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Lexi Mitchell
The following are characters who first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2012 listed by order of first appearance. New characters were introduced by Bryan Kirkwood, executive producer. He stepped down from the role in April. His last episode was on 13 July 2012. From 16 July, characters were introduced by his successor, Lorraine Newman. The first character to be introduced was the undertaker, Les Coker (Roger Sloman). The first regular character to be announced was Ray Dixon (Chucky Venn), the biological father of Morgan Butcher (Devon Higgs), followed by Alice Branning ( Jasmyn Banks), the daughter of Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman) and, Alice's brother, Joey (David Witts). June 2012 also saw the first birth of the year: Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Michael Moon's (Steve John Shepherd) daughter, Scarlett. July saw the arrival of Masood Ahmed's (Nitin Ganatra) brother, AJ Ahmed (Phaldut Sharma). July also saw the second birth of the year: Lola Pearce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in BARB's television ratings, and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four ''EastEnders'' episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched programmes, most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot, when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. ''EastEnders'' has been EastEnders in popular culture, important in the history of British television drama, tackling many subjects that are considered to be controversial or taboo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Butcher
Janine Butcher (also Evans, Malloy and Carter) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', introduced in 1989. The character is played by Rebecca Michael, Alexia Demetriou and Charlie Brooks respectively. Brooks initially departed on 7 May 2004. She returned for a three episode guest stint in April 2008 before returning permanently on 18 December of that year. Brooks later took a break from September 2012 until April 2013, then departed again on 20 March 2014. In April 2021, it was announced that Brooks would reprise the role once again and return later in the year. She returned on 6 September 2021. It was announced on 24 September 2022 that Brooks had only agreed to reprise the role for 12 months and would depart again at the conclusion of her storyline, with her final scenes airing on 26 December 2022. The character has been described as a "super-bitch" and a "classic villainess". She has proven popular with critics and fans of the show. Her storylines typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letitia Dean
Letitia Jane Dean (born 14 November 1967) is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sharon Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. An original cast member from 1985 to 1995, she reprised the role from 2001 to 2006, and again from 2012 onwards. For the role, she was awarded the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2022. Her other television roles include ''Grange Hill'' (1983–1984), '' Brookside'' (1984), '' The Hello Girls'' (1996–1998) and '' Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married'' (1999–2000). In 2007, she participated in the fifth series of the BBC dance competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'', finishing fourth. On stage, she starred in the West End production of ''High School Musical'' in 2008, and in the UK touring production of '' Calendar Girls'' in 2010. Early life Dean was born in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, to parents Leslie (a tailor) and Ellie Dean, in a cottage rented on the estate of English romantic novelist Barbara Cartland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Rickman
Sharon Watts (also Mitchell, Rickman and Beale) is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders'', played by Letitia Dean. Sharon was one of ''EastEnders'' original characters conceptualised by creators Tony Holland and Julia Smith. She first appeared in the first episode broadcast on 19 February 1985 as the teenage adopted daughter of Queen Vic landlords Den (Leslie Grantham) and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson). Dean originally quit the role in 1995 after ten years, with Sharon departing following the breakdown of her marriage. In May 2001, Sharon was reintroduced by producer John Yorke, before departing in January 2006. Dean's return was announced in February 2012, and she later made her on-screen return on 13 August 2012 in a week of episodes involving her wedding day to John Hewland (Jesse Birdsall). In 2024, Dean took a break from the show, with Sharon exiting on 9 January and returning on 1 April. She took another break in April 2025 with Sharon departing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexi Pearce
The following are characters who first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2012 listed by order of first appearance. New characters were introduced by Bryan Kirkwood, executive producer. He stepped down from the role in April. His last episode was on 13 July 2012. From 16 July, characters were introduced by his successor, Lorraine Newman. The first character to be introduced was the undertaker, Les Coker (Roger Sloman). The first regular character to be announced was Ray Dixon (Chucky Venn), the biological father of Morgan Butcher (Devon Higgs), followed by Alice Branning ( Jasmyn Banks), the daughter of Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman) and, Alice's brother, Joey ( David Witts). June 2012 also saw the first birth of the year: Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Michael Moon's (Steve John Shepherd) daughter, Scarlett. July saw the arrival of Masood Ahmed's (Nitin Ganatra) brother, AJ Ahmed ( Phaldut Sharma). July also saw the second birth of the year: Lola Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Harold
Danielle Amy Harold (born 30 May 1992) is an English actress and producer. She rose to prominence playing Lola Pearce in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Her portrayal of Lola's glioblastoma brain tumour storyline, that ultimately resulted in the character's death, earned her a win at the National Television Awards for Serial Drama Performance and three nominations at the British Soap Awards, of which she won Best Leading Performer, as well as a TRIC award for Soap Actor and the ''Inside Soap'' award for Best Actress. Following her exit from the soap, she became a contestant on the twenty-third series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. Early life Danielle Amy Harold was born on 30 May 1992 in Lewisham, Greater London. Before Harold's acting career began, she was featured in the television series '' Jamie's Dream School''. Harold got one GCSE as she had lost a year of school due to an illness and missed out on being able to study for exams. On ''Jamie's Dream Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Pearce
Lola Pearce (also Pearce-Brown) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Danielle Harold. She was introduced as the granddaughter of Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and Julie Perkins (Cathy Murphy), and an extension to the already established Mitchell family. Lola made her first appearance on 12 July 2011. Her storylines have mainly focused on her relationship with her family, a teenage pregnancy after a one-night stand with her third cousin once removed Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe), fighting to keep newborn daughter Lexi Pearce (Dotti-Beau Cotterill) out of care, her friendships with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), Dexter Hartman (Khali Best) and later Frankie Lewis ( Rose Ayling-Ellis), relationships with Peter Beale ( Ben Hardy/ Dayle Hudson) and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), improving her situation by becoming a hairdresser, having an abortion after becoming pregnant by Jay, and being diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumour which res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaldut Sharma
Phaldut "Paul" Sharma is a Welsh actor and dancer. He is perhaps best known for his small role in the 2013 science fiction movie ''Gravity'', and is also known for playing Achmed in ''Gavin & Stacey'' and AJ Ahmed in ''EastEnders''. Early life Sharma was born in the UK to Guyanese Hindu parents, whose ancestors came from Uttar Pradesh. Career Television and film Sharma played Vinnay Ramdas in ''Casualty'' and then Damon Lynch in 2011, Rajiv in comedy-drama ''Roger Roger'' and Paul in ''Meet the Magoons''. He has also appeared in episodes of ''Life on Mars'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'' and the BBC daytime series ''Doctors''. also appeared in one episode of Ultimate Force Series 4 Episode 3 "the dividing line". Sharma was in the first episode of the UK comedy ''The Office'', playing Sanj, and was Stacey Shipman's (Joanna Page) ex-fiancé, Achmed, in ''Gavin & Stacey''. In 2009, Sharma appeared as Hindu nationalist Harish Dhillon in an episode of ''Spooks''. In 2012, Sharma was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Ahmed
AJ Ahmed is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Phaldut Sharma. The character made his first on-screen appearance in episode 4458, which was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2012. Sharma filmed his final scenes before Christmas 2013 and the character's final episode was broadcast on 10 January 2014, being episode 4783. AJ is an extension to the established Masood family, the younger brother of established character Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra). He is disliked by Masood's partner and ex-wife, Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia), but brings out a previously unseen fun side to his brother. AJ is portrayed as a mechanic who is cheeky, fun-loving, irresponsible, annoying and spontaneous, though he makes decisions by flipping a coin. Other storylines include a feud with Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman), divorcing his wife Aliyah Ahmed (Ann Wenn) and lending support to Masood through financial problems and his breakup with Zainab. The character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitin Ganatra
Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 30 June 1967) is a British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'' (2007–2019), for which he won a British Soap Award. Early life Ganatra was born on 30 June 1967 in Kenya. Both sides of his family have origins in Gujarat, India, which was explored on-screen in the 2013 series of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' His great-grandfather arrived in Kenya in the late 1890s, as one of 32,000 contracted labourers to build the Uganda Railway. One of under 10,000 to stay in the country after the railway's completion, his grandfather and his father later joined the family's general trading business. After Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom and forced the native Indian population to choose between Kenya and their British passports in 1971, Ganatra, aged 3, moved with his family to Coventry, where the family still owned a corner shop. Ganatra was educated at Coundon Court School and Community College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masood Ahmed
Masood Ahmed is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Nitin Ganatra. The character made his first appearance in episode 3452, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2007. Masood was introduced as part of the Masood family, a Pakistani-Muslim family gradually introduced across 2007 as part of plans to "diversify" the serial. This marked Ganatra's first role in soap opera and he was "nervous but excited" about joining the serial. His problematic marriage to Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia), who he had previously starred alongside, served as a key storyline for the character throughout his tenure. Early storylines for the character include bankruptcy and struggling to accept his son Syed Masood's ( Marc Elliott) homosexuality. Wadia and Ganatra received positive reception from viewers and critics and were nominated for several awards. In 2011, the character had an affair with Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), which led to end of his and Zainab' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlett Butcher
The following are characters who first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2012 listed by order of first appearance. New characters were introduced by Bryan Kirkwood, executive producer. He stepped down from the role in April. His last episode was on 13 July 2012. From 16 July, characters were introduced by his successor, Lorraine Newman. The first character to be introduced was the undertaker, Les Coker (Roger Sloman). The first regular character to be announced was Ray Dixon (Chucky Venn), the biological father of Morgan Butcher (Devon Higgs), followed by Alice Branning ( Jasmyn Banks), the daughter of Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman) and, Alice's brother, Joey ( David Witts). June 2012 also saw the first birth of the year: Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Michael Moon's ( Steve John Shepherd) daughter, Scarlett. July saw the arrival of Masood Ahmed's (Nitin Ganatra) brother, AJ Ahmed ( Phaldut Sharma). July also saw the second birth of the year: Lola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
