The main cast of EastEnders in 2000.
This is a list of past EastEnders regular characters, in order of first appearance, from 1985 to 2025 .
Also listed are the actors that most recently played them, along with how long they were in the show. Please note that past minor characters, such as Reg Cox and Captain Matthew Cox , are not included here. This list only includes the EastEnders Wiki standards of regular cast members. This list is currently a work in progress.
First appeared in 1985 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Den Watts
Leslie Grantham
1985 -1989 , 2003 -2005
Ali Osman
Nejdet Salih
1985 -1989
Arthur Fowler
Bill Treacher
1985 -1996
Ethel Skinner
Gretchen Franklin
1985 -1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 -1997 , 2000
Pauline Fowler
Wendy Richard
1985 -2006
Harold Legg
Leonard Fenton
1985 -1997 , 2000 , 2004 , 2007 , 2018 -2019
Saeed Jeffery
Andrew Johnson
1985
Pete Beale
Peter Dean
1985 -1993
Lou Beale
Anna Wing
1985 -1988
Naima Jeffery
Shreela Ghosh
1985 -1987
Angie Watts
Anita Dobson
1985 -1988 , 2025
Nick Cotton
John Altman
1985 -1991 , 1993 , 1998 , 2000 -2001 , 2008 -2009 , 2014 -2015
Sue Osman
Sandy Ratcliff
1985 -1989
Michelle Fowler
Jenna Russell
1985 -1995 , 2016 -2018
Mark Fowler
Todd Carty
1985 -1987 , 1990 -2003
Lofty Holloway
Tom Watt
1985 -1988 , 2019 , 2022
Tony Carpenter
Oscar James
1985 -1987
Mary Smith
Linda Davidson
1985 -1988 , 2019 , 2022
Annie Smith
Marilyn O' Brien
1985 -1988 , 2019
Kelvin Carpenter
Paul J. Medford
1985 -1987
Andy O'Brien
Ross Davidson
1985 -1986
Debbie Wilkins
Shirley Cheriton
1985 -1987
Chris Smith
Allan O'Keefe
1985 , 1987 -1988
Mehmet Osman
Haluk Bilginer
1985 -1989
Hannah Carpenter
Sally Sagoe
1985 -1987
Dot Branning
June Brown
1985 -1993 , 1997 -2020
Martin Fowler
James Bye
1985 -2007 , 2014 -2025
Roy Quick
Douglas Fielding
1985 -1986
Simon Wicks
Nick Berry
1985 -1990 , 2012
Guizin Osman
Ishia Bennison
1985 -1989
Cassie Carpenter
Delanie Forbes
1985 -1986
First appeared in 1986 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Jan Hammond
Jane How
1986 -1987 , 2002 , 2003
Brad Williams
Jonathan Stratt
1986 -1989
Charlie Cotton
Christopher Hancock
1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990
James Willmott-Brown
William Boyde
1986 -1989 , 1992 , 2017
Carmel Jackson
Judith Jacob
1986 -1989
Pat Evans
Pam St. Clement
1986 -2012 , 2016
Colin Russell
Michael Cashman
1986 -1989 , 2016 , 2022
Tom Clements
Donald Tandy
1986 -1988
Jaggat Singh
Amerjit Deu
1986 -1987
Barry Clark
Gary Hailes
1986 -1989 , 2022
Rezaul Gabir
Tanveer Ghani
1986 -1988
First appeared in 1987 [ ]
First appeared in 1988 [ ]
First appeared in 1989 [ ]
First appeared in 1990 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Grant Mitchell
Ross Kemp
1990 -1999 , 2005 -2006 , 2016 , 2022
Celestine Tavernier
Leroy Golding
1990 -1993
Eddie Royle
Michael Melia
1990 -1991
Clyde Tavernier
Steven Woodcock
1990 -1993
Etta Tavernier
Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence
1990 -1992 , 1994
Hattie Tavernier
Michelle Gayle
1990 -1994
Jules Tavernier
Tommy Eytle
1990 -1997
Lloyd Tavernier
Garey Bridges
1990 -1992
Sam Mitchell
Kim Medcalf
1990 -1993 , 1995 -1996 , 1999 -2000 , 2002 -2005 , 2009 -2010 , 2016 , 2022 -2024
Ken Raynor
Ian Redford
1990 -1991
First appeared in 1991 [ ]
First appeared in 1992 [ ]
First appeared in 1993 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Rose Chapman
Petra Markham
1993
Aidan Brosnan
Sean Maguire
1993
Sanjay Kapoor
Deepak Verma
1993 -1998
Gita Kapoor
Shobu Kapoor
1993 -1998
Debbie Bates
Nicola Duffett
1993 -1995
Nadia Mitchell
Anna Barkan
1993 -1994
Clare Bates
Gemma Bissix
1993 -1998 , 2008
Alan Jackson
Howard Antony
1993 -1997 , 2010
Bianca Jackson
Patsy Palmer
1993 -1999 , 2008 -2014 , 2019 , 2024 -2025
Carol Jackson
Lindsey Coulson
1993 -1997 , 1999 , 2010 -2015
Billie Jackson
Devon Anderson
1993 -1997 , 2004 , 2010
Sonia Fowler
Natalie Cassidy
1993 -2007 , 2010 , 2011 , 2014 -2025
Lucy Beale
Hetti Bywater
1993 -2010 , 2012 -2015 , 2019 -2020
Robbie Jackson
Dean Gaffney
1993 -2004 , 2010 , 2015 , 2017 -2019
Nellie Ellis
Elizabeth Kelly
1993 -1998 , 2000
David Wicks
Michael French
1993 -1996 , 2012 -2014 , 2024
First appeared in 1994 [ ]
First appeared in 1995 [ ]
First appeared in 1996 [ ]
First appeared in 1997 [ ]
First appeared in 1998 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Lola Christie
Diane Parish
1998
Beppe di Marco
Michael Greco
1998 -2002
Bruno di Marco
Leon Lissek
1998
Gianni di Marco
Marc Bannerman
1998 -2000
Luisa di Marco
Stella Tanner
1998
Nicky di Marco
Carly Hillman
1998 -2000
Rosa di Marco
Louise Jameson
1998 -2000
Teresa di Marco
Leila Birch
1998 -2000
Louise Raymond
Carol Harrison
1998 -1999
Josie McFarlane
Joan Hooley
1998 -2000
Fred Fonseca
Jimi Mistry
1998 -2000
Mel Owen
Tamzin Outhwaite
1998 -2002 , 2018 -2019
Lilly Mattock
Barbara Keogh
1998 -1999
Jamie Mitchell
Jack Ryder
1998 -2002
Cindy Williams Jr
Mimi Keene
1998 -1999 , 2007 , 2013 -2015
Lisa Fowler
Lucy Benjamin
1998 -2003 , 2010 , 2017 , 2019 -2020 , 2023
Liam Butcher
Alfie Deegan
1998 -2000 , 2002 -2004 , 2008 -2015 , 2021
Steve Owen
Martin Kemp
1998 -2002
Saskia Duncan
Deborah Sheridan-Taylor
1998 -1999
First appeared in 1999 [ ]
First appeared in 2000 [ ]
First appeared in 2001 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Belinda Peacock
Carli Norris
2001 ,2002 , 2003 , 2016 , 2018
Harry Slater
Michael Elphick
2001 , 2018
Kelly Taylor
Brooke Kinsella
2001 , 2002 -2004
Nathan Williams
Doug Allen
2001 -2002
Nita Mistry
Bindya Solanki
2001 -2003 , 2019
Jill Marsden
Sophie Stanton
2001 -2003 , 2009 -2010 , 2012 , 2015
Louise Mitchell
Tilly Keeper
2001 -2003 , 2008 , 2010 , 2016 -2020
Paul Trueman
Gary Beadle
2001 -2004
Derek Harkinson
Ian Lavender
2001 -2005 , 2016 -2017
First appeared in 2002 [ ]
First appeared in 2003 [ ]
First appeared in 2004 [ ]
First appeared in 2005 [ ]
First appeared in 2006 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Liz Turner
Kate Williams
2006 , 2009 -2010
Owen Turner
Lee Ross
2006 , 2009
Bert Atkinson
Dave Hill
2006 -2007 , 2017
May Wright
Amanda Drew
2006 -2007 , 2008
Rob Minter
Stuart Laing
2006 -2007
Stella Crawford
Sophie Thompson
2006 -2007
Preeti Choraria
Babita Pohoomull
2006 -2008
Kevin Wicks
Phil Daniels
2006 -2008
Carly Wicks
Kellie Shirley
2006 -2008 , 2012
Sean Slater
Robert Kazinsky
2006 -2009 , 2019 , 2021 , 2022
Bradley Branning
Charlie Clements
2006 -2010
Libby Fox
Belinda Owusu
2006 -2010 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 -2017
Tanya Cross
Jo Joyner
2006 -2013 , 2015 , 2017 -2018
Abi Branning
Lorna Fitzgerald
2006 -2018
Max Branning
Jake Wood
2006 -2021
Shirley Carter
Linda Henry
2006 -2022
First appeared in 2007 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Rainie Highway
Tanya Franks
2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2014 , 2015 , 2018 -2022
Jase Dyer
Stephen Lord
2007 -2008
Shabnam Kazemi
Rakhee Thakrar
2007 -2008 , 2014 -2016
Vinnie Monks
Bobby Davro
2007 -2008
Summer Swann
Isabella & Rebecca Hegarty
2007 -2009
Heather Trott
Cheryl Fergison
2007 -2012
Zainab Khan
Nina Wadia
2007 -2013
Oscar Branning
Charlee Hall
2007 -2015 , 2017
Tamwar Masood
Himesh Patel
2007 -2016
Masood Ahmed
Nitin Ganatra
2007 -2016 , 2017 , 2018 -2019
Ronnie Branning
Samantha Womack
2007 -2011 , 2013 -2017 , 2022
Roxy Mitchell
Rita Simons
2007 -2017 , 2022 , 2023
First appeared in 2008 [ ]
Character
Actor
Duration
Samantha Keeble
Alison Newman
2008 , 2014 –2016 , 2022 -2023
Tony King
Chris Coghill
2008 , 2009
Archie Mitchell
Larry Lamb
2008 -2009 , 2022
Callum Monks
Elliott Jordan
2008 -2009
Danielle Jones
Lauren Crace
2008 -2009
Dotty Cotton
Milly Zero
2008 -2010 , 2019 -2022
Jordan Johnson
Joivan Wade
2008 -2010 , 2016
Lucas Johnson
Don Gilet
2008 -2010 , 2016 , 2020 -2021 , 2024
Christian Clarke
John Partridge
2008 -2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016
Morgan Butcher
Devon Higgs
2008 -2014 , 2016
Tiffany Butcher-Baker
Maisie Smith
2008 -2014 , 2016 , 2018 -2021 , 2022
Whitney Dean
Shona McGarty
2008 -2024
First appeared in 2009 [ ]
First appeared in 2010 [ ]
First appeared in 2011 [ ]
First appeared in 2012 [ ]
First appeared in 2013 [ ]
First appeared in 2014 [ ]
First appeared in 2015 [ ]
First appeared in 2016 [ ]