This is a list detailing that of present and past characters in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. For a list of characters ordered by the year in which they left see List of characters from EastEnders by year of exit.
Characters
Present
- Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard)
- Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt)
- Pat Evans (Pam St. Clement)
- Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden)
- Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor)
- Jim Branning (John Bardon)
- Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick)
- Charlie Slater (Derek Martin)
- Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves)
- Mo Harris (Laila Morse)
- Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker)
- Rick 'Minty' Peterson (Cliff Parisi)
- Gus Smith (Mohammed George)
- Mickey Miller (Joe Swash)
- Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter)
- Jane Collins (Laurie Brett)
- Keith Miller (David Spinx)
- Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner)
- Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton)
- Naomi Julien (Petra Letang)
- Joe Macer (Ray Brooks)
- Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon)
- Honey Edwards (Emma Barton)
- Deano Wicks (Matt Di Angelo)
- Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements)
- Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels)
- Carly Wicks (Kellie Shirley)
- Bert Atkinson (Dave Hill)
- Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin)
- Denise Fox (Diane Parish)
Babies and children
- Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins)
- Lucy Beale (Melissa Suffield)
- Peter Beale (James Martin)
- Ben Mitchell (Charlie Jones)
- Bobby Beale (Unknown)
- Aleesha Miller (Unknown)
Recurring
- Winston (Ulric Browne)
- Tracy (Jane Slaughter)
- Rev. Tom Stuart (Shaun Dooley)
- Clint (Huggy Leaver)
- Rebecca Miller (Jade Sharif)
- Margaret Wilson (Janet Amsden)
Soon to depart
- Dr. Briony Campbell (Rae Hendrie)
- Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth)
- Freddie Mitchell (Unknown)
- Dr. Oliver Cousins (Tom Ellis)
- Dot Branning (June Brown)
- Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp)
- Courtney Mitchell (Megan Jossa)
- Rosie Miller (Gerry Cowper)
- Demi Miller (Shana Swash)
- Juley Smith (Joseph Kpobie)
- Jake Moon (Joel Beckett)
- Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy)
- Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou)
Soon to return
Soon to join
- Elizabeth Fox (Belinda Owusu)
- Carla Mitchell (Christianne Oliveira)
- Sarah-Jane (Natasha Beaumont)
- Max Branning (Jake Wood)
- Tania Branning (Jo Joyner)
- Rob Minter (Stuart Laing)
- Elaine (Sian Reeves)
- Owen Turner (Lee Ross)
- Lauren Branning (Unknown)
- Abi Branning (Unknown)
- Sean Slater (Unknown)
Past characters
- Johnny Allen (Billy Murray)
- Danny Moon (Jake Maskall)
- Amy (Nina Fry)
- Mike Swann (Mark Wingett)
- Nora Swann (Pamela Cundell)
- Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman)
- Alfie Moon (Shane Richie)
- Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace)
- Victoria "Nana" Moon (Hilda Braid)
- Frank Butcher (Mike Reid)
- Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman)
- Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf)
- Tina Stewart (Charlotte Avery)
- Trish Taylor (Cathy Murphy)
- Ray Taylor (Dorian Lough)
- Leo Taylor (Philip Dowling)
- Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan)
- Adi Ferreira (Ameet Chana)
- Ash Ferreira (Raji James)
- Ronny Ferreira (Ray Panthaki)
- Kareena Ferreira (Pooja Shah)
- Sasha Perkins (Jemma Walker)
- Tariq Larousi (Nabil Elouahabi)
- Den Watts (Leslie Grantham)
- Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs)
- Dr. Johnathon Leroy (Ivan Kaye)
- Kate Mitchell (Jill Halfpenny)
- Derek Harkinson (Ian Lavender)
- Spencer Moon (Christopher Parker)
- Dr. Anthony Trueman (Nick Bailey)
- Michael Rawlins (Melvyn Hayes)
- Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle)
- David Collins (Dan Milne)
- Janine Evans (Charlie Brooks)
- Marcus Christie (Stephen Churchett)
- Dr. Harold Legg (Leonard Fenton)
- Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney)
- Tommy Grant (Robert Cavanah)
- Vicki Fowler (Scarlett Johnson)
- Sal Martin (Anna Karen)
- Kelly Taylor (Brooke Kinsella)
- Lynne Hobbs (Elaine Lordan)
- Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney)
- Shirley Benson (Robyn Moore)
- Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen)
- Liam Butcher (Nathaniel Gleed)
- Sarah Cairns (Alison Pargeter)
- Natalie Evans (Lucy Speed)
- Jack Evans (Unknown)
- Wilfred Atkins (Dudley Sutton)
- Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman)
- Barry Evans (Shaun Williamson)
- Liza Moon (Joanne Adams)
- Maxwell Moon (Andrew Paul)
- Doris Moisey (Marcia Ashton)
- Lisa Fowler (Lucy Benjamin)
- Louise Mitchell (Unknown)
- Jack Dalton (Hywel Bennett)
- Dougie Slade (John Bowler)
- Mark Fowler (Todd Carty)
- Roy Evans (Tony Caunter)
- George Peters (Andy Beckwith)
- Tony Jamison (Ben Cartwright)
- Mary Harkinson (Mary Woodvine)
- Alex Harkinson (Ben Nealon)
- Danny Harkinson (Unknown)
- Pushpa Ferreira (Madhur Jaffrey)
- Precious Hudson (Judi Shekoni)
- Jan Hammond (Jane How)
- Asif Malik (Ashvin Luximon)
- Anish Mistry (Ali Zahoor)
- Nita Mistry (Bindya Solanki)
- Mark Stone (William Ilkeley)
- Edwin Caldecott (Ron Moody)
- Gavin Sharp (Steve Nicholson)
- Joanne Ryan (Tara Lynne O'Neill)
- Carl Bromley (Joe Rice)
- Geoff Morton (Maurice Roëves)
- Eleanor Trueman (Unknown)
- Dan Ferreira (Dalip Tahil)
- Belinda Peacock (Leanne Lakey)
- Steve Owen (Martin Kemp)
- Melanie Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite)
- Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder)
- Nathan Williams (Doug Allen)
- Beppe di Marco (Michael Greco)
- Joe di Marco (Jake Kyprianou)
- Trevor Morgan (Alex Ferns)
- Clive Mitchell (Tony Selby)
- Alison Peters (Sarah French-Ellis)
- Claire Butcher (Lucy Foxall)
- Angel Hudson (Clifford Price, a.k.a Goldie)
- Ameena Badawi (Shobna Gulati)
- Rebecca Ebert (Paulette Williams)
- Milton Ebert (Jeffery Kissoon)
- Kim McFarlane (Krystal Williams)
- Donna Andrews (Alison Senior)
- Sean Andrews (Unknown)
- Lee Vickers (Dermot Keaney)
- Dave Roberts (David Kennedy)
- Samir Mistry (Andrew Rajan)
- Chris Wright (Tom Roberts)
- Mikey Smith (Leo Gregory)
- Bridget Banks (Mary Larkin)
- Tom Banks (Colm O'Maonlai)
- Sadie Banks (Isobel Middleton)
- Charlotte Banks (Hannah Bridges)
- D.C.I. Jill Marsden (Sophie Stanton)
- Krystal Cunnings (Rula Lenska)
- Jason Cunnings (James Taylor)
- Terry Raymond (Gavin Richards)
- Ernie Johnson (John Junkin)
- Steven Beale (Edward Savage)
- Matt Lindsay (Matthew Steer)
- Jason James (Joseph Millson)
- Nick Cotton (John Altman)
- Ashley Cotton (Frankie Fitzgerald)
- Zoe Cotton (Tara Ellis)
- Roxy Drake (Tracy Brabin)
- Harry Slater (Michael Elphick)
- Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass)
- Margaret Walker (Susan George)
- John Davis (Huw Higginson)
- Mick McFarlane (Sylvester Williams)
- Nellie Ellis (Elizabeth Kelly)
- Chris Wallace (Georgia Reece)
- Tony Wallace (Andy Capie)
- Kerry Skinner (Gemma McCluskie)
- Jane Williams (Ann Mitchell)
- Norman Dunn (Roland Oliver)
- Ross Fletcher (Che Walker)
- Ann Fletcher (Vanessa Earl)
- Jack Robbins (Chook Sibtain)
- Jan Sherwood (Cherie Lunghi)
- Alan Mills (Ashley Powell)
- Gary Bolton (Bruce Byron)
- Kevin Bolton (Robert Hill)
- Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner-Carter)
- Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin)
- Kathy Mitchell (Gillian Taylforth)
- Matthew Rose (Joe Absolom)
- Gianni di Marco (Marc Bannerman)
- Sandra di Marco (Claire Wilkie)
- Rosa di Marco (Louise Jameson)
- Nicky di Marco (Carly Hillman)
- Teresa di Marco (Leila Birch)
- Maureen Carter (Diane Coupland)
- Sophie Braddock (Hayley Angel Wardle)
- Jackie Owen (Race Davies)
- Josie McFarlane (Joan Hooley)
- Danny Harrison (Eddie Osei)
- Rodney Morris (Forbes Masson)
- Fiona Morris (Ashley Jensen)
- Eddie Skinner (Richard Vanstone)
- Fredrico Fonseca (Jimi Mistry)
- Jeff Healy (Leslie Schofield)
- Irene Raymond (Roberta Taylor)
- Nina Harris (Troy Titus-Adams)
- Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer)
- Annie Palmer (Nadia Sawalha)
- Luca di Marco (Graham McGrath)
- Lenny Wallace (Desune Coleman)
- Huw Edwards (Richard Elis)
- Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson)
- Simon Raymond (Andrew Lynford)
- Tony Hills (Mark Homer)
- Sarah Hills (Daniela Denby-Ashe)
- Alex Healy (Richard Driscoll)
- Jane Healy (Shirley Stelfox)
- Michael Rose (Russell Floyd)
- Susan Rose (Tilly Vosbergh)
- Conor Flaherty (Sean Gleeson)
- Mary Flaherty (Melanie Clark Pullen)
- Louise Raymond (Carol Harrison)
- Mike Cherry (Ian Hogg)
- Troy Harvey (Jamie Jarvis)
- Lilly Mattock (Barbara Keogh)
- Kim Brooks (Derek Lea)
- Ruth Fowler (Caroline Paterson)
- Linda Roberts (Cathy Breeze)
- Gina Williams (Nicola Cowper)
- Sue Williams (Jackie Clune)
- Andrea Price (Cindy O'Callaghan)
- Jack Price (Dax O'Callaghan)
- Susie Price (Viva Duce)
- Enrico di Clemente (Francois Pandolfo)
- Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor)
- Claudia Fielding (Romla Walker)
- Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon)
- George Palmer (Paul Moriarty)
- Sharmilla Kapoor (Priya Bilkhu)
- Sanjay Kapoor (Deepak Verma)
- Neelam Kapoor (Jamila Massey)
- Gita Kapoor (Shobu Kapoor)
- Arjun Kapoor (Unknown)
- Hayley Edwards (Karin Diamond)
- Polly Becker (Victoria Gould)
- Luisa di Marco (Stella Tanner)
- Bruno di Marco (Leon Lissek)
- Clare Tyler (Gemma Bissix)
- Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley)
- Julie Hay (Karen Henthorn)
- Josh Saunders (Jon Lee)
- Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins)
- Cindy Williams (Unknown)
- Lorna Cartwright (Janet Dibley)
- Barry Dean (Paul Corrigan)
- Max Townsend (Alan Hunter)
- Elton Mathers (Elliot Katt)
- Chris Clarke (Matthew Jay Lewis)
- Nicole Moore (Sara Stephens)
- Jessie Moore (Chelsey Paden)
- Alice McMahon (Carli Norris)
- Rachel Thorpe (Matilda Thorpe)
- Lola Christie (Diane Parish)
- Carl Christie (Stacey Wright)
- Kate Rutter (Alison Hastings)
- Bev Williams (Diane Langton)
- Ros Thorne (Clare Grogan)
- Vince Watson (Anthony Newley)
- Johnny Price (Mark Kingston)
- Alfie Kane (Mark Pegg)
- Jonah Tyler (Mark Mooney)
- Vanessa Carlton (Adele Salem)
- Jason le Fell (Robin Askwith)
- Alan Jackson (Howard Antony)
- Eamonn Flaherty (Maurice O'Donoghue)
- Brenda Flaherty (Janet Behan)
- Maggie Flaherty (Olivia Shanley)
- Sean Flaherty (Pat Laffen)
- Colette Flaherty (Shiona Redmond)
- Billy Jackson (Devon Anderson)
- Frankie Pierre (Syan Blake)
- Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence)
- Jacques Butcher (Jack Snell)
- 'Big' Ron (Ron Tarr)
- Colin Rose (James Puddephat)
- Ted Hills (Brian Croucher)
- Blossom Jackson (Mona Hammond)
- Felix Kowalski (Harry Landis)
- Lorraine Wicks (Jacqueline Leonard)
- Sue Taylor (Charlotte Bellamy)
- Joe Wicks (Paul Nicholls)
- Nick Holland (Dominic Taylor)
- Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher)
- April Branning (Debbie Arnold)
- Derek Branning (Terence Beesley)
- Doreen Branning (Joy Graham)
- Sue Branning (Julie Christian-Young)
- Willy Roper (Michael Tudor-Barnes)
- Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler)
- Farah Ahmed (Souad Faress)
- Nasreen Ahmed (Hebe Chitnis)
- Hanif Ahmed (Badi Uzzaman)
- Jabbar Ahmed (Gordon Warnecke)
- Parvez Ahmed (Mohammed Ashiq)
- Meena MacKenzie (Sudha Bhuchar)
- Jules Tavernier (Tommy Eytle)
- David Wicks (Michael French)
- Maxine Palmer (Dilys Laye)
- Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully)
- Debbie Bates (Nicola Duffett)
- Della Alexander (Michelle Joseph)
- Binnie Roberts (Sophie Langham)
- Alice Alexander (Isabelle Lucas)
- Liam Tyler (Francis Magee)
- Steve Elliot (Mark Monero)
- Dan Zappieri (Carl Pizzie)
- Shelley Lewis (Nicole Arumgam)
- Nadia Mitchell (Anna Barkan)
- Jerry MacKenzie (Brian Capron)
- Aidan Brosnan (Sean Maguire)
- Christine Hewitt (Lizzie Power)
- Jonathan Hewitt (Jonny Lee Miller)
- Richard Cole (Ian Reddington)
- Danny Taurus (Billy Boyle)
- Hattie Tavernier (Michelle Gayle)
- Pete Beale (Peter Dean)
- Rose Chapman (Petra Markham)
- Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton)
- Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May)
- James Wilmott-Brown (William Boyde)
- Sophie Wilmott-Brown {Natasha Knight)
- Luke Wilmott-Brown {Henry Power)
- Celestine Tavernier (Leroy Golding)
- Clyde Tavernier (Stephen Woodcock)
- Gidea Thompson (Sian Martin)
- Etta Tavernier (Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence)
- Lloyd Tavernier (Garey Bridges)
- Kofi Tavernier (Unknown)
- Gill Fowler (Susanna Dawson)
- Mo Butcher (Edna Doré)
- Lorraine Salter (Linda Henry)
- Sylvia Weng-Chung (Rachel Hiew)
- Ronnie Bains (Lesley Nightingale)
- Eibhlin O'Donnell (Mary Conlon)
- Disa O'Brien (Jan Graveson)
- Charlie Cotton (Christopher Hancock)
- John Royle (Paddy Joyce)
- Eddie Royle (Michael Melia)
- April McIntosh (Helen Pearson)
- Joe Wallace (Jason Rush)
- Alfie Phillips (Johnny Shannon)
- Rod Norman (Christopher McHallam)
- Jackie Stone (Richard Beale)
- Simon Wicks (Nick Berry)
- Marge Green (Pat Coombs)
- Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham)
- Geoff Barnes (David Roper)
- Felicity Barnes (Tara Moran)
- Matthew Taylor) (Neil Phillips)
- Greg McIntosh (Charlie Hawkins)
- Danny Whiting (Saul Jephcott)
- Shireen Karim (Nisha Kapur)
- Sohail Karim (Ronnie Jhutti)
- Ashraf Karim (Aftab Sachak)
- Sufia Karim (Rani Singh)
- Trevor Short (Phil McDermot)
- Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright)
- Laurie Bates (Gary Powel)
- Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton)
- Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih)
- Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff)
- Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer)
- Guizin Osman (Ishia Bennison)
- Rayif Osman (Billy Hassan)
- Murat Osman (Eddie Izzet)
- Emine Osman (Pelim Ahmet)
- Little Ali Osman (Unknown)
- Duncan Boyd (David Gillespie)
- Gerald Ludlow (John Burgess)
- Colin Russell (Michael Cashman)
- Melody (Lyanne Compton)
- "Queenie" (John Labanowski)
- David Samuels (Christopher Reich)
- Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan)
- Trevor Kellogg (Peter Doran)
- Gregory Mantel (Pavel Douglas)
- Matthew Jackson (Steven Hartley)
- Carmel Jackson (Judith Jacob)
- Aisha Roberts (Aisha Jacobs)
- Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington)
- Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt)
- Irene Holloway (Katherine Parr)
- Reggie Thompson (John Rutland)
- Benny Bloom (Arnold Yarrow)
- Magda Czajkowski (Kathryn Apanowicz)
- Kenny Beale (Michael Attwell)
- Elizabeth Beale (Lucy Bayler)
- Chris Smith (Allan O'Keefe)
- Harry Jameson (Anthony Dutton)
- Edie Smith (Eileen O'Brien)
- Mary Smith (Linda Davidson)
- Annie Smith (Samantha Crown)
- Angie Watts (Anita Dobson)
- Barry Clark (Gary Hailes)
- Graham Clark (Gary Webster)
- Reg Sparrow (Richard Ireson)
- "Uncle" (Leonard Maguire)
- Darren Roberts (Gary McDonald)
- Joanne Francis (Pamela Salem)
- Brian Wicks (Leslie Schofield)
- Tom Clements (Donald Tandy)
- Gerry Fairweather (Jason Watkins)
- George "Lofty" Holloway (Tom Watt)
- Lou Beale (Anna Wing)
- Tina Hopkins (Eleanor Rhodes)
- Debbie Wilkins (Shirley Cheriton)
- Terry Rich (Gary Whelan)
- Brendan Smith (Ian Wilkinson)
- Jaggat Singh (Amerjit Deu)
- Tony Carpenter (Oscar James)
- Hannah Carpenter (Sally Sagoe)
- Kelvin Carpenter (Paul J. Medford)
- Cassie Carpenter (Delanie Forbes)
- Joan Boyd (Maggie Fold)
- Naima Jeffrey (Shreela Ghosh)
- Eddie Hunter (Simon Henderson)
- Alan McIntyre (Pip Miller)
- Derek Taylor (Ken Sharrok)
- John Fisher (David Dale)
- Andy O'Brien (Ross Davidson)
- Rezaul Jeffrey (Tanveer Ghani)
- Saeed Jeffrey (Andrew Johnson)
- Roy Quick (Douglas Fielding)
- Ernie Mears (Ken Wynne)
- Ruth Lyons (Judy Liebert)
- Dario Chimisso (Marino Masé)
- Hassan Osman (Omer Mustafa Salih)
- Sheena Menell (Dulcie Liecier)
- Reg Cox (Johnnie Clayton)