List of minor EastEnders characters (2001)

The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2001, by order of first appearance.

Diane Irving
Diane Irving was the social worker who took over from Ameena Badawi on the case of Chloe Jackson, when Ameena was promoted. She eventually found Chloe a home with Neil and Sue Miller, who renamed her Rebecca.

George Hawkins
George Hawkins was a salesman who tried to sell his wares to Ian Beale at his fish and chip shop. He was nicknamed "Cuban Man" by Beppe di Marco, a minicab driver, because he insisted on smoking cigars in his taxi.

Norman Dunn
Norman Dunn was the father of Laura, and appeared in Walford for Laura's wedding to Ian Beale in 2001, along with his wife Edwina. He was very conservative and disapproved of Laura and Ian's marriage, as Ian had been declared bankrupt in the past. He threatened to disinherit Laura and when she refused to postpone the wedding, he refused to attend.

When Edwina returned to Walford in 2005 for Janine Evans's trial for Laura's murder, she spoke to Pat Evans and said that Norman was very upset about his daughter's death.

Family

 * Wife: Edwina Dunn
 * Daughter: Laura Beale (deceased)
 * Grandson: Bobby Beale

Edwina Dunn
Edwina Dunn was the mother of Laura, and appeared for Laura's wedding to and Ian Beale in 2001, along with her husband, Norman, but did not attend the ceremony as Norman disapproved of Ian being declared bankrupt in the past. She was shown to be very fond of wine, possibly an alcoholic.

She reappeared in December 2005 to attend Janine Evans's trial for the murder of Laura, and unknowingly persuaded Pat Evans to change her testimony, allowing the innocent Janine to walk free.

Family

 * Husband: Norman Dunn
 * Daughter: Laura Beale (deceased)
 * Grandson: Bobby Beale

Kevin Bolton
Kevin Bolton was the son of Gary Bolton, and half brother of Robbie Jackson. He appeared when Robbie and his half sister Sonia tracked Gary down to Portsmouth. He was jealous of Robbie's presence in his father's life.

Family

 * Father: Gary Bolton
 * Half brother: Robbie Jackson

Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker began renting a flat from Janine Butcher and Terry Raymond's letting agency in June 2001. Terry and Margaret were attracted to each other and a relationship soon developed.

Janine and Margaret did not get along, which made things awkward for Terry as he and Janine lived together. Janine grew extremely jealous of Margaret and Terry's relationship and she began playing various tricks to split them up. Margaret was not perturbed and vowed to beat Janine at her own game, leading to numerous squabbles. When Janine discovered a photo of Margaret and another man, she immediately assumed the worst and informed Terry that Margaret was cheating on him. Margaret explained that the man in the photo was her brother, who was dying of cancer and she was paying for his placement in a drug trial in America.

After continued hostility, Margaret tried to persuade Terry to throw Janine out, and he eventually gave in and arranged for Janine to move into one of his bedsits. Janine was aware of Terry's paternal feelings towards her, and she began using emotional blackmail to manipulate him. Margaret eventually grew tired of all the game playing and so she and Terry booked a trip to Paris in order to spend some time alone together. Janine was furious and Margaret goaded her further by telling her that she planned to propose to Terry while they were away.

In order to prevent this, Janine went to Margaret's property to steal Terry's passport, and whilst there she witnessed Margaret kissing her supposed brother goodbye. Janine became suspicious and when Terry told her that he was planning to give Margaret £10,000 to help her brother, she told him that Margaret was conning him and informed him about the kiss she'd witnessed. Furious, Terry went to Margaret's to discover the truth, but she refused to let him see her brother and after he insulted her, she slammed the door in his face.

Later that day Margaret confronted Terry demanding an apology. However Terry was adamant that she had been conning him for his money all along. She denied this, but he refused to believe her. He branded her a prostitute and ordered her to leave. After having one last fight with a smug Janine, Margaret went home, where it was revealed that the man at her flat really was her brother after all. She put him into a taxi and told him that he was all that mattered to her.

Although sources prior to the filming of this storyline had suggested that Margaret would be a sophisticated conwoman, this was never actually confirmed on-screen. The ending was left ambiguous and although the man at Margaret's flat turned out to be her brother, he did not appear to be dying.

Family

 * Brother: David Walker

Kay Bradshaw
Kay Bradshaw was a woman who Beppe di Marco had a one-night-stand with. It was later revealed that she was Beppe's son Joe's teacher, when Joe walked in on Beppe and Kay lying together on the sofa, and refused to go to school the next day.

Jan Sherwood
Jan Sherwood was a woman who Steve Owen met when he and his gang attempted a robbery targeting Jan's lover and wealthy businessman Alan Mills. When Steve seduced her, she tricked him and took off with all the money leaving him and his gang with nothing. It was however revealed in a plot twist that she and Steve were both in on the plan for her to take off with all the money and later share it with Steve. Steve fooled his gang into thinking Jan had gone with all the money and their plan had failed. He met up secretly with Jan and took his half of the money and never saw her again.

Sidney Gibbs
Sidney Gibbs was the owner of a cleaning firm, Sid's Scrubbers, who were hired by Sharon Watts in order to get Billy Mitchell to lower the prices of his cleaning firm.

Belinda Peacock
Belinda Peacock (née Slater) is the Slater sister who rejected her working class roots. She likes to think she is superior to her sisters, but is not as classy as she likes to think she is. She is married to Neville Peacock (who has never been seen in the show). Neville is rich and Belinda enjoys showing off her wealth to her sisters. She wears a blonde wig and speaks in an exaggerated voice, but revealed her true self at Lynne's hen night, when she got drunk.

Belinda usually turns up in Albert Square when she is having marriage problems. She has had flings with Jamie Mitchell and her brother-in-law Garry Hobbs.

She lives in Lanzarote, and her grandmother Mo frequently visits her. Belinda will be back on 1st November 2007 for the Wedding of Bradley and Stacey.

Family

 * Father: Charlie Slater
 * Mother: Viv Slater (deceased)
 * Sisters: Kat Moon, Lynne Hobbs, Little Mo Mitchell
 * Husband: Neville Peacock
 * Grandfathers: Frederick Slater (deceased), Stuart Mullins
 * Grandmothers: Mary Slater (deceased), Mo Harris
 * Uncles: Harry Slater (deceased), Billy Harris
 * Aunts: Violet Slater (deceased), Jean Harris
 * Great uncle: Stan Porter
 * Nephew: Freddie Mitchell
 * Nieces: Zoe Slater, Vivienne Hobbs (deceased)
 * Cousins: Brian Slater (deceased), Zoe Slater, Joanne
 * First cousins once removed: Stacey Slater, Sean Slater

John Davis
John Davis was the landlord of 15a Turpin Road. He doubled the rent on the flat, then offered to help Laura with the money, but only if she would have to have sex with him.

Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace was the interior designer who redesigned e20 after a fire there, and had an affair with the manager Beppe di Marco, and caught a sexually transmitted infection from him, leading to her husband Tony discovering the affair and attacking Beppe.

Family

 * Husband: Tony Wallace

Tony Wallace
Tony Wallace was the husband of Chris Wallace, who attacked Beppe di Marco at the e20 Hallowe'en party after Beppe and Chris had an affair and Beppe gave Chris a sexually transmitted infection.

Family

 * Wife: Chris Wallace

Roxy Drake
Roxy Drake was a pimp who groomed Zoe Slater, who had run away from home and was living on the streets. Roxy found Zoe a flat, then forced her to prostitute herself. Roxy and fellow prostitute Kelly Taylor dressed and made-up Zoe, but Zoe got drunk on whiskey and vomited on her first client. Some time Later, Kat, Zoe's mother, along with Anthony Trueman, came to take Zoe home, but Roxy tried to prevent her taking Zoe, and ended up being headbutted in the face by Kat.