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''[[EastEnders]]'' is a British television [[soap opera]] first broadcast on [[BBC1]] on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who are currently appearing in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last.

== Present characters ==
=== Regular characters ===
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! 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}}
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| {{sortname|Kathy|Beale}}|| {{sortname|Gillian|Taylforth}} || {{dts|1985}}–2000, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Kathy Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3RhCFJdBwXgsKCR6q3Nl8HX/kathy-beale |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Sharon|Watts}} || {{sortname|Letitia|Dean}} || {{dts|1985}}–1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Sharon Watts">{{cite web |title=Sharon Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3PGXGVJRP6xW0dntQ05MmVS/sharon-mitchell |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ian|Beale}} || {{sortname|Adam|Woodyatt}} || 1985–present || align="center" | <ref name="Ian Beale">{{cite web |title=Ian Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4Gwvxh2W63SFhPY0xGM8czx/ian-beale |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Vicki|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Emma|Herry|nolink=1}} || rowspan="4" | 1986–1995, 2003–2004, 2025–present || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="vicki and family">{{cite web |title=EastEnders' Vicki Fowler returns to Walford with a new family |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/eastenders-vicki-fowler-returns-walford-new-family |website=[[BBC Media Centre]] |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Samantha Leigh|Martin|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Scarlett|Alice Johnson}}
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| {{sortname|Alice|Haig}}
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| {{sortname|Cindy|Beale}} || {{sortname|Michelle|Collins}} || {{dts|1988}}–1990, 1992–1998, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Cindy Beale">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lewis |title=What happened to Cindy Beale in EastEnders? Michelle Collins role explained |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-cindy-beale-michelle-collins-explained/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Phil|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Steve|McFadden}} || {{dts|1990}}–2003, 2005–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Phil Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Phil Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/FYbhfKRvJWzfqCQgBs84qS/phil-mitchell |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Nigel|Bates}} || {{sortname|Paul|Bradley|dab=English actor}} || {{dts|1992}}–1998, 2024–present ||style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=EastEnders airs surprise Christmas Eve return for classic character in early BBC iPlayer release |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-surprise-nigel-bates-paul-bradley-christmas-eve-return-newsupdate/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226225755/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-surprise-nigel-bates-paul-bradley-christmas-eve-return-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| rowspan="7" | {{sortname|Peter|Beale}} || {{sortname|Francis|Brittin-Snell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="7" | 1993–2010, 2013–2015, 2020–present || rowspan="7" align="center" | <ref name="Peter Beale">{{Cite press release|title=EastEnders' Peter Beale to return to Walford alongside Cindy and Ian later this year|date=23 June 2023|publisher=[[BBC Media Centre]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/eastenders-peter-beale-returns |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Alex|Stevens|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Joseph|Shade|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|James|Martin|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Ben|Hardy|dab=actor}}
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| {{sortname|Dayle|Hudson}}
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| {{sortname|Thomas|Law}}
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| {{sortname|Billy|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Perry|Fenwick}} || {{dts|1998}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Billy Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Billy Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5lSWM7YsLr5GWd4Htj0f06Q/billy-mitchell |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kat|Slater}}|| {{sortname|Jessie|Wallace}} || {{dts|2000}}–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kat Slater">{{cite web |title=Kat Moon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5YsrNP0Nc7CdLD36V2FW1XJ/kat-moon |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Zoe|Slater}}||{{sortname|Michelle|Ryan}}||2000&ndash;2005, 2025–present|| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |title=EastEnders' Zoe Slater returns to Walford as Michelle Ryan reprises the role |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/eastenders-zoe-slater-returns |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Mo|Harris}} || {{sortname|Laila|Morse}} || 2000–2016, 2018–2022, 2024–present || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Grace |title=Mo Harris to make EastEnders return — and she'll be joined by ANOTHER Slater |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/emb-8pm-tonight-eastenders-mo-harris-to-make-permanent-return-and-shes-not-alone |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[What to Watch]] |date=28 February 2024}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Patrick|Trueman}} || {{sortname|Rudolph|Walker}} || {{dts|2001}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Patrick Trueman">{{cite web |title=Patrick Trueman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1CBkDZWbMdzWmBjXKDfG3mJ/patrick-trueman |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Alfie|Moon}} || {{sortname|Shane|Richie}} || {{dts|2002}}–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Alfie Moon">{{cite web |title=Alfie Moon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4qs9JsPPZghCLZfK3JRSC5D/alfie-moon |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Yolande|Trueman}} || {{sortname|Angela|Wynter}} || {{dts|2003}}–2008, 2017, 2023–present ||style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Yolande Trueman">{{cite news |title=EastEnders summer return for Angela Wynter as Yolande Trueman |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-yolande-trueman-yolande-trueman-return-newsupdate/ |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724145508/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-yolande-trueman-yolande-trueman-return-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Stacey|Slater}} || {{sortname|Lacey|Turner}} || {{dts|2004}}–2010, 2014–2025|| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Stacey Slater">{{cite web |title=Stacey Fowler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1TvxZ4wXZMMCRyxFYCRJ0Pn/stacey-fowler |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327165722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1TvxZ4wXZMMCRyxFYCRJ0Pn/stacey-fowler |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Freddie|Slater|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Alex|Kilby|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2004}}–2006, 2022–2025 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Freddie Slater">{{cite news |title=EastEnders sign Jade Goody's son Bobby Brazier as they recast role |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/eastenders/jade-goody-son-bobby-brazier/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Heart (radio network)|Heart]] |date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Tom|Kilby|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Bobby|Brazier}}
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| {{sortname|Jean|Slater}} || {{sortname|Gillian|Wright}} || {{dts|2004}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jean Slater">{{cite web |title=Jean Slater |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3bkKJvMFk1wlg0n8wsH5hcw/jean-slater |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401062754/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3bkKJvMFk1wlg0n8wsH5hcw/jean-slater |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Honey|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Emma|Barton}} || {{dts|2005}}–2008, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Honey Mitchell">{{cite web |title=Honey Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/19Lj05GFMBVbdtbDfwk77RV/honey-mitchell |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Chelsea|Fox}} || {{sortname|Tiana|Benjamin}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2006}}–2010, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Chelsea Fox">{{cite news |last1=McLennan |first1=Patrick |title=EastEnders casts former Coronation Street star Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Fox |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-zaraah-abrahams-chelsea-fox/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Zaraah|Abrahams}}
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| {{sortname|Denise|Fox}} || {{sortname|Diane|Parish}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Denise Fox |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/N9NNn11VLycV2J2y4wnnS5/denise-fox |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lauren|Branning}} || {{sortname|Madeline|Duggan}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2006}}–2018, 2022–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Lauren">{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Jossa announces return to EastEnders as Lauren Branning five years after exit |website=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=30 September 2023 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-jacqueline-jossa-announces-return-31074751}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Jossa}}
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| {{sortname|Janet|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Grace||nolink=1}}<!-- Please do not add a surname here, to protect the privacy of this person. There is an OTRS request in relation to this. Additions of surname should be revision deleted by an administrator or oversighted. --> || {{dts|2006}}–2011, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers: Panic as Janet Mitchell goes missing |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/01/eastenders-spoilers-panic-as-janet-goes-missing-14165091/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jay|Brown}} || {{sortname|Jamie|Borthwick}} || {{dts|2006}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jay Brown">{{cite web |title=Jay Brown |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4zw3m064HfJrVkvLLg63bxP/jay-brown |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Jack|Branning}} || {{sortname|Scott|Maslen}} || {{dts|2007}}–2013, 2015–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Jack Branning">{{cite web |title=Jack Branning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2wJkT96Kv3YckLf1MfvzR8z/jack-branning |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Will|Mitchell}} || |{{sortname|Toby|Walpole|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" |{{dts|2007}}–2012, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |date=28 November 2020 |title=EastEnders' Suki Panesar to turn nasty with Billy and Honey's son Will |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34804902/eastenders-spoilers-suki-panesar-will-mitchell-clash/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Freddie|Phillips|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Penny|Branning}} || {{sortname|Mia|McKenna-Bruce}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2008}}, 2024–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Penny Branning">{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Helen |title=EastEnders confirms Penny Branning return after 15 years away |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-penny-branning-return-new-actress-newsupdate/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129121736/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-penny-branning-return-new-actress-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kitty|Castledine}}
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| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Amy|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Natalia|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}} || rowspan="5" | {{dts|2008}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" | <ref name="Amy Mitchell">{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders confirms Amy Mitchell recast in new episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40831191/eastenders-spoilers-amy-mitchell-recast-ellie-dadd/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=8 August 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808191732/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40831191/eastenders-spoilers-amy-mitchell-recast-ellie-dadd/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Kamil|Lipka-Kozanka|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Amelie|Conway|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Abbie|Burke|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Ellie|Dadd}}
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| {{sortname|Kim|Fox}} || {{sortname|Tameka|Empson}} || {{dts|2009}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Kim Fox">{{cite web |title=Kim Fox-Hubbard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2Q4dzRjC1qpmrtc0nylRt5C/kim-fox-hubbard |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Linda|Carter}} || {{sortname|Kellie|Bright}} || {{dts|2013}}–present|| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Linda Carter">{{cite web |title=Linda Carter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Vw0M9WXmC7mWTrdqmYhdXp/linda-carter |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Johnny|Carter|dab=EastEnders}} ||{{sortname|Sam|Strike}}|| rowspan="3" | 2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2024–present || rowspan="3" align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarrubba |first1=Stefania |title=EastEnders to bring back Johnny Carter as role is recast again |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a46038903/eastenders-johnny-carter-recast-charlie-suff/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ted|Reilly}}
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| {{sortname|Charlie|Suff}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Elaine|Peacock}} || {{sortname|Maria|Friedman}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2014}}–2017, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Knight">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43441910/eastenders-knight-family-recasting-molly-rainford/|title=EastEnders recasts a character as new Queen Vic family is revealed|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=28 March 2023|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=28 March 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328191040/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a43441910/eastenders-knight-family-recasting-molly-rainford/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Harriet|Thorpe}}
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| {{sortname|Callum|Highway}} || {{sortname|Tony|Clay}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Callum Highway">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ben |title=EastEnders confirms plans for Halfway to return to Albert Square |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a853395/eastenders-confirms-plans-for-halfway-to-return-to-albert-square/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=28 March 2018}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Vinny|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Shiv|Jalota}} || {{dts|2019}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Panesars">{{cite news |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders – who are the Panesar brothers? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29366276/eastenders-panesar-brothers-family-jags-kheerat-vinny/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=4 October 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213111709/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a29366276/eastenders-panesar-brothers-family-jags-kheerat-vinny/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Suki|Panesar}} || {{sortname|Balvinder|Sopal}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Suki Panesar">{{cite news |last1=Fullerton |first1=Huw |title=EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-balvinder-sopal-as-suki-panesar/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213115727/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-casts-balvinder-sopal-as-suki-panesar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Zack|Hudson}} || {{sortname|James|Farrar|dab=actor}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Zack Hudson">{{cite news |last1=Crick |first1=Claire |title=Silent Witness and Call The Midwife star James Farrar joins the cast of EastEnders |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/silent-witness-call-the-midwife-james-farrar-joins-eastenders-658847 |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=[[What to Watch]] |date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Harvey|Monroe}} || {{sortname|Ross|Boatman}} || {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Harvey Monroe">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36671353/eastenders-spoilers-ross-boatman-harvey-monroe-dana-bobby/|title=EastEnders casts Ross Boatman for big Bobby Beale storyline|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=9 June 2021|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=9 June 2021|archive-date=13 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213110152/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36671353/eastenders-spoilers-ross-boatman-harvey-monroe-dana-bobby/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Howie|Danes}} || {{sortname|Delroy|Atkinson}} ||  {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Howie Danes">{{cite magazine |last1=White |first1=Kate |title='People keep telling me I better treat Kim right!' |magazine=[[Inside Soap]] |date=27 August - 2 September 2022 |issue=35 |pages=44–45}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Eve|Unwin}} || {{sortname|Heather|Peace}} ||  {{dts|2021}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Eve Unwin">{{cite news |last1=Theil |first1=Michele |title=EastEnders casts former Waterloo Road star Heather Peace as Stacey's prison friend |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37425704/eastenders-casts-waterloo-road-heather-peace-new-character/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ravi|Gulati|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Aaron|Thiara}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Ravi Gulati">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40501110/eastenders-cast-aaron-thiara-ravi-gulati-panesar-story/|title=EastEnders confirms Aaron Thiara has joined cast for new Panesar story|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=4 July 2022|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=13 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213110206/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40501110/eastenders-cast-aaron-thiara-ravi-gulati-panesar-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Denzel|Danes}} || {{sortname|Jaden|Ladega}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Denzel Danes">{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders reveals Howie Danes secret in new episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a40768009/eastenders-spoilers-howie-danes-secret-revealed/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=1 August 2022}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Davinder "Nugget"|Gulati}} || {{sortname|Juhaim Rasul|Choudhury}} || {{dts|2022}}–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Davinder Nugget Gulati">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Stephen |title=EastEnders spoilers reveal deadly fight that leaves one person lifeless |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-spoilers-jean-return-stacey-27609263 |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=[[OK!]] |publisher=([[Reach plc]]) |date=2 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809061919/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-spoilers-jean-return-stacey-27609263 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|George|Knight|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Colin|Salmon}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
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| {{sortname|Anna|Knight}} || {{sortname|Molly|Rainford}} || {{dts|2023}}–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
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| {{sortname|Gina|Knight}} || {{sortname|Francesca|Henry}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Knight" />
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| {{sortname|Priya|Nandra-Hart}} || {{sortname|Sophie|Khan Levy}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Nandra-Hart">{{cite news |last1=Daly |first1=Helen |title=EastEnders casts Ravi Gulati's long lost love - and his secret daughter |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-ravi-priya-sophie-khan-levy-newsupdate/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Avani|Nandra-Hart}} || {{sortname|Aaliyah|James}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref name="Nandra-Hart"/>
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| {{sortname|Junior|Knight}} || {{sortname|Micah|Balfour}} || 2024–present || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders casts Emmerdale star as George's son |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60672936/eastenders-spoilers-micah-balfour-george-son/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |access-date=2 May 2024 |date=2 May 2024 |archive-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202130839/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a60672936/eastenders-spoilers-micah-balfour-george-son/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Teddy|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Roland|Manookian}}||2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="mitchells">{{cite web |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=EastEnders expands Mitchell family in Stevie secret story |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61019030/eastenders-spoilers-new-mitchell-family-teddy/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=6 June 2024 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008152733/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a61019030/eastenders-spoilers-new-mitchell-family-teddy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Mitchell|dab=EastEnders}}||{{sortname|Elijah|Holloway}}|| 2024–present|| align="center" | <ref name="mitchells"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Barney|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Lewis|Bridgeman}} || 2024–present || align="center" | <ref name="mitchells"/>
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| {{sortname|Kojo|Asare}} || {{sortname|Dayo|Koleosho}} ||2024–present|| align="center" | <ref name="Asare brothers">{{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 |archive-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103025850/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-george-knight-brothers-kobina-kojo-asare-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Nicola|Mitchell}} || {{sortname|Laura|Doddington}} ||2024–present|| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Zammitt |first=Erin |date=2 October 2024 |title=EastEnders to introduce Teddy Mitchell's ex-wife in new story |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62484731/eastenders-spoilers-nicola-mitchell-teddy-ex-wife-casting/ |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007134822/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a62484731/eastenders-spoilers-nicola-mitchell-teddy-ex-wife-casting/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ross|Marshall|dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Alex|Walkinshaw}} || 2025–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="vicki and family"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Joel|Marshall}} || {{sortname|Max|Murray|dab=actor}} || 2025–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="vicki and family"/>
|}

=== Recurring and guest characters ===
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lily|Slater}} || {{sortname|Aine|Garvey|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2014–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Lily Slater">{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders: Who is the new actress playing Lily Slater, and who played her before? |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-who-new-actress-playing-22725552 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Lillia|Turner}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Ricky|Branning}} || {{sortname|Henri|Charles|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2010}}, 2016–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Dainty |first1=Sophie |title=EastEnders introduces new Ricky Mitchell as Frankie Day takes over the role |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a863815/eastenders-ricky-mitchell-recast/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=13 August 2018}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Frankie|Day|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Tommy|Moon}} || {{sortname|Shane|White|nolink=1}} || rowspan="4" | {{dts|2010}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | <ref name="Moon">{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=Charlie |title=EastEnders spoilers: Tommy Moon's heartbreaking 'diagnosis' rocks Walford in tragic twist |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1307017/EastEnders-spoilers-Tommy-Moon-diagnosis-dyslexia-bullying-Kat-Slater-return-BBC-video |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace: EastEnders baby plot was not hard |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0416/428884-eastenders/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[RTÉ.ie]] |date=16 April 2011 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710011315/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/0416/428884-eastenders/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |title=EastEnders confirms Tommy Moon recast in box set episodes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36860717/eastenders-confirms-tommy-moon-recast-sonny-kendall/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127153240/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36860717/eastenders-confirms-tommy-moon-recast-sonny-kendall/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Ralfie|White|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Shay|Crotty|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Sonny|Kendall}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lexi|Pearce}} || {{sortname|Dotti-Beau|Cotterill|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2012}}–2015, 2019–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Danielle Harold's EastEnders daughter reminds her of Maisie Smith |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/danielle-harolds-eastenders-daughter-reminds-maisie-smith-1265122.html |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=Female First |date=3 November 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710011316/https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/danielle-harolds-eastenders-daughter-reminds-maisie-smith-1265122.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pratt |first1=Steve |title=Bad Santa is too merry for Lola |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/11660167.bad-santa-merry-lola/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[The Northern Echo]] |date=11 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Isabella|Brown|nolink=1}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Bert|Moon}} || {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie">{{cite news |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=EastEnders star Jessie Wallace reveals adorable Christmas card from her on-screen sons |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38558211/eastenders-jessie-wallace-christmas-card-on-screen-sons/ |access-date=19 December 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=18 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}}
|-
| {{sortname|Elliot|Briffett|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ernie|Moon}} || {{sortname|Freddie|Beale|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2014}}–2016, 2018–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Bert and Ernie"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Stanley|Beale|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Cody|Briffett|nolink=1}}
|-
| {{sortname|Pearl|Fox}} || {{sortname|Arayah|Harris-Buckle|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="credits">{{cite web |title=01/03/2021 - Credits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000stxj#credits |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Ollie|Carter}} || {{sortname|Jack|Tilley|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref>{{cite tweet|number=1071339480462827522|user=lauraziepe|title=My little Harry on front of @TVChoice and @whatsontvuk magazine #EastEnders #olliecarter #ollieeastenders|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=8 December 2018|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=721101044965588992|user=Jdbaby666|title=@MrDDyer Watching tonight made me MELT my charlie! so cute x|author=Jadie|date=15 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=695874459861917696|user=CarenFraggle|title=Watched Jacks last episode as Ollie yesterday. Thanx 4 being so kind & lovely 2 us X @MrDDyer @kelliebright76 @maddy_hill90 @danboy @ShonaBM|last=Farr|first=Laura|date=6 February 2016|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Charlie|Harrington|nolink=1}}
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Farr|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Louie|Beale}} || {{sortname|Oscar|Winehouse|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2015}}–2018, 2023–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="Lauren"/>
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| {{sortname|Freddie|Harrington|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Jake|McNally|nolink=1}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Arthur|Fowler|dab=2015 character}} || {{sortname|Hunter|Bell|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2015}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a39493895/eastenders-spoilers-arthur-fowler-recast/|title=EastEnders recasts character in Stacey and Jean Slater row storyline|last=Harp|first=Justin|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|date=21 March 2022|accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Rocco|Brenner|nolink=1}}
|-
| {{sortname|Raymond|Dawkins}} || {{sortname|Michael Jose|Pomares Calixte|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2017}}, 2020–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Anna |title=Who is Raymond in EastEnders? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/25/who-is-raymond-in-eastenders-13327020/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="4jun21">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 04/06/2021|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wncb|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Consultant: [[Jon Sen]]; Director: Nimer Rashed, Ian Barnes and John Greening; Writer: Matthew Hurt|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=4 June 2021|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604101427/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wncb|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Hope|Fowler}} || {{sortname|Frankie|Brennan|nolink=1}} || rowspan="3" | {{dts|2017}}–present || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="IsabelleSmith">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 09/08/2022 - Part 1|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001b1c5|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Producer: Chris Clenshaw; Director: John Howlett; Writer: Poz Watson|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=9 August 2022|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Noach Persell |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/noach-persell |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711145525/https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/noach-persell |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Brennan |url=https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/frankie-brennan |publisher=Mandy |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710011317/https://www.mandy.com/uk/child-actor/frankie-brennan |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Noach|Persell|nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Isabelle|Smith|nolink=1}}
|-
| {{sortname|Mica|Fox}} || {{sortname|Maylo|Miller|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2018}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Katie |title=EastEnders Fox family tree explained: How is Kim Fox related to Denise and Raymond? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1358081/kim-fox-family-tree-who-is-eastenders-character-related-to-plot-bbc-evg |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Albie|Watts}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Gentleman|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2020}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Amy |title=EastEnders confirms Sharon Watts changed baby Kayden's name during lockdown |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33912103/eastenders-sharon-watts-baby-kayden-name-change-albie/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=3 September 2020 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904034858/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a33912103/eastenders-sharon-watts-baby-kayden-name-change-albie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Annie|Carter}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Annie">{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/14/eastenders-spoilers-linda-reveals-name-of-her-newborn-baby-15258385/ |title= EastEnders spoilers: Linda Carter reveals name of her newborn baby |access-date=14 September 2021 |work=Metro |date=14 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Jordan|Atkins|dab=EastEnders}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || 2021–present || style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=EastEnders reveals aftermath of Chelsea Fox's unexpected labour |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a38622125/eastenders-spoilers-chelsea-labour-aftermath-photos/ |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=([[Hearst Magazines UK]]) |date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname||Tyson|dab=EastEnders}} (dog) || {{|Spud || {{dts|2023}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Knight" />
|-
| {{sortname|Charli|Slater}} || {{n/a|Uncredited}} || {{dts|2023}}–present || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45019810/eastenders-baby-name-charli-xcx/|title=Charli XCX reacts to EastEnders baby name tribute|last=Rowan|first=Iona|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Communications]]|date=6 September 2023|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908084858/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45019810/eastenders-baby-name-charli-xcx/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|[[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2025#Jimmy Beale|Jimmy Beale]]|| {{n/a|Uncredited}} || {{dts|2025}}–present || align="center" | <ref>https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/07/lauren-gives-birth-eastenders-early-bbc-iplayer-release-reveals-poignant-name-23039959/|title= EastEnders spoilers: Lauren gives birth in early iplayer release|access-date=14 September 2025|work=Metro |date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
|}

=== Named extras ===
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! scope="col" style="width:190px;" | Actor(s)
! scope="col" style="width:320px;" | Duration
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"  | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
| {{sortname|Tracey||dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Jane|Slaughter|dab=actor}} || {{dts|1985}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Michael |title=10 things you didn't know about EastEnders' legendary silent barmaid Tracey |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a666480/10-fast-facts-about-eastenders-legendary-silent-barmaid-tracey/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Winston||dab=EastEnders}} || {{sortname|Ulric|Browne}} || {{dts|1985}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinnell |first1=Ellie |title=What the actor who played our favourite extra Winston on EastEnders is doing now |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/what-actor-who-played-winston-18912279 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=MyLondon |date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Marie|Evans}} || {{sortname|Liz|Sweet|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2000}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Tutton |first1=Charlotte |title=EastEnders fans can't deal when café waitress Marie speaks for the first time |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastendersfans-cant-deal-cafe-waitress-14737885 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[OK!]] |date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Shrimpy|}} || {{sortname|Ben|Champniss|nolink=1}} || {{dts|2014}}–present || style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Duncan |title=Everyone's favourite EastEnders extra Shrimpy looks seriously different in real life |url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/05/09/everyones-favourite-eastenders-extra-shrimpy-looks-seriously-different-in-real-life-5870711/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=9 May 2016}}</ref>
|}

== Cast changes ==
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=== Departing characters ===
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|[[Stacey Slater]]
|[[Lacey Turner]]
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=EastEnders' Lacey Turner to leave soap with 'dramatic' exit planned |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64746395/eastenders-lacey-turner-leave-soap-exit/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[Freddie Slater (EastEnders)|Freddie Slater]]
|[[Bobby Brazier]]
| style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=EastEnders exit confirmed for Freddie Slater after three years |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a64999790/eastenders-spoilers-freddie-slater-exit/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=7 June 2025 |language=English |date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anna Knight]]
|[[Molly Rainford]]
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=EastEnders exit announced for Anna Knight as Molly Rainford leaves after two years |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-exit-announced-anna-knight-35458378}}</ref>
|}

=== Returning characters ===
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| [[Oscar Branning]]
| [[Pierre Moullier]]
| style="text-align: center;"| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Rachel |title=EastEnders confirms Oscar Branning return in dramatic summer story |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a65140364/eastenders-confirms-oscar-branning-return/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=21 June 2025 |language=English |date=21 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Julie Haye]]
| [[Karen Henthorn]]
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a65205333/eastenders-julie-bates-return/|title=EastEnders confirm long-awaited return after 27 years for devastating storyline|last=Warner|first=Sam|date=26 June 2025|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=26 June 2025}}</ref>
|}<!--PLEASE NOTE AS OF 27 JUNE 2025: BEN MITCHELL AND MAX BRANNING'S RETURNS ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS. CONFIRMATION FROM RELIABLE SECONDARY SOURCES IS REQUIRED TO LIST HERE-->
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== Former characters ==
{{Main|List of former EastEnders characters}}

== Lists of characters by year of introduction ==
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* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1985|1985]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1986|1986]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1987|1987]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1988|1988]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1989|1989]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1990|1990]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1991|1991]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1992|1992]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1993|1993]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1994|1994]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1995|1995]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1996|1996]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1997|1997]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1998|1998]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1999|1999]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2000|2000]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2001|2001]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2002|2002]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2003|2003]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2004|2004]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2005|2005]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2006|2006]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2007|2007]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2008|2008]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2009|2009]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2010|2010]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2011|2011]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2012|2012]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2013|2013]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2014|2014]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2015|2015]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2016|2016]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2017|2017]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2018|2018]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2019|2019]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2020|2020]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2021|2021]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2022|2022]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2023|2023]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2024|2024]]
* [[List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2025|2025]]
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== Spin-off characters ==
{{Main|List of EastEnders spin-off characters}}

== Notes ==
{{notes}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088512/fullcredits Cast and characters of ''EastEnders''] on [[IMDb]]

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