Goth_fashion" class="mw-redirect" title="Goth fashion">goth fashion</a> style and insists on being referred to by her former name, Chloe, before deciding to go by Bex. Bex rejects Sonia as she has been living away from them, and they become further estranged when Martin (now Bye) reveals Sonia is having a lesbian relationship with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tina_Carter" title="Tina Carter">Tina Carter</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luisa_Bradshaw-White" title="Luisa Bradshaw-White">Luisa Bradshaw-White</a>). Martin, realising the situation may be his own fault, decides to have Bex live with Sonia, reasoning that she needs to spend more time with her mother. </p><p>Martin starts a relationship with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stacey_Slater" title="Stacey Slater">Stacey Branning</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lacey_Turner" title="Lacey Turner">Lacey Turner</a>) and moves in with her and her daughter <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lily_Slater" class="mw-redirect" title="Lily Slater">Lily Branning</a> (Aine Garvey). Martin plans to propose to Stacey and Bex gives him her blessing but is glad when they decide not to marry. Stacey gives birth to a son, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arthur_Fowler_(2015_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Fowler (2015 character)">Arthur Fowler</a>, although unbeknownst to Martin, Arthur is not his son. When Stacey is diagnosed with and sectioned due to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Postpartum_psychosis" title="Postpartum psychosis">postpartum psychosis</a>, Bex realises Martin is struggling with Arthur, Lily and work, so she draws him up a schedule. She accompanies Martin on a visit to the hospital to see Stacey. When Martin learns the truth about Arthur's paternity, he goes to stay with his sister <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Michelle_Fowler" title="Michelle Fowler">Michelle Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Susan_Tully" title="Susan Tully">Susan Tully</a>) in America and when he returns, he intends to leave for good. Martin then reveals that <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kush_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kush Kazemi">Kush Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Davood_Ghadami" title="Davood Ghadami">Davood Ghadami</a>) is Arthur's father to everyone in the pub, including Bex. Martin tells Bex that Arthur is still her brother, and Bex later explains to Stacey that she hurt her father. When Martin and Stacey get engaged, Martin tells Bex, who says that Arthur really is her brother now. </p><p>Bex takes <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Louise_Mitchell" title="Louise Mitchell">Louise Mitchell</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tilly_Keeper" title="Tilly Keeper">Tilly Keeper</a>) to school on her first day and when Louise has a fight, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jay_Brown" title="Jay Brown">Jay Brown</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jamie_Borthwick" title="Jamie Borthwick">Jamie Borthwick</a>) collects her and the girl she had a fight with turns out to be Jay's girlfriend, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Linzi_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="Linzi Bragg">Linzi Bragg</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Amy-Leigh_Hickman" title="Amy-Leigh Hickman">Amy-Leigh Hickman</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18apr16_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18apr16-23">&#91;21&#93;</a></sup> Bex and Louise tell Jay that Linzi is Bex's friend, Star, and is 14.<sup id="cite_ref-19apr16_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19apr16-24">&#91;22&#93;</a></sup> Linzi gets upset when Jay is adamant things are over, and Bex comforts her. Bex tells Linzi's mother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2016)#Thelma_Bragg" title="List of EastEnders characters (2016)">Thelma Bragg</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lorraine_Stanley" title="Lorraine Stanley">Lorraine Stanley</a>) about the relationship, and points out Jay to her when she demands to know who has been having sex with Linzi. Although Jay has not had sex with Linzi, Bex states that Thelma's accusations are true. Jay is arrested and Bex is interviewed by police.<sup id="cite_ref-26apr16_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26apr16-25">&#91;23&#93;</a></sup> After Bex tells Sonia that she has had sex, Sonia, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sharon_Watts" title="Sharon Watts">Sharon Mitchell</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Letitia_Dean" title="Letitia Dean">Letitia Dean</a>) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Honey_Mitchell" title="Honey Mitchell">Honey Mitchell</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emma_Barton" title="Emma Barton">Emma Barton</a>), talk to her and Louise about the pressures and consequences of sex, but Bex reveals that she has not had sex.<sup id="cite_ref-27apr16_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27apr16-26">&#91;24&#93;</a></sup> When Sonia finds a lump in her breast, she tells Bex, who fears that Sonia has cancer, but it turns out to be a cyst. Bex has a crush on newcomer <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shakil_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakil Kazemi">Shakil Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shaheen_Jafargholi" title="Shaheen Jafargholi">Shaheen Jafargholi</a>) and is jealous when Louise flirts with him. At Martin and Stacey's reception, Bex and Shakil kiss, seen by a jealous Louise. Martin struggles to accept Bex dating, and after disputes between Martin and Shakil, Sonia gets them to make amends for Bex's sake.<sup id="cite_ref-16jun16_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16jun16-27">&#91;25&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Tina's mother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sylvie_Carter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylvie Carter">Sylvie Carter</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Linda_Marlowe" title="Linda Marlowe">Linda Marlowe</a>), who suffers from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer&#39;s disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>, later moves in with Sonia and Tina, but Bex does not cope looking after her when Sonia and Tina are not around. Bex is stunned when Shakil tells her he wants to have sex with her.<sup id="cite_ref-23aug16_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23aug16-28">&#91;26&#93;</a></sup> Bex tells him that she is not ready for sex and she talks about it with Louise, who tells her Shakil will not wait for long. After taking advice from Louise, Bex decides to change her appearance. Bex confides in Stacey about Shakil wanting to have sex, who mentions this to Martin; Martin interrupts Shakil's party, but later apologises to Bex. </p><p>Sonia is offered a job in Kettering and Martin and Stacey agree for Bex to live with them. Bex is angry and upset with Sonia and refuses to say goodbye, but Tina arranges for them to talk. Bex is upset and Shakil comforts her. Bex moves in with Martin and Stacey, but struggles to cope with the overcrowding until they move into Sonia's old house. When Bex discovers Shakil has bought condoms, she cancels her 16th birthday party to avoid him. Stacey advises Bex to tell Shakil how she feels. When the pair are alone in Bex's room, she stops him from going further than kissing, so he calls her frigid. However, Shakil apologises to Bex and she forgives him. Bex finds out from Louise and Shakil that people are talking about her relationship and about her and Shakil not having sex. Shakil suggests to Bex they send explicit photos of themselves to each other instead of sex. After talking with Louise and Tina, Bex decides to take an explicit photo. She tells Louise she has not sent the photo and thinks Shakil is not interested in her when he ignores her. Bex confronts Shakil about his ignoring her and Bex admits to Shakil that she did not want to break the law and feared the photos being shared, but apologises for hurting his feelings. Bex then tells Shakil she wants to have sex with him and they try to arrange a place and time that they can be alone. Bex goes round to Shakil's whilst his mother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmel_Kazemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmel Kazemi">Carmel Kazemi</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bonnie_Langford" title="Bonnie Langford">Bonnie Langford</a>) and brother Kush are out and they have sex. Immediately afterwards, Shakil sees Bex and Louise talking and assumes Bex is telling Louise about it, so he ignores Bex and refuses to tell her if they are still together. Bex asks Stacey how to know if you're having sex right and explains how Shakil is behaving towards her. Bex is upset when Shakil changes his online status to single. An upset Bex tells Stacey she has been dumped, who tells Martin and she is left embarrassed when Martin publicly has a go at Shakil. Martin's aunt and godmother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kathy_Beale" title="Kathy Beale">Kathy Beale</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gillian_Taylforth" title="Gillian Taylforth">Gillian Taylforth</a>) tries to justify his actions, but Bex refuses to forgive Martin or Stacey until she watches Shakil kiss Louise as part of the Christmas play. Bex shows Louise a prospectus for a college after deciding she needs a fresh start but decides to stay at her school's 6th form to study A-Levels. </p><p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Keegan_Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Keegan Baker">Keegan Baker</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zack_Morris_(actor)" title="Zack Morris (actor)">Zack Morris</a>) insults Bex and she finds out Shakil was one of the boys who teased Louise with Keegan and warns him to stay away from her. When the school closes early, Bex, Louise, Shakil and Keegan take a bus home, but the driver suffers a heart attack and drives through the market and into the viaduct. The students are trapped but escape through the emergency exit. Bex is upset to learn Martin is trapped under the bus, but everyone works together to get him out. Bex stops Louise from truanting after being teased over a video posted online by Keegan of the bus crash and Louise gets Bex to promise that she will not resume her relationship with Shakil. Convinced that Shakil is encouraging Keegan, Louise gets Bex's phone and sends Shakil's naked photo to her friends <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alexandra_D%27Costa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandra D&#39;Costa">Alexandra D'Costa</a> (Sydney Craven) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Madison_Drake" class="mw-redirect" title="Madison Drake">Madison Drake</a> (Seraphina Beh) and Bex is left distressed when she finds out what Louise did and that the photo has been sent to another person. Bex remains angry with Louise, Madison and Alexandra for the way they have treated Shakil and is hurt when Shakil tells her she can "drop dead". On Valentine's Day, Bex receives a card and believes Shakil sent it, however, she realises Louise, Madison and Alexandra played a prank on her. Shakil tells Louise that he has seen Bex and Travis together and Madison and Alexandra tell Louise they believe Bex has been after Travis for a while, but when Louise confronts Bex, she insists they are just friends. Bex takes a liking to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Preston_Cooper" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston Cooper">Preston Cooper</a> (Martin Anzor), a student from the United States with whom her aunt Michelle (now played by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jenna_Russell" title="Jenna Russell">Jenna Russell</a>) had an illegal relationship. Preston encourages Bex to skip school and Preston gets Michelle to Sharon's house, where he is in bed with Bex, and Michelle realises Preston is using Bex to make her jealous. After finding out Bex had sex with Preston, Madison and Alexandra spread the fact, and Keegan and Shakil find out. Keegan suggests to Shakil they should get revenge on Bex, and Keegan imposes Bex's face on a porn video and spreads it around. Bex is humiliated when Martin sees the video. Bex and Martin meet with one of Bex's teachers, where Bex refuses to name anyone involved and they are told it is being passed onto the police as it is treated as an image of child abuse. Martin is called into school and is informed about Shakil's explicit photo. Bex takes the blame for sending it and she and Martin are told Bex will be interviewed under caution by the police the following day because she has distributed an indecent image of a child. Bex overhears Martin talking negatively about her to Stacey. When she tells Louise that she will admit the truth, Louise confesses that Madison and Alexandra were responsible for sending the photo and she should think about bringing them into it. Bex is cautioned and tells Louise, Madison and Alexandra she took the blame despite being the only innocent person, and they laugh at her. The police and social services visit Bex, Martin and Stacey to ask about explicit photos Bex took of herself. Although Bex thought she had deleted the photos and had not sent them on, they had been backed up automatically. Bex is told she can return to school, but when Martin returns her phone, she only receives abuse so decides to do an apprenticeship, which Martin disagrees with her doing. Kush persuades Bex to return to school and not let what is happening ruin her life. Madison and Alexandra overhear Bex insult them when she confronts Louise over their friendship. In the toilets, Madison and Alexandra push Bex, tear her shirt and write on her face whilst Louise stands outside, worried about Bex but feeling unable to help. She admits to teachers <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Mrs_Robyn_Lund" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Mrs Robyn Lund</a> (Polly Highton) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Gethin_Pryce" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Mr Gethyn Price</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cerith_Flinn" title="Cerith Flinn">Cerith Flinn</a>) that Louise, Madison and Alexandra were responsible for her attack and sending the photo, but Louise, Madison and Alexandra deny knowledge of either incidents and Bex ends her friendship with Louise, but Linzi offers her support. When Preston returns from Manchester, he and Bex become a couple. Louise finds out that Michelle and Preston are having an affair so tells Bex, who refuses to believe it until she sees Preston touching Michelle and Michelle flinching, so publicly demands to know if Michelle is having sex with her boyfriend. Preston apologises to Bex and admits he loves Michelle. Stacey and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Whitney_Dean" title="Whitney Dean">Whitney Carter</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shona_McGarty" title="Shona McGarty">Shona McGarty</a>) stick up for Bex, ordering Preston to leave. While trying to find Preston, Michelle crashes a car into the chip shop after taking sleeping pills with alcohol. After this, Preston returns to America after being convinced that Michelle does not need him; Bex is glad that he has gone. Michelle tries to make amends with Bex, who reminds Michelle of what she has lost. Bex works alongside Michelle at the café and she snaps at Michelle when Madison and Alexandra make remarks about them and Preston. </p><p>Bex goes busking but almost backs out when she sees a group of girls laughing. Shakil persuades her to carry on, but she is stopped by Martin. When Alexandra sees Bex in the local shop, she knocks the sugar she is buying out of her hands and sticks chewing gum in her hair when she goes to pick it up. Later, Bex goes to the café where Kathy asks her to serve Alexandra and Madison their drinks. They insult her and Alexandra trips Bex, causing Kathy to spill soup on Madison. They later warn Bex that she can never escape them, and gain access to Bex's home by telling Stacey they are her friends and they smash her guitar. Bex is then tricked by them into putting mud covered in chocolate in her mouth, which the film and tell her it is cat faeces. Bex sees the video of this online and calls Sonia in tears, who returns to Walford and announces that she wants Bex to live with her. Sonia also visits Bex's school but does not mention Louise is part of the bullying when Bex asks her not to, which gives Louise hope that they can be friends again. After Michelle and Sharon get them talking, Louise agrees not to be friends with Alexandra and Madison, but in front of Bex she tells them she is not friends with Bex again, so Bex walks off in anger. Unknown to Louise, Madison and Alexandra plan to take revenge on her because they blame her for being reported to the school. Bex overhears Madison and Alexandra inviting Travis to a party at Louise's home, which Louise believes will just be for the three girls. Bex tries to warn Louise that they cannot be trusted but Louise accuses her of being jealous because she has no friends of her own. Travis leaves Louise's party and tells Bex that Louise needs her. After Louise gets drunk and is sick, she staggers outside, coughs up blood and collapses, panicking Bex, Madison, Alexandra, Keegan, Travis and Dennis, who are watching. Louise is taken to hospital with paralysis and Sharon tells Louise about Bex finding her. When Louise is sent home, she invites Bex round, but Madison and Alexandra turn up so Bex does not go to Louise's house. After speaking to Dennis about the party on Travis's behalf, Bex tells Louise that Alexandra followed Travis into the kitchen and Alexandra interrupts them. Alexandra gets herself out of trouble by telling Louise and Bex that Travis may not have been responsible for spiking her drink and Louise insists that Madison and Alexandra are still her friends. Bex hears a rumour that Louise had sex with Keegan at the party, so she tells her to take a pregnancy test, but Martin catches Bex purchasing the test for Louise and wrongly assumes it is for herself. Bex is delighted when she learns Stacey and Martin are having a baby. </p><p>Sonia returns from Kettering and wants Bex to move in with her and her brother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robbie_Jackson" title="Robbie Jackson">Robbie Jackson</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dean_Gaffney" title="Dean Gaffney">Dean Gaffney</a>) and Dot, however, Bex wants to remain with Martin and Stacey. Alexandra decides she will take revenge on Bex when she overhears Bex smugly telling Travis that Alexandra will mess up in the showcase. Before Bex's performance at the showcase, Madison and Alexandra break a guitar string and when Bex looks for one in a classroom, Madison and Alexandra pin Bex up against a wall. Shakil hears the bullying through headphones and exposes it through the soundboard. Bex is found locked in the cupboard and she is encouraged to perform following her ordeal. Bex and Louise make amends and Bex decides to go the prom with Shakil. At the prom, Louise suffers burns after being pushed onto lit candles by Alexandra and Madison, leading to their arrests. Bex visits Louise in hospital but her mother, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lisa_Fowler" title="Lisa Fowler">Lisa Fowler</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lucy_Benjamin" title="Lucy Benjamin">Lucy Benjamin</a>), says Louise wants no visitors and Lisa tells Bex her plans for Louise if she was well. Louise is distressed when Lisa and Bex arrange for Travis to visit her. Bex receives her GCSE results and is disappointed that she gained a D in music, so Sonia contacts Gethin about Bex's result and Gethin agrees to tutor Bex. Following a gas explosion, Bex tends to Gethin's wounds and they kiss. Bex apologises but Gethin reassures her, however, he says he can no longer tutor her and says a relationship would be illegal due to the fact he is her teacher and insists he has no feelings for her. Bex attempts to make Gethin jealous by flirting with Shakil and Gethin asks her to stop her behaviour and he later kisses Sonia, watched by Bex. When Bex claims to have a new boyfriend, Gethin starts tutoring her again. Bex continues to pursue him but he insists nothing can happen, and Louise asks Bex not to chase Gethin. However, Bex tries to get Gethin to admit he likes her, but he goes through with telling Sonia that Bex kissed him. Sonia is furious that the kiss happened weeks ago and throws Gethin out. She asks Bex for the whole truth and Bex insists it was just a kiss and asks Sonia not to report Gethin. Gethin gets drunk and Bex's great-uncle, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jack_Branning" title="Jack Branning">Jack Branning</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scott_Maslen" title="Scott Maslen">Scott Maslen</a>), Gethin's landlord, evicts Gethin when he finds out about the kiss. Gethin then leaves Walford. Louise accidentally tells Shakil about Bex and Gethin, and Bex is heartbroken when Shakil kisses Louise, though Louise is stunned and disgusted by Shakil's immaturity. Bex is devastated when Shakil is stabbed and killed in a knife attack in May 2018. </p><p>The following year, overwhelmed by the prospect of going to Oxford, Bex takes drugs to cope with her exams and runs away; she is found by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stuart_Highway_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Highway (EastEnders)">Stuart Highway</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ricky_Champ" title="Ricky Champ">Ricky Champ</a>). On the night of her leaving party, Bex writes a suicide note to her parents and attempts to overdose on pills. The following morning, Sonia finds her unresponsive in bed. She recovers well but decides to defer Oxford for a year, and once her life is back on track, she makes the decision to go travelling, which Sonia is unhappy about. However, she writes her mother a letter and successfully persuades her that she's doing the right thing. Martin and Sonia see her off at the Tube station. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Reception</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11"title="Edit section: Reception" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <p>In 2017, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jasmine_Armfield" title="Jasmine Armfield">Armfield</a> (who portrays <i>Bex</i>) was nominated for Best Soap Actress at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/TV_Choice_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Choice Awards"><i>TV Choice</i> Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">&#91;27&#93;</a></sup> It is also notable that during Bex's bullying storyline, fans had been to the point where they could no longer watch the bullying commence as they were noted to be "angry" at the pair of bullies <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Madison_Drake_and_Alexandra_D&#39;Costa" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Madison Drake</a> (Seraphina Beh) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2017)#Madison_Drake_and_Alexandra_D&#39;Costa" title="List of EastEnders characters (2017)">Alexandra D'Costa</a> (Sydney Craven)'s characters.<sup id="cite_ref-viewersangry_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viewersangry-14">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12"title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011085734">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bex also has another half-brother via <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ruby_Allen" title="Ruby Allen">Ruby Allen</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Louisa_Lytton" title="Louisa Lytton">Louisa Lytton</a>) who has not yet made an appearance in the show. Lytton was supposedly returning after her maternity leave in 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This has been compared for its similarities to back when the characters on-screen mother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sonia_Fowler" title="Sonia Fowler">Sonia</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natalie_Cassidy" title="Natalie Cassidy">Natalie Cassidy</a>) loses on-screen boyfriend <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jamie_Mitchell" title="Jamie Mitchell">Jamie Mitchell</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jack_Ryder_(actor)" title="Jack Ryder (actor)">Jack Ryder</a>) on Christmas Day 2002 after is killed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martin_Fowler_(EastEnders)" title="Martin Fowler (EastEnders)">Martin</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Alexandrou" title="James Alexandrou">James Alexandrou</a>); a massive similarity is also how Sonia was around a similar age to Bex when she lost Jamie, and Bex was at the age of losing Shakil.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13"title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(2000)#Bex_Fowler" title="List of EastEnders characters (2000)">List of EastEnders characters (2000)</a></li></ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bex_Fowler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14"title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011085734"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1133582631">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tvgwd">"BBC One – EastEnders, 04/05/2015"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_Online" title="BBC Online">BBC Online</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+Online&amp;rft.atitle=BBC+One+%E2%80%93+EastEnders%2C+04%2F05%2F2015&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb05tvgwd&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EastEnders-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EastEnders_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EastEnders_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFNews_Team2013" class="citation web cs1">News Team, EastEnders (19 December 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/0d7cb2b2-8940-34f4-a71f-2360647eff2a">"Jasmine Armfield to join EastEnders as Rebecca Fowler"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Metro&amp;rft.atitle=EastEnders+spoilers%3A+Double+stabbing+horror+as+soap+tackles+knife+crime+storyline&amp;rft.date=2018-03-22&amp;rft.aulast=Lindsay&amp;rft.aufirst=Duncan&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2018%2F03%2F22%2Feastenders-spoilers-double-stabbing-horror-as-soap-tackles-knife-crime-storyline-7409191%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFHarp2019" class="citation news cs1">Harp, Justin (4 October 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29354624/eastenders-bex-fowler-suicide-attempt-viewers-praise-star/">"Viewers praise star Jasmine Armfield for her work in suicide storyline"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Digital_Spy" title="Digital Spy">Digital Spy</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Digital+Spy&amp;rft.atitle=Viewers+praise+star+Jasmine+Armfield+for+her+work+in+suicide+storyline&amp;rft.date=2019-10-04&amp;rft.aulast=Harp&amp;rft.aufirst=Justin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.com%2Fsoaps%2Feastenders%2Fa29354624%2Feastenders-bex-fowler-suicide-attempt-viewers-praise-star%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/sitenews/a130011/soaplands-joiners-movers-and-leavers.html">– As of 8 January 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Armfield-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Armfield_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFKilkelly2013" class="citation news cs1">Kilkelly, Daniel (19 December 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a539554/eastenders-jasmine-armfield-to-play-sonias-daughter-rebecca.html">"EastEnders: Jasmine Armfield to play Sonia's daughter Rebecca"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Digital_Spy" title="Digital Spy">Digital Spy</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Digital+Spy&amp;rft.atitle=EastEnders%3A+Jasmine+Armfield+to+play+Sonia%27s+daughter+Rebecca&amp;rft.date=2013-12-19&amp;rft.aulast=Kilkelly&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.co.uk%2Fsoaps%2Fs2%2Feastenders%2Fnews%2Fa539554%2Feastenders-jasmine-armfield-to-play-sonias-daughter-rebecca.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18apr16-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18apr16_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a>; Director; John Howlett; Writer: Matt Evans (18 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078ddxx">"Episode dated 18/04/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-04-18&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb078ddxx&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19apr16-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19apr16_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a>; Director: John Howlett; Writer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maya_Sondhi" title="Maya Sondhi">Maya Sondhi</a> (19 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078dgpq">"Episode dated 19/04/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-04-19&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb078dgpq&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26apr16-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26apr16_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a>; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anya_Reiss" title="Anya Reiss">Anya Reiss</a> (26 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795p4j">"Episode dated 26/04/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-04-26&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb0795p4j&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27apr16-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27apr16_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a>; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: Natalie Mitchell, Colin Wyatt (27 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0795rpz">"Episode dated 27/04/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-04-27&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb0795rpz&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16jun16-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16jun16_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominic_Treadwell-Collins" title="Dominic Treadwell-Collins">Dominic Treadwell-Collins</a>; Director: David Tucker; Writer: Katie Douglas (16 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gvwm2">"Episode dated 16/06/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-06-16&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb07gvwm2&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23aug16-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23aug16_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation episode cs1">Executive Producer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sean_O%27Connor_(producer)" title="Sean O&#39;Connor (producer)">Sean O'Connor</a>; Director: Nic Phillips; Writer: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anya_Reiss" title="Anya Reiss">Anya Reiss</a> (23 August 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07qc7kd">"Episode dated 23/08/2016"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders"><i>EastEnders</i></a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=EastEnders&amp;rft.date=2016-08-23&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb07qc7kd&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2017/06/26/news/royal-showdown-as-the-crown-battles-victoria-at-tv-choice-awards-1067822/">"Royal showdown as The Crown battles Victoria at TV Choice Awards"</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Irish_News" title="The Irish News">The Irish News</a>. 26 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Royal+showdown+as+The+Crown+battles+Victoria+at+TV+Choice+Awards&amp;rft.pub=The+Irish+News&amp;rft.date=2017-06-26&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishnews.com%2Fmagazine%2Fentertainment%2F2017%2F06%2F26%2Fnews%2Froyal-showdown-as-the-crown-battles-victoria-at-tv-choice-awards-1067822%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABex+Fowler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div>'
Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
false
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
'1703360445'