Rebecca "Bex" Fowler (previously Miller, born Chloe Jackson) is the daughter of Martin and Sonia Fowler, the half-sister of Hope, Roman and Julia Fowler and the adoptive half-sister of Lily Slater and Arthur Fowler Jr. She made her first appearance on 26 October 2000 and her last on 17 April 2025.
Storylines[]
2000-2005: Birth and adoption[]
Sonia (who doesn't realise she is pregnant) gives birth on the sofa inside 25 Albert Square, with the help of neighbour, Mo Harris. After this, Sonia is taken to Walford General Hospital and tells social worker, Ameena Badawi, that she does not want her baby. Sonia calls the baby 'Chloe' and attempts to have her adopted out. Later on, Chloe's father Martin and his mother, Pauline Fowler, discover that he is the father, after it is initially thought that Sonia's boyfriend, Jamie Mitchell is the father, though Jamie and Sonia have never had sex. Pauline wants custody of Chloe but Sonia refuses. Martin later agrees to the fact that he only wants Chloe for Pauline's sake and also confides to his brother, Mark Fowler, that he does not want to be a father. Following this, Chloe is adopted by Neil and Sue Miller.
The Millers later change Chloe's name to Rebecca Miller. Later on, in 2002, Sonia is suffering with depression, following the adoption of her daughter, and abducts Rebecca, barricading herself in her home. Neil and Sue are upset to discover this and give Sonia's step-grandmother, Dot Branning, fifteen minutes to persuade Sonia to give Rebecca back before they phone the police, which Dot is successful in doing.
In 2005, Neil and Sue are killed in a car crash. Following this, Rebecca moves in with Sue's mother, Margaret Wilson. Sonia then reads about the crash in a newspaper and her and Martin, who are now married, become concerned for their daughter and track her down. They both pose as friends of Neil and Sue and Margaret allows them into her home, where they see Rebecca. When they admit who they really are, Margaret sends Martin and Sonia away. Later on, Pauline yet again decides to be part of Rebecca's life. Like before, Sonia is angry and becomes even angrier when she discovers that Martin and Pauline have been seeing Rebecca behind her back.
2006-2007: Custody, Pauline's death and exit[]
Eventually, Margaret decides to make Martin and Sonia Rebecca's legal guardians, in the event that anything does happen to her. Even though at this point, Martin and Sonia had split up due to Sonia cheating on Martin with a woman, Naomi Julien. When this is revealed to Margaret, she refuses to give Sonia guardianship. When Margaret does pass away, Rebecca is given to Martin and Pauline. Sonia and Martin reunite in December 2006, and on Christmas Day, Pauline is murdered after her husband, Joe Macer, hits her with a frying pan and she later collapses, from a haemorrhage, in the gardens of Albert Square, under the Christmas tree. Before this, Rebecca saw Sonia slap Pauline and believes she is the one guilty of her murder. When Sonia discovers this, she tries to keep her quiet but the truth is revealed and Sonia is arrested, following a row with Martin. Sonia is later cleared of Pauline's murder when Joe admits to manslaughter. When Martin and Sonia reconcile again, they leave Walford in February 2007.
2014-2019: Relationships, bullying and suicide attempt[]
Rebecca returns in January 2014, when Sonia's mother, Carol Jackson, turns up at their home and tells Sonia about her cancer diagnosis. Further on, in October 2014, Rebecca regularly skips school to learn how to play the guitar, to enter music school, with the help of Charlie Cotton Jr. Later on, Rebecca sings in The Queen Victoria, but Sonia doesn't want Rebecca to attend music school, which Rebecca eventually agrees to. In March 2015, Rebecca is rebellious of her parents and enters a goth phase. During this time, she briefly decided that she wants to be known as 'Chloe' once more, but then later settles on 'Bex'. Bex later rejects Sonia, which is made worse when it is revealed that Sonia is now dating Tina Carter. When Martin realises how distant they are becoming, she lets Bex stay with Sonia to allow them to become closer.
Further on, Martin starts a relationship with Stacey Branning and later moves in with her and her daughter, Lily Branning. Martin then decides to propose to Stacey and gets Bex's blessing, but the engagement doesn't happen. Later on in the year, on Christmas Eve 2014, Stacey gives birth to Arthur Fowler Jr, who is Martin's son. Stacey later deals with postpartum psychosis and when she is sectioned, Bex realises that Martin is struggling to care for Arthur. As a result, she draws up a schedule between her, Lily and Martin. Bex later accompanies Martin on a trip to hospital to see Stacey and when Martin realises that Arthur is actually the son of his best friend, Kush Kazemi, he leaves Walford for America to stay with his elder sister, Michelle Fowler. Martin, upon his return, tells Bex that Arthur is still her brother and Bex also explains to Stacey how she hurt her father. When Martin and Stacey do get engaged, Martin tells Bex and she states that Arthur is really her brother now.
Bex then takes her friend, Louise Mitchell, to Walford High School, on her first day. Louise then has a fight with Bex's friend, Linzi Bragg. When Jay Brown comes to collect Louise, after the fight, he is shocked, when he sees Linzi, as he was dating her, assuming she was an adult. Bex later comforts Linzi, after Jay ends things with her. Bex later tells Linzi's mother, Thelma Bragg, about the relationship and reveals Jay to be the one in a relationship with Linzi, in The Queen Victoria. Bex is later interviewed by the police, surrounding this, and states that Thelma accused Jay of sleeping with Linzi, which leads to Jay's prosecution. Following this, Bex tells Sonia that she had sex and Louise's stepmother, Sharon Mitchell, and Honey Mitchell talk to Bex regarding the pressures and consequences of sex, but Bex later reveals she's never actually had sex and admits that she lied. Sonia later tells Bex that she has found a lump on her breast, fearing she has cancer, due to Carol previously having breast cancer - but it ends up being a cyst. Bex later develops a crush on Kush's younger brother, Shakil Kazemi, and becomes jealous when Louise flirts with him. Later on, at Martin and Stacey's wedding reception, Bex kisses Shakil, turning the jealousy to Louise. When they start dating, Martin struggles to accept this and him and Shakil have a dispute, but is later bought together by Sonia, for Bex's sake.
Tina's mother, Sylvie Carter, moves in with Sonia, Tina and Bex. Bex does not cope well with looking after her, due to her Alzheimer's disease. Bex is also stunned when Shakil mentions that he wants to have sex with Bex. She tells him she is not ready for sex yet. Bex also confides in Stacey, about wanting to have sex. When this is discovered by Martin, he storms in and ruins Shakil's sixteenth birthday celebrations, but later apologises to Bex. Sonia is later offered a job in Kettering and when she plans to leave, Bex is upset with Sonia and refuses to say goodbye to her, but Tina arranges a talk between the pair. When Sonia leaves, Bex moves in with Martin and Stacey but moves back into Sonia's once she struggles with overcrowding. Later on, Bex discovers that Shakil has bought condoms and cancels her sixteenth birthday party to avoid him. After Stacey's encouragement to tell Shakil how she is feeling, Bex stops Shakil from going any further than kissing, when alone in the bedroom, and he calls her 'frigid'. Shakil later apologises to Bex and she accepts it. Bex also later finds out from Louise that people are talking about the fact that her and Shakil have not had sex yet. As a result of this, Bex suggests sending explicit photos to Shakil, instead of sex. She later tells Louise she has not sent the photo and thinks that Shakil is not interested in her anymore, when he ignores her. She then confronts Shakil and tells him that she did not want to break the law and also feared the photos would be shared, but also apologises for hurting Shakil's feelings. Following this, Bex arranges a place for her and Shakil to have sex. When Shakil's mother, Carmel Kazemi, goes out, Bex goes round and has sex with Shakil. Shakil sees Bex and Louise talking, the next day, and assumes that Bex is talking to Louise about them having sex. As a result, he ignores Bex and refuses to tell her if they are still together or not. Bex then explains all this to Stacey and is further upset when Shakil changes his online relationship status to single. Martin publicly has a go at Shakil and Bex is left embarrassed as a result. Martin's godmother, Kathy Beale, tries to justify Martin's actions but Bex refuses to forgive Martin and Stacey. This is changed when Bex sees Louise kissing Shakil at a Christmas play. Bex later shows Louise a prospectus for college as she wants a new start but decides to stay at Walford High to study A-levels.
Further on, Shakil's best friend, Keegan Baker, insults Bex and she later finds out Keegan and Shakil were the ones who taunted Louise and warns him to stay away from her. In January 2017, Walford High finishes early and Bex, Louise, Shakil and Keegan get the bus back to Albert Square. But the driver of the bus then has a heart attack and crashes into Bridge Street Market. The students are then trapped on the upper deck of the bus, but escape through the emergency exit. When Bex does escape, she is upset to find out that Martin is trapped underneath the bus. The locals work together to get him out. Bex later stops Louise from skipping school after being teased by Keegan over a video posted of the bus crash online by him. Bex then promises Louise that she won't carry on her relationship with Shakil. When Bex is convinced that Shakil is enabling Keegan, Louise gets Bex's phone and sends Shakil's naked photo to her friends, Alexandra D'Costa and Madison Drake. Bex is distressed by this and becomes worse when Shakil tells her to drop dead. On Valentines Day, Bex receives a card from 'Shakil' however she discovers that Louise, Madison and Alexandra were behind it. Shakil later tells Louise that Bex has been getting close to Louise's boyfriend, Travis Law-Hughes and Madison and Alexandra enable this by telling Louise that they believe that Bex has been after him for a while. When Louise confronts Bex, she insists they are just friends. Bex then takes a liking to a student from the United States, Preston Cooper. Preston had been having an illegal relationship with Michelle, due to Preston being 17, and the age of consent in Florida being 18. Preston then encourages Bex to skip school and takes her to Sharon's house and they sleep together. He then lures Michelle back to the house to make her jealous. After Madison and Alexandra find out about Bex and Preston, they spread it around. After this, Keegan suggests to Shakil that they should get revenge on Bex, they do this by putting her face on a porn video and spread it. Bex is later humiliated when Martin sees the video. Bex and Martin meet one of her teachers about the incident but Bex refuses to give any names. Martin and Bex are then told this will be passed to the police, as it is declared child abuse. Bex then takes the blame of sending the photo and she is interviewed, under caution, by the police because she distributed a inappropriate image of a child. Louise later confesses that Madison and Alexandra were responsible for the photo. Further on, the police and social services visit Bex, Martin and Stacey to ask about the photos. Bex had thought, at this point, that she deleted them, but they was backed up. Bex is told she can return to school, but when Martin gives Bex's phone back to her, she receives abuse and then decides to leave school and do a apprenticeship, which Martin disagrees with. Kush later persuades Bex to return to school. As well as this, Madison and Alexandra overhear Bex insulting them when she confronts Louise about their friendship. In the toilets, Madison and Alexandra push Bex, tear her t-shirt and write with a marker on her face whilst a worried Louise is unable to help. Bex later admits to her teachers, Robyn Lund and Gethin Pryce, that Louise, Madison and Alexandra were responsible for both the attack and the photos, but they deny this. Bex ends her friendship with Louise and Linzi offers her support. Preston then returns from Manchester and he and Bex becomes a couple. Louise is the one to find out that Michelle and Preston are having an affair and tells Bex, who does not believe her until she sees Preston touch Michelle and she flinches. Bex decides to publicly expose the pair in the Vic and ask if Michelle has had sex with Preston. He later apologises to Bex and admits his love of Michelle. Stacey and Whitney Carter then defend Bex and order Preston to leave. When Michelle tries to find Preston, she crashes into Beale's Plaice after taking sleeping pills while under the influence of alcohol. Following this, Preston returns to America, which Bex is glad about. Michelle does try and make amends with Bex and the two work in the cafe together, but this is spoiled when Alexandra and Madison make remarks about Preston.
Bex then goes busking but almost stops when she sees a group of girls laughing. Shakil is the one that persuades her to carry on, but is then stopped by Martin. Later on, Alexandra sees Bex in the Minute Mart and sticks chewing gum in her hair. Bex then goes to the cafe, where Kathy asks Bex to serve Alexandra and Madison drinks. Alexandra then trips up Bex, which causes Kathy to spill soup on Madison. They also warn Bex that she will never be able to get rid of them. They also gain access to Bex's home, when they lie to Stacey about being Bex's friends, and smash her guitar. Further on, Bex is tricked into eating cat faeces, thinking it's chocolate. Bex later sees a video they recorded of this online and calls Sonia in tears, which leads to Sonia returning to Walford. Bex then decides she wants to live with Sonia. After this, Sonia visits Bex's school and fails to mention Louise's involvement, on Bex's request. This gives Louise hope that she and Bex can become friends again. Michelle and Sharon get the pair talking and Louise agrees to unfriend Alexandra and Madison. She conflicts this when she tells Madison and Alexandra that she is no longer friends with Bex. Bex then overhears Alexandra and Madison inviting Travis to a party at Louise's home, which Louise believes is just for those three girls. Bex tries to warn Louise that Madison and Alexandra cannot be trusted but Louise turns on Bex and states that she is jealous because she has no friends of her own. Travis then leaves the party and tells Bex that Louise needs her. Louise ends up sick at the party and she stumbles and coughs up blood and collapses. This worries Bex and panics the other attenders at the party. Louise is then taken to Walford General Hospital with paralysis and Sharon tells Louise that Bex was the one who found her. When Louise returns home, she invites Bex round but Madison and Alexandra turn up and Bex leaves. After speaking to Louise's step-brother, Dennis Rickman Jr, about the party on Travis' behalf. Bex then tells Louise that she saw Alexandra sneak off in the kitchen with Travis, but she is quick to interrupt them. She gets herself out of trouble by telling Louise and Bex that Travis may of not been responsible for spiking her drink and Louise insists Madison and Alexandra are still her friends. Bex then hears a rumour that Louise had sex with Keegan at the party and tells her to take a pregnancy test. Martin catches Bex purchasing the test for Louise and assume she is buying it for herself - she later discloses that the test is Louise's. Further on, Martin and Stacey tell Bex that they are expecting a baby, which Bex is delighted to hear.
Sonia then returns from Kettering once again and wants Bex to move in with her and her brother, Robbie Jackson, at Dot's, but Bex decides to remain with Martin and Stacey. Alexandra then starts bullying Bex again when she overhears Bex telling Travis that she will mess up the showcase. Right before the performance, Alexandra and Madison break a guitar and when Bex looks for another one in a classroom, they pin her to a wall. Shakil overhears this on headphones and exposes it on the soundboard. Bex is later found locked in a cupboard and is encouraged to still perform. Bex and Louise then make amends again and Bex decides to go to prom with Shakil. At the prom, Louise is pushed into candles by Alexandra and Madison, which leads to their arrest. Bex then visits Louise in hospital but is told by Louise's mother, Lisa Fowler, that Louise wants no visitors. Louise is later distressed when Bex brings Travis to visit her. Further on, Bex receives her GCSE results and is devastated when she obtains a D in Music. Sonia then contacts Gethin about her results and he agrees to tutor Bex. Following a gas explosion on the square, Bex sees to Gethin's wounds and the pair exchange a kiss. Bex apologises to him about this and Gethin reassures her. He then states he can no longer tutor her because of the fact a relationship between the pair would be illegal, due to the fact that he is her teacher and insists that he has no feelings towards her. She then attempts to make Gethin jealous by flirting with Shakil and he asks her to stop her behaviour and he later kisses Sonia, while Bex is watching. Bex later claims to have another boyfriend, and Gethin starts to tutor her again. Bex then continues to pursue him but he insists nothing can happen. Louise gets involved and tells Bex not to chase Gethin. Bex then tries to get Gethin to admit that he likes her back, but he tells Sonia that Bex kissed him before. Sonia is furious and sends Gethin away. She then asks Bex for the whole truth and Bex insists that only a kiss happened and begs her not to report Gethin. Later on, Bex gets drunk and her great uncle, Jack Branning, evicts Gethin, after he finds out about the kiss and he leaves Walford. Louise then lets it slip to Shakil about Bex and Gethin, and Bex is heartbroken when Shakil and Louise kiss yet again. Louise is then stunned with Shakil's immaturity surrounding this. In May 2018, Shakil and Keegan are stabbed, when Keegan steals Bruno's bike and his gang go to seek their revenge. Shakil later dies of his injuries, which leaves Bex grief stricken.
In 2019, Bex becomes overwhelmed at the prospect of going to Oxford University and takes drugs to cope with her exams and runs away. She is later found by Stuart Highway. On the night of her leaving party, she writes a suicide note and attempts to overdose on pills. The next morning, Sonia finds her unconscious in bed. She is later admitted to hospital and recovers well. She decides to defer for a year to get her life back on track.
2020-2025: Exit and brief return[]
In February 2020, Bex attends the Queen Vic boat party and overdoses on pills, given to her by Dot's granddaughter, Dotty Cotton. Following this, she makes the decision to go travelling and Sonia is not pleased by this. However, Bex writes her a letter and persuades her that she is doing the right thing. Martin and Sonia then see her off at the Walford East Tube Station.
Throughout late 2024, Bex splits up with two boyfriends, due to them both cheating on her. Bex returns in April 2025 after Martin passes. She meets her newborn sister, Julia Fowler, and is reunited with Sonia. Bex then visits Martin at the Coker & Sons and breaks down when she says goodbye to him in his coffin.
Bex attends Martin’s funeral and remains strong but notices Lily’s behaviour is on a downward spiral, and has led to money and drug complications for Lily. Bex supports her with cash and instructs Lily to right her wrongdoings.
When Sonia’s father and Bex’s grandfather Terry Cant shows up, it begins to fracture the family as Bex and Sonia have opposing opinions towards Terry. Although, Terry offers them all a new start in Bali which gets Bex on side. Terry’s true colours are eventually revealed so Bex and Bianca angrily lock him in a garage. Her, Sonia and Bianca steal his Bali tickets and leave the Square for a new life.