List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2006
Also, May Wright (Amanda Drew), Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) and Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), the biological mother of Deano and Carly, all joined the show.
Bradley Branning, played by Charlie Clements, moves to Walford from Tring to live with his grandfather Jim (John Bardon) and his step-grandmother Dot (June Brown).
Carly Wicks, played by Kellie Shirley, moves to Albert Square with her father Kevin (Phil Daniels) and her brother Deano (Matt Di Angelo) after the breakdown of her marriage to Nico Pappas (Gerard Monaco).
Kevin Wicks, played by Phil Daniels, moves to Albert Square with his children Deano and Carly (Matt Di Angelo and Kellie Shirley).
On the day he arrives, he is mistaken for a tramp by Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) and interrupts Martin (James Alexandrou) and Sonia Fowler's (Natalie Cassidy) evening by letting himself into their house while Joe and Pauline are on their honeymoon.
When Mo finds Bert in an alley in a tight embrace with Ina, a local market stall holder, she splits up with him and reveals his secret to Dot Branning (June Brown).
Since his departure, Jack is mentioned in February 2008 when Billy and Honey announce to Peggy that they are going to visit him for a week on his narrowboat with Janet and a newborn baby Will Mitchell.
When she is released, Chelsea traces her estranged father, Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet), and goes on to have relationships with Theo Kelly (Rolan Bell) and Ellis Prince (Michael Obiora).
She has a relationship with Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels), and despite her ex-husband Owen Turner (Lee Ross) and his ex-wife Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) trying to come between them, they marry in April 2007.
Elizabeth "Libby" Fox, played by Belinda Owusu, moves to Walford with her mother Denise (Diane Parish) and her half-sister Chelsea (Tiana Benjamin).
Ray (also known as Marco), played by David Kennedy, arrives in Walford to track down his ex-lover Carla Mitchell (Christianne Oliveira), who had left him in Brazil to return to her husband Grant (Ross Kemp).
Victor later appears at Ian and Jane's engagement party, where he tells Pat Evans (Pam St. Clement) that Maeve has left him after 33 years of marriage.
Steve starts jeering at the exotic dancer, SJ Fletcher (Natasha Beaumont), and Bradley joins in, upsetting his girlfriend Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).
He moves to Albert Square with his wife Tanya (Jo Joyner) and their daughters, Lauren and Abi (Madeline Duggan and Lorna Fitzgerald) for a fresh start after Max had been caught having an affair.
She is the eldest daughter of Max (Jake Wood) and Tanya (Jo Joyner), the sister of Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald), and half-sister of Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements).
He appears again in May 2010 to inform Billy about a car accident that has injured his ex-wife Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) and killed her father Jack Edwards (Nicky Henson).
On 3 January 2008, she returns to Walford after Dot Branning (June Brown) had called her to tell her that Bradley needed her help after learning about Stacey's affair with Max.
Soon after moving to Walford he dates Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton), and then has sexual encounters with Preeti Choraria (Babita Pohoomull), Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin) and Carly Wicks (Kellie Shirley).
Joy Lucas, played by Doña Croll, arrives in Walford with her husband Cedric (Ram John Holder), who is visiting his old friend and bandmate in The Five Hectors, Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker).
Cedric Lucas, played by Ram John Holder, arrives in Walford with his wife Joy (Doña Croll), to visit his old friend and bandmate in The Five Hectors, Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker).
Aubrey Valentine, played by Joseph Marcell, was once a member of a band called The Five Hectors, along with Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), Cedric Lucas (Ram John Holder) and two other men named Dwight and Earl.
Aubrey carries on pretending that he is awaiting the test results, until he makes a speech during another dinner party at Pat's house, where he refers to Denise and her daughters as "family", and Yolande exposes him as a fraud.
She dresses up in high heels and enhances her breasts with padding to impress Mickey Miller (Joe Swash), but falls over when she sees him as she is not used to wearing the shoes.
She is later seen at Tanya Branning's (Jo Joyner) birthday party, and exposes a rival to Mickey's affections, Preeti (Babita Pohoomull), who has enhanced her breasts with padding.
Linda instantly causes controversy when she calls Ian a bad father after she hears his daughter, Lucy (Melissa Suffield), talking to her friend, Lauren Branning (Madeline Duggan), about strippers.
Later, in The Queen Victoria pub, a very drunk Linda tries to come on to Charlie Slater (Derek Martin), offending his girlfriend, Brenda Boyle (Carmel Cryan), in the process.
On 26 May 2016, Linda rushes to the hospital with Christian after she finds out Jane has been brutally attacked by her adopted son Bobby Beale (Eliot Carrington) and left in a coma.
Shirley and Phil buy a house on the Square, and she acts as a mother figure to his son Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe) and ward Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick).
Lydia Asler,[21] played by Amy Noble, works for the PR firm employed by Eichel Investment Banking to organise their Christmas party.
However, after Jase is killed in disturbance with his old football firm, Jay lives with Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and starts a relationship with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald).
