List of EastEnders characters

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

Present characters

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)
Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt
Dot Branning	June Brown
Pat Evans	Pam St. Clement
Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen
Janine Butcher	Charlie Brooks	Rebecca Michael, Alexia Demetriou
Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden
Carol Jackson	Lindsey Coulson
Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer
Ben Mitchell	Joshua Pascoe	Matthew Silver, Morgan Whittle, Charlie Jones
Jim Branning	John Bardon
Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick
Liam Butcher	James Forde	Jack and Tom Godolphin, Gavin and Mitchell Vaughan,Nathaniel Gleed
Charlie Slater	Derek Martin
Kat Moon	Jessie Wallace
Mo Harris	Laila Morse
Patrick Trueman	Rudolph Walker
Alfie Moon	Shane Richie
Jane Beale	Laurie Brett
Darren Miller	Charlie G. Hawkins
Denise Johnson	Diane Parish
Max Branning	Jake Wood
Tanya Branning	Jo Joyner
Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald
Lauren Branning	Jacqueline Jossa	Madeline Duggan
Shirley Carter	Linda Henry
Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick
Heather Trott	Cheryl Fergison
Zainab Masood	Nina Wadia
Roxy Mitchell	Rita Simons
Ronnie Mitchell	Samantha Womack
Tamwar Masood	Himesh Patel
Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra
Jack Branning	Scott Maslen
Christian Clarke	John Partridge
Whitney Dean	Shona McGarty
Tiffany Dean	Maisie Smith
Jordan Johnson	Michael-Joel David Stuart
Syed Masood	Marc Elliott
Ryan Malloy	Neil McDermott
Kim Fox	Tameka Empson
Fatboy	Ricky Norwood
Glenda Mitchell	Glynis Barber
Connor Stanley	Arinze Kene
Mercy Olubunmi	Bunmi Mojekwu
Grace Olubunmi	Ellen Thomas
Vanessa Gold	Zöe Lucker
Jodie Gold	Kylie Babbington
Harry Gold	Linal Haft
Greg Jessop	Stefan Booth
Michael Moon	Steve John Shepherd
Julie Perkins	Cathy Murphy

Recurring characters

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)
Sal Martin	Anna Karen
Bobby Beale	Alex Francis	Kevin Curran
Reverend Stevens	Michael Keating
Ritchie Scott	Sian Webber
Janet Mitchell	Grace
Kenny Morris	Ryan Philpott
William Mitchell	Toby Warpole
Oscar Branning	Charlee and Neo Hall	Gabriel Miller-Williams
Mr Lister	Nick Wilton
Morgan Jackson-King	Devon Higgs
Amy Mitchell	Natalia Lipka-Kozanka, Kamil Lipka-Kozanka
Maria de Costa	Judy Browne
Bushra Abbasi	Pooja Ghai
George Trott	Unknown
Afia Khan	Meryl Fernandes
Kamil Masood	Unknown
Yusef Khan	Ace Bhatti
Edward Bishop	Frank Barrie
Tommy Moon	Unknown

Named extras

Character	Actor
Tracey	Jane Slaughter
Winston	Ulric Browne
Harry	Harry Holland
Ina Foot	Ina Clare
Marie Evans	Elizabeth Sweet
Gaynor Lucas	Kathleen Fraser
Waseem	Richard Charles

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Note	Ref(s)
Jean Slater	Gillian Wright	Temporary departure
Charlie Slater	Derek Martin
Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer	Temporary departure
Ronnie Mitchell	Samantha Womack

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)	Ref(s)
Zulekha Abbasi	Lisa Shah
Sonia Fowler	Natalie Cassidy
Lucy Beale	TBA	Eva Brittin-Snell, Casey Anne Rothery, Melissa Suffield

Future characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Martine	Tamara Wall
Shenice	Lily Harvey

(source:wikipedia)