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Hetti Bywater as Lucy Beale (2014)
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Duration | 1993–2010, 2012–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 926 16 December 1993 |
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Last appearance |
Episode 5019 19 February 2015 |
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Introduced by |
Leonard Lewis (1993) Louise Berridge (2004) Bryan Kirkwood (2012) |
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Spin-off appearances |
EastEnders: E20 (2010) The Ghosts of Ian Beale (2014) |
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Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Suffield as Lucy Beale (2009)
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Family | Beale |
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Father | Ian Beale |
Mother | Cindy Beale |
Stepmother |
Laura Beale Jane Beale |
Brothers | Peter Beale |
Half-brothers |
Steven Beale Bobby Beale |
Half-sisters | Cindy Williams |
Grandmothers | Kathy Beale |
Uncles |
Ben Mitchell David Wicks |
Other relatives | Pauline Fowler |
Lucy Katherine Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Eva Brittin-Snell from 1993 to 1996, Casey Anne Rothery from 1996 until 2004, Melissa Suffield from 2004 to 2010 and Hetti Bywater from 2012 until the character's demise in 2014 and again in 2015 for a flashback episode. Lucy was introduced in December 1993 as the baby of Ian (Adam Woodyatt) and Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins). She is the twin sister of Peter Beale (Thomas Law, Ben Hardy), and has three half siblings, older brother Steven Beale (Edward Savage, Aaron Sidwell), younger sister Cindy Williams (Eva Sayer, Mimi Keene) and younger brother Bobby Beale (Kevin Curran, Alex Francis, Rory Stroud, Eliot Carrington).
Since 2004, when the role was recast to an older actress, storylines featuring Lucy have focused upon her teenage rebellion. In 2010, Suffield left EastEnders, after she was allegedly axed due to "unruly behaviour." On 14 November 2011, it was announced Lucy would be returning in 2012 with Bywater taking over the role. She returned on 12 January 2012. Her storylines have included teenage pregnancy, abortion, cheating in her exams, struggling to cope when Ian suffers a mental breakdown and runs away, feuding, becoming the owner of Ian's many businesses, and multiple relationships (including a relationship with her best friend's father, Max Branning (Jake Wood)).