Greg Jessop is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Stefan Booth.

He was introduced as the fiancé of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), and first appeared on screen on 1 October 2010 to work on the reconstruction of The Queen Victoria public house.

In February 2011 it was announced that filming had commenced for Greg and Tanya's upcoming wedding in April 2011.

However, it was unconfirmed if they would actually marry, meaning that the couple's future would hang in the balance until the time of broadcast.

Later, Max returns home and Tanya brings Greg to meet him, not realising they have already met.

After a few days, Greg realises Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) has stolen some of his power drills.

Greg and Tanya visit Walford after the pub is finished and become friends with Max and Vanessa Gold (Zöe Lucker), and are invited to the Brannings' for Christmas dinner.

Tanya and Greg then move to Roxy Mitchell's (Rita Simons) house in Albert Square to be closer to Lauren and Abi.

Tanya opens the salon in their living room alongside Syed Masood (Marc Elliott), which annoys Greg.

While away, Greg sells the house to Janine Malloy (Charlie Brooks), forcing Tanya and her family to move out.

"[1] Booth, who was initially on a short-term contract to appear in the show,[1] said, "I'm absolutely delighted to be coming into Albert Square.

Jo Joyner is a splendid actress to work with and I can't wait to get my teeth into the exciting storylines ahead.

"[2] Booth revealed in a Digital Spy interview that his contract had been extended and he had filmed scenes for January 2011.

"[4] Booth used to play villain Jamie Nash in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

[5] The character's profile on the official EastEnders website describes him as gorgeous and loyal with a feminine side, and he cares about his looks, having regular work outs, manicures and exfoliation treatments.

He is good with Tanya's children Abi, Lauren and Oscar (Charlee and Neo Hall).

Tanya Branning's husband, Greg is a Walford hottie and is turning heads like Bianca Jackson's fashion sense.

He's gorgeous, loyal and a got a buff body to boot - he's a sure step up from Max!Soaplife called him "a genuinely nice guy with no skeletons in his closet".

Women like Tanya can't help but love a wrong 'un though, so I do worry that Greg might turn out to be too nice.

[12] Upon his one episode return, Joyner said she was "surprised" when she found out Greg would turn his back on her.

"[15] However, it was unconfirmed if they will actually marry, meaning that the couple's future will hang in the balance until the time of broadcast.

[14][16] Joyner expected the wedding to go bad saying, "People stop me to ask if I think the marriage will be a disaster and I tell them, 'Greg sees her in her dress before the ceremony, she's late to the church, it rains and they live in Walford'.

However, speaking to PA, Booth commented: "I'm sure kids would definitely be on the list of wants for Greg - everything that's secure and 2.4 and blissfully normal - but it's EastEnders, isn't it?

And from an acting perspective it's really good because we get some really gritty storylines, so from a personal point of view I really enjoy what they throw at us."