List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2004

Wilfred Atkins, played by Dudley Sutton, is Nana Moon's (Hilda Braid) fiancée, whom she meets on the bus travelling to her holiday in Eastbourne.

She brings him back to Walford in March 2004 to meet her grandsons Alfie and Spencer (Shane Richie and Christopher Parker).

Alfie's wife Kat (Jessie Wallace) later agrees that Wilfred can move into The Queen Victoria pub when he and Nana are married.

In 2005 she is the focus of one of "the programme's biggest and most high-profile narratives" when she kills her husband in a fit of rage during the special 20th anniversary episode.

The broadcast, airing on 18 February, was watched by 14.34 million people, with "almost 60% of possible viewers" tuning in to see Chrissie take revenge.

Soon after, Ian's adopted son Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) returns to Walford and mistakenly shoots Jane in the stomach, leaving her unable to have children.

In July 2024, the character returned for a short stint to facilitate for Bobby Beale's (Clay Milner Russell) exit story.

Eddie, played by Daren Elliott Holmes, made his first appearance on 5 July 2004 as the right-hand man and personal bodyguard of Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs), the reigning crime kingpin of Albert Square in Walford - a fictionalized borough in East London.

This involves Andy ordering Eddie to get the upper hand over his rivals, as well as celebrate his wedding to local businesswoman Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf) - which is nearly ruined after her cousin Billy (Perry Fenwick) and ex-boyfriend Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi) try to warn Sam's mother Peggy (Barbara Windsor) about Andy's scheme to extract control of the Mitchell family assets.

It is at this point where Eddie has crossed path with Andy's best-friend Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) and sworn nemesis Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).

Towards Christmas 2004, Eddie observes Andy employing Billy's friend Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle) into the business so he could expand his criminal empire on drug dealing.

The character Eddie makes his final appearance on 18 February 2005, the show's 20th anniversary episode where Andy is ironically killed off towards the broadcast's climax.

A month later, on 20 January 2011, she appears when Connor Stanley (Arinze Kene) is in hospital after being assaulted by Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer).

Kennedy's most recent appearance was on 27 June 2016, when she tends to Amy Mitchell (Abbie Burke), when her father, Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) suspects she has eaten cocaine.

Williams, who played Kennedy, returned to EastEnders in 2024 as a different character named Dolores, who was seen in flashback scenes as a victim of serial sex-offender Pastor Clayton (Howard Saddler), whom he raped in 2001.

On the day of the wedding of Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs) and Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf), Sarah continues sending Martin text messages, saying that she likes his smart suit as a warning that she is in Walford spying on him.

Martin is ready to confront Sarah at Angie's Den nightclub, but he seeks advice from Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), who advises him to keep his distance.

Radio Times included Sarah in their feature profiling 'bunny boilers' and of her duration they stated: "If she is not a regular on her way to being written out, she is a guest who appears, causes havoc, and then vanishes again.

[...] Sarah was one such, a barmaid in Angie's Den who stalked, harassed and finally stabbed Martin Fowler when he refused to dump Sonia.

However Keith's reluctance to commit and his failure to get a job lead to Rosie leaving Walford in July 2006, along with Demi and her daughter Aleesha.

Ray Taylor, played by Dorian Lough, is the abusive father of Leo (Philip Dowling) and husband of Trisha (Cathy Murphy).

Aleesha is the infant daughter of teenagers Demi Miller (Shana Swash) and Leo Taylor (Philip Dowling).

Upon their arrival, Leo's father, Ray, and his wife, Trisha (Cathy Murphy), are the first people they see, and they receive a cold reception.

Whilst taking Aleesha for a walk, Demi is teased by some of her brother Darren's (Charlie G. Hawkins) old friends, who mock her and refer to her as "Vicky Pollard".

Despite appearing reluctant, Leo and Trisha attend the christening; however, the service is interrupted by Ray, who viciously drags his wife and son away whilst a heartbroken Demi looks on.

She features in numerous high-profile storylines, including abortion, drug abuse, mental illness, an affair with her father-in-law Max (Jake Wood) and the murder of Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb).

In 2010, Stacey is involved in a love triangle with local resident Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Ryan Malloy (Neil McDermott), the father of her daughter Lily.

She returns as a recurring character in June 2006 and begins making regular appearances from November 2006 when she moves in with the Slater family in Walford.

She returns to Walford on 29 March 2011 and moves into the Queen Vic with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).

He is notable for his alliance with gangster Johnny Allen (Billy Murray), his obsession with Johnny's daughter Ruby (Louisa Lytton), his feuds with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) and Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), and his relationship with Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman).