Naz Mehmet

Naz is a main character in series 2, where she is joined by brothers Asher (Heshima Thompson) and Sol Levi (Tosin Cole), and Stevie Dickinson (Amanda Fairbank-Hynes).

[1] Naz arrives in Walford having bought a fake ID from Fatboy (Ricky Norwood), but she is angry that the photo looks nothing like her and the age is too high, so she steals her money back from him.

She removes her makeup and changes into plain clothes to return home but hears her father (Nayeef Rashed) shouting so leaves.

Naz and Sol begin to bond, and she kisses him to avoid being seen by Ekin Beg (Hemi Yeroham).

Stevie tells her that Sol likes her and she should kiss him, but he insults her because Ekin has inadvertently led him to believe Asher and Naz are seeing each other.

The next day they wake up after spending the night in the same bed, and Naz later watches Sol at dance rehearsals.

In an attempt to get Naz and Sol to reconcile again, Stevie pretends to swallow the key to the flat's front door, leaving them trapped.

Stevie drops the key revealing she did not swallow it and Sol thinks Naz was in on the plan so he sarcastically tells her to enjoy Turkey before leaving.

Naz is one of four main characters from series two of EastEnders: E20, created by its team of thirteen writers, along with Asher, Sol and Stevie.

[10] Hussen opined that this is a common real-life situation that is rarely portrayed on television, so girls would be able relate to the character.

[12] Naz is a party girl who loves to have fun,[11] but causes trouble and drama,[9] such as when her argument with Fatboy in episode 1 leads to a fight between the main characters of series 1 and 2.

[3] Emer Kenny, who played Zsa Zsa Carter in series 1 of EastEnders: E20 and was one of the writers, introducing the characters in the first episode, said that although Naz was her favourite character to write for, she found it a challenge as she is funny but not a "clown" like Fatboy.

[13] Naz is one of four characters from series 2 who has an official profile on social networking site Twitter, along with Stevie, Stevie's boyfriend Olly Manthrope-Hall (Joshua McGuire) and Fatboy, where it is revealed that the character works in a kebab shop during the summer holiday.

Further posts on Twitter allude to the storyline running up to the start of the series, such as Naz buying the fake ID from Fatboy.