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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''EastEnders'' characters
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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.<ref name="13jul">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 13/07/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ks8p4 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Lee Salisbury; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Wendy Granditer |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> From 16 July, characters were introduced by his successor, [[Lorraine Newman]].<ref name="16jul" />
The first character to be introduced was the [[undertaker]], [[#Les Coker|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|Alice Branning]] ([[Jasmyn Banks]]), the daughter of [[Derek Branning]] ([[Jamie Foreman]]) and, Alice's brother, [[#Joey Branning|Joey]] ([[David Witts]]). June 2012 also saw the first birth of the year: [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]) and [[Michael Moon (EastEnders)|Michael Moon]]'s ([[Steve John Shepherd]]) daughter, [[#Scarlett Butcher|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]]'s ([[Danielle Harold]]) daughter [[#Lexi Pearce|Lexi]], Newman's first introduction. After the announcement that [[
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'''Les Coker''', played by [[Roger Sloman]], first appeared on 9 January 2012. He subsequently appeared in five episodes in 2012, before returning for an episode in 2014. Les was reintroduced as a regular character in April 2014 and continued to appear until 14 October 2016 when the character was axed from the show.
Les first appears when he visits [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsey Coulson]]) and [[David Wicks]] ([[Michael French]]) to arrange [[Pat Butcher|Pat Evans]]' ([[Pam St Clement]]) funeral. He tells them he used to know Pat when he was an apprentice, implying he was her client when she was a prostitute, and offers a discount on the funeral. He says that he arranged funerals for many of the other local residents, including David's father [[Pete Beale]] ([[Peter Dean (actor)|Peter Dean]]), Pat's husband [[Roy Evans (EastEnders)|Roy Evans]] ([[Tony Caunter]]), [[Ethel Skinner]] ([[Gretchen Franklin]]), Pat's former sister-in-law [[Pauline Fowler]] ([[Wendy Richard]]) and [[Archie Mitchell]] ([[
Les appears again to arrange [[Nick Cotton]]'s ([[John Altman (actor)|John Altman]]) funeral, although it is later revealed to be a scam in which Les is in on.<ref name="Les2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/scoop/a557871/corrie-panic-eastenders-funeral-emmerdale-mistake-oaks-accident.html|title=Corrie panic, EastEnders funeral, Emmerdale mistake, Oaks accident|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=16 March 2014|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> Les moves his funeral business, Coker & Sons Funeral Parlour, to Turpin Road following the relocation of Pam's flower stall to Bridge Street Market. When walking home one night, [[Fatboy (EastEnders)|Fatboy]] ([[Ricky Norwood]]) notices Les being handed money by [[
Les arranges a party for the centenary of Coker & Sons, and Pam gets upset at the thought that their grandson, [[Paul Coker (EastEnders)|Paul]] ([[Jonny Labey]]), will not attend. The same day, Paul returns but is cold towards Les. He reveals he is aware of his long running affair with Claudette and that was why he went to work abroad in the first place, not because of Pam's decision to euthanise his father as they previously believed. Paul threatens to expose the affair to Pam so Les tries to end things with Claudette, but Claudette tells Les that it will not be that easy. Claudette's son [[Vincent Hubbard]] ([[Richard Blackwood]]) then becomes aware of the relationship between her and Les, and Paul tells Pam about it. Pam then finds Les's tie at Claudette's house, and when Les and Claudette give conflicting explanations, Pam leaves to stay with her sister. Les becomes very distraught at her departure, and Claudette urges him to tell Pam the truth, just as Pam returns and walks in on them together. Shortly after Claudette leaves the house, Pam urges Les to end the affair or their marriage is over. Two months later, Les visits Claudette for comfort after Pam refuses to speak to him on Lawrie's birthday. He later calls Claudette, telling her he cannot stop thinking about her, and makes an excuse to Pam to go and be with Claudette again. He is then caught in his underwear in Claudette's house by Donna, who concludes they are having an affair, and despite Les and Claudette denying it, Donna tells Pam what she saw. Pam then goes to Claudette's house and sets about destroying gifts from Les until Claudette says the presents are not hers, and Pam should ask Les about Christine. When Pam asks Les, he reveals that Christine is his secret [[Transvestism|feminine alter ego]], where he dresses up in women's clothes and has done so since he was seven years old, but after they married he did not need Christine until Lawrie died, when the alter-ego became a grief outlet for him, and Claudette has been supporting this secret. Pam is horrified at him having lied to, and tells Les he disgusts her. However, Pam agrees to "meet" Christine. Les, as Christine, explains that this is how he can cope with things, as Christine is more open than Les, and he is still the same person. Pam apparently begins to accept this, but when Paul interrupts, Pam says she cannot accept it, so packs a bag and leaves, while Paul comforts Les. Paul manages to convince Pam to return home to talk to Les, but when she gets hesitant again, Les moves out to give Pam some time to think, and he moves in with Billy. Pam and Les have dinner together but she still cannot get the image of him dressed as Christine out of her mind, soLes burns all of Christine's clothes and photos and Pam agrees to take things one day at a time, but [[Babe Smith]] ([[Annette Badland]]) is watching and finds and pockets a surviving photo of Les dressed as Christine. Shortly after, Paul encourages Les to remind Pam of the man she first fell in love with and she agrees to his moving back in as long as they sleep in separate beds.
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Sloman and Blakley were axed by new executive producer [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]] in 2016, with a show insider commenting, "Pam and Les have been a big part of the show over the past few months and with their current storyline, bosses felt that it was the right time for their characters to leave the Square. There is still plenty more drama to come from the Cokers before they leave Walford."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-cross-dressing-funeral-boss-8515516|title=EastEnders' cross-dressing funeral boss Les Coker and wife Pam to leave soap|last=Methven|first=Nicola|date=28 July 2016|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
Of Pat and Les, Kate White of ''[[Inside Soap]]'' said "Pat had, erm, 'relations' with Mr Coker the undertaker. What a forward-thinking way to get a discount on your funeral."<ref>{{cite journal|last=White|first=Kate|date=21–27 January 2012|title=Inside...out!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=3|page=98}}</ref> The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'s'' Jane Simon commented on Les's scenes, saying "You don't often get laughs out of an undertaker, but the chap who turns up to arrange Pat's funeral has Carol Jackson spluttering into her tea."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/We+love+telly%3b+PICK+OF+THE+DAY.-a0276606809|title=We love telly|last=Simon|first=Jane|date=9 January 2012|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> A reporter writing for the ''[[
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{{Main|Ray Dixon}}
'''Ray Dixon''', played by [[Chucky Venn]], is an ex-partner of [[
> Ray is a former army soldier with "discipline and [the ability] to handle himself in certain situations."<ref name="DS shock">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a358531/eastenders-chucky-venn-teases-rays-son-shock.html|title='EastEnders' Chucky Venn teases Ray's son shock|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=5 January 2012|access-date=13 January 2012|location=London}}</ref> He is also described as "noble"<ref name="LJTyler" /> and "a man of principles".<ref name="DS shock" /> He also has a daughter, [[#Sasha Dixon|Sasha Dixon]] (Rebecca Sanneh).<ref name="Ray's BBC profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/ray-dixon.shtml|title=Ray Dixon played by Chucky Venn |work=EastEnders|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> His storylines include meeting Morgan for the first time<ref name="LJTyler2">{{cite journal|last=Tyler|first=Laura-Jane|date=21–27 January 2012|title=Little Morgan's secret sister!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|volume=2012|issue=3|pages=20–21}}</ref> and having a relationship with [[Kim Fox]] ([[Tameka Empson]]).<ref name="Jones">{{cite journal|last=Jones|first=Alison|date=31 March – 6 April 2012|title=Ray snogs Kim!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|location=London|volume=2012|issue=13|pages=18–19}}</ref> Ray left the soap on 28 May 2013.<ref name="Venn departure">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-16/eastenders-chucky-venn-to-exit-soap-as-ray-dixon-is-written-out|title=EastEnders: Chucky Venn to exit soap as Ray Dixon is written out|last=Brown|first=David|date=16 April 2013|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref>
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'''Gethin Williams''',<ref name="all about soap gethin">{{cite journal|date=7–20 January 2012|title=Jane's leaving Walford|journal=[[All About Soap]]|publisher=[[Nat Mags]]|issue=261|page=24}}</ref> played by [[Bradley Freegard]],<ref name="17jan">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 17/01/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019p3gx |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jamie Annett; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Sally Abbott |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> appears on 17 and 27 January.<ref name="17jan" /><ref name="27jan">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 27/01/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b920f |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nicky Higgens; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Wendy Granditer |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=27 January 2012}}</ref> He is [[Jane Beale]]'s ([[Laurie Brett]]) former haute cuisine tutor, who attends a fundraising event organised by Jane after hearing about it on the radio. Impressed with her catering for the function, he asks her to interview for a job at his new restaurant. Jane does not want to take the job but, when Gethin rings the next day, her friend [[
Freegard auditioned for the part of Gethin but thought his audition did not go well because he found it "difficult without any sense of context to get the full grasp of what your character's all about."<ref name="Gethin Williams Western Mail">{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/television-in-wales/2012/01/14/actor-bradley-freegard-lands-role-in-eastenders-91466-30112189/|title=Actor Bradley Freegard lands role in EastEnders|first=Nathan|last=Bevan|work=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]|date=14 January 2012|access-date=30 January 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2015}}</ref> He filmed his scenes over two days in November 2011.<ref name="Gethin Williams Western Mail" /> Gethin is the first Welsh character in ''EastEnders'' since [[Huw Edwards (EastEnders)|Huw Edwards]], played by [[Richard Elis]] from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="Gethin Williams Western Mail" />
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'''Sasha Dixon''', played by Rebecca Sanneh, is the daughter of [[Ray Dixon]] ([[Chucky Venn]])<ref name="Sasha">{{cite news|date=17 January 2012|title='EastEnders' newcomer Ray has a daughter – Spoiler Pictures|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/scoop/a360445/eastenders-newcomer-ray-has-a-daughter-spoiler-pictures.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]|location=London|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> and half-sister to [[Morgan Butcher]] (Devon Higgs). She appears on 26 January 2012, and more regularly from 14 May 2012 onwards. The ''EastEnders'' website says that Sasha's father Ray sees Sasha as "being the best thing in his life, but he wishes her mother didn't exist."<ref name="Ray's BBC profile" /> Ray is very loyal to Sasha, and Chucky Venn, who plays him, said that when Kim and Sasha fall out, he can create harmony between them.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Team Spirit|journal=20 Years of Inside Soap Anniversary Special|pages=14–15}}</ref>
Sasha first arrives in [[The Queen Victoria]] [[public house]] in search of her father. She reveals she has an interest in [[forensic pathology]] and is questioned by [[Kim Fox]] ([[Tameka Empson]]) about Ray's past relationships. Ray introduces her to Morgan, angering Morgan's mother, [[
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'''Nico Papadopoulos<!-- do not change this spelling -->''', played by [[Aykut Hilmi]],<ref name="6jun" /> is a worker at McKlunky's fast food restaurant, who [[Fatboy (EastEnders)|Fatboy]] ([[Ricky Norwood]]) irritates after a night out. When Fatboy gets a job at McKlunky's the next day, Nico gives him his uniform, revealing himself to be the manager. Nico later arrives in [[The Queen Victoria]] [[public house]], revealing that he is a friend of Fatboy's friend [[
In ''[[Inside Soap]]'' magazine, Kate White said of Nico: "He may give Fat Boy a headache, but we have a crush on McKlunky's manager. He's not had the fanfare of [[Tyler Moon|Tyler]] (Tony Discipline) or [[Joey Branning|Joey]] ([[David Witts]]), but he's the fittest fella on the Square right now!"<ref>{{cite journal|last=White|first=Kate|date=16–22 June 2012|title=The Inside... Out! Top Ten!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|volume=2012|issue=24|page=98}}</ref>
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|name = Scarlett Butcher
|portrayer = Amelie (2012–2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a488019/eastenders-producers-release-video-of-baby-scarlett/|title='EastEnders' baby Scarlett – video|first=Sophie|last=Dainty|date=7 June 2013|website=Digital Spy}}</ref><br/>Tabitha Byron (2021–2023)
|introducer = [[Bryan Kirkwood]] (2012)<br/>
|years = 2012–2013, 2021–2023
|first = Episode 4448/
|last =Episode 6636<br />{{start date|2023|01|26|df=y}}
|alias= Scarlett Moon
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|stepfather = [[Mick Carter]]
|grandfathers = [[Eddie Moon]]<br />[[Frank Butcher]]
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|halfbrothers = [[Tommy Moon]]
|uncles = [[Ricky Butcher]]<br />[[Craig Moon]]<br />[[Anthony Moon]]<br />[[Tyler Moon]]
|aunts = [[Clare Butcher]]<br />[[Diane Butcher]]
|cousins = [[Liam Butcher]] <br> [[Tiffany Butcher]] <br> [[Jacques Butcher]]
|relatives = [[Alfie Moon]]<br />[[Bert Moon]]<br />[[Ernie Moon]]
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'''Scarlett Butcher''' (also '''Moon''') is the daughter of [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]) and [[Michael Moon (EastEnders)|Michael Moon]] ([[Steve John Shepherd]]). She was played by Amelie until 2013. She is born in the episode broadcast on 22 June 2012. Scarlett was written out of the series in late 2013, as part of Janine's upcoming exit storyline. On 14 June 2021, it was announced that Scarlett would be returning alongside Janine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1449734/why-is-Janine-butcher-returning-to-eastenders-Charlie-brooks-bbc|title=Why did Charlie Brooks leave EastEnders? Janine Butcher set to return|work=[[Daily Express]]|date=16 June 2021|first=Christian|last=Abbott}}</ref> On 16 August 2021, it was announced Tabitha Byron would be taking over the role of Scarlett. The character returned on 27 August 2021,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a37316295/eastenders-janine-butchers-daughter-hetty-feather-star/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Dan|last=Seddon|title=EastEnders casts Janine Butcher's daughter Scarlett|date=16 August 2021}}</ref> and left on 26 January 2023, to tie in with Janine's fourth exit from the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a41370699/eastenders-exit-janine-charlie-brooks/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Jade|last=Brown|title=EastEnders exit for Janine Butcher confirmed by star Charlie Brooks|date=24 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a42673538/eastenders-cast-ricky-scarlett-exit-sam-stays/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Kate|last=Goodacre|title=EastEnders airs two exits as Sam Mitchell's future is revealed|date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
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| name = Lexi Pearce
| portrayer = Dotti-Beau Cotterill (2012–2015)<br>Isabella Brown (2019–present)
| introducer = [[Lorraine Newman]] (2012) <br> [[
| classification = [[List of EastEnders characters#Present characters|Present; recurring]]
| years = 2012–2015, 2019–present
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| mother = [[Lola Pearce]]
| adoptivefather = [[Jay Brown]]
| stepfather = [[
| grandfathers = [[Phil Mitchell]]<br>Dan Pearce
| grandmothers = [[Kathy Beale]] <br> [[Emma Harding]]
| aunts = [[Louise Mitchell]] <br> [[Donna Ludlow]]
| uncles = [[Ian Beale]] <br> [[Raymond Dawkins]] <br> [[Albie Watts]]
| cousins = [[Peter Beale]] <br> [[Lucy Beale]] <br> [[Bobby Beale (EastEnders)|Bobby Beale]] <br> [[
| relatives = [[Stevie Mitchell]] <br> [[Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)|Billy Mitchell]] <br>[[Julie Perkins]] <br> [[Grant Mitchell (EastEnders)|Grant Mitchell]] <br> [[Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)|Sam Mitchell]] <br> [[Peggy Mitchell]] <br> [[Ronnie Mitchell]] <br> [[Roxy Mitchell]] <br> [[Danielle Jones (EastEnders)|Danielle Jones]] <br> [[Courtney Mitchell]] <br> [[Will Mitchell]] <br> [[Janet Mitchell (EastEnders)|Janet Mitchell]] <br> [[Amy Mitchell]] <br> [[
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Lola gets a new social worker, [[#Trish Barnes|Trish Barnes]] (Tessa Churchard), who visits regularly, one time seeing paint on Lexi's feet and becomes concerned that Lexi could have an allergic reaction,<ref name="21sep">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 21/09/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mx5jb |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Kenny Emson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=21 September 2012}}</ref> and later worrying when Lexi develops a cough,<ref name="1oct" /> so Trish decides to visit daily. When Lola is arrested for assault, Trish takes Lexi into care. In a desperate plea to save Lexi, Lola tells Ben's father, [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]), that Ben is Lexi's father, following their one-night stand a year previously.<ref name="5oct">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 05/10/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n6rq8 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Karl Neilson]]; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=5 October 2012}}</ref> Phil agrees to help get Lexi back, on the condition that Lexi lives with him. Lola eventually agrees<ref name="22oct">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/10/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nkmbw |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Rupert Such; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Patrick Homes |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=22 October 2012}}</ref> and Lexi visits her 3 times a week. Lola is angered when Phil decides to tell Ben he is a father.<ref name="25oct" /> Phil later wins custody of Lexi and is allowed to be her kinship foster carer and Lola's access is not increased, leaving her devastated. Phil organises a christening for Lexi on 1 January 2013, but Lola is angry to discover that he plans to name her "Mitchell" instead of "Pearce", however after a talk with Phil – Lola later agrees that they are all part of the Mitchell family, and agrees to change Lexi's last name to Mitchell. Lexi is baptised with Jay and Cora as godparents. Phil starts controlling Lola and Lexi's relationship and is determined to stop Lola from being reunited with her daughter. At a hearing to determine Lexi's future, his solicitor tells the court that Lola is an unfit mother, so her access is unchanged. Lola overhears Phil saying she will never get custody of Lexi, so she snatches her from Phil's house. They are eventually found, and the next day when Trish visits, Phil says he intends to help reunite Lexi and Lola, and Lola is then given increased access to Lexi. Phil later takes Lola and Lexi to prison to see Ben, so Lexi can meet her father, although Ben tells Lola to keep Lexi away from Phil. Lexi is later taken to the hospital after Lola suspects Lexi has [[meningitis]], although she is relieved to discover that Lexi is fine. At the final court hearing, Phil says that Lola deserves her daughter and Lexi is returned to Lola.
In March 2014, Lexi is kidnapped by [[#Adam White|Adam White]] (Ben Wigzell), but her grandfather, Phil, and his cousin [[Ronnie Mitchell]] ([[Samantha Womack]]) get Lexi back to Lola, who is unaware that her daughter was the subject of a confrontation between Adam and Ronnie about the whereabouts of [[Carl White]] ([[Daniel Coonan]]), who was killed in the New Year by Ronnie. Lola worries that Ben might want involvement in Lexi's upbringing when she discovers that Ben will be returning to Walford for his father's wedding to [[
In July 2015, Lola and Jay begin a relationship and plan to leave Walford when Jay is wanted by the police. When Lola, Lexi and Jay try to leave, Jay is arrested by the police and Lola discovers that Billy was the one who reported Jay to try and stop Lola and Lexi leaving. Lola eventually convinces Billy that she does not want to live in Walford, so she and Lexi can have a better life. Billy and Lola share an emotional farewell and Lola leaves for [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], taking Lexi with her. In October, Jay receives a call from Lola on his 21st birthday, ending her relationship with him and revealing she is now with [[Dexter Hartman]] (Khali Best), who is determined to provide Lexi with a stable upbringing.
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'''John Hewland''',<ref name="13aug2">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 13/08/2012 (2 of 2)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m16w3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Daisy Coulam |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=13 August 2012}}</ref> played by [[Jesse Birdsall]], is the fiancé of [[
John first appears when Sharon returns to her wedding to collect her son [[#Dennis Rickman Jnr|Dennis Rickman]] (Harry Hickles) after walking out on John, but forgetting to collect Dennis. Dennis is with John and is fine, until John demands to know why Sharon is leaving him. She says she and Dennis are not happy, and he says she will regret going. Sharon realises Dennis is missing, and sees John driving off with him.<ref name="13aug2" /> She and Phil follow in their car, but lose them. They go to John's house where they force his sister [[#Nina Hewland|Nina]] ([[Juliet Cowan]]) to reveal where she is meeting John with their passports. They get there but Nina warns him and he drives away. Another car chase ends when they get stuck in traffic and Dennis escapes from the car. John calls Sharon and Dennis scum, so Phil punches John.<ref name="14aug">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 14/08/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m18hd |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Daisy Coulam |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=14 August 2012}}</ref>
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|alias = Denny Rickman <br> Dennis Rickman Jnr
|introducer = [[Lorraine Newman]]
|classification = [[List of former EastEnders characters#Last appeared in 2020|Former;
|years = 2012–2020
|first = Episode 4476 <br> {{Start date|df=y|2012|08|13}}
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|mother = [[Sharon Watts]]
|adoptivefather = [[Phil Mitchell]]
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|grandfathers = [[Gavin Sullivan]]<br>[[Den Watts]]
|halfbrothers = [[Albie Watts]] <br>[[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] (adoptive) <br> [[Raymond Dawkins]] (adoptive)
|halfsisters = [[Louise Mitchell]] (adoptive)
|uncles = [[Zack Hudson]]
|cousins = [[Dolly Dean-Hudson]]
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'''Dennis Rickman Jnr''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1DlrH4dVHzpGXqQtzdBXZ8x/dennis-rickman-jnr|title = BBC One
Having believed that she was infertile, Sharon discovers that she is pregnant on Christmas Day 2005. Dennis is stabbed and killed in the early hours of New Year's Day 2006 and Sharon moves to Florida, where she gives birth to Dennis Jr. In 2014, Sharon is attacked in her bar.
In November 2021, a baby is left on Sharon's doorstep and after several weeks, the baby's mother [[Jada Lennox]] (Kelsey Calladine-Smith) reveals that she had a [[one-night stand]] with Dennis while he was associated with drug dealing prior to his death, and that he is baby [[
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'''Pete''', played by Jason Riddington, appears on 4 September. He is first seen in the local nightclub [[R&R (EastEnders)|R&R]], where he flirts with [[
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== Jimmy Wicks ==
{{Infobox soap character
|series = EastEnders
|name = Jimmy Wicks
|portrayer = Ryan
|introducer = [[Lorraine Newman]]
|classification = [[List of former EastEnders characters#Last appeared in 2012|Former; guest]]
|appeared = Episode 4493 <br /> 7 September 2012
|mother= [[Carly Wicks]]
|grandmothers = [[Shirley Carter]]
|uncles = [[Mick Carter]]<br>[[Dean Wicks]]
|cousins = {{plainlist|
* [[Frankie Carter]]
* [[Lee Carter (EastEnders)|Lee Carter]]
* [[Nancy Carter]]
* [[Johnny Carter (EastEnders)|Johnny Carter]]
* [[Ollie Carter]]
* [[Jade Masood]]
}}
|relatives = [[Tina Carter]]<br>[[Zsa Zsa Carter]]
}}
'''Jimmy Wicks''' is the son of [[Carly Wicks]] ([[Kellie Shirley]]), born off screen in July 2012. He is portrayed by a baby named Ryan.<ref name="Jimmy" /> Jimmy is named after Carly's dead brother [[Jimbo Wicks|James "Jimbo" Wicks]] (Lloyd Richards). He appears in the episode broadcast on 7 September when his mother introduces him to his grandmother [[Shirley Carter]] ([[Linda Henry]]). Shirley is instantly smitten with Jimmy and cries as she holds him for the first time. Carly and Jimmy leave Walford, taking Shirley to stay with them.
Kellie Shirley said that she was worried about dropping the baby while filming, but said it was "a really nice experience, especially as he was a really good baby."<ref name="Jimmy" /> She confirmed that Ryan's mother was on set during filming so that he did not become frightened or confused, and the scenes were filmed quickly "because you can only film with a baby for a certain amount of time."<ref name="Jimmy">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/interviews/a403320/eastenders-kellie-shirley-talks-carly-wicks-return-interview.html|title='EastEnders' Kellie Shirley talks Carly Wicks return – interview|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniels|date=3 September 2012|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref>
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'''Trish Barnes''', played by Tessa Churchard,<ref name="18sep">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 18/09/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mx2nc |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Peter McKenna |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=18 September 2012}}</ref> is a social worker.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a404705/billy-faces-a-desperate-situation.html|title=Billy faces a desperate situation|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=11 September 2012|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=12 September 2012}}</ref>
In 2012, she visits [[Lola Pearce]] ([[Danielle Harold]]), but Lola is out buying nappies for her daughter [[#Lexi Pearce|Lexi Pearce]], and her grandfather [[Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)|Billy Mitchell]] ([[Perry Fenwick]]) has the baby. Billy lies to Trish that he still has a job, even though he has recently lost it. Billy is also concerned when Lola returns with her friend [[Jay Brown]] ([[Jamie Borthwick]]), as he is on police bail for perverting the course of justice in relation to a murder.<ref name="18sep" /> Trish comes back the next day with a list of concerns, and tells Lola she will be visiting more due to her bad attitude.<ref name="20sep">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 20/09/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mx2w0 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Rob Gittins]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=20 September 2012}}</ref> Trish visits Lola again on several occasions, and sees paint on Lexi's feet, so tells Lola off as it could cause an allergic reaction,<ref name="21sep" /> though it does not.<ref name="24sep">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 24/09/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n0tr9 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Piotr Szkopiak; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Peter Mattessi |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> Trish later worries when Lexi develops a cough.<ref name="1oct" /> Trish finds out that Billy has lied about being employed,<ref name="4oct" /> and then decides to visit daily as she feels he and Lola are not coping as she has used a tea towel as a nappy and the flat has not been cleaned. When Lola is arrested for assaulting [[#Alexa Smith|Alexa Smith]] ([[Saffron Coomber]]), she is angry to see Trish arrive with the police. She bites Trish to stop her taking Lexi, but fails to stop her and is devastated when Trish takes Lexi from her.<ref name="5oct" /> Lola decides to fight for Lexi and visits Trish at her office, apologising for biting her and asking when she can take Lexi home. Trish says she will have to attend parenting classes and have three access visits a week. Lola gets angry, so Trish says that her behaviour could cause her to lose Lexi for good.<ref name="8oct">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 08/10/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n9zv0 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Steve Finn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=8 October 2012}}</ref> Trish brings Lexi to Lola again, but after Lexi leaves, Lola is devastated again,<ref name="11oct">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 11/10/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nb0v9 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Steve Finn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Michael Begley |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=11 October 2012}}</ref> so Billy asks Lexi's grandfather [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) for help, and Phil decides to apply for a residency order for Lexi to live with him.<ref name="12oct" /> Trish later arrives at Lola's, but without Lexi as she is ill.<ref name="22oct" /> Trish is present when Phil decides to take Lexi to see his son, Lexi's father [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] (Joshua Pascoe), who is in prison for murder, and Trish and Lola both refuse to let him.<ref name="25oct" /> Phil asks [[
In 2017, Trish visits [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]), who is planning to have her baby adopted when it is born. She tells Trish that she does not want to spend any time with the baby.<ref name="5jan17">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 05/01/2017 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0881k8v |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]]; Director: John Howlett; Writer: Alex Straker, Robert Butler |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> Trish visits Denise to inform her about how her son is doing with his potential adoptive parents. Trish and Denise both sign the paperwork for the adoption and Trish gives Denise a letter from the adoptive family, who have named the child [[Raymond Dawkins|Raymond]].
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[[File:Gary Lucy 2.jpg|150px|thumb|left|[[Gary Lucy]] appeared as Danny Pennant in 2012, before reprising in the role on a regular basis in 2013.]]
Danny comes to the local Indian restaurant for a meal with two colleagues. He returns later to see if he left something behind and meets [[Syed Masood]] ([[Marc Elliott]]) and sees that he has money problems. He urges Syed to be honest with his family about them, though he is not.<ref name="27sep" /> They continue to meet in secret when Syed invests money he borrowed from his mother, [[
In June 2013, Danny returns and attends the opening of [[Ian Beale]]'s ([[Adam Woodyatt]]) restaurant. Ian expects Danny, a friend of [[Mr Lister]] ([[Nick Wilton]]) to invest, but Danny reveals that he only helps people to invest and refuses to help Ian as [[Lauren Branning]] ([[Jacqueline Jossa]]), spills a drink on him. Danny then starts working for [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]). Later on, it is revealed that he is also attracted to women and kisses her.<ref name="7jun13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 07/06/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02ly2mv |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> They have sex but Janine tells him that it is a one-off and she sees him as any other employee. Danny develops a rivalry with his co-worker, [[Lucy Beale]] ([[Hetti Bywater]]), and they compete and use dirty tactics against each other to gain commission on their pay. However, Lucy discovers that Danny is squatting in a vacant flat as he is homeless. Danny pleads with Lucy not to tell and she agrees, but warns him that she now has power over him. When Janine decides to buy The Queen Vic, she fires Danny and Lucy to free up some cash. But after Janine is arrested and imprisoned, they convince [[Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)|Billy Mitchell]] ([[Perry Fenwick]]) to give them their jobs back. Danny kisses Lucy and they become a couple but he also flirts with and kisses [[Johnny Carter (EastEnders)|Johnny Carter]] ([[Sam Strike]]).
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'''Jackie Bosch''', played by [[Frances Lima]], is a former girlfriend of [[Derek Branning]] ([[Jamie Foreman]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last=White|first=Kate|date=10–16 November 2012|title=Derek's lost love|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|volume=2012|issue=45|pages=12–13}}</ref> She appears on 13 November 2012, when Derek's brother [[Max Branning]] ([[Jake Wood]]) decides to take Derek to visit the love of his life to cheer him up. Derek knew Jackie when she was 16 and is the only woman he has ever loved but she broke his heart. However, Jackie remembers Derek as a bully who beat up [[David Wicks]] ([[Michael French]]), and says their few dates were not a big love affair as Derek calls it. Derek leaves after Jackie says she was not surprised when she heard Derek had been in prison.<ref name="13nov">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 13/11/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nx19l |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=13 November 2012}}</ref>
News of Jackie's appearance was first reported in October 2012, when photographs emerged from on-location filming, featuring actors Foreman and [[Jake Wood]], who plays Derek's brother [[Max Branning]], and two women, one of whom was Lima. At the time, no details of the characters were known. ''[[All About Soap]]'' and ''[[Inside Soap]]'' both speculated that they may have something to do with a secret Max is keeping from his fiancée [[
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|mother = [[Cora Cross]]
|husband= [[
|sons= [[Dexter Hartman]]
|halfsisters = [[Rainie Cross]]<br/>[[Tanya Branning]]
|nieces = [[Lauren Branning]]<br/>[[Abi Branning]]
|nephews = [[Oscar Branning]]
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'''Ava Hartman''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/scoop/a436136/eastenders-avas-first-scenes-revealed.html|title='EastEnders': Ava's first scenes revealed|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=6 November 2012|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> played by [[Clare Perkins]], is the daughter of [[Cora Cross]] ([[Ann Mitchell]]) and half-sister of [[
In July 2012, Cora tells Tanya that her daughter, Ava Anderton, was born in 1964 but was taken away by the staff while Cora was sleeping and they told her that Ava had died.<ref name="30jul" /> In fact, Cora was forced to put Ava up for adoption.<ref name="Digital Spy Cora Forced" /> In November, Cora tells her partner [[Patrick Trueman]] ([[Rudolph Walker]]) that Ava is alive<ref name="12nov">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 12/11/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nwzp7 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: [[Jeff Povey]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=12 November 2012}}</ref> and Patrick tells Tanya.<ref name="15nov" /> Tanya tracks Ava down, and discovers she in the deputy headmistress of a local school.<ref name="19nov">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 19/11/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p1061 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> Tanya and Patrick visit the school, where Tanya is shocked to see Ava is mixed-race and tells her she is moving to the area. Ava gives them a tour of the school but Tanya runs out, leaving her purse behind. Tanya agrees to say nothing to Cora and not see Ava again and she and Patrick drive away before Ava can return the purse.<ref name="20nov" /> Ava returns the purse the next day and Cora invites Ava in. Cora is shocked when Ava reveals her name.<ref name="22nov" /> Ava learns the truth, and has a long talk with Cora, telling her she had thought about finding her before but decided the past was best left in the past, and nothing has changed, so leaves.<ref name="23nov">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 23/11/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p1pfz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Lance Kneeshaw; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=23 November 2012}}</ref> A few weeks later, Cora visits Ava and gives her a bracelet that was given to Cora by Ava's father, along with a Christmas card.<ref name="4dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 04/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p8rz6 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Rebecca Wojciechowski |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=4 December 2012}}</ref> Ava later brings Cora a card in return, and wears the bracelet.<ref name="14dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 14/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pcvjw |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Michael Owen Morris; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Christopher Reason |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=14 December 2012}}</ref> Later, Tanya's daughter [[Abi Branning]] ([[Lorna Fitzgerald]]) befriends [[Dexter Hartman]] (Khali Best),<ref name="7jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 07/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01px0tb |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Tim Mercier; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Sally Abbott |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=7 January 2013}}</ref> and invites him to dinner with her family. Ava gatecrashes and berates Tanya for meddling. Tanya is clueless, and it is then revealed that Dexter is Ava's son.<ref name="10jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 10/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01px0vm |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Tim Mercier; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=10 January 2013}}</ref> Ava is angry with Dexter for not speaking to her about what he was doing.<ref name="11jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 11/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01px0w6 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Tim Mercier; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Peter Mattessi |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> Ava then gets a job at a school in Walford.<ref name="24jan13" />
Ava helps out when [[
=== Development ===
Since viewers discovered that Cora had a baby in the 1960s who she claimed was dead, speculation started about the fact that Ava could still be alive. Initial rumours suggested that Ava was actually [[
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'''Ayesha Rana''', played by [[Shivani Ghai]], is a family friend of [[
Ayesha is first seen in the café, where Zainab does not recognise her, and accuses her of pushing in the queue ahead of her. Later, Ayesha arrives at Zainab's home while Zainab is wearing a face mask. Zainab is annoyed that she was not ready for Ayesha's visit as she is three weeks early. Ayesha then overhears Zainab telling her son [[Tamwar Masood]] ([[Himesh Patel]]) that he would be better for her than her suitor,<ref name="17dec" /> [[#Rashid Kayani|Rashid Kayani]] ([[Gurpreet Singh (British actor)|Gurpreet Singh]]).<ref name="1janDS">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a445386/sharon-receives-two-marriage-proposals.html|title=Sharon receives two marriage proposals|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=18 December 2012|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=18 December 2012}}</ref> Zainab tries to get Ayesha and Tamwar together, and she thinks it has worked at her New Year's Eve party, but Tamwar is just looking after Ayesha because she is sick after [[AJ Ahmed]] ([[Phaldut Sharma]]) spiked the punch.<ref name="31dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 31/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmglz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: John Howlett; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=31 December 2012}}</ref> Ayesha then meets Rashid, and thinks he is "alright".<ref name="11jan13" /> However, she soon develops a crush on Masood, which he discovers and does not tell Zainab.<ref name="14jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 14/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q15xm |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Matthew Barry |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=14 January 2013}}</ref> He urges her to try with Rashid and she does meet him again.<ref name="15jan13">{{Cite episode |title=Episode dated |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16m1 |series=EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits=Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Lauren Klee |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419235925/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16m1 |archive-date=19 April 2013 |access-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She thinks Rashid is not right for her and it is clear she still wants Masood.<ref name="18jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 18/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16sn |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Jeff Povey]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=18 January 2012}}</ref> She lies to Zainab that she is still seeing Rashid, while telling Masood she loves him.<ref name="bbc">{{Cite episode |title=Episode dated 29/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdp3n |series=EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits=Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Paul Quiney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419183459/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdp3n |archive-date=19 April 2013 |access-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He rejects her advances,<ref name="31jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 31/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdpxx |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Paul Quiney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> and she later confesses her love of Masood to Zainab, saying he feels the same, and then leaves Walford.<ref name="5feb13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 05/02/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qkkhk |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Michael Owen Morris; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> After Masood and Zainab break up and Zainab moves to Pakistan, Ayesha returns for Masood.<ref name="21feb13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qw8fy |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Rupert Such; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Christopher Reason |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> She ruins his date with Carol and the next day they kiss. Masood attempts to move away with Ayesha but in the end he rejects her and she leaves alone. Tamwar sees she is back and thinks she is the reason Zainab left.<ref name="22feb13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/02/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qw9h8 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Rupert Such; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Patrick Homes |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=22 February 2013}}</ref>
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'''Kirsty Branning''', played by [[Kierston Wareing]], is the third wife of [[Max Branning]] ([[Jake Wood]]) and the secret that Max has withheld from his former wife and current fiancée [[
=== Storylines ===
Kirsty unexpectedly arrives at Max's home on Christmas Day after his brother [[Derek Branning]] ([[Jamie Foreman]]) informs her of where he lives. Tanya answers the door and Kirsty introduces herself as Max's wife, moments before Max and Tanya are going to remarry. It is revealed that Max met Kirsty in 2011 after his split from Tanya, when he was living with Derek. Kirsty was working as an erotic dancer and was introduced to Max through Derek. They were both at a low ebb and Kirsty fell in love with Max, and they married. They planned to move to [[Manchester]] together but Max returned to [[Walford]] after hearing there was trouble there. Max learnt of Tanya's [[cervical cancer]] and stood by her, and left Kirsty behind. Unknown to Max, Kirsty was pregnant with his child. Derek stayed in contact with Kirsty, and Max sent money so she could divorce him. Derek did not give Kirsty the last payment, but lied to Max that Kirsty had signed divorce papers. Derek told Kirsty that Max did not want the child and she terminated the pregnancy. After this is revealed, a huge argument ensues after which Derek suffers a massive heart attack and dies.<ref name="25dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 25/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmds3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=25 December 2012}}</ref> Kirsty stays in Walford and gets a job at the local [[public house]], [[The Queen Victoria]].<ref name="27dec" /> On the day of Derek's funeral, Max and Derek's sister [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsey Coulson]]) tells Kirsty that if she cannot find proof that Max loves her, then she must leave. When Kirsty meets Max, they argue but end up kissing passionately.<ref name="4jan20131">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 04/01/2013 (1 of 2) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmhl5 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Clive Arnold]]; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=4 January 2012}}</ref> Kirsty then attends the funeral, upsetting Tanya as Max has told her that Kirsty has left Walford.<ref name="4jan20132">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 04/01/2013 (2 of 2) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmhqt |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Clive Arnold]]; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=4 January 2012}}</ref> Tanya pays Kirsty to leave, but she does not go,<ref name="8jan13" /> so Tanya allows Kirsty to come to a family dinner to see what Max has with her. Kirsty revels in the fact that there are family problems.<ref name="10jan13" /> When Max's daughter [[Lauren Branning]] ([[Jacqueline Jossa]]) is upset, Kirsty takes the opportunity to bond with her, upsetting Tanya. Kirsty gives Lauren the keys to her room at the B&B. Max finds the keys and pockets them.<ref name="17jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 17/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16qv |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Jeff Povey]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> Tanya finds them and assumes Max is still involved with Kirsty, so she goes to Kirsty's room and starts packing her belongings.<ref name="18jan13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 18/01/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q16sn |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian White; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Jeff Povey]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=18 January 2012}}</ref> Kirsty catches her, so Tanya tells Kirsty to leave, giving her the divorce papers to sign but Kirsty writes "never" on them. Lauren visits Kirsty and tells her to leave as Max will always want Tanya. Later, [[
Kirsty is angry when Max continues to say he has a special connection with Tanya because they have children. Kirsty tells Max she is pregnant,<ref name="5apr13" /> and Max says he is not ready to have a child with her.<ref name="12apr13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 12/04/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rv20y |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Lauren Klee |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=12 April 2013}}</ref> They agree that she will have an abortion,<ref name="16apr13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 16/04/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ryy6b |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Daniel Wilson; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=16 April 2013}}</ref> but she confides in Kat that she is not really pregnant, and Max then asks Kirsty to not abort the pregnancy.<ref name="19apr13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 19/04/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rz1ff |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Daniel Wilson; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=19 April 2013}}</ref> Kirsty then hopes she will get pregnant, and announces to her neighbours in the pub that she is pregnant.<ref name="22apr13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/04/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s2zd3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian Barber; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=22 April 2013}}</ref> Max then finds himself and Kirsty their own home.<ref name="26apr13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 26/04/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s31kl |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Ian Barber; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=26 April 2013}}</ref> Kirsty worries when people ask questions about her pregnancy, and Kat urges her to tell Max the truth.<ref name="7may13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 07/05/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sc1dd |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Rupert Such; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> Adam starts calling Kirsty, as Carl is due to be released from prison. She also starts worrying when they will track her down.<ref name="23may13" /> Kirsty cancels an [[ultrasound scan]] appointment but lies to Max that the hospital cancelled it. Max takes her anyway and Kirsty suffers a [[panic attack]], so she does not have a scan.<ref name="29may13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 29/05/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b020yrj4 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: John Greening; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Wendy Granditer |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=29 May 2013}}</ref> Kirsty is stunned to see that Carl has arrived in Walford. She tells him she is married and pregnant, and that he should leave.<ref name="21jun13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 21/06/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02yj1qr |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Piotr Szkopiak; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Jesse O'Mahoney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=21 June 2013}}</ref> However, Carl insists he will win Kirsty back.<ref name="24jun13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 24/06/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b033wzj7 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Lauren Klee |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=24 June 2013}}</ref> Eventually Kirsty thinks she may be pregnant,<ref name="25jun">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 25/06/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k8ftz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: John Greening; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Daisy Coulam |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=25 June 2012}}</ref> so takes a pregnancy test but bins it when Max arrives. They argue about Carl and the bin is knocked over, so Max finds the test.<ref name="27jun13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 27/06/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0366by3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=27 June 2013}}</ref> She admits that she was never pregnant, so Max returns to Tanya, as he was only with Kirsty because of the pregnancy. Tanya, however, refuses to take him back, and leaves Walford.<ref name="28jun13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 28/06/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0366cww |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> Max moves into his old house. While Max is away from Walford, Kirsty and Carl visit Carl's mother, [[Nora White]] ([[Lynn Farleigh]]), because she does not know they have split up.<ref name="22jul13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/07/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037kvtl |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Lance Kneeshaw; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> On Max's return, Carl lets Max think he is now with Kirsty. Max tells Kirsty he could not stop thinking about her while he was away, so she suggests that they meet later, and if Max does not arrive then their relationship is over for good. Carl discovers this, so makes sure Max is busy at work and visits Kirsty at the time Max was meant to be there.<ref name="15aug13" /> The next day, Carl implies to Max that he and Kirsty had sex. Max tells people about this. She is angered by what both Max and Carl have done and rejects them both. When she confronts Max again, they passionately kiss, but are interrupted by Lauren, who has been in a rehabilitation clinic.<ref name="6aug13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 06/08/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0383ff4 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Lindsay Williams |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=6 August 2013}}</ref> Kirsty then puts the relationship on hold for Lauren's sake.<ref name="8aug13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 08/08/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0383g1p |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Katie Douglas |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> However, Lauren convinces them to reunite, as Max is lovesick.<ref name="9aug13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 09/08/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0383hmr |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=9 August 2013}}</ref> Carl continues to interfere in Kirsty and Max's marriage,<ref name="15aug13" /><ref name="16aug13">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 16/08/2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038lfjs |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Rupert Such; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Jesse O'Mahoney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=16 August 2013}}</ref> and when Max is arrested for cutting the brakes of Carl's car, he ends his relationship with Kirsty and says he is guilty. Kirsty does not believe him, and suspects Carl forced Max into this position. In desperation for money, Kirsty has sex with Carl, and then steals £1000 from him. Max is then acquitted of the crime and reunites with Kirsty. However, Carl then tells Max that he had sex with Kirsty while he was in prison, and this leads to Max ending his relationship with her.
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| 3 January
| {{nowrap|[[Victoria Pritchard]]<ref name="3jan" />}}
| A marriage counsellor who [[Alfie Moon]] ([[Shane Richie]]) visits to talk about his relationship with his wife [[
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| 5 January
| {{nowrap|[[Paul Reynolds (actor)|Paul Reynolds]]<ref name="5jan" />}}
| A friend of [[Alfie Moon]]'s ([[Shane Richie]]), who he pays to pretend to be a marriage counsellor for him and his wife [[
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| 16 January
| {{nowrap|[[Jessica Tomchak]]<ref name="16jan" />}}
| A GP who [[Max Branning]] ([[Jake Wood]]) and [[
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| 5 March
| {{nowrap|[[Francine Morgan]]<ref name="5mar" />}}
| [[
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| 5 March
| {{nowrap|[[Daniel Kendrick (EastEnders)|Daniel Kendrick]]<ref name="5mar" />}}
| A man who a drunken [[Lauren Branning]] ([[Jacqueline Jossa]]) knocks drink on during a night out. Later, he sees her passed out on the ground outside and comments that she could not handle her drink.<ref name="5mar" />
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| 20–21 March<br />(2 episodes)
| {{nowrap|[[Michael Elliott (actor)|Michael Elliott]]<ref name="20mar">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 20/03/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dw5jr |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Jesse O'Mahoney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=20 March 2012}}</ref>}}
| A tramp who [[Andrew Cotton]] ([[Ricky Grover]]) helps when he spots him sleeping in a toilet. Gerry later steals money given to Andrew by [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|PC Shaw}}{{Anchor|PC Shaw}}
| 21–26 March<br />(2 episodes)
| {{nowrap|[[Daniel Millar]]<ref name="22mar">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 22/03/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dw5zr |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Nic Phillips; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Matt Evans |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=22 March 2012}}</ref>}}
| A police constable investigating the murder of [[Heather Trott]] ([[Cheryl Fergison]]). He is one of the first officers at the scene and calls for DS Crisp to investigate as there are signs of a burglary.<ref name="21mar" /> After [[Andrew Cotton]] ([[Ricky Grover]]) suggests that his aunt, [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DC Swinton}}{{Anchor|DC Swinton}}
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| {{nowrap|27 March – 2 November<br />(3 episodes)}}
| {{nowrap|[[Ayden Callaghan]]<ref name="27mar" />}}
| A police officer who conducts a search of [[Andrew Cotton]]'s ([[Ricky Grover]]) home to find a hooded top he was wearing on the night [[Heather Trott]] ([[Cheryl Fergison]]) was murdered. He also catches [[
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| 17 April
| {{nowrap|[[Mercy Ojelade]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/qbytr/eastenders--episode-4410|title=EastEnders Episode 4410|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="17apr" />}}
| [[Tiffany Butcher]]'s ([[Maisie Smith]]) form tutor at school, who talks to her mother [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|James Real}}{{Anchor|James Real}}
| 26 April
| {{nowrap|[[John White (British actor)|John White]]<ref name="26apr" />}}
| A man who comes to read [[
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| 26–27 April<br />(2 episodes)
| {{nowrap|[[Thomas Coombes]]<ref name="26apr" />}}
| A man who visits [[
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| 27 April
| {{nowrap|[[Paul Pariser]]<ref name="27apr" />}}
| A man whose bag containing cash is stolen by [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Beryl Barr}}{{Anchor|Beryl Barr}}
| {{nowrap|18 May 2012–<br/>10 October 2014<br/>(2 episodes)}}
| {{nowrap|[[
| A woman who gives [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]) a 4D baby scan.<ref name="18may" /> In 2014, she gives a scan to [[Ronnie Mitchell]] ([[Samantha Womack]]). She tells Ronnie and [[Charlie Cotton (2014 character)|Charlie Cotton]] ([[Declan Bennett]]) that they are expecting a boy.<ref name="10oct14">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 10/10/2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04l3x81 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Jennie Darnell; Writer: Natalie Mitchell |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>
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| 29 June
| {{nowrap|[[Tristram Wymark]]<ref name="29jun" />}}
| The regional manager of the Minute Mart shop who visits the Walford branch where [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]) and [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Sara Ellis<br />Sakeena Ahmed<br />DC Nick Crane<br />Charlie Bearman}}
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| 4 July
| {{nowrap|[[Kim Tiddy]]<ref name="4jul" />}}
| The manager of [[The Queen Victoria]]'s rival football team, the Old Lions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a389221/kat-cheats-on-alfie-with-a-mystery-man.html|title=Kat cheats on Alfie with a mystery man|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=26 June 2012|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref> Viv's team win, and they return to The Queen Victoria, where [[
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| 5 July
| {{nowrap|[[Harry Macqueen]]<ref name="5jul" />}}
| A manager for the Minute Mart chain of local shops, who visits [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]) and [[
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| 23 July
| {{nowrap|[[Justin Brett]]<ref name="23jul2" />}}
| A man who is looking for [[Ian Beale]] ([[Adam Woodyatt]]). Ian's daughter [[Lucy Beale]] ([[Hetti Bywater]]) assumes he is from social services, but when [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Sarah Brown<ref name="21sep" />}}{{Anchor|Sarah Brown}}{{Anchor|Sarah}}
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| 2 August
| {{nowrap|[[Kirstie Brough]]<ref name="2aug">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 02/08/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ljvsz |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Michael Owen Morris; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Perrie Balthazar |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| A homeless girl. When [[Max Branning]] ([[Jake Wood]]), [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Nina Hewland}}{{Anchor|Nina Hewland}}
| 13–14 August<br />(2 episodes)
| {{nowrap|[[Juliet Cowan]]<ref name="13aug2" />}}
| [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Mike Sommers}}{{Anchor|Mike Sommers}}
| 17 August
| {{nowrap|David Warwick<ref name="17aug1" />}}
| A duty solicitor who advises [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] (Joshua Pascoe) after he confesses to murdering [[Heather Trott]] ([[Cheryl Fergison]]). Ben is not believed by [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Mary Smith}}{{Anchor|Mary Smith}}
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| 31 August
| {{nowrap|[[Ann Wenn]]<ref name="31aug">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 31/08/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mfcdy |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Lance Kneeshaw; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=31 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| [[AJ Ahmed]]'s ([[Phaldut Sharma]]) wife. She arrives at AJ's brother [[Masood Ahmed]]'s ([[Nitin Ganatra]]) house after Masood's wife [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Bethan Hickey}}{{Anchor|Bethan Hickey}}
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| {{nowrap|11 September 2012,<br />26 March 2013,<br />2 April 2015<br />(3 episodes)}}
| {{nowrap|[[Grant Burgin]]<ref name="11sep">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 11/09/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqmqd |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Jeff Povey]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=11 September 2012}}</ref>}}
| A police officer who stops [[Ray Dixon]] ([[Chucky Venn]]) and asks to search him as he suspects him of a mugging. Ray is angry and accuses Arnold of being racist.<ref name="11sep" /> In March 2013, [[
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| 16 October 2012–<br/>4 November 2016<br />(4 episodes)
| [[Beatrice Curnew]]<ref name="16oct">{{Cite episode |title=Episode dated 16/10/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ngm70 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Michael Owen Morris; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=16 October 2012}}</ref>
| The registrar who performs [[Syed Masood]] ([[Marc Elliott]]) and [[Christian Clarke]]'s ([[John Partridge (actor)|John Partridge]]) civil partnership ceremony.<ref name="16oct" /> In September 2014, she marries [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) and [[
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| 6 November
| {{nowrap|[[Laurence Saunders (actor)|Laurence Saunders]]<ref name="6nov">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 06/11/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nszj5 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: John Howlett; Executive Producer: [[Lorraine Newman]]; Writer: [[Rob Gittins]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=6 November 2012}}</ref>}}
| A Fostering Assessment Social Worker who visits [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) and [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Matthew Grindlay}}{{Anchor|Matthew Grindlay}}{{Anchor|Mr Grindlay}}
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| 6 December
| {{nowrap|[[Luke Hamill]]<ref name="6dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 06/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p8sby |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Paul Mari |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=6 December 2012}}</ref>}}
| A Fostering Assessment Social Worker who is covering for [[#Rick Gekowski|Rick Gekowski]] (Laurence Saunders). He visits [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) and [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Jenni Stewart}}{{Anchor|Jenni Stewart}}
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| 25 December
| {{nowrap|[[Michael O'Connor (actor)|Michael O'Connor]]<ref name="25dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 25/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmds3 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jennie Darnell; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=25 December 2012}}</ref>}}
| The registrar who arrives to marry [[Max Branning]] ([[Jake Wood]]) and [[
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! scope="row" | {{nowrap|Mr Passmore}}{{Anchor|Mr Passmore}}
| 27 December
| {{nowrap|[[Leigh Jones (actor)|Leigh Jones]]<ref name="27dec">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 27/12/2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmfjj |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director:John Howlett; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writers: Rob Williams, Colin Wyatt |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=27 December 2012}}</ref>}}
| A man whose car is being repaired at the local garage, telling mechanic [[AJ Ahmed]] ([[Phaldut Sharma]]) to fix it promptly. When he arrives to collect the car, [[
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