Cindy Williams (EastEnders)
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Mimi Keene as Cindy Williams in 2014
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| Portrayed by | Ella Wortley (1998–1999) Cydney Parker (1998–1999) Eva Sayer (2007) Mimi Keene (2013–2015) |
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| Duration | 1998–1999, 2007, 2013–2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1692 9 November 1998 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 5121 17 August 2015 |
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| Introduced by |
Matthew Robinson (1998) Diederick Santer (2007) Lorraine Newman (2013) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student Waitress Chip shop assistant |
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| Family | Beale |
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| Father | Nick Holland |
| Mother | Cindy Beale |
| Half-brothers |
Steven Beale Peter Beale |
| Half-sisters | Lucy Beale |
| Daughters | Beth Williams |
| Grandmothers | Bev Williams |
| Aunts | Gina Williams |
Cindy Williams is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by four actresses since being introduced in 1998. Her mother, Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), dies in labour with her. She is then brought up by her maternal grandmother and aunt off-screen. Ella Wortley and Cydney Parker both portrayed the role from 1998 to 1999, followed by Eva Sayer in a brief appearance in 2007. On 18 July 2013, it was announced that Cindy would return to the series as a regular character, with Mimi Keene taking over the role. Cindy leaves her home in Devon to join her half-siblings Peter (Ben Hardy) and Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) in Walford. Since being re-established in 2013, she has featured in storylines that see her learn of (and subsequently come to terms with) the murder of sister Lucy (see Who Killed Lucy Beale?), a relationship with Liam Butcher and struggling as a teenage mother to daughter Beth Williams. Cindy made an unannounced departure on 17 August 2015.
Cindy is born to Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) and Nick Holland (Dominic Taylor) in prison, as her mother is serving a sentence for attempting to murder her former husband Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). Cindy Sr dies shortly after the birth due to an embolism. Nick is not interested in his daughter, so Cindy lives with her grandmother Bev Williams (Diane Langton) and aunt Gina Williams (Nicola Cowper) in Devon. Ian, who had previously met his late wife's daughter at her funeral, is aware of the responsibility he has towards Cindy Jr as her guardian, and is concerned as to who should care for her. However, Bev is unwilling to look after Cindy due to her age and suggests that Ian has her, but Gina, who is unable to have children, contests this. She is subsequently given custody of Cindy. When Cindy is 8 years old, Ian visits Gina and Cindy, thinking Gina is sending him poison pen letters as Cindy Sr, though she is not.
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