SINCE EastEnders first catapulted onto our screens back in 1985, it’s been producing some of the nation’s favourite child actors.
So which child stars of the BBC One soap have gone on to great things? Here’s everything you need to know…
Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher)
Soap legend Maisie Smith made her debut in the Square in 2008 and did a six-year stint before leaving in 2014.
But it wasn’t the last viewers saw of her as she returned briefly for Whitney’s catastrophic wedding in 2016.
Maisie eventually returned as a show regular in 2018 and regularly impresses fans with her social media presence.
Charlie Jones (Ben Mitchell)
With his iconic Lady Gaga dance moves, viewers loved the original version of Ben Mitchell played by Charlie Jones between 2006 and 2010.
Charlie then trained as an actor and fans were thrilled when they spotted him recently in BBC drama Noughts and Crosses.
Might EastEnders fans see him on a rival soap one day?
Brittany Papple (Louise Mitchell)
The role of Louise might have been snapped up by Tilly Keeper in 2016, but it was originally played by Brittany Papple.
Following her departure from the soap, Brittany trained at Millennium Performing Arts and graduated in 2017.
In 2018, Brittany revealed she was heading to Disneyland for a future as a dancer at the world famous park.
Madeline Duggan (Lauren Branning)
Madeline Duggan managed to secure an iconic EastEnders moment during her time on the soap as Lauren Branning when she exposed Stacey and Max’s affair in the 2007 Christmas double bill.
Madeline shot to fame playing the soap character in 2006 and quit in 2020.
Since leaving her role on the BBC soap, Madeline has gone on to star in TV dramas including Silent Witness, The Tunnel and The Smoke.
Megan Jones (Courtney Mitchell)
Lauren Branning actress Jacqueline wasn’t the first Jossa to step foot in Walford.
In 2006, her cousin Megan starred in the role of Grant Mitchell’s outspoken daughter Courtney.
After quitting the soap, Megan went on to appear in The Bill, The Take and Coming of Age.
