Characters in Eastenders

Female characters are usually central to the program, as expected in traditional, British soaps. The characters tend to be strong, brassy and long-suffering, however, they seem to propose diva-like behavior and go through a lot of tragedy and misfortune. This includes characters such as Angie Watts, Kathy Mitchell, Sharon Rickman and Pat Evans.

  

Kathy Mitchell  

Pat Evans 

Sharon Rickman 

There are also female characters who do not handle tragedy as well, shown as eternal victims and endless sufferers, including Sue Osman, Little Mo Mitchell, Laura Beale and Lisa Fowler.

Little mo mitchell

Laura Beale

Another recurring character is the ‘tart with a heart’, which is often popular with viewers. These characters often hide their vulnerability and a desire to be loved, such as Pat, Tiffany Mitchell, Kat Moon and Stacey Slater.

Tiffany Mitchell

Kat Moon 

Stacey Slater

With the inclusion of various ‘macho’ male personalities, such as Phil and Grant Mitchell, ‘bad boys’ such as Den Watts and Dennis Rickman and ‘heartthrobs’ such as Simon Wicks and Jamie Mitchell, a gender balance is maintained in the show.

 Phil Mitchell

 Den Watts

Jamie Mitchell

The smartly dressed businessman often involved in gang culture and crime is another male character type, mostly viewed as a local authority figure. Such characters include Steve Owen, Jack Dalton, Andy Hunter and Jonny Allen.

Jonny Allen


The ‘loser’ or ‘soft touch’ males often controlled by their female counterparts, is another frequent male character presented in EastEnders, including Arthur Fowler, Ricky Butcher and Lofty Holloway.

Arthur Fowler

Other characters that have been presented in the serial are ‘lost girls’, including characters such as Marv Smith and Donna Ludlow, criminals such as Many Salter, Stacey Slater, Jay Brown and Lola Pearce, villains such as Nick Cotton, George Peters and Trevor Morgan, bitches such as Cindy Beale and Janine Evans and cockney ‘wide boys’ or ‘wheeler dealers’ such as Frank Butcher, Alfie Moon and Kevin Wicks.

Lola Pearce

There are many different types of characters in the soap opera ‘Eastenders’. As Eastenders has been aired for 27 years, new characters are constantly being introduced. However, with our soap trailer, it will be difficult to get as many characters since it is just the beginning of the soap. Therefore, there cannot be as many characters shown in the trailer as this can become quite confusing for the audience. Nonetheless, as the soap progresses, this allows more characters to be added later on throughout the episodes.