List of former EastEnders characters#Last appeared in 2001

This is a list of former characters from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, ordered by the year in which they made their final appearance.

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• 1980s: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
• 1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
• 2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
• 2010s: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
• 2020s: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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1980s

=Last appeared in 1985=

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class="wikitable"
Reg Cox	Johnnie Clayton	1985
Hassan Osman	Michael Evangelou	1985
Ernie Mears	Ken Wynne	1985
Sheena Mennell	Dulice Liecier	1985
Saeed Jeffery	Andrew Johnson	1985

=Last appeared in 1986=

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class="wikitable"
Ruth Lyons	Judy Liebert	1985–1986
John Fisher	David Dale	1986
Tessa Parker	Josephine Melville	1986
Roy Quick	Douglas Fielding	1985–1986
Andy O'Brien	Ross Davidson	1985–1986
Harry Reynolds	Gareth Potter	1986
Cassie Carpenter	Delanie Forbes	1985–1986

=Last appeared in 1987=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Eddie Hunter	Simon Henderson	1986–1987
Hannah Carpenter	Sally Sagoe	1985–1987
Oxley	Colum Gallivan	1987
Terry Rich	Gary Whelan	1985, 1987
Debbie Wilkins	Shirley Cheriton	1985–1987
Tony Carpenter	Oscar James	1985–1987
Auntie Irene	Katherine Parr	1986–1987
Kelvin Carpenter	Paul J. Medford	1985–1987
Tina Hopkins	Eleanor Rhodes	1987
Derek Taylor	Ken Sharrok	1987
Martin Hunter	Peter Purves	1987
Farrukh	Sumar Khan	1987
Naima Jeffery	Shreela Ghosh	1985–1987
Jaggat Singh	Amerjit Deu	1986–1987

=Last appeared in 1988=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Gerry Fairweather	Jason Watkins	1987–1988
Rezaul Gabir	Tanveer Ghani	1986–1988
Graham Clark	Gary Webster	1987–1988
Kenny Beale	Michael Attwell	1988
Emine Osman	Pelim Ahmet	1987–1988
Murat Osman	Eddie Izzet	1987–1988
Rayif Osman	Billy Hassan	1987–1988
Magda Czajkowski	Kathryn Apanowicz	1987–1988
Elizabeth Beale	Lucy Bayler	1988
Tom Clements	Donald Tandy	1986–1988
Edie Smith	Eileen O'Brien	1987–1988
Darren Roberts	Gary McDonald	1987–1988
Lou Beale	Anna Wing	1985–1988
"Uncle"	Leonard Maguire	1986–1988
Chris Smith	Allan O'Keefe	1985–1988
Reg Sparrow	Richard Ireson	1987–1988

=Last appeared in 1989=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Joanne Francis	Pamela Salem	1988–1989
Gillie Hampton	Clare James	1988–1989
Victor Hampton	Michael Brogan	1988–1989
Benny Bloom	Arnold Yarrow	1988–1989
Trevor Kellow	Peter Doran	1988–1989
Queenie Price	John Labanowski	1988–1989
Gregory Mantel	Pavel Douglas	1988–1989
Brad Williams	Jonathan Stratt	1986–1989
Guido Smith	Nicholas Donovan	1988–1989
Maxine Roberts	Ella Wilder	1989
Guizin Osman	Ishia Bennison	1985–1989
Mehmet Osman	Haluk Bilginer	1985–1989
DI Bob Ashley	Robin Lermitte	1988–1989
Donna Ludlow	Matilda Ziegler	1987–1989
WPC Alison Howard	Elaine Donnelly	1985–1987, 1989
Brian Wicks	Leslie Schofield	1988–1989
Sue Osman	Sandy Ratcliff	1985–1989
Matthew Jackson	Steven Hartley	1988–1989
Aisha Roberts	Aisha Jacob	1987–1989
Carmel Jackson	Judith Jacob	1986–1989
Little Ali Osman	Omer Mustafa Salih	1988–1989
David Samuels	Christopher Reich	1988–1989
Alan McIntyre	Pip Miller	1987–1989
Ali Osman	Nejdet Salih	1985–1989
Junior Roberts	Aaron Carrington	1987–1989
Melody	Lyanne Compton	1988–1989
Marie Davies	Vicky Murdock	1989
Reggie Thompson	John Rutland	1989

1990s

=Last appeared in 1990=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Marge Green	Pat Coombs	1989–1990
Danny Whiting	Saul Jephcott	1989–1990
Harry Osborne	John Boswall	1990
Rod Norman	Christopher McHallem	1987–1990
Trevor Short	Phil McDermott	1989–1990
Paul Priestly	Mark Thrippleton	1989–1990
Laurie Bates	Gary Powell	1989–1990
Julie Cooper	Louise Plowright	1989–1990
Vince Johnson	Hepburn Graham	1989–1990
Barnsey Barnes	John Hallam	1988–1990
Charlie Cotton	Christopher Hancock	1986–1990
Shireen Karim	Nisha Kapur	1988–1990
Sohail Karim	Ronnie Jhutti	1988–1990
rowspan="2" \|Ashraf Karim	Tony Wredden	rowspan="2" \| 1987–1990
Aftab Sachak
Sufia Karim	Rani Singh	1988–1990
April McIntosh	Helen Pearson	1990
Carol Hanley	Sheila White	1990
Mo Butcher	Edna Doré	1988–1990
Henry Chadwick	Thomas Baptiste	1990
Pearl Chadwick	Ellen Thomas	1990

=Last appeared in 1991=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Jasmine O'Brien	Uncredited	1990–1991
Ken Raynor	Ian Redford	1990–1991
Sandra Raynor	Rosalind Bailey	1991
Lorna	Cathy Murphy	1991
Jackie Stone	Richard Beale	1990–1991
Russell Nash	Ray Ashcroft	1991
Kevin Masters	Colin McCormack	1991
Dave Carter	David Cheeseman	1991
Irene Carter	Karen Murden	1991
George Lawler	Edmund Kente	1991
Eddie Royle	Michael Melia	1990–1991
Eibhlin O'Donnell	Mary Conlon	1991

=Last appeared in 1992=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Christine Pretis	Vivien Heilbron	1989–1992
Anne Howes	Cassie Stuart	1992
Terry Howes	Neal Swettenham	1992
Jonathan Hewitt	Jonny Lee Miller	1992
Gary Phillips	Scott Lane	1992
Willy	Willy	1985–1992
Lloyd Tavernier	Garey Bridges	1990–1992
Keith Steer	Tim Dantay	1992
Charlie Keating	Nicholas Tennant	1992
Gill Fowler	Susanna Dawson	1991–1992
Adrian Bell	Joseph Marcell	1992
Lilian Kominski	Anna Korwin	1992
Donald Cameron	Robert Wilson	1992

=Last appeared in 1993=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Joe Wallace	Jason Rush	1991, 1993
John Royle	Paddy Joyce	1990–1991, 1993
Snip Gibbons	Steve Sweeney	1993
Audrey Whittingham	Shirley Dixon	1993
Jack Woodman	James Gilbey	1992–1993
Rachel Kominski	Jacquetta May	1991–1993
Pete Beale	Peter Dean	1985–1993
Rose Chapman	Petra Markham	1993
Danny Taurus	Billy Boyle	1993
Celestine Tavernier	Leroy Golding	1990–1993
Clyde Tavernier	Steven Woodcock	1990–1993
Kofi Tavernier	Marcel Smith	1990–1993
Gidea Thompson	Sian Martin	1993
Christine Hewitt	Lizzie Power	1992–1993
Roly	Roly	1985–1993
Sylvia Weng-Chung	Rachel Hiew	1993
Aidan Brosnan	Sean Maguire	1993

=Last appeared in 1994=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Hattie Tavernier	Michelle Gayle	1990–1994
Etta Tavernier	Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence	1990–1992, 1994
Carmen	Amanda Holden	1994
Elizabeth Willmott-Brown	Helena Breck	1994
Dougie Briggs	Max Gold	1994
Richard Cole	Ian Reddington	1992–1994
Jackie Wallace	Ann Lynn	1991, 1994
Nadia Mitchell	Anna Barkan	1993–1994
Stanley Bridge	Godfrey Jackman	1994
Reg Simpson	Philip Manikum	1994
Shelley Lewis	Nicole Arumugam	1992–1994

=Last appeared in 1995=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Della Alexander	Michelle Joseph	1994–1995
Binnie Roberts	Sophie Langham	1994–1995
Stan Dougan	Jack Chissick	1994–1995
Debbie Bates	Nicola Duffett	1993–1995
Geoff Barnes	David Roper	1994–1995
Maxine Palmer	Dilys Laye	1994–1995
Liam Tyler	Francis Magee	1993–1995

=Last appeared in 1996=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Meena McKenzie	Sudha Bhuchar	1993–1994, 1996
Steve Elliot	Mark Monero	1991–1996
Lydia	Marlaine Gordon	1995–1996
Kevin	John Pickard	1993–1996
Guppy Sharma	Lyndam Gregory	1995–1996
Reenie Branning	Joy Graham	1996
Willy Roper	Michael Tudor Barnes	1995–1996
Arthur Fowler	Bill Treacher	1985–1996
April Branning	Debbie Arnold	1995–1996

=Last appeared in 1997=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Dan Zappieri	Carl Pizzie	1996–1997
Frankie Pierre	Syan Blake	1996–1997
Alistair Matthews	Neil Clark	1996–1997
Sue Taylor	Charlotte Bellamy	1996–1997
Felix Kawalski	Harry Landis	1995–1997
Ted Hills	Brian Croucher	1995–1997
Gerry McCrae	Simon O'Gorman	1997
Maggie Flaherty	Olivia Shanley	1997
Sean Flaherty	Pat Laffin	1997
Eamonn Flaherty	Maurice O'Donoghue	1997
Brenda Flaherty	Janet Behan	1997
Colette Flaherty	Shiona Redmond	1997
Eamonn Flaherty Jr.	Sean Walsh	1997
Vanessa Carlton	Adele Salem	1997
Lorraine Wicks	Jacqueline Leonard	1996–1997
Big Ron	Ron Tarr	1985–1997
Jacques Butcher	Jack Snell	1994, 1997
Jules Tavernier	Tommy Eytle	1990–1997

=Last appeared in 1998=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Johnny Price	Mark Kingston	1997–1998
Brian Meade	Patrick Cremin	1997–1998
Max Townsend	Alan Hunter	1997–1998
Hayley Edwards	Karin Diamond	1998
Rob Hedges	Lee Whitlock	1997–1998
Eliot Saunders	Lawrence Lambert	1998
John Valecue	Steve Weston	1996, 1998
Nick Holland	Dominic Taylor	1997–1998
Ros Thorne	CP Grogan	1997–1998
Josh Saunders	Jon Lee	1997–1998
Nicole Moore	Sara Stephens	1998
Jessie Moore	Chelsey Paden	1997–1998
Alfie Kane	Mark Pegg	1997–1998
Lola Christie	Diane Parish	1998
Neelam Kapoor	Jamila Massey	1997–1998
Chris Clarke	Matthew Jay Lewis	1997–1998
Polly Becker	Victoria Gould	1997–1998
Sharmilla Kapoor	Priya Bilkhu	1993–1998
Sanjay Kapoor	Deepak Verma	1993–1998
Gita Kapoor	Shobu Kapoor	1993–1998
Luisa di Marco	Stella Tanner	1998
George Palmer	Paul Moriarty	1996–1998
Bruno di Marco	Leon Lissek	1998

=Last appeared in 1999=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Tiffany Mitchell	Martine McCutcheon	1995–1999
Ruth Fowler	Caroline Paterson	1994–1999
Susan Rose	Tilly Vosburgh	1997–1999
Saskia Duncan	Deborah Sheridan-Taylor	1998–1999
Conor Flaherty	Seán Gleeson	1997–1999
Mary Flaherty	Melanie Clark Pullen	1997–1999
Carrie Swann	Holly Atkins	1998–1999
Simon Raymond	Andrew Lynford	1996–1999
Tony Hills	Mark Homer	1995–1999
Huw Edwards	Richard Elis	1996–1999
Louise Raymond	Carol Harrison	1998–1999
Annie Palmer	Nadia Sawalha	1997–1999
Lenny Wallace	Desune Coleman	1996–1999
Richard Crowe	Simon Thomson	1997, 1999
Bev Williams	Diane Langton	1989–1990, 1998–1999
Alex Healy	Richard Driscoll	1997–1999
Lilly Mattock	Barbara Keogh	1998–1999
Claudia Fielding	Romla Walker	1999
Charlie Mason	Campbell Morrison	1996, 1998–1999
Sarah Hills	Daniela Denby-Ashe	1995–1999
Enrico di Clemente	Francois Pandolfo	1999
Michael Rose	Russell Floyd	1996–1999
Troy Harvey	Jamie Jarvis	1999
Andrea Price	Cindy O'Callaghan	1994–1995, 1999
Susie Price	Viva Duce	1999

2000s

=Last appeared in 2000=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Josie McFarlane	Joan Hooley	1998–2000
Matthew Rose	Joe Absolom	1997–2000
Fred Fonseca	Jimi Mistry	1998–2000
Maureen Carter	Diana Coupland	2000
Jackie Owen	Race Davies	1999–2000
Nina Harris	Troy Titus-Adams	1999–2000
Fiona Morris	Ashley Jensen	2000
Sophie Braddock	Hayley Angel Wardle	2000
Rod Morris	Forbes Masson	2000
Rosa di Marco	Louise Jameson	1998–2000
Gianni di Marco	Marc Bannerman	1998–2000
Teresa di Marco	Leila Birch	1998–2000
Nicky di Marco	Carly Hillman	1998–2000
Irene Raymond	Roberta Taylor	1997–2000
Jeff Healy	Leslie Schofield	1997–2000
Ethel Skinner	Gretchen Franklin	1985–1997, 2000
Nellie Ellis	Elizabeth Kelly	1993–1998, 2000
Kevin	Daniel Mays	2000
Danny Harrison	Eddie Osei	2000
Ameena Badawi	Shobna Gulati	2000
John Charrington	Jeremy Gittins	2000

=Last appeared in 2001=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Eddie Skinner	Richard Vanstone	2000–2001
Kerry Skinner	Gemma McCluskie	2000–2001
Jack Robbins	Chook Sibtain	2000–2001
Sandra di Marco	Clare Wilkie	2000–2001
Ritchie Stringer	Gareth Hunt	2001
Diane Irving	Sheila Whitfield	2001
rowspan="2"\| Ashley Cotton \| Rossi Higgins	rowspan="2"\| 1993, 2000–2001
Frankie Fitzgerald
rowspan="2"\| Zoe Newton \| Elizabeth Chadwick	rowspan="2" \| 1993, 2000–2001
Tara Ellis
Ross Fletcher	Che Walker	2001
Gary Bolton	Bruce Byron	2001
Dan Sullivan	Craig Fairbrass	1999–2001
Margaret Walker	Susan George	2001
Audrey Trueman	Corinne Skinner-Carter	2000–2001
John Davis	Huw Higginson	2001
Roxy Drake	Tracy Brabin	2001

=Last appeared in 2002=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Jane Williams	Ann Mitchell	2001–2002
Mick McFarlane	Sylvester Williams	1996–2002
Kim McFarlane	Krystle Williams	1998–2002
Ernie Johnson	John Junkin	2001–2002
Steve Owen	Martin Kemp	1998–2002
Terry Raymond	Gavin Richards	1996–2002
Joe di Marco	Jake Kyprianou	1998–2002
Sue Miller	Victoria Willing	2001–2002
Neil Miller	Robin Sneller	2002
Nathan Williams	Doug Allen	2001–2002
rowspan="2"\| Clare Butcher \| Lucy Foxall	rowspan="2"\| 1989, 2002
Caroline O'Neill
Beppe di Marco	Michael Greco	1998–2002
Angel Hudson	Clifford Price	2001–2002
Precious Hudson	Judi Shekoni	2002
Jason James	Joseph Millson	2002
Rebecca Hibbert	Paulette Williams	2002
Milton Hibbert	Jeffrey Kissoon	2002
Trevor Morgan	Alex Ferns	2000–2002
Tom Banks	Colm O'Maonlai	2002
Dave Roberts	David Kennedy	2002
rowspan="2"\| Donna Andrews \| Alison Senior	rowspan="2" \| 2001–2002
Paula Jennings
rowspan="2"\| Sean Andrews \| Victor and Harry Hunter	rowspan="2"\| 2001–2002
Oliver Bradley
Chris Wright	Tom Roberts	2002
Jamie Mitchell	Jack Ryder	1998–2002

=Last appeared in 2003=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Dougie Slade	John Bowler	2002–2003
rowspan="2"\| Mark Fowler \| David Scarboro	rowspan="2"\| 1985–1987, 1990–2003
Todd Carty
Anish Mistry	Ali Zahoor	2002–2003
Doris Moisey	Marcia Ashton	2002–2003
Roy Evans	Tony Caunter	1994–2003
Eleanor Trueman	Charnae Leckie	2003
Carl Bromley	Joe Rice	2003
Jack Dalton	Hywel Bennett	2003
Pushpa Ferreira	Madhur Jaffrey	2003
Joanne Ryan	Tara Lynne O'Neill	2002–2003
Geoff Morton	Maurice Roëves	2003
Jan Hammond	Jane How	1986–1987, 2002–2003
Asif Malik	Ashvin Luximon	1999–2003
Tony Jamison	Ben Cartwright	2003
Gavin Sharp	Steve Nicolson	2003
Victor Duke	Ben Thomas	2003
Liza Moon	Joanne Adams	2003
Edwin Caldecott	Ron Moody	2003
Paula Campbell	Mia Soteriou	2003
Maxwell Moon	Andrew Paul	2003
Mary Harkinson	Mary Woodvine	2003
Alex Harkinson	Ben Nealon	2003
Danny Harkinson	Josh Alexander	2003
Dan Ferreira	Dalip Tahil	2003

=Last appeared in 2004=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Tony Macrae	Tam White	2003–2004
Barry Evans	Shaun Williamson	1994–2004
Dom Shaw	Lloyd McGuire	2004
Shirley Benson	Robyn Moore	2003–2004
JJ	Daniel Anthony	2004
Laura Beale	Hannah Waterman	2000–2004
Natalie Evans	Lucy Speed	1994–1995, 1999–2004
Jack Evans	Joseph and Samuel Timson	2002–2004
Wilfred Atkins	Dudley Sutton	2004
Kelly Taylor	Brooke Kinsella	2001–2004
Tom Stuart	Shaun Dooley	2001–2004
Sarah Cairns	Alison Pargeter	2004
Maude	Doreen Taylor	2004
Deirdre Foster	Patricia Brake	2004
Tommy Grant	Robert Cavanah	2004
Paul Trueman	Gary Beadle	2001–2004
David Collins	Dan Milne	2004

=Last appeared in 2005=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Dominic Price	Paul Brennen	2003–2005
Spencer Moon	Christopher Parker	2002–2005
Kate Mitchell	Jill Halfpenny	2002–2005
Den Watts	Leslie Grantham	1985–1989, 2003–2005
Andy Hunter	Michael Higgs	2003–2005
Sasha Perkins	Jemma Walker	2003–2005
Adi Ferreira	Ameet Chana	2003–2005
Ash Ferreira	Raji James	2003–2005
Ronny Ferreira	Ray Panthaki	2003–2005
Kareena Ferreira	Pooja Shah	2003–2005
Tariq Laroussi	Nabil Elouahabi	2003–2005
Johnathon Leroy	Ivan Kaye	2003–2005
Michael Rawlins	Melvyn Hayes	2005
Zoe Slater	Michelle Ryan	2000–2005
Ray Taylor	Dorian Lough	2004–2005
Leo Taylor	Philip Dowling	2004–2005
Trisha Taylor	Cathy Murphy	2005
Amanda Parry	Sarah Preston	2005
Tina Stewart	Charlotte Avery	2005
DI Riddick	Roger Griffiths	2004–2005
Sid	Trevor Peacock	2005
Frank Butcher	Mike Reid	1987–2000, 2002, 2005
Nana Moon	Hilda Braid	2002–2005
Dennis Rickman	Nigel Harman	2003–2005

=Last appeared in 2006=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Amy	Nina Fry	2005–2006
Nora Swann	Pamela Cundell	2005–2006
Megan Macer	Niky Wardley	2006
Nico Pappas	Gerard Monaco	2006
Mike Swann	Mark Wingett	2005–2006
Danny Moon	Jake Maskall	2004–2006
Margaret Wilson	Janet Amsden	2005–2006
Briony Campbell	Rae Hendrie	2006
Oliver Cousins	Tom Ellis	2006
Little Mo Mitchell	Kacey Ainsworth	2000–2006
Ray	David Kennedy	2006
Carla Mitchell	Christianne Oliveira	2006
Clint	Huggy Leaver	2004–2006
Aleesha Miller	Freya and Phoebe Coltman-West	2004–2006
Demi Miller	Shana Swash	2004–2006
Rosie Miller	Gerry Cowper	2004–2006
Elaine Jarvis	Siân Reeves	2006
Juley Smith	Joseph Kpobie	2002–2006
Steve Clarke	Tom Bennett	2006
Al	Andrew McKay	2006
David Walsh	Jeremy Child	2006
Cedric Lucas	Ram John Holder	2006
Sid Clarke	Simon Gleeson	2006
SJ Fletcher	Natasha Beaumont	2006
Joy Lucas	Doña Croll	2006
Johnny Allen	Billy Murray	2005–2006
Aubrey Valentine	Joseph Marcell	2006
Victor Brown	Jimmy Yuill	2006
Caroline Bishop	Una Stubbs	2006
Jack Edwards	Nicky Henson	2006
Evie Brown	Marji Campi	2006
Bryan Nolan	Mark Springer	2006
Pauline Fowler	Wendy Richard	1985–2006

=Last appeared in 2007=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Joe Macer	Ray Brooks	2005–2007
Lydia Asler	Amy Noble	2006–2007
Jez Franks	Tex Jacks	2006–2007
Anya Covalenco	Olga Fedori	2007
Naomi Julien	Petra Letang	2005–2007
Verity Wright	Amanda Ryan	2007
Warren Stamp	Will Mellor	2007
Tomas Covalenco	Dylan and Tyler Woolf	2007
Erek	Goran Kostić	2007
Rob Minter	Stuart Laing	2006–2007
Tony Andrews	Alan McKenna	2006–2007
Li Chong	Elaine Tan	2006–2007
Marco Bianco	Bart Ruspoli	2007
Stella Crawford	Sophie Thompson	2006–2007
Zachary Carson	Jonah Russell	2007
Len Harker	Christopher Ellison	2007
Ellen Dunn	Phillipa Peak	2007
Craig Dixon	Rory Jennings	2007
Brendan Hughes	Tim Hudson	2007
Damian	James Hillier	2007
Dee	Steve Chaplin	2007
Manju Patel	Leena Dhingra	2007

=Last appeared in 2008=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Kevin Wicks	Phil Daniels	2006–2008
Preeti Choraria	Babita Pohoomull	2006–2008
Ashley Jennings	Tony Boncza	2008
Tegs Teague	Ben Smith	2008
Selina Branning	Daisy Beaumont	2008
Roger Grant	Max Gold	2008
Edward Tunstall	Miles Anderson	2008
Norman	David Schaal	2007–2008
Harriet Burgess	Lucy Robinson	2008
Jalil Iqbal	Jan Uddin	2008
Melinda	Siobhan Hayes	2008
Opal Smith	Rustie Lee	2008
Alice Grayling	Susannah Wise	2008
Queenie Trott	Judy Cornwell	2007–2008
Hazel Hobbs	Kika Mirylees	2007–2008
Marni Merrick	Lisa Ellis	2008
Keisha	Suzie McGrath	2008
Gus Smith	Mohammed George	2002–2008
Jill Green	Elizabeth Rider	2004, 2007–2008
Piers	Simon Delaney	2008
Maggie Townsend	Angeline Ball	2008
May Wright	Amanda Drew	2006–2008
Bernadette Logan	Olivia Grant	2007–2008
Keith Miller	David Spinx	2004–2008
Ted	Richard Hope	2008
Corky	Uncredited	2005–2008
Clare Bates	Gemma Bissix	1993–1998, 2008
rowspan="3"\| Wellard \| Chancer	rowspan="3" \| 1994–2008
Zenna
Kyte
Olly Greenwood	Bart Edwards	2008
Jase Dyer	Stephen Lord	2007–2008
Lee Thompson	Carl Ferguson	2008
Amir Khan	Alton Letto	2008
Stuart Turner	Ray MacAllan	2008
Vinnie Monks	Bobby Davro	2007–2008
Ahmet	Tamer Hassan	2008
rowspan="2"\| Suzy Branning \| Julie Christian-Young	rowspan="2" \| 1996, 2008
Maggie O'Neill

=Last appeared in 2009=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Marissa Moore	Finn Atkins	2009
Roger Clarke	Geoffrey Hutchings	2009
Pearl Rogers	Su Elliot	2009
Callum Monks	Elliott Jordan	2008–2009
Paul	Jack Gordon	2008–2009
Danielle Jones	Lauren Crace	2008–2009
Kendra Hills-Smythe	Rebecca Egan	2008–2009
Tommy Clifford	Edward Woodward	2009
Poppy Merritt	Amy Darcy	2008–2009
Dermot	Scott Mean	2007, 2009
Bird Meadows	Brett Fancy	2007, 2009
Terry Bates	Nicholas Ball	2007–2009
Parveen Abbasi	Farzana Dua Elahe	2009
Theo Kelly	Rolan Bell	2009
Ellis Prince	Michael Obiora	2009
Jamie Stewart	Edward MacLiam	2007–2009
Debra Dean	Ruth Gemmell	2009
rowspan="2"\| Andonis Papadopolous \| Lee Warner	rowspan="2" \| 1992, 1994, 2009
Uncredited
Brenda Boyle	Carmel Cryan	2008–2009
Stephanie Reynolds	Claire Lubert	2009
Don	Geoff Leesley	2009
rowspan="4"\| Summer Swann \| Daisy Fitter	rowspan="4" \| 2007–2009
Abbie Hackworth
Harry Swash
Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty
Dawn Swann	Kara Tointon	2005–2009
Trina Johnson	Sharon Duncan-Brewster	2009
Orlenda	Mary Tamm	2009
PC Young	Lu Corfield	2009
DS Grimwood	Steve Hansell	2007–2009
James Mackie	Paul Keating	2009
Joel Reynolds	Cavan Clerkin	2009
Charity Kase	Morgan Crowley	2007, 2009
Owen Turner	Lee Ross	2006, 2009
Dexter Mulholland	Robbie Gee	2009
Noah Chambers	Micah Thomas	2009
Syd Chambers	Nina Toussaint-White	2009
Isaacs	Tony Pritchard	2009
Louise Hills	Adie Allen	2008–2009
Mrs Taylor	Jacqueline Defferary	2009
Vivien Easley QC	Geraldine Alexander	2009
Tony King	Chris Coghill	2008–2009
PC Adams	Andrew Watson	2008–2009
Myra Sim	Naomi Ryan	2007, 2009

2010s

=Last appeared in 2010=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Nichola Theobald	Bev	2010
Jamila Inzamam	Sara Aisha Kent	2008, 2010
Ali Inzamam	Omar Kent	2008, 2010
Inzamam Ahmed	Paul Bhattacharjee	2008, 2010
Al Jenkins	Adam Croasdell	2009–2010
Todd Taylor	Ashley Kumar	2009–2010
Manda Best	Josie Lawrence	2009–2010
Wayne Hughes	Jamie Treacher	2007–2010
Bradley Branning	Charlie Clements	2006–2010
rowspan="2" \| Rachel Branning \| Sukie Smith	rowspan="2" \| 2006–2010
Pooky Quesnel
Kylie	Elarica Gallacher	2010
Andy Henderson	Jem Wall	2007–2010
Tasha	Charlotte Beaumont	2010
Mr Steele	Simon Wilson	2010
Shona Blake	Catherine Bailey	2007–2010
Harvey Freeman	Martin Jarvis	2010
Jade	Niamh Webb	2010
Allen Conlon	Peter Vollebregt	2010
DI Kelly	Ian Burfield	2007–2008, 2010
Adam Best	David Proud	2009–2010
Olive Woodhouse	Sylvia Syms	2007, 2009–2010
Liz Turner	Kate Williams	2006, 2009–2010
Ken Tate	Peter Blake	2010
Mr Allcock	Bill Buckhurst	2010
Tamsin Reilly	Ruth Keeling	2010
Becca Swanson	Simone James	2009–2010
Nurse Denton	Elicia Daly	2010
Zsa Zsa Carter	Emer Kenny	2010
Leon Small	Sam Attwater	2010
Lewis Daley	Deka Walmsley	2010
rowspan="2"\| Billie Jackson \| Devon Anderson	rowspan="2" \| 1993–1997, 2004, 2010
Bluey Robinson
Mitch Gannon	Theo Barklem-Biggs	2010
Kai Jackson	Shay Spencer	2010
Blossom Jackson	Mona Hammond	1994–1997, 2010
Alan Jackson	Howard Antony	1993–1997, 2010
Ina Foot	Ina Clare	2010

=Last appeared in 2011=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Martina Quinn	Tamara Wall	2011
Connor Stanley	Arinze Kene	2010–2011
PC Lance	Giles New	2006, 2008–2011
Martin	Alasdair Harvey	2011
Nathan Clayton	Sam Melvin	2011
Marta Demboski	Magdalena Kurek	2011
Edward Bishop	Frank Barrie	2010–2011
Jim Branning	John Bardon	1996, 1999–2011
Ashley Chubb	Colin Mace	2011
rowspan="2"\| Lydia Simmonds \| Margaret Tyzack	rowspan="2" \| 2011
Heather Chasen
Shameem	Seeta Indrani	2011
Mercy Olubunmi	Bunmi Mojekwu	2010–2011
Julie Perkins	Cathy Murphy	2010–2011
Cheryl Matthews	Heather Craney	2011
Rob Grayson	Jody Latham	2011
Lee	Mitchell Hunt	2011
Harry Gold	Linal Haft	2010–2011
Darren Miller	Charlie G. Hawkins	2004–2011
Grace Olubunmi	Ellen Thomas	2010–2011
Faith Olubunmi	Modupe Adeyeye	2011
Duncan Willis	Steven France	2011
Vanessa Gold	Zöe Lucker	2010–2011
Craig Moon	Elliot Rosen	2011
Eddie Moon	David Essex	2011
Mark Garland	Chris Simmons	2011
Greg Jessop	Stefan Booth	2010–2011
Jodie Gold	Kylie Babbington	2010–2011
Sam	Babatunde Aleshe	2011
Yusef Khan	Ace Bhatti	2010–2011
Tariq	Antony Bunsee	2011

=Last appeared in 2012=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) !scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
Norman Simmonds	George Layton	2011–2012
Qadim Shah	Ramon Tikaram	2009–2012
Simon Wicks	Nick Berry	1985–1990, 2012
Gethin Williams	Bradley Freegard	2012
Sophie	Jane Cameron	2011–2012
Maria de Costa	Judy Browne	2008–2010, 2012
rowspan="2"\| Lorraine Stevens \| Linda Henry	rowspan="2" \| 1991–1992, 2012
Victoria Alcock
Mandy Salter	Nicola Stapleton	1992–1994, 2011–2012
Zulekha Abbasi	Lisa Shah	2009–2012
Afia Masood	Meryl Fernandes	2009–2012
Diane Butcher	Sophie Lawrence	1988–1991, 1993–1994, 1997, 2008, 2012
Rob	Thomas Snowdon	2012
Hannah	Leila Crerar	2012
Rose Cotton	Polly Perkins	2011–2012
Shenice Quinn	Lily Harvey	2011–2012
Helen/Hayley Roberts	Martine Brown	2011–2012
John Hewland	Jesse Birdsall	2012
Sasha Dixon	Rebecca Sanneh	2012
DS Luke Crisp	Rufus Wright	2012
Nico Papadopoulos	Aykut Hilmi	2012
Andrew Cotton	Ricky Grover	2011–2012
Anthony Moon	Matt Lapinskas	2011–2012
Pete	Jason Riddington	2012
Jimmy	Ryan	2012
Carly Wicks	Kellie Shirley	2006–2008, 2012
Lisa	Marianne Benedict	2012
Chantelle	Kelsey Hardwick	2012
Amira Masood	Preeya Kalidas	2009–2012
Jackie Bosch	Frances Lima	2012
Syed Masood	Marc Elliott	2009–2012
Tansy Meadow	Daisy Wood-Davis	2012
rowspan="2"\|Derek Branning	Jamie Foreman	rowspan="2"\|1996, 2011–2012
Terence Beesley

=Last appeared in 2013=

scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
class="wikitable"
Zainab Masood	Nina Wadia	2007–2013
PC Ali Psyk	Yvonne Dodoo	2011–2013
Nurse Green	Tala Gouveia	2011–2013
Ayesha Rana	Shivani Ghai	2012–2013
Alexa Smith	Saffron Coomber	2012–2013
Tayo	Youssef Berouain	2013
Ali	Leanne Dunstan	2013
Renzo	Chase Willoughby	2013
Little Chris	Rizwan Shebani	2013
Steve Lowe	Michael Simkins	2013
Kane	Harry Rafferty	2013
Josef	Aleksandar Mikic	2013
Ray Dixon	Chucky Venn	2012–2013
Sergeant Lewis	Andy Greenhalgh	2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013
Norman Pike	Timothy Bentinck	2013
Albert	Huw Parmenter	2013
Betty Spragg	Tessa Wyatt	2013
Tyler Moon	Tony Discipline	2011–2013
Kitty	Chloe May-Cuthill	2013
Tara	Liz May Brice	2013
Naomi	Lisa Maxwell	2013
Michael Moon	Steve John Shepherd	2010–2013
Laura Seddon	Nathalie Buscombe	2013
Sam James	Cornell John	2013
Ava Hartman	Clare Perkins	2012–2013
Alice Branning	Jasmyn Banks	2012–2013
Joey Branning	David Witts	2012–2013

=Last appeared in 2014=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
Carl White	Daniel Coonan	2013–2014
Kirsty Branning	Kierston Wareing	2012–2014
AJ Ahmed	Phaldut Sharma	2012–2014
Gaynor Lucas	Kathleen Frazer	2007–2014
Bella Stone	Isobelle Molloy	2013–2014
Sadie Young	Kate Magowan	2013–2014
Wayne Ladlow	Malachi Kirby	2014
Poppy Meadow	Rachel Bright	2011–2014
Danny Pennant	Gary Lucy	2012–2014
Luke Riley	Matt Willis	2014
Nora White	Lynn Farleigh	2013–2014
Adam White	Ben Wigzell	2012–2014
Gina Williams	Nicola Cowper	1998–1999, 2007, 2014
Yasmin Masood	Uncredited	2011–2012, 2014
DS Holt	Shaun Prendergast	2014
Nikki Spraggan	Rachel Wilde	2013–2014
rowspan="2" \| George Trott	Joshua Jacobs	rowspan="2" \|2009–2012, 2014
Harrison Stagg
Gianluca Cavallo	Gabriele Lombardo	2014
Anthony Trueman	Nicholas Bailey	2000–2005, 2014
Chris Skinner	Mark Letheren	2014
Rosie Spraggan	Jerzey Swingler	2013–2014
Tosh Mackintosh	Rebecca Scroggs	2014

=Last appeared in 2015=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
Nurse Beth	Johanne Murdock	2014–2015
Emma Summerhayes	Anna Acton	2014–2015
Dexter Hartman	Khali Best	2013–2015
Adrian Bain	Joe Tucker	2011–2015
Anthony Heathcote	Jack Pierce	2010, 2012, 2015
Nick Cotton	John Altman	1985–1991, 1993, 1998, 2000–2001, 2008–2009, 2014–2015
Jake Stone	Jamie Lomas	2013–2015
Tramp (dog)	Duffie	2013–2015
Nurse Annabel	Lisa Greenwood	2012–2013, 2015
rowspan="2" \| Kristopher Hanley	Uncredited	rowspan="2" \| 1990, 2015
Jonathan Broadbent
Cyril Bishop	Andrew Sachs	2015
Stan Carter	Timothy West	2014–2015
rowspan="2"\|Ineta Shirovs	Octavia Alexandru	rowspan="2"\|2014–2015
Gledisa Osmani
Marta Shirovs	Noeleen Comiskey	2014–2015
Aleks Shirovs	Kristian Kiehling	2014–2015
Sandra Dinsdale	Donna Combe	2014–2015
Margaret Badini	Kim Vithana	2015
Karin Smart	Denise van Outen	2015
Yvonne Cotton	Pauline McLynn	2014–2015
St. John Redmond	William Gaunt	2015
Adrian Quinlan	Ben Turner	2015
Helen Stritch	Jaye Griffiths	2015
Fat Elvis	Shenton Dixon	2015
Asim Hussain	Nitin Kundra	2015
Beth Williams	Uncredited	2014–2015
Terry Spraggan	Terry Alderton	2013–2015
Jonathan Malnet	James Barriscale	2015
Bushra Abbasi	Pooja Ghai	2009–2011, 2014–2015
Frank Cavendish	Simon Hepworth	2014–2015
Arsim Kelmendi	Tomasz Aleksander	2014–2015
Alan Daniels	Garry Roost	2008, 2015
rowspan="4" \| Cindy Williams	Ella Wortley	rowspan="4" \| 1998–1999, 2007, 2013–2015
Cydney Parker
Eva Sayer
Mimi Keene
Adam Wallace	Jamie Maclachlan	2015
Hazel Warren	Clare Higgins	2015
Marcus Christie	Stephen Churchett	1990–1991, 1993, 1996–2004, 2014–2015
Wellard II (dog)	Panther	2015
Carol Jackson	Lindsey Coulson	1993–1997, 1999, 2010–2015
Jason Adams	Scott Neal	2015
Rosemary Kerr	Jessica Guise	2015
Jill Marsden	Sophie Stanton	2001–2003, 2009–2010, 2012, 2015
Fatima Inzamam	Anu Hasan	2010, 2015
Imam Ali	Emilio Doorgasingh	2009–2011, 2015
Craig Pike	Charles De'Ath	2015

=Last appeared in 2016=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \|Duration
Sister Judith	Sandy McDade	2015–2016
Sister Ruth	June Whitfield	2015–2016
Ricksy Hicks	Joel Phillimore	2016
rowspan="2" \| Shabnam Masood	Zahra Ahmadi	rowspan="2" \| 2007–2008, 2014–2016
Rakhee Thakrar
Scott Beckley	Richard Hurst	2013–2016
Delia Forde	Carolyn Pickles	2016
Eve Igwe	Emmanuella Cole	2016
rowspan="2" \| Jordan Johnson	Michael-Joel David Stuart	rowspan="2" \| 2008–2010, 2016
Joivan Wade
JJ Johnson	Zayden Kareem	2016
Anya Barowski	Jade Williams	2016
Lorna Cartwright	Janet Dibley	1997–1998, 2016
Tamwar Masood	Himesh Patel	2007–2016
Vanessa Jenkins	Caroline Faber	2015–2016
Thelma Bragg	Lorraine Stanley	2016
Sophie Dodd	Poppy Rush	2016
Alison Slater	Denise Welch	2016
rowspan="2" \| Hannah Reynolds	Eloise Barnes	rowspan="2" \| 2009, 2016
Mia Jenkins
Tim Reynolds	Charlie Baker	2016
Linford Short	Leon Lopez	2016
Pat Butcher	Pam St Clement	1986–2012, 2016
Christian Clarke	John Partridge	2008–2012, 2014–2016
Linda Clarke	Lynda Baron	2006, 2008–2009, 2016
Neville Peacock	Gary Webster	2016
Cameron Bryant	Glen Wallace	2014–2016
Sandra Vole	Badria Timimi	2016
Rowan Kennedy	Natasha Williams	2004, 2008–2011, 2016
Margaret Midhurst	Jan Harvey	2015–2016
Gavin Sullivan	Paul Nicholas	2015–2016
Jenny Rawlinson	Amy Marston	2016
Andy Jones	Aneirin Hughes	2009, 2016
Andy Flynn	Jack Derges	2016
Paul Coker	Jonny Labey	2015–2016
Mark Fowler	Ned Porteous	2016
rowspan="3" \| Courtney Mitchell	Carissa and Josephine O'Meara	rowspan="3" \| 1997–1999, 2006, 2016
Megan Jossa
Alice Nokes
Michael	Michael Leader	1985–2016
Andrew "Buster" Briggs	Karl Howman	2014–2016
Anthony Abego	Jeffery Kissoon	2015–2016
Tom Eden	Tom Holloway	2016
Neil Crossley	Chris Waller	2016
Frankie Byrne	Leon Tennant	2016
Angie Rice	Martina Laird	2016
Les Coker	Roger Sloman	2012, 2014–2016
Claudette Hubbard	Ellen Thomas	2015–2016
Suzanne Parker	Beatrice Curnew	2012, 2014, 2016
Morgan Butcher	Devon Higgs	2008–2014, 2016
Mike Rendon	Bailey Patrick	2016
Kamil Masood	Arian Chikhlia	2010–2013, 2015–2016
Kyle Slater	Riley Carter Millington	2015–2016
Geraldine Clough	Gwyneth Strong	2016
Simon Ackroyd	Alex Avery	2008–2009, 2014, 2016
Derek Evans	Simon Lowe	2007–2010, 2015–2016
Heather Trott	Cheryl Fergison	2007–2012, 2016
Dermot Haynes	Geoffrey Newland	2016
Haroon Zaman	Silas Carson	2016
Karen Beckworth	Sally Rogers	2016

=Last appeared in 2017=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
Oz Bolat	Noah Maxwell-Clarke	2016–2017
Aunt Sal	Anna Karen	1996–1997, 2001–2004, 2007–2011, 2013–2017
Danny Mitchell	Liam Bergin	2010, 2016–2017
Colin McWerther	Robert Hands	2015, 2017
Tom Pepper	Tristam Summers	2014–2017
Libby Fox	Belinda Owusu	2006–2010, 2014–2017
Emerald Fox	Doña Croll	2017
Babe Smith	Annette Badland	2014–2017
Trish Barnes	Tessa Churchard	2012–2013, 2017
Harry Beckett	Mark Bagnall	2016–2017
Linzi Bragg	Amy-Leigh Hickman	2016–2017
Tommy	Jordan Coulson	2017
Debbie Frith	Hestor Ruoff	2015–2017
Sylvie Carter	Linda Marlowe	2014–2017
Preston Cooper	Martin Anzor	2017
Konrad Topolski	Piotr Baumann	2017
Jimmie Broome	Samuel James	2011–2012, 2017
Sally Booth	Sanchia McCormack	2013, 2016–2017
rowspan="3" \| Oscar Branning	Gabriel Miller-Williams	rowspan="3" \| 2007–2015, 2017
Neo Hall
Charlee Hall
Corrine Mandel	Laura Rogers	2017
Natasha Black	Rachel Bavidge	2015–2017
Madison Drake	Seraphina Beh	2017
Alexandra D'Costa	Sydney Craven	2017
Derek Harkinson	Ian Lavender	2001–2005, 2016–2017
Jaz Jones	Charlie De Melo	2017
Julian Walsh	Luke Williams	2015–2017
Jørgen Christensen	Christopher Dane	2016–2017
Bert Atkinson	Dave Hill	2006–2007, 2017
Teresa Ndiaye	Amelia Donkor	2012, 2015, 2017
Nina Barrett	Sarah Hoare	2015, 2017
rowspan="4" \| Steven Beale	Edward Farrell	rowspan="4" \| 1989–1990, 1992–2002, 2007–2008, 2016–2017
Stuart Stevens
Edward Savage
Aaron Sidwell
Alex Burham	Joanna Bending	2013, 2015, 2017
Jim Glover	Justin Pierre	2015, 2017
Dr Webster	Andrew Lewis	2017
The Reverend George Stevens	Michael Keating	2005–2013, 2015–2017
Fiona Payne	Sandra James-Young	2014–2015, 2017
Travis Law-Hughes	Alex James-Phelps	2017
Tom Bailey	Daniel Casey	2017
Gethin Pryce	Cerith Flinn	2017
Moose	Sam Gittins	2016–2017
rowspan="3"\| Luke Browning	Henry Povey	rowspan="3"\| 1987, 1992, 2017
Uncredited
Adam Astill
Matthew Mitchell Cotton	Uncredited	2015–2017
Charlie Cotton	Declan Bennett	2014–2015, 2017
Felix Moore	George Maguire	2017
PC Evans	Adam McNamara	2011–2015, 2017
Benjamin Kresge	Matthew Ashforde	2014–2015, 2017
Hugo Browning	Simon Williams	2017
rowspan="2"\| Fi Browning	Lisa Faulkner	rowspan="2"\| 1987, 1992, 2017
Natasha Knight
James Willmott-Brown	William Boyde	1986–1989, 1992, 2017

=Last appeared in 2018=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" \| Duration
TJ Spraggan	George Sargeant	2013–2014, 2018
Dr Harding	Nick Waring	2017–2018
Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald	2006–2018
Ciara Maguire	Denise McCormack	2018
Dan	Ifan Meredith	2018
Tanya Branning	Jo Joyner	2006–2013, 2015, 2017–2018
Josh Hemmings	Eddie Eyre	2017–2018
Magic Marv	Steve Steen	2018
Georgi	Holly Donovan	2018
Savannah Sweeting	Georgina Redhead	2018
Cal	Jesse Rutherford	2018
Robert	Orli Shuka	2018
Aidan Maguire	Patrick Bergin	2017–2018
Mrs Robyn Lund	Polly Highton	2017–2018
Joyce Murray	Maggie Steed	2017–2018
Judith Thompson	Emma Fielding	2018
DI Stephan Franklin	Tim Dantay	2015, 2018
rowspan="2"\|Michelle Fowler	Susan Tully	rowspan="2"\| 1985–1995, 2016–2018
Jenna Russell
Vincent Hubbard	Richard Blackwood	2015–2018
Viktoria	Cathy Walker	2018
Bijan	Jonas Khan	2018
Henry	Andrew Alexander	2018
Ingrid Solberg	Pernille Broch	2017–2018
Brianna	Rina Diamond	2018
Jennifer Adney	Joanna Miller	2017–2018
Shakil Kazemi	Shaheen Jafargholi	2016–2018
Zayan Scott	Alex Blake	2017–2018
PC Gregg Preston	Matt Slack	2014, 2017–2018
Agnes Novak	Margaréta Szabó	2016–2018
DCI Alsworth	Nik Drake	2017–2018
Woody Woodward	\|Lee Ryan	2017–2018
Amal Hussain	Natasha Jayetileke	2018
Ollie Walters	Tony O'Callaghan	2013–2016, 2018
Joan Murfield	Eileen Davies	2017–2018
Darius Kazemi	Ash Rizi	2018
Umar Kazemi	Selva Rasalingam	2018
Donna Yates	Lisa Hammond	2014–2018
Marky	Niall O'Mara	2018
Jessica Jones	Tara Lee	2018
Dan	Emeson Nwolie	2018
Bob Matthews	James Bowers	2018
Zara Highway	Faye Daveney	2018
Fraser Philips	Joseph Alessi	2018
Harley	Uncredited	2018
Chloe	Lauren Fitzpatrick	2018
Ellie Kent	Polly Maberly	2017–2018
Carmel Kazemi	Bonnie Langford	2015–2018
Cora Cross	Ann Mitchell	2011–2015, 2017–2018
Hilary Taylor	Sadie Shimmin	2015–2016, 2018
Jagger Rawley	Aaron Thomas Ward	2018
Glenn Neyland	Todd Von Joel	2018
Morag Morgan	Julia Hills	2018
rowspan="2"\| Lynne Hobbs	Elaine Lordan	rowspan="2"\| 2000–2004, 2018
Isabelle Jones
rowspan="3"\| Charlie Slater	Jason McGregor	rowspan="3"\| 2000–2011, 2013, 2016, 2018
Derek Martin
Richie Daysh
rowspan="3" \| Belinda Peacock	Leanne Lakey	rowspan="3" \| 2001–2003, 2016, 2018
Carli Norris
Uncredited
rowspan="3" \| Viv Slater	Debi Gibson	rowspan="3" \| 2001, 2018
Natasya Rush
Laura Curnick
rowspan="2"\| Harry Slater	Michael Elphick	rowspan="2"\| 2001, 2018
Dale Hayes
Kandice Taylor	Hannah Spearritt	2017–2018

=Last appeared in 2019=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" Width="230" \| Duration
Ray Kelly	Sean Mahon	2018–2019
Bev Slater	Ashley McGuire	2018–2019
Nicola Kelly	Alexandra Gilbreath	2018–2019
Maddie Wright	Robyn Page	2018–2019
Hayley Slater	Katie Jarvis	2018–2019
Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton	1985–1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2018–2019
Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra	2007–2019
rowspan="4"\| Annie Smith	Zara Posener	rowspan="4"\| 1985–1988, 2019
Jenna Alembick
Samantha Crown
Marilyn O'Brien
Evie Steele	Sophia Capasso	2018–2019
Matt Clarkson	Mitchell Hunt	2018–2019
Ross Swinden	Ossian Luke	2018–2019
Judge Davies	Robert Benfield	2019
Sarah Jones	Clara Indrani	2019
Gareth Woodington	Timothy Bentinck	2019
Laura	Elinor Lawless	2019
Claire Amartey	Eva Fontaine	2019
Stix Redman	Kasey McKellar	2018–2019
Midge	Tom Colley	2019
Dinah Wilson	Anjela Lauren Smith	2019
Brooke	Ria Lopez	2019
Sami Jackson	Shiven Shankar	2015, 2019
Nita Mistry	Bindya Solanki	2001–2003, 2019
DCI Morgan	Hannah Daniel	2019
Shyanna	Anita Harris	2019
Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney	1993–2004, 2010, 2015, 2017–2019
Wanda Baptiste	Anni Domingo	2019
Ted Murray	Christopher Timothy	2017–2019
Jonno Highway	Richard Graham	2019
Freda	Leila Hoffman	2017, 2019
Viv Bates	Dido Miles	2009, 2019
Fred Cole	Victor Gardener	2016–2017, 2019
Daisy	Amelie Smith	2018–2019
Ashley	Ashley Cook	2018–2019
Arshad Ahmed	Madhav Sharma	2018–2019
Mariam Ahmed	Indira Joshi	2018–2019
Hunter Owen	Charlie Winter	2018–2019
Mel Owen	Tamzin Outhwaite	1998–2002, 2018–2019
Adam Bateman	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	2018–2019
Charlie "Tubbs" Savage	Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong	2019

2020s

=Last appeared in 2020=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" Width="230" \| Duration
Dot Cotton	June Brown	1985–1993, 1997–2020
rowspan="4" \| Louise Mitchell	Rachel Cox	rowspan="4" \| 2001–2003, 2008, 2010, 2016–2020
Danni Bennatar
Brittany Papple
Tilly Keeper
Caroline Gardner	Laura Stevely	2019–2020
rowspan="5" \| Lucy Beale	Eva Brittin-Snell	rowspan="5" \| 1993–2010, 2012–2015, 2019–2020
Casey Anne Rothery
Melissa Suffield
Hetti Bywater
Uncredited
Paul Campbell	Jack Gogarty	2018–2020
Matthew Cox	Charlie Carter	2020
rowspan="2"\| Dennis Rickman Jnr	Harry Hickles	rowspan="2"\| 2012–2020
Bleu Landau
Daniel Cook	Ade Edmondson	2019–2020
Loretta Perkins	Sarah Finigan	2020
Leo King	Tom Wells	2019–2020
Michaela Turnbull	Fiona Allen	2019–2020
Cherry Slater	Uncredited	2018–2020
Dr Laghari	Ezra Faroque Khan	2020
Chantelle Atkins	Jessica Plummer	2019–2020
Danny Hardcastle	Paul Usher	2019–2020
Jags Panesar	Amar Adatia	2019–2020
Habiba Ahmed	Rukku Nahar	2019–2020
Ellie Nixon	Mica Paris	2020

=Last appeared in 2021=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="220" \| Character ! scope="col" width="220" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" Width="250" \| Duration
DI Steve Thompson	Philip Wright	2019–2021
Abi Branning	Uncredited	2017–2021
Max Branning	Jake Wood	2006–2021
rowspan="2"\|Bronson (dog)	Cyrus	rowspan="2"\|2017–2021
Uncredited
Caleb Malone	Ben Freeman	2021
Kush Kazemi	Davood Ghadami	2014–2021
Estelle Jones	Sue Holderness	2021
Apostolos Papadopolous \| Tarrick Benham \| 2018, 2021
Katy Lewis	Simone Lahbib	2020–2021
Nyangi Marwa	Lucy Vandi	2021
Jeanette	Dani Dyer	2021
Simon Atmore	Tom Palmer	2016, 2021
Tina Carter	Luisa Bradshaw-White	2013–2021
Jen Glover	Kate Robbins	2021
Sheree Trueman	Suzette Llewellyn	2019–2021
rowspan="6" \| Liam Butcher	Sonny Bottomley	rowspan="6" \| 1998–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2015, 2021
Jack and Tom Godolphin
Gavin and Mitchell Vaughan
Nathaniel Gleed
James Forde
Alfie Deegan
rowspan="2" \| Sandy Gibson	Caroline Pegg	rowspan="2" \| 2010, 2021
Martha Cope

=Last appeared in 2022=

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="230" \| Character ! scope="col" width="230" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" Width="230" \| Duration
Iqra Ahmed	Priya Davdra	2019–2022
Pam Coker	Lin Blakley	2014–2019, 2022
{{sortname\|Mila\|Marwa}}	Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa	2020–2022
{{sortname\|Kioni\|Marwa}}	Florisa Kamara	2021–2022
Nurse Lennon	Dystin Johnson	2003–2004, 2006, 2018–2019, 2022
Gray Atkins	Toby-Alexander Smith	2019–2022
Tiffany Butcher	Maisie Smith	2008–2014, 2016, 2018–2022
Keegan Baker	Zack Morris	2017–2022
Isaac Baptiste	Stevie Basaula	2020–2022
Sean Slater	Robert Kazinsky	2006–2009, 2019, 2021–2022
Aaron Monroe	Charlie Wernham	2021–2022
Avery Baker	Omar Lye-Fook	2022
Ranveer Gulati	Anil Goutam	2022
Lewis Butler	Aidan O'Callaghan	2022
Roland Highway	Uncredited	2022
Rainie Cross	Tanya Franks	2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2018–2022
Stuart Highway	Ricky Champ	2018–2022
{{sortname\|Dana\|Monroe}}	{{sortname\|Barbara\|Smith}}	2021–2022
rowspan="2" \| Archie Mitchell	Larry Lamb	rowspan="2" \| 2008–2010, 2022
Henry Garrett
rowspan="2" \| Ronnie Mitchell	Samantha Womack	rowspan="2" \| 2007–2011, 2013–2017, 2022
Lucia De Wan
rowspan="2" \| Glenda Mitchell	Glynis Barber	rowspan="2" \| 2010–2011, 2016–2017, 2022
Rose Reynolds
Frankie Lewis	Rose Ayling-Ellis	2020–2022
Nina Gupta	Hersha Verity	2022
Kheerat Panesar	Jaz Deol	2019–2022
Disa O'Brien	Jan Graveson	1990–1991, 2022
Mary Smith	Linda Davidson	1985–1988, 2019, 2022
Lofty Holloway	Tom Watt	1985–1988, 2019, 2022
Barry Clark	Gary Hailes	1986–1989, 2022
Colin Russell	Michael Cashman	1986–1989, 2016, 2022
rowspan="2" \| Dotty Cotton	Molly Conlin	rowspan="2" \| 2008–2010, 2019–2022
Milly Zero
{{sortname\|Alyssa	List of EastEnders characters (2021)#Alyssa}}	Uncredited	2021–2022
{{sortname\|Jada\|Lennox}}	{{sortname\|Kelsey\|Calladine-Smith\|nolink=1}}	2021–2022
Mick Carter	Danny Dyer	2013–2022
rowspan="3" \| Janine Butcher	Rebecca Michael	rowspan="3" \| 1989–1996, 1999–2004, 2008–2014, 2021–2022
Alexia Demetriou
Charlie Brooks
{{sortname\|Shirley\|Carter}}	{{sortname\|Linda\|Henry}}	2006–2022

=Last appeared in 2023=

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Samantha\|Keeble}}	{{sortname\|Alison\|Newman}}	{{dts\|2008}}, 2014–2016, 2022–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Patterson \|first1=Stephen \|title=Who plays DCI Keeble, what else has she been in and does she die in EastEnders? \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/05/eastenders-who-plays-dci-keeble-whats-she-been-in-and-does-she-die-18043847/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Metro \|date=5 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Brett\|Nelson\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Fabrizio\|Santino}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts former Hollyoaks star as mystery man from Zack's past \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-fabrizio-santino-cast-brett-newsupdate/ \|access-date=30 December 2022 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 December 2022}}
{{sortname\|Ricky\|Butcher}}	{{sortname\|Sid\|Owen}}	{{dts\|1988}}–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2012, 2022–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Ricky Butcher \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3FN0WVm1xWY5Fq42f0h4Y20/ricky-butcher \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders star Sid Owen to reprise role as Ricky Butcher \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40888236/eastenders-spoilers-sid-owen-ricky-butcher-return/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=13 August 2022}}
rowspan="2" \|{{sortname\|Scarlett\|Butcher}} \| {{sortname\|Amelie	nolink=1}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{dts\|2012}}–2013, 2021–2023 \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/\|title='EastEnders' baby Scarlett – video\|first=Sophie\|last=Dainty\|date=7 June 2013\|website=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Tabitha\|Byron\|nolink=1}}	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|last1=Seddon \|first1=Dan \|title=EastEnders casts Hetty Feather actress as Janine Butcher's daughter Scarlett \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37316295/eastenders-janine-butchers-daughter-hetty-feather-star/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=16 August 2021}}{{cite news \|last1=Dainty \|first1=Sophie \|title='EastEnders' producers release video of baby Scarlett \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK \|date=7 June 2013}}
{{sortname\|Jed	List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Jed}}	{{sortname\|Bradley\|Jaden\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts West End star as Sonia Fowler's new lodger Jed \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-jed-bradley-jaden-newsupdate/ \|access-date=31 January 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=24 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Ryan\|Malloy}}	{{sortname\|Neil\|McDermott}}	{{dts\|2009}}–2011, 2014, 2016, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Ryan Malloy \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1Q9wL08bV6QzdRTNTy461S0/ryan-malloy \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders brings back Ryan Malloy as Neil McDermott returns to the soap \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a42695144/eastenders-ryan-malloy-neil-mcdermott-return/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=28 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Ash\|Panesar}}	{{sortname\|Gurlaine Kaur\|Garcha}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders exit for Dr Ash Kaur as actress Gurlaine Kaur Garcha departs \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-exit-ash-kaur-gurlaine-garcha-newsupdate/ \|access-date=20 December 2022 \|work=Radio Times \|date=30 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Vi\|Highway}}	{{sortname\|Gwen\|Taylor}}	{{dts\|2021}}–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders airs another cast member exit in Thursday's episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43257355/eastenders-spoilers-gwen-taylor-violet-highway-exit/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=9 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Shiv	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Peter\|Caulfield\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts Doctor Who actor as sinister loan shark Shiv \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-peter-caulfield-cast-shiv-newsupdate/ \|access-date=12 April 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=14 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Troy	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Chris\|Evangelou}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Reaidi \|first1=Joseph \|title=Ex-boxer Chris Evangelou to fight Ben Mitchell in EastEnders \|url=https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/23415583.ex-boxer-chris-evangelou-fight-ben-mitchell-eastenders/ \|access-date=12 April 2023 \|work=Enfield Independent \|date=27 March 2023}}
rowspan="2" \| {{sortname\|Roxy\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Elodie\|de Rohan Willner\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \| {{dts\|2007}}–2017, 2019, 2022–2023	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Roxy Mitchell \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3mF9bSGTBlRHxxyyJly3Nh0/roxy-mitchell \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Harp \|first1=Justin \|title=EastEnders return for Roxy Mitchell confirmed — but there's a catch \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43712339/eastenders-spoilers-roxy-mitchell-return-confirmed/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=26 April 2023}}
{{sortname\|Rita\|Simons}}
{{sortname\|Duncan\|Boyd}}	{{sortname\|David\|Gillespie\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|1987}}–1989, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Morris \|first1=Grace \|title=Who is Duncan Boyd in EastEnders? Everything you need to know \|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/duncan-boyd-in-eastenders-who-is-he-and-what-is-his-relationship-with-sharon \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=What to Watch \|date=26 April 2023}}
Kenny Morris	Ryan Philpott	2007–2009, 2011, 2015, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite episode \|title= Episode dated 21/07/2015 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b063dwyl \|series= EastEnders \|series-link=EastEnders \|credits= Director: John Howlett; Executive Producer: Dominic Treadwell-Collins; Writer: Christopher Reason \|network=BBC \|station=BBC One \|airdate=21 July 2015}}
{{sortname\|DS\|Miles}}	{{sortname\|Samantha\|Seager}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Seddon \|first1=Dan \|title=EastEnders casts Coronation Street star for Suki Panesar storyline \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a44136935/eastenders-casts-corrie-samantha-seager/ \|access-date=16 June 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=9 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Finlay\|Baker}}	{{sortname\|Ashley\|Byam\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2023	align="center" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders star exits soap after just a year amid car crash story\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/28/eastenders-star-exits-soap-after-just-a-year-amid-car-crash-story-19022377/\|last=Patterson\|first=Stephen\|work=Metro\|date=28 June 2023\|access-date=28 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Jo\|Cotton}}	{{sortname\|Vicki\|Michelle}}	{{dts\|2023}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-jo-cotton-vicki-michelle-returns-newsupdate/\|title=EastEnders spoilers: Jo Cotton returns to taunt Rocky with secret\|last=Knight\|first=Lewis\|date=2 June 2023\|work=Radio Times\|publisher=Immediate Media Company Ltd.\|accessdate=2 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Peggy\|Taylor\|dab=EastEnders}}	Uncredited	{{dts\|2019}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Lisa\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Lucy\|Benjamin}}	{{dts\|1998}}–2003, 2010, 2017, 2019–2020, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=Lucy Benjamin is set for EastEnders return – and there's trouble in store for her character \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/lucy-benjamin-set-eastenders-return-30059711 \|work=Daily Mirror \|access-date=23 May 2023 \|date=23 May 2023}}
{{sortname\|Fatboy	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Ricky\|Norwood}}	{{dts\|2010}}–2015, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders airs twist unannounced return in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-twist-unannounced-fatboy-ricky-norwood-return-newsupdate/ \|access-date=26 December 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 August 2023}}
{{sortname\|Emma\|Harding}}	{{sortname\|Patsy\|Kensit}}	{{dts\|2023}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a44959719/eastenders-spoilers-emma-harding-return/\|title=EastEnders confirms Emma Harding return in new spoilers\|last=Dainty\|first=Sophie\|work=Digital Spy\|publisher=(Hearst Magazines UK)\|date=31 August 2023\|access-date=31 August 2023}}
{{sortname\|Graham\|Foster\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Alex\|McSweeney}}	{{dts\|2003}}–2005, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Fahey \|first1=Nicola \|title=Alex McSweeney returning to EastEnders as villain who raped Little Mo \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/alex-mcsweeney-returning-eastenders-villain-30529839 \|access-date=22 July 2023 \|work=Daily Mirror \|date=22 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|Chatham\|Taylor}}	{{sortname\|Alfie\|Jacob\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Morris \|first1=Grace \|title=Who are Riley and Chatham in EastEnders? Everything you need to know about what happened to the Taylor brothers \|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/who-are-riley-and-chatham-in-eastenders-everything-you-need-to-know-about-what-happened-to-the-taylor-brothers \|access-date=26 December 2023 \|work=What to Watch \|date=21 November 2023}}
{{sortname\|Riley\|Taylor}}	{{sortname\|Tom\|Jacob\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Theo\|Hawthorne}}	{{sortname\|William\|Ellis\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Sarrubba \|first1=Stefania \|title=EastEnders casts West End star for new Freddie Slater story \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-william-ellis-freddie-slater-teacher-newsupdate/ \|access-date=29 May 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Bailey\|Baker}}	{{sortname\|Kara-Leah\|Fernandes\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mia\|Atkins}}	{{sortname\|Mahalia\|Malcolm\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mackenzie\|Atkins}}	{{sortname\|Isaac\|Lemonius\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mitch\|Baker\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Roger\|Griffiths}}	{{dts\|2018}}–2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders airs multiple surprise exits in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-karen-taylor-mitch-baker-exits-iplayer-newsupdate \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=8 December 2023 \|date=8 December 2023}}

=Last appeared in 2024=

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Ashton	List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Ashton}}	{{sortname\|Jensen\|Clayden\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-eastenders-airs-heartbreaking-exit-31792321\|title=BBC EastEnders airs heartbreaking exit amid another upcoming exit\|website=Daily Mirror \|date=29 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Harold\|Martin\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|David\|Sterne}}	2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Harp \|first1=Justin \|title=EastEnders casts Bridgerton star to play off-screen character \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46318296/eastenders-spoilers-david-stern-harold-martin/ \|access-date=10 January 2024 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=8 January 2024}}
Lucas Johnson \|Don Gilet \|2008–2010, 2016, 2020–2021, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|last=Spackman \|first=Maisie \|date=2024-01-31 \|title=EastEnders brings back two huge characters – with another return from the dead \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/31/two-huge-characters-return-eastenders-including-someone-dead-20196927/ \|access-date=2024-01-31 \|website=Metro \|language=en}}
Keanu Taylor \|Danny Walters \|2017–2020, 2022–2024
rowspan="6"\| {{sortname\|Ben\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Max\|Bowden}}	rowspan="6"\| 1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–2024	rowspan="6" align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=BBC EastEnders fan-favourite axed after 4 years following 'showdown with bosses' \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-bbc-eastenders-fan-favourite-31775877.amp \|website=Daily Mirror \|date=30 December 2023 \|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Harry\|Reid\|Harry Reid (actor)}}
{{sortname\|Joshua\|Pascoe\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Charlie\|Jones\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Morgan\|Whittle\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Matthew\|Silver\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Gloria\|Knight}}	{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Counsell}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts British sitcom legends as George Knight's parents \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-chris-fairbanks-elizabeth-counsell-eddie-gloria-knight-newsupdate/ \|access-date=10 December 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=10 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Eddie\|Knight}}	{{sortname\|Christopher\|Fairbank}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Jasper\|Parrott\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Uncredited	nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders to air parrot storyline for Rocky Cotton \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43883176/eastenders-rocky-cotton-parrot-storyline/ \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Jade\|Masood}}	{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Green\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2015}}–2016, 2023–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders confirms another exit story as much-loved character says goodbye to Walford \|url= https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/16/eastenders-confirms-exit-story-major-character-says-goodbye-20650873/ \|newspaper=Metro \|last=Spackman \|first=Maisie \|date=17 April 2024 \|access-date=18 April 2024}}
{{sortname\|Whitney\|Dean}}	{{sortname\|Shona\|McGarty}}	{{dts\|2008}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Shona McGarty quits role as Whitney Dean after 15 years \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-shona-mcgarty-quits-whitney-dean-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|last=Knight \|first=Lewis \|date=29 July 2023 \|access-date=29 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|Britney\|Wainwright}}	{{sortname\|Lola\|Campbell}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-scrapper-lola-campbell-britney-whitney-newsupdate/\|title= EastEnders casts award-winning child star as troubled newcomer in Whitney story\|last=Knight\|first=Lewis\|work=Radio Times\|date=26 February 2024\|access-date=29 March 2024}}
{{sortname\|Dolly\|Dean-Hudson}}	{{sortname\|Uncredited	nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60803447/eastenders-spoilers-whitney-pregnancy-emergency/\|title=EastEnders first look as Whitney faces pregnancy emergency\|last=Harp\|first=Justin\|date=15 May 2024\|access-date=16 May 2024\|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Karen\|Taylor\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Lorraine\|Stanley}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2024	align="center"\|{{Cite web \|title=EastEnders return confirmed for Karen Taylor in surprise twist following Keanu's death \|date=24 January 2024 \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/24/major-eastenders-star-return-death-main-character-20166249/}}
rowspan="2" \| {{sortname\|Stevie\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Dean\|Roberts\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \| {{dts\|2022}}, 2024	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" \| {{cite news \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|title=EastEnders casts Alan Ford as Billy Mitchell's estranged dad \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46241917/eastenders-alan-ford-billy-mitchell-dad/ \|access-date=29 December 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=28 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Alan\|Ford\|dab=actor}}
{{sortname\|Debbie\|Colwell}}	{{sortname\|Jenny\|Meier}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders air horrific twist for Reiss Colwell and Sonia Fowler story in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-reiss-colwell-murder-debbie-sonia-fowler-iplayer-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=25 July 2024}}
{{sortname\|Ayesha\|Siddhu\|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Ayesha Siddhu}}	{{sortname\|Laila\|Rouass}}	{{dts\|2024}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Laila Rouass makes EastEnders guest appearance \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-laila-rouass \|website=BBC \|access-date=26 July 2024 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Maya\|Houssain}}	{{sortname\|Bharti\|Patel}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|{{cite web \|last1=Alexander \|first1= Susannah \|title= EastEnders casts new character in Harvey Monroe story\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60844554/eastenders-harvey-monroe-story-new-character-maya/ \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=20 May 2024 \|date=20 May 2024}}
{{sortname\|Kobina\|Asare\|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Kobina Asare}}	{{sortname\|Jonathan\|Nyati\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Denby \|first1=Laura \|title=EastEnders casts Ted Lasso and Strike stars as George's long-lost brothers Kobina and Kojo Asare \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-george-knight-brothers-kobina-kojo-asare-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|publisher=Immediate Media Company \|access-date=16 August 2024 \|date=14 August 2024}}
{{sortname\|Dean\|Wicks}}	{{sortname\|Matt\|Di Angelo}}	{{dts\|2006}}–2008, 2014–2016, 2023–2024	align="center" \| {{Cite web \|title='Won't be the last we see of Dean': EastEnders boss teases return following villain's exit \|date=9 September 2024 \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/05/eastenders-boss-teases-deans-return-following-villains-exit-21553610/}}
{{sortname\|Jake\|Moon}}	{{sortname\|Joel\|Beckett}}	2004–2006, 2024	align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Who was Jake Moon in EastEnders? \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62152369/eastenders-jake-moon-chrissie-watts/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=12 September 2024 \|date=11 September 2024}}
{{sortname\|Chrissie\|Watts}}	{{sortname\|Tracy-Ann\|Oberman}}	2004–2005, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Chrissie Watts returns as Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises role this autumn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-chrissie-watts-tracy-ann-oberman \|website=BBC Media Centre \|access-date=3 July 2024 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Jane\|Beale}}	{{sortname\|Laurie\|Brett}}	2004–2012, 2014–2017, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Laurie Brett confirms details of Jane and Cindy Beale showdown: "There is a lot of drama!" \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-laurie-brett-jane-cindy-showdown-interview/ \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=15 July 2024}}
rowspan="5"\| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Beale\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Clay\|Milner Russell}}	rowspan="5"\| 2003–2017, 2019–2024	rowspan="5" align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=Major EastEnders exit confirmed as star quits after five years \|url= https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/15/major-eastenders-exit-confirmed-star-quits-five-years-20653306/ \|newspaper=Metro \|last=Patterson \|first=Stephen \|date=15 April 2024 \|access-date=15 April 2024}}
{{sortname\|Eliot\|Carrington\| nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Rory\|Stroud\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Alex\|Francis\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Kevin\|Curran\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Pastor\|Clayton\|List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Pastor Clayton}}	{{sortname\|Howard\|Saddler\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders confirms Pastor Clayton charges in Yolande story\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61477817/eastenders-spoilers-pastor-clayton-charged-yolande/\|last=Harper\|first=Justin\|date=1 July 2024\|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Hugh\|Collins\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Michael\|Bertenshaw\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Lola\|Pearce}}	{{sortname\|Danielle\|Harold}}	{{dts\|2011}}–2015, 2019–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last=Patterson \|first=Stephen \|title=EastEnders confirms return of two icons despite one being dead \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/24/eastenders-lola-danielle-harold-patsy-kensit-19179157/ \|access-date=24 July 2023 \|work=Metro \|date=24 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|David\|Wicks}}	{{sortname\|Michael\|French}}	{{dts\|1993}}–1996, 2012–2014, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \| url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/eastenders-legend-david-wicks-to-make-a?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow \| title=EastEnders legend Michael French to make epic comeback as David Wicks \| date=16 July 2024 }}
{{sortname\|Joe\|Wicks\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Paul\|Nicholls\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|1996}}–1997, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders airs surprise return cameo in early iPlayer episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62563955/eastenders-spoilers-joe-wicks-paul-nicholls-return/ \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=11 December 2024 \|date=10 October 2024}}
{{sortname\|Holly	link=List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2024#Holly}}	{{sortname\|Chloe\|Marshall\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mickey\|Miller}}	{{sortname\|Joe\|Swash}}	{{dts\|2003}}–2008, 2011, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders unannounced return for Joe Swash as Mickey Miller \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-joe-swash-mickey-miller-surprise-return-iplayer-newsupdate/\|work=Radio Times \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|date=9 December 2024}}
{{sortname\|Nancy\|Carter}}	{{sortname\|Maddy\|Hill}}	{{dts\|2014}}–2016, 2021–2022, 2024	align="center" \| {{Cite web \|last=Daly \|first=Helen \|date=October 9, 2024 \|title=EastEnders' Carter family in mourning as iconic characters return in filming spoiler \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-carter-funeral-linda-nancy-lee-newsupdate/ \|access-date=2024-10-10 \|website=Radio Times \|language=en-GB}}
{{sortname\|Lee\|Carter\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Danny\|Hatchard}}	{{dts\|2014}}–2017, 2019–2020, 2024	align="center" \|

=Last appeared in 2025=

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Nish\|Panesar}}	{{sortname\|Navin\|Chowdhry}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62210608/eastenders-navin-chowdhry-exit/ \|title=EastEnders star Navin Chowdhry tipped for exit from Nish role \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=15 September 2024 \|date=15 September 2024}}
{{sortname\|Julie\|Haye}}	{{sortname\|Karen\|Henthorn}}	{{dts\|1997}}–1998, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders airs unannounced return for voice cameo for intriguing early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-julie-haye-bates-karen-henthorn-iplayer-voice-return-newsupdate/ \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
{{sortname\|Mr\|Lister}}	{{sortname\|Nick\|Wilton}}	{{dts\|2008}}–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–2022, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \|{{Cite web \|date=2024-11-16 \|title=Creepy EastEnders market boss Mr Lister has his eyes on Honey again \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/16/creepy-eastenders-market-boss-mr-lister-eyes-honey-21903864/ \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=Metro \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Councillor\|Barker\|link=List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2025#Councillor Barker}}	{{sortname\|Iain\|Fletcher}}	{{dts\|2025}}	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts The Bill legend as antagonistic councillor for new Ruby Allen storyline \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-the-bill-iain-fletcher-barker-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|publisher=Immediate Media Company \|access-date=14 January 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114064529/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-the-bill-iain-fletcher-barker-newsupdate/ \|archive-date=14 January 2025 \|date=14 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Garry\|Hobbs}}	{{sortname\|Ricky\|Groves}}	{{dts\|2000}}–2009, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Minty\|Peterson}}	{{sortname\|Cliff\|Parisi}}	{{dts\|2002}}–2010, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders Garry Hobbs star's love life with co-star as he returns after 16 years \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-garry-hobbs-stars-love-34660730 \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=OK!}}
rowspan="3"\| {{sortname\|Peggy\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Jo\|Warne}}	rowspan="3"\| {{dts\|1991}}, 1994–2010, 2013–2016, 2022, 2025	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|title=Young Peggy Mitchell to return for EastEnders flashback episode \|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0125/1492918-young-peggy-mitchell-to-return-for-eastenders-flashback/ \|access-date=25 January 2025 \|work=RTE.ie}}
{{sortname\|Barbara\|Windsor}}
{{sortname\|Jaime\|Winstone}}
{{sortname\|Eric\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|George\|Russo}}	{{dts\|2022}}, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|title=Young Peggy Mitchell to return for EastEnders flashback episode \|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0125/1492918-young-peggy-mitchell-to-return-for-eastenders-flashback/ \|access-date=25 January 2025 \|work=RTE.ie}}
rowspan="3"\| {{sortname\|Sam\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Kim\|Medcalf}}	rowspan="3"\| {{dts\|1990}}–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–2025	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Goodacre \|first1=Kate \|title=EastEnders confirms comeback for Sam Mitchell as Kim Medcalf reprises role \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38932134/eastenders-cast-sam-mitchell-kim-medcalf-return/ \|access-date=20 April 2022 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK \|date=29 January 2022}}
{{sortname\|Danniella\|Westbrook}}
{{sortname\|Laila\|Murphy\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Angie\|Watts}}	{{sortname\|Anita\|Dobson}}	{{dts\|1985}}–1988, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders star "blown away" as Angie Watts comeback was kept secret \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a63853614/eastenders-angie-watts-comeback-secret-kellie-bright/ \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
rowspan="3" \| {{sortname\|Martin\|Fowler\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|James\|Bye}}	rowspan="3" \| {{dts\|1985}}–2007, 2014–2025	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" \| {{cite web \|title=Martin Fowler \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5s9VjgKXjBGXXmCJGwcld7/martin-fowler \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=2 March 2021}}{{cite news \|last1=Bayley \|first1=James \|title=Here's what EastEnders actor James Alexandrou who played badboy Martin Fowler is up to now \|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/heres-what-eastenders-actor-james-19614602 \|access-date=2 March 2021 \|work=MyLondon \|date=15 January 2021}}
{{sortname\|James\|Alexandrou}}
{{sortname\|Jon\|Peyton-Price\|nolink=1}}
rowspan="2" \| Grant Mitchell	{{sortname\|Ross\|Kemp}}	rowspan="2" \| 1990–1999, 2005–2006, 2016, 2022, 2025	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a63311850/eastenders-grant-mitchell-return/ \|title=EastEnders confirms Grant Mitchell return as Ross Kemp reprises role \|last1=Rowan\| first1=Iona \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=1 January 2025 \|access-date=1 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Teddy\|Jay\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Reiss\|Colwell}}	{{sortname\|Jonny\|Freeman}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-jonny-freeman-exit-reiss-colwell-report-newsupdate/\|title= EastEnders star Jonny Freeman 'set to leave role' as secret killer Reiss Colwell\|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=15 September 2024 \|date=18 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Brenda\|Collins}}	{{sortname\|Nichola\|McAuliffe}}	{{dts\|2024}}–2025	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title='Never let her leave!' EastEnders fans obsessed with already iconic guest star \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/23/never-let-leave-eastenders-fans-obsessed-already-iconic-guest-star-22417934/ \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|work=Metro}}
Gaz	Keith Allen	2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|last1=Stedman \|first1=Emily \|title=EastEnders casts classic British actor for special Phil Mitchell episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64055077/eastenders-casts-keith-allen-phil-mitchell-episode/ \|access-date=6 March 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
Andy	Jake Rory	2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders confirms special Comic Relief episode for Phil Mitchell mental health story\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-confirms-phil-mitchell-comic-relief-episode-newsupdate/\|last=Mensah\|first=Katelyn\|date=16 March 2025\|work=Radio Times}}
{{sortname\|Ruby\|Allen}}	{{sortname\|Louisa\|Lytton}}	2005–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{Cite web \|title=Ruby Allen set to return to EastEnders as Louisa Lytton reprises the role later this year \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-ruby-allen-louisa-lytton-return \|access-date=18 November 2024 \|website=www.bbc.co.uk \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Roman\|Allen}}	Leo	2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-ruby-allen-louisa-lytton-return\|title=Ruby Allen set to leave EastEnders as Louisa Lytton confirms exit \|last=George\|first=Lewis\|website=Digital Spy\|date=31 March 2025\|access-date=31 March 2025}}
Tom "Rocky" Cotton	Brian Conley	2021–2023, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{Cite web \|title=EastEnders airs surprise cameo as Sonia Fowler bids fond farewell in iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-surprise-cameo-sonia-exit-newsupdate/}}
rowspan="3" \| {{sortname\|Bex\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Jasmine\|Armfield}}	rowspan="3" \| 2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020, 2025	align="center" rowspan="3" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders’ Bex Fowler returns for a short stint to mourn Martin \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/eastenders-bex-fowler-returns \|website=BBC Media Centre \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Jade\|Sharif\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Alex and Vicky\|Gonzalez\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Sonia\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|Cassidy}}	1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy quits role of Sonia after 32 years \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-natalie-cassidy-sonia-quit-newsupdate/ \|access-date=30 January 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
Julia Fowler	{{n/a\|Uncredited}}	2025	align="center" \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-sonia-baby-name-result-julia-newupdate/ \|title= EastEnders spoilers: Sonia Fowler gives birth in the Queen Vic \|last=Knight \|first=Lewis \|work=RadioTimes \|date=20 February 2025 \|access-date=20 February 2025}}
{{sortname\|Bianca\|Jackson}}	{{sortname\|Patsy\|Palmer}}	1993–1999, 2008–2014, 2019, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title= EastEnders icon says goodbye as she hints she's finished filming \|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/patsy-palmer-bianca-goodbye-newsupdate/ \|access-date=4 March 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
Terry Cant	Glen Davies	2025	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Zammitt \|first1=Erin\|title= Sonia Fowlers dad makes debute\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64472590/eastenders-spoilers-sonia-terry-iplayer/\|access-date=14 April 2025 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=(Hearst Magazines UK) \|date=14 April 2025}}

References

External links

{{EEcharlink|past-characters|Former EastEnders characters}}
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088512/fullcredits Cast and characters] on IMDb

EastEnders

EastEnders previous

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Samantha\|Keeble}}	{{sortname\|Alison\|Newman}}	{{dts\|2008}}, 2014–2016, 2022–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Patterson \|first1=Stephen \|title=Who plays DCI Keeble, what else has she been in and does she die in EastEnders? \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/05/eastenders-who-plays-dci-keeble-whats-she-been-in-and-does-she-die-18043847/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Metro \|date=5 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Brett\|Nelson\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Fabrizio\|Santino}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts former Hollyoaks star as mystery man from Zack's past \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-fabrizio-santino-cast-brett-newsupdate/ \|access-date=30 December 2022 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 December 2022}}
{{sortname\|Ricky\|Butcher}}	{{sortname\|Sid\|Owen}}	{{dts\|1988}}–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2012, 2022–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Ricky Butcher \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3FN0WVm1xWY5Fq42f0h4Y20/ricky-butcher \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders star Sid Owen to reprise role as Ricky Butcher \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40888236/eastenders-spoilers-sid-owen-ricky-butcher-return/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=13 August 2022}}
rowspan="2" \|{{sortname\|Scarlett\|Butcher}} \| {{sortname\|Amelie	nolink=1}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{dts\|2012}}–2013, 2021–2023 \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/\|title='EastEnders' baby Scarlett – video\|first=Sophie\|last=Dainty\|date=7 June 2013\|website=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Tabitha\|Byron\|nolink=1}}	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|last1=Seddon \|first1=Dan \|title=EastEnders casts Hetty Feather actress as Janine Butcher's daughter Scarlett \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37316295/eastenders-janine-butchers-daughter-hetty-feather-star/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=16 August 2021}}{{cite news \|last1=Dainty \|first1=Sophie \|title='EastEnders' producers release video of baby Scarlett \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK \|date=7 June 2013}}
{{sortname\|Jed	List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Jed}}	{{sortname\|Bradley\|Jaden\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts West End star as Sonia Fowler's new lodger Jed \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-jed-bradley-jaden-newsupdate/ \|access-date=31 January 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=24 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Ryan\|Malloy}}	{{sortname\|Neil\|McDermott}}	{{dts\|2009}}–2011, 2014, 2016, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Ryan Malloy \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1Q9wL08bV6QzdRTNTy461S0/ryan-malloy \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders brings back Ryan Malloy as Neil McDermott returns to the soap \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a42695144/eastenders-ryan-malloy-neil-mcdermott-return/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=28 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Ash\|Panesar}}	{{sortname\|Gurlaine Kaur\|Garcha}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders exit for Dr Ash Kaur as actress Gurlaine Kaur Garcha departs \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-exit-ash-kaur-gurlaine-garcha-newsupdate/ \|access-date=20 December 2022 \|work=Radio Times \|date=30 January 2023}}
{{sortname\|Vi\|Highway}}	{{sortname\|Gwen\|Taylor}}	{{dts\|2021}}–2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders airs another cast member exit in Thursday's episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43257355/eastenders-spoilers-gwen-taylor-violet-highway-exit/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=9 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Shiv	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Peter\|Caulfield\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts Doctor Who actor as sinister loan shark Shiv \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-peter-caulfield-cast-shiv-newsupdate/ \|access-date=12 April 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=14 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Troy	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Chris\|Evangelou}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Reaidi \|first1=Joseph \|title=Ex-boxer Chris Evangelou to fight Ben Mitchell in EastEnders \|url=https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/23415583.ex-boxer-chris-evangelou-fight-ben-mitchell-eastenders/ \|access-date=12 April 2023 \|work=Enfield Independent \|date=27 March 2023}}
rowspan="2" \| {{sortname\|Roxy\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Elodie\|de Rohan Willner\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \| {{dts\|2007}}–2017, 2019, 2022–2023	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Roxy Mitchell \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3mF9bSGTBlRHxxyyJly3Nh0/roxy-mitchell \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news \|last1=Harp \|first1=Justin \|title=EastEnders return for Roxy Mitchell confirmed — but there's a catch \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43712339/eastenders-spoilers-roxy-mitchell-return-confirmed/ \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=26 April 2023}}
{{sortname\|Rita\|Simons}}
{{sortname\|Duncan\|Boyd}}	{{sortname\|David\|Gillespie\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|1987}}–1989, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Morris \|first1=Grace \|title=Who is Duncan Boyd in EastEnders? Everything you need to know \|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/duncan-boyd-in-eastenders-who-is-he-and-what-is-his-relationship-with-sharon \|access-date=31 May 2023 \|work=What to Watch \|date=26 April 2023}}
Kenny Morris	Ryan Philpott	2007–2009, 2011, 2015, 2023	style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite episode \|title= Episode dated 21/07/2015 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b063dwyl \|series= EastEnders \|series-link=EastEnders \|credits= Director: John Howlett; Executive Producer: Dominic Treadwell-Collins; Writer: Christopher Reason \|network=BBC \|station=BBC One \|airdate=21 July 2015}}
{{sortname\|DS\|Miles}}	{{sortname\|Samantha\|Seager}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Seddon \|first1=Dan \|title=EastEnders casts Coronation Street star for Suki Panesar storyline \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a44136935/eastenders-casts-corrie-samantha-seager/ \|access-date=16 June 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=9 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Finlay\|Baker}}	{{sortname\|Ashley\|Byam\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2023	align="center" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders star exits soap after just a year amid car crash story\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/28/eastenders-star-exits-soap-after-just-a-year-amid-car-crash-story-19022377/\|last=Patterson\|first=Stephen\|work=Metro\|date=28 June 2023\|access-date=28 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Jo\|Cotton}}	{{sortname\|Vicki\|Michelle}}	{{dts\|2023}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-jo-cotton-vicki-michelle-returns-newsupdate/\|title=EastEnders spoilers: Jo Cotton returns to taunt Rocky with secret\|last=Knight\|first=Lewis\|date=2 June 2023\|work=Radio Times\|publisher=Immediate Media Company Ltd.\|accessdate=2 June 2023}}
{{sortname\|Peggy\|Taylor\|dab=EastEnders}}	Uncredited	{{dts\|2019}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Lisa\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Lucy\|Benjamin}}	{{dts\|1998}}–2003, 2010, 2017, 2019–2020, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=Lucy Benjamin is set for EastEnders return – and there's trouble in store for her character \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/lucy-benjamin-set-eastenders-return-30059711 \|work=Daily Mirror \|access-date=23 May 2023 \|date=23 May 2023}}
{{sortname\|Fatboy	dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Ricky\|Norwood}}	{{dts\|2010}}–2015, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders airs twist unannounced return in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-twist-unannounced-fatboy-ricky-norwood-return-newsupdate/ \|access-date=26 December 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 August 2023}}
{{sortname\|Emma\|Harding}}	{{sortname\|Patsy\|Kensit}}	{{dts\|2023}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a44959719/eastenders-spoilers-emma-harding-return/\|title=EastEnders confirms Emma Harding return in new spoilers\|last=Dainty\|first=Sophie\|work=Digital Spy\|publisher=(Hearst Magazines UK)\|date=31 August 2023\|access-date=31 August 2023}}
{{sortname\|Graham\|Foster\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Alex\|McSweeney}}	{{dts\|2003}}–2005, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Fahey \|first1=Nicola \|title=Alex McSweeney returning to EastEnders as villain who raped Little Mo \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/alex-mcsweeney-returning-eastenders-villain-30529839 \|access-date=22 July 2023 \|work=Daily Mirror \|date=22 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|Chatham\|Taylor}}	{{sortname\|Alfie\|Jacob\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Morris \|first1=Grace \|title=Who are Riley and Chatham in EastEnders? Everything you need to know about what happened to the Taylor brothers \|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/who-are-riley-and-chatham-in-eastenders-everything-you-need-to-know-about-what-happened-to-the-taylor-brothers \|access-date=26 December 2023 \|work=What to Watch \|date=21 November 2023}}
{{sortname\|Riley\|Taylor}}	{{sortname\|Tom\|Jacob\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2020, 2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Theo\|Hawthorne}}	{{sortname\|William\|Ellis\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|2023}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Sarrubba \|first1=Stefania \|title=EastEnders casts West End star for new Freddie Slater story \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-william-ellis-freddie-slater-teacher-newsupdate/ \|access-date=29 May 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=29 March 2023}}
{{sortname\|Bailey\|Baker}}	{{sortname\|Kara-Leah\|Fernandes\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mia\|Atkins}}	{{sortname\|Mahalia\|Malcolm\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mackenzie\|Atkins}}	{{sortname\|Isaac\|Lemonius\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2019}}–2023	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mitch\|Baker\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Roger\|Griffiths}}	{{dts\|2018}}–2023	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders airs multiple surprise exits in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-spoilers-karen-taylor-mitch-baker-exits-iplayer-newsupdate \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=8 December 2023 \|date=8 December 2023}}

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Ashton	List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Ashton}}	{{sortname\|Jensen\|Clayden\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-eastenders-airs-heartbreaking-exit-31792321\|title=BBC EastEnders airs heartbreaking exit amid another upcoming exit\|website=Daily Mirror \|date=29 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Harold\|Martin\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|David\|Sterne}}	2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Harp \|first1=Justin \|title=EastEnders casts Bridgerton star to play off-screen character \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46318296/eastenders-spoilers-david-stern-harold-martin/ \|access-date=10 January 2024 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=8 January 2024}}
Lucas Johnson \|Don Gilet \|2008–2010, 2016, 2020–2021, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|last=Spackman \|first=Maisie \|date=2024-01-31 \|title=EastEnders brings back two huge characters – with another return from the dead \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/31/two-huge-characters-return-eastenders-including-someone-dead-20196927/ \|access-date=2024-01-31 \|website=Metro \|language=en}}
Keanu Taylor \|Danny Walters \|2017–2020, 2022–2024
rowspan="6"\| {{sortname\|Ben\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Max\|Bowden}}	rowspan="6"\| 1996–2001, 2006–2012, 2014–2024	rowspan="6" align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=BBC EastEnders fan-favourite axed after 4 years following 'showdown with bosses' \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-bbc-eastenders-fan-favourite-31775877.amp \|website=Daily Mirror \|date=30 December 2023 \|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Harry\|Reid\|Harry Reid (actor)}}
{{sortname\|Joshua\|Pascoe\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Charlie\|Jones\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Morgan\|Whittle\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Matthew\|Silver\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Gloria\|Knight}}	{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Counsell}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts British sitcom legends as George Knight's parents \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-chris-fairbanks-elizabeth-counsell-eddie-gloria-knight-newsupdate/ \|access-date=10 December 2023 \|work=Radio Times \|date=10 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Eddie\|Knight}}	{{sortname\|Christopher\|Fairbank}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Jasper\|Parrott\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Uncredited	nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders to air parrot storyline for Rocky Cotton \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43883176/eastenders-rocky-cotton-parrot-storyline/ \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Jade\|Masood}}	{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Green\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2015}}–2016, 2023–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders confirms another exit story as much-loved character says goodbye to Walford \|url= https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/16/eastenders-confirms-exit-story-major-character-says-goodbye-20650873/ \|newspaper=Metro \|last=Spackman \|first=Maisie \|date=17 April 2024 \|access-date=18 April 2024}}
{{sortname\|Whitney\|Dean}}	{{sortname\|Shona\|McGarty}}	{{dts\|2008}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Shona McGarty quits role as Whitney Dean after 15 years \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-shona-mcgarty-quits-whitney-dean-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|last=Knight \|first=Lewis \|date=29 July 2023 \|access-date=29 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|Britney\|Wainwright}}	{{sortname\|Lola\|Campbell}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite news\|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-scrapper-lola-campbell-britney-whitney-newsupdate/\|title= EastEnders casts award-winning child star as troubled newcomer in Whitney story\|last=Knight\|first=Lewis\|work=Radio Times\|date=26 February 2024\|access-date=29 March 2024}}
{{sortname\|Dolly\|Dean-Hudson}}	{{sortname\|Uncredited	nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60803447/eastenders-spoilers-whitney-pregnancy-emergency/\|title=EastEnders first look as Whitney faces pregnancy emergency\|last=Harp\|first=Justin\|date=15 May 2024\|access-date=16 May 2024\|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Karen\|Taylor\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Lorraine\|Stanley}}	{{dts\|2017}}–2024	align="center"\|{{Cite web \|title=EastEnders return confirmed for Karen Taylor in surprise twist following Keanu's death \|date=24 January 2024 \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/24/major-eastenders-star-return-death-main-character-20166249/}}
rowspan="2" \| {{sortname\|Stevie\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Dean\|Roberts\|nolink=1}}	rowspan="2" \| {{dts\|2022}}, 2024	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" \| {{cite news \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|title=EastEnders casts Alan Ford as Billy Mitchell's estranged dad \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46241917/eastenders-alan-ford-billy-mitchell-dad/ \|access-date=29 December 2023 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=28 December 2023}}
{{sortname\|Alan\|Ford\|dab=actor}}
{{sortname\|Debbie\|Colwell}}	{{sortname\|Jenny\|Meier}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders air horrific twist for Reiss Colwell and Sonia Fowler story in early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-reiss-colwell-murder-debbie-sonia-fowler-iplayer-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=25 July 2024}}
{{sortname\|Ayesha\|Siddhu\|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Ayesha Siddhu}}	{{sortname\|Laila\|Rouass}}	{{dts\|2024}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=Laila Rouass makes EastEnders guest appearance \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-laila-rouass \|website=BBC \|access-date=26 July 2024 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Maya\|Houssain}}	{{sortname\|Bharti\|Patel}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|{{cite web \|last1=Alexander \|first1= Susannah \|title= EastEnders casts new character in Harvey Monroe story\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60844554/eastenders-harvey-monroe-story-new-character-maya/ \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=20 May 2024 \|date=20 May 2024}}
{{sortname\|Kobina\|Asare\|link=List of EastEnders characters (2024)#Kobina Asare}}	{{sortname\|Jonathan\|Nyati\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Denby \|first1=Laura \|title=EastEnders casts Ted Lasso and Strike stars as George's long-lost brothers Kobina and Kojo Asare \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-george-knight-brothers-kobina-kojo-asare-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|publisher=Immediate Media Company \|access-date=16 August 2024 \|date=14 August 2024}}
{{sortname\|Dean\|Wicks}}	{{sortname\|Matt\|Di Angelo}}	{{dts\|2006}}–2008, 2014–2016, 2023–2024	align="center" \| {{Cite web \|title='Won't be the last we see of Dean': EastEnders boss teases return following villain's exit \|date=9 September 2024 \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/05/eastenders-boss-teases-deans-return-following-villains-exit-21553610/}}
{{sortname\|Jake\|Moon}}	{{sortname\|Joel\|Beckett}}	2004–2006, 2024	align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Who was Jake Moon in EastEnders? \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62152369/eastenders-jake-moon-chrissie-watts/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=12 September 2024 \|date=11 September 2024}}
{{sortname\|Chrissie\|Watts}}	{{sortname\|Tracy-Ann\|Oberman}}	2004–2005, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Chrissie Watts returns as Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises role this autumn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-chrissie-watts-tracy-ann-oberman \|website=BBC Media Centre \|access-date=3 July 2024 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Jane\|Beale}}	{{sortname\|Laurie\|Brett}}	2004–2012, 2014–2017, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders' Laurie Brett confirms details of Jane and Cindy Beale showdown: "There is a lot of drama!" \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-laurie-brett-jane-cindy-showdown-interview/ \|website=Radio Times \|access-date=15 July 2024}}
rowspan="5"\| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Beale\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Clay\|Milner Russell}}	rowspan="5"\| 2003–2017, 2019–2024	rowspan="5" align="center" \| {{cite web \|title=Major EastEnders exit confirmed as star quits after five years \|url= https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/15/major-eastenders-exit-confirmed-star-quits-five-years-20653306/ \|newspaper=Metro \|last=Patterson \|first=Stephen \|date=15 April 2024 \|access-date=15 April 2024}}
{{sortname\|Eliot\|Carrington\| nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Rory\|Stroud\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Alex\|Francis\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Kevin\|Curran\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Pastor\|Clayton\|List of EastEnders characters (2023)#Pastor Clayton}}	{{sortname\|Howard\|Saddler\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2023}}–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders confirms Pastor Clayton charges in Yolande story\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61477817/eastenders-spoilers-pastor-clayton-charged-yolande/\|last=Harper\|first=Justin\|date=1 July 2024\|work=Digital Spy}}
{{sortname\|Hugh\|Collins\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Michael\|Bertenshaw\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Lola\|Pearce}}	{{sortname\|Danielle\|Harold}}	{{dts\|2011}}–2015, 2019–2024	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last=Patterson \|first=Stephen \|title=EastEnders confirms return of two icons despite one being dead \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/24/eastenders-lola-danielle-harold-patsy-kensit-19179157/ \|access-date=24 July 2023 \|work=Metro \|date=24 July 2023}}
{{sortname\|David\|Wicks}}	{{sortname\|Michael\|French}}	{{dts\|1993}}–1996, 2012–2014, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \| url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/eastenders-legend-david-wicks-to-make-a?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow \| title=EastEnders legend Michael French to make epic comeback as David Wicks \| date=16 July 2024 }}
{{sortname\|Joe\|Wicks\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Paul\|Nicholls\|dab=actor}}	{{dts\|1996}}–1997, 2024	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Kilkelly \|first1=Daniel \|title=EastEnders airs surprise return cameo in early iPlayer episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62563955/eastenders-spoilers-joe-wicks-paul-nicholls-return/ \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=11 December 2024 \|date=10 October 2024}}
{{sortname\|Holly	link=List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2024#Holly}}	{{sortname\|Chloe\|Marshall\|nolink=1}}	{{dts\|2024}}	align="center" \|
{{sortname\|Mickey\|Miller}}	{{sortname\|Joe\|Swash}}	{{dts\|2003}}–2008, 2011, 2024	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders unannounced return for Joe Swash as Mickey Miller \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-joe-swash-mickey-miller-surprise-return-iplayer-newsupdate/\|work=Radio Times \|access-date=9 December 2024 \|date=9 December 2024}}
{{sortname\|Nancy\|Carter}}	{{sortname\|Maddy\|Hill}}	{{dts\|2014}}–2016, 2021–2022, 2024	align="center" \| {{Cite web \|last=Daly \|first=Helen \|date=October 9, 2024 \|title=EastEnders' Carter family in mourning as iconic characters return in filming spoiler \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-carter-funeral-linda-nancy-lee-newsupdate/ \|access-date=2024-10-10 \|website=Radio Times \|language=en-GB}}
{{sortname\|Lee\|Carter\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Danny\|Hatchard}}	{{dts\|2014}}–2017, 2019–2020, 2024	align="center" \|

scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Character ! scope="col" style="width:190px;" \| Actor(s) ! scope="col" style="width:320px;" \| Duration ! scope="col" style="width:5px;" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Nish\|Panesar}}	{{sortname\|Navin\|Chowdhry}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62210608/eastenders-navin-chowdhry-exit/ \|title=EastEnders star Navin Chowdhry tipped for exit from Nish role \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=15 September 2024 \|date=15 September 2024}}
{{sortname\|Julie\|Haye}}	{{sortname\|Karen\|Henthorn}}	{{dts\|1997}}–1998, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders airs unannounced return for voice cameo for intriguing early BBC iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-julie-haye-bates-karen-henthorn-iplayer-voice-return-newsupdate/ \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
{{sortname\|Mr\|Lister}}	{{sortname\|Nick\|Wilton}}	{{dts\|2008}}–2013, 2016–2018, 2020–2022, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \|{{Cite web \|date=2024-11-16 \|title=Creepy EastEnders market boss Mr Lister has his eyes on Honey again \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/16/creepy-eastenders-market-boss-mr-lister-eyes-honey-21903864/ \|access-date=2024-11-22 \|website=Metro \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Councillor\|Barker\|link=List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2025#Councillor Barker}}	{{sortname\|Iain\|Fletcher}}	{{dts\|2025}}	align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Knight \|first1=Lewis \|title=EastEnders casts The Bill legend as antagonistic councillor for new Ruby Allen storyline \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-the-bill-iain-fletcher-barker-newsupdate/ \|website=Radio Times \|publisher=Immediate Media Company \|access-date=14 January 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114064529/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-the-bill-iain-fletcher-barker-newsupdate/ \|archive-date=14 January 2025 \|date=14 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Garry\|Hobbs}}	{{sortname\|Ricky\|Groves}}	{{dts\|2000}}–2009, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \|
{{sortname\|Minty\|Peterson}}	{{sortname\|Cliff\|Parisi}}	{{dts\|2002}}–2010, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders Garry Hobbs star's love life with co-star as he returns after 16 years \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-garry-hobbs-stars-love-34660730 \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=OK!}}
rowspan="3"\| {{sortname\|Peggy\|Mitchell}}	{{sortname\|Jo\|Warne}}	rowspan="3"\| {{dts\|1991}}, 1994–2010, 2013–2016, 2022, 2025	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|title=Young Peggy Mitchell to return for EastEnders flashback episode \|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0125/1492918-young-peggy-mitchell-to-return-for-eastenders-flashback/ \|access-date=25 January 2025 \|work=RTE.ie}}
{{sortname\|Barbara\|Windsor}}
{{sortname\|Jaime\|Winstone}}
{{sortname\|Eric\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|George\|Russo}}	{{dts\|2022}}, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|title=Young Peggy Mitchell to return for EastEnders flashback episode \|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0125/1492918-young-peggy-mitchell-to-return-for-eastenders-flashback/ \|access-date=25 January 2025 \|work=RTE.ie}}
rowspan="3"\| {{sortname\|Sam\|Mitchell\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|Kim\|Medcalf}}	rowspan="3"\| {{dts\|1990}}–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2009–2010, 2016, 2022–2025	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite news \|last1=Goodacre \|first1=Kate \|title=EastEnders confirms comeback for Sam Mitchell as Kim Medcalf reprises role \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38932134/eastenders-cast-sam-mitchell-kim-medcalf-return/ \|access-date=20 April 2022 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK \|date=29 January 2022}}
{{sortname\|Danniella\|Westbrook}}
{{sortname\|Laila\|Murphy\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Angie\|Watts}}	{{sortname\|Anita\|Dobson}}	{{dts\|1985}}–1988, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders star "blown away" as Angie Watts comeback was kept secret \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a63853614/eastenders-angie-watts-comeback-secret-kellie-bright/ \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
rowspan="3" \| {{sortname\|Martin\|Fowler\|dab=EastEnders}}	{{sortname\|James\|Bye}}	rowspan="3" \| {{dts\|1985}}–2007, 2014–2025	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" \| {{cite web \|title=Martin Fowler \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5s9VjgKXjBGXXmCJGwcld7/martin-fowler \|website=BBC Online \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=2 March 2021}}{{cite news \|last1=Bayley \|first1=James \|title=Here's what EastEnders actor James Alexandrou who played badboy Martin Fowler is up to now \|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/heres-what-eastenders-actor-james-19614602 \|access-date=2 March 2021 \|work=MyLondon \|date=15 January 2021}}
{{sortname\|James\|Alexandrou}}
{{sortname\|Jon\|Peyton-Price\|nolink=1}}
rowspan="2" \| Grant Mitchell	{{sortname\|Ross\|Kemp}}	rowspan="2" \| 1990–1999, 2005–2006, 2016, 2022, 2025	style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a63311850/eastenders-grant-mitchell-return/ \|title=EastEnders confirms Grant Mitchell return as Ross Kemp reprises role \|last1=Rowan\| first1=Iona \|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|date=1 January 2025 \|access-date=1 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Teddy\|Jay\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Reiss\|Colwell}}	{{sortname\|Jonny\|Freeman}}	{{dts\|2022}}–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|last1=Rowan \|first1=Iona \|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-jonny-freeman-exit-reiss-colwell-report-newsupdate/\|title= EastEnders star Jonny Freeman 'set to leave role' as secret killer Reiss Colwell\|website=Digital Spy \|publisher=Hearst Communications \|access-date=15 September 2024 \|date=18 January 2025}}
{{sortname\|Brenda\|Collins}}	{{sortname\|Nichola\|McAuliffe}}	{{dts\|2024}}–2025	align="center" \| {{cite news \|title='Never let her leave!' EastEnders fans obsessed with already iconic guest star \|url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/23/never-let-leave-eastenders-fans-obsessed-already-iconic-guest-star-22417934/ \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|work=Metro}}
Gaz	Keith Allen	2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|last1=Stedman \|first1=Emily \|title=EastEnders casts classic British actor for special Phil Mitchell episode \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64055077/eastenders-casts-keith-allen-phil-mitchell-episode/ \|access-date=6 March 2025 \|work=Digital Spy}}
Andy	Jake Rory	2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news\|title=EastEnders confirms special Comic Relief episode for Phil Mitchell mental health story\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-confirms-phil-mitchell-comic-relief-episode-newsupdate/\|last=Mensah\|first=Katelyn\|date=16 March 2025\|work=Radio Times}}
{{sortname\|Ruby\|Allen}}	{{sortname\|Louisa\|Lytton}}	2005–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{Cite web \|title=Ruby Allen set to return to EastEnders as Louisa Lytton reprises the role later this year \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-ruby-allen-louisa-lytton-return \|access-date=18 November 2024 \|website=www.bbc.co.uk \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Roman\|Allen}}	Leo	2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-ruby-allen-louisa-lytton-return\|title=Ruby Allen set to leave EastEnders as Louisa Lytton confirms exit \|last=George\|first=Lewis\|website=Digital Spy\|date=31 March 2025\|access-date=31 March 2025}}
Tom "Rocky" Cotton	Brian Conley	2021–2023, 2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{Cite web \|title=EastEnders airs surprise cameo as Sonia Fowler bids fond farewell in iPlayer release \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-surprise-cameo-sonia-exit-newsupdate/}}
rowspan="3" \| {{sortname\|Bex\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Jasmine\|Armfield}}	rowspan="3" \| 2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020, 2025	align="center" rowspan="3" \| {{cite web \|title=EastEnders’ Bex Fowler returns for a short stint to mourn Martin \|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/eastenders-bex-fowler-returns \|website=BBC Media Centre \|access-date=23 February 2025 \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Jade\|Sharif\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Alex and Vicky\|Gonzalez\|nolink=1}}
{{sortname\|Sonia\|Fowler}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|Cassidy}}	1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title=EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy quits role of Sonia after 32 years \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-natalie-cassidy-sonia-quit-newsupdate/ \|access-date=30 January 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
Julia Fowler	{{n/a\|Uncredited}}	2025	align="center" \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-sonia-baby-name-result-julia-newupdate/ \|title= EastEnders spoilers: Sonia Fowler gives birth in the Queen Vic \|last=Knight \|first=Lewis \|work=RadioTimes \|date=20 February 2025 \|access-date=20 February 2025}}
{{sortname\|Bianca\|Jackson}}	{{sortname\|Patsy\|Palmer}}	1993–1999, 2008–2014, 2019, 2024–2025	style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite news \|title= EastEnders icon says goodbye as she hints she's finished filming \|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/patsy-palmer-bianca-goodbye-newsupdate/ \|access-date=4 March 2025 \|work=Radio Times}}
Terry Cant	Glen Davies	2025	align="center" \| {{cite news \|last1=Zammitt \|first1=Erin\|title= Sonia Fowlers dad makes debute\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64472590/eastenders-spoilers-sonia-terry-iplayer/\|access-date=14 April 2025 \|work=Digital Spy \|publisher=(Hearst Magazines UK) \|date=14 April 2025}}