The character of Andy along with his girlfriend Debbie Wilkins were an attempt by Holland and Smith to represent the influx of middle-classed people that were opting to move to the usually working-class areas of the East End of London. It comes after he split from then wife and mother of his daughter, Lucy-Jo Hudson, who played Katie Harris on the show. Actor Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs, has dated a couple of his co-stars on the soap series Coronation Street. Their characters Brenda Walker and Eric Pollard were also entangled in a love story on the ITV series. The cobbles couple have been married for 20 years and have since expanded their family, with their two children, Jack, 17, and Scarlett, 11.
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Keanu and Louise get in a car and just before they are about to drive off, Keanu checks if this is definitely what she want, Louise then coldly stares at Keanu and tells him he should never take a Mitchell for a fool. Louise then goes to the Vic and meets Ben, Phil and then rest of the Mitchell family, giving all three of them an alibi. Keanu asks around for work and apologises to Arthur’s children, Michelle Fowler and Martin Fowler, for the bench theft.
Jake Wood, who is known for his role as Max Branning in the soap, renewed his wedding vows with his wife Alison Murray in October 2017. The couple had their own festival-inspired ceremony, called Wed Fest, in a Hertfordshire field 23 years to the day they met. Their children Amber and Buster were by their sides for the fun nuptials, which came after 16 years of marriage. EastEnders actor Danny married his long-term partner Jo Mas in a ceremony exclusively covered by HELLO!
Jean also has a son called Sean, who she’s devoted to, despite his troubles. Martin’s had a troubled love life – he got Sonia Jackson pregnant when they were still teens. Doting dad Mick Carter, played by Danny Dyer, is the landlord of The Queen Vic. He’s proud of his grown-up kids Lee, Nancy and Johnny, his young son Ollie and his new baby Annie.
Smith was asked who she would like to film with in future, to which she said that Dana having interactions with Stacey Slater would be interesting, especially since she is a fan of Turner. She was also asked which storylines she would implement if she was in charge. Smith said that she would love to see Dana in charge of people and executing her own visions, as well as working with people who have been radicalised and having «a bigger voice».
He made his first appearance on 15 June 2017 and departed on 21 February 2020. Dier’s return to the fold on Jane the Virgin was undoubtedly one of the biggest storylines of all five seasons. Two stars of the show who seem to be dating are Miguel actor Xolo Maridueña and Moon actor Hannah Kepple. «It’s awful to think of them lying there in that grave in their garden, the garden where those children would have played with their mother.
Will Mitchell played by Freddie Phillips
Although Rocky soon rubbished that idea and told her Nick was her dad after all. Newcomer Rocky AKA Terry Cant AKA Thomas Cotton played by Brian Conley, arrived in Walford claiming to be Sonia Jackson’s long-lost dad, Terry. However, she revealed her big secret last year – that she had given up a son for adoption.
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In the year 2000, Dot made the selfless decision to help her old friend Ethel Skinner, another original cast member, to die on her 85th birthday, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Nick has had more returns and departures from the soap than any other character, so it makes sense that his credits outside of EastEnders have been sporadic. Oh, and he’s also won the prestigious Rear of the Year award in 2001, which is the real accolade here. ‘Nasty’ Nick Cotton was another of the soap’s original villains, and gave Dirty Den a run for his money. In fact he was worse, brought in by the soap’s producers as an «agent of chaos» responsible for the show’s first murder, Reg Cox, who was found dead in the opening scene of the opening episode.
She was initially cast in a 6-month guest stint, but was promoted to a regular cast member and had her family introduced to the soap. She was overjoyed to have been cast due to having been a fan of the soap since her youth. Smith was initially unsure if viewers would like her, but critics have said that it has been refreshing to have a character with good intentions on EastEnders.
More recently, devoted mum Stacey split with husband Martin Fowler after he got mixed up with the Mitchells and wanted to protect her. And her affair with Bradley’s dad Max Branning – and its reveal on Christmas Day – has entered Enders history. Stacey Slater, played by Lacey Turner, has had a lot of drama in her time in the Square. In the very first episode of EastEnders, iconic Square matriarch Pauline Fowler discovered she was pregnant. Mick recently discovered he had another daughter, Frankie, whose mother was the youth worker who abused him as a kid.
«Shona has been a great support for Max over the last couple of months and been a shoulder for him to cry on.» «Fast forward six months…I’m now a single mum to be, very excited yet the future is all very unknown to me so I would like to document my journey. «It was a huge surprise to find out the big news and it was the start of a whirlwind of emotions and hormones. Lots of bloody hormones.» However, the couple ended their romance and Max is said to have moved out of Roisin’s home in early March. Max then started a relationship with insurance executive Roisin Buckle , having met at a pub last summer before going public with their relationship towards the end of last year. The actor had described her as «the most beautiful woman on the planet» in a gushing post to wish her a happy birthday.
Kathy and Phil’s marriage was a rocky one, thanks to his alcoholism, and Kathy eventually left to live in South Africa. Kathy was married to Ian’s dad, Pete Beale but when their marriage broke down in the early 90s, she got together with Phil Mitchell and gave birth to their son, Ben. She’s been at the centre of some of Enders’ company website most iconic storylines including her shocking rape at the hands of James Wilmott-Brown. Kathy Beale, played by Gillian Taylforth, is one of EastEnders’ original cast members. Fans know that the cast of EastEnders is always changing and their fave characters can pop off in the back of black cab (or worse!) at the drop of a hat.