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EASTENDERS fans person learned histrion Kitty Castledine comes from a celebrated household successful existent life.
As Penny Branning, Kitty, 22, is portion of a well-known soap clan- portion her real-life relatives are successful the nationalist eye.
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Kitty joined EastEnders precocious past year, taking implicit the relation of Penny, who'd past appeared successful 2008.
Many viewers already cognize her mum is television presenter Lucy Alexander.
Lucy, 54, formerly hosted Homes Under The Hammer other Martin Roberts and present works connected A Place successful the Sun.
Meanwhile, Kitty's dada is erstwhile nonrecreational footballer Stewart Castledine.
Now 51, Stewart played arsenic a midfielder for Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers during his career.
Since retiring, helium has worked a presenter for the BBC by hosting Big Strong Boys and Houses Behaving Badly.
Stewart has besides modelled for brands specified arsenic DKNY and Topman.
After Lucy and Stewart joined successful 2000, they welcomed their girl Kitty successful 2002.
Three years later, their lad Leo was calved - and he's besides gone connected to marque a sanction for himself.
Leo, 19, followed successful his dad's footsteps by besides becoming a nonrecreational footballer.
He's presently playing arsenic a midfielder from Shrewsbury Town, connected indebtedness from Chelsea.
Penny Branning calls her dada 'big antheral Jack' successful EastEnders
From 2013 to 2020, Leo was a younker subordinate astatine Wimbledon, 1 of his father's erstwhile clubs.
It comes arsenic Penny hasn't been having an casual clip with the Brannings successful Albert Square.
The scheming character is plotting to blackmail her ain begetter Jack (Scott Maslen).
A caller betrayal from Jack drove the 2 isolated erstwhile again - with Penny determined to get her revenge.
Chelsea (Zaraah Abrahams) confessed to being astatine responsibility for the nine crush astatine Peggy's respective weeks ago.
Calling a household gathering astatine No.27, helium asked those contiguous to ballot betwixt Chelsea and Penny, who, arsenic manager astatine Peggy's, had been blamed.
Soap characters who've been recast
Soap operas are staple viewing for galore people, but adjacent immoderate of the astir celebrated characters person been played by antithetic actors. Here are immoderate examples from implicit the years.
- Tracy Barlow: Kate Ford took connected the relation of Corrie fable Tracy Barlow successful 2002. Before Kate, 3 different actresses had played Tracy - astir notably Dawn Acton from 1988 to 1999.
- Nick Tilsley: Ben Price has been playing Gail's oldest kid successful 2009, but the erstwhile Footballers' Wives prima is the 3rd histrion to instrumentality connected the part.
- Sarah Platt: Although Tina O'Brien debuted arsenic Sarah Platt successful 1999, she is the 3rd histrion who has played the iconic relation of Sarah Platt.
- David Platt: Completing the line-up of Gail's children, David was initially played by Thomas Ormson for a decennary earlier Jack P. Shepherd took over.
- Daniel Osbourne: For astir a decade, the relation of Ken Barlow's lad Daniel has been portrayed by histrion Rob Mallard. Before Rob joined, 2 different actors had antecedently played Daniel.
- Bethany Platt: Fans cognize Lucy Fallon arsenic Bethany nowadays but earlier her, 3 different actresses had stepped into the character's shoes.
- Kirk Sutherland: Before Andy Whyment took connected the relation of Kirk, helium played by an uncredited histrion successful his precise archetypal appearance.
- Todd Grimshaw: Gareth Pierce stepped into the relation of Todd backmost successful 2020, becoming the 2nd performer to play this part.
- Summer Spellman: Harriet Bibby became the 2nd histrion to play Summer, taking implicit the relation from Matilda Freeman successful 2020.
- Ryan Connor: Ryan Prescott presently plays the long-running character, but Ben Thompson and Sol Heras had earlier portrayed the role.
- Martin Fowler: Although Martin was the archetypal babe calved on-screen successful EastEnders, helium hasn't ever been played by the aforesaid person. His existent portrayer, James Bye, is the 3rd histrion to prima arsenic the character.
- Peter Beale: Seven actors person portrayed Ian Beale's elder son, with the existent actor, Thomas Law, successful his 2nd stint arsenic the character.
- Ben Mitchell: Ben has been played by a full of six actors - with Max Bowden bowing retired of the relation successful March 2024.
- Bobby Beale: Before Clay Milner Russell, Ian's younger lad had been played by 4 different actors.
- Freddie Slater: Bobby's champion mate, Freddie Slater, had been antecedently played by twins Alex and Tom Kilby earlier Bobby Brazier took implicit successful 2022.
- Chelsea Fox: Former Coronation Street histrion Zaraah Abrahams took implicit the relation of Chelsea successful 2020. The quality had been archetypal played by Tiana Benjamin from 2006 to 2010.
- Lauren Branning: Jacqueline Jossa took connected the relation of Lauren successful 2010, succeeding Madeline Duggan who'd played her from 2006 to 2010.
- Johnny Carter: Johnny has been played by 3 actors since debuting successful 2013 - astir recently, Charlie Suff has taken connected the role.
He reasoned Penny would beryllium improbable to look prison clip - and the charges would beryllium downgraded arsenic determination were nary deaths from the crush.
With the votes tied, Jack chose the "least worst option" by siding with Chelsea.
A furious Penny yelled: "What? You take her alternatively of me, Dad? You know, screw you each and your anserine vote. I'm going to the police myself!"
EastEnders airs connected BBC One and is disposable to ticker connected iPlayer.
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