List of EastEnders characters

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EastEnders is a British television soap opera first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last.

Contents

Present characters

Regular characters

Recurring and guest characters

Named extras

CharacterActor(s)DurationRef(s)
Tracey Jane Slaughter 1985–present [80]
Winston Ulric Browne 1985–present [81]
Marie Evans Liz Sweet2000–present [82]
Shrimpy Ben Champniss2014–present [83]

Cast changes

Departing characters

CharacterActor(s)Ref(s)
Bianca Jackson Patsy Palmer [84]
Bobby Beale Clay Milner Russell [85]

Returning characters

CharacterActor(s)Ref(s)
Karen Taylor Lorraine Stanley [86]

Future characters

CharacterActor(s)Ref(s)
Maya Houssain Bharti Patel [87]

Former characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Spin-off characters

Notes

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