Honey Mitchell
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| Portrayed by | Emma Barton | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005–2008, 2014– | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3049 22 November 2005 |
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Kate Harwood (2005) Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2014) |
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| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Laundrette assistant Barmaid Shop assistant |
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| Family | Mitchell |
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| Father | Jack Edwards |
| Mother | Janet Edwards |
| Husband | Billy Mitchell (2006–?) |
| Sons | William Mitchell |
| Daughters | Janet Mitchell |
| Aunts | Caroline Bishop |
Susan "Honey" Mitchell (also Edwards) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Emma Barton. She made her first appearance in the show on 22 November 2005. It was reported on 19 April 2008 that Honey's character had been axed from the show, and left the show on 2 September 2008. Barton briefly reprised the role of Honey in 2014, appearing from 27 May to 6 June 2014, however, it was later confirmed in September 2015 that the character would be making a permanent return, and Honey returned full-time from 12 November 2015. Storylines since her return saw her move back to Walford and reconcile with former husband Billy and get engaged to him again.
Honey is introduced in November 2005, employed by Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) as a "honey trap" to see if her husband Patrick (Rudolph Walker) is willing to commit adultery. Honey causes confusion by mistaking Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) for Patrick, but truth prevails, and Honey and Billy become friends. Honey has aspirations to become a model. Billy helps her find employment, acting as her manager. Billy and Honey are attracted to each other, and after a period of trepidation, they finally confess their feelings and became a couple in December 2005. The following month, Honey falls pregnant. Overjoyed, Billy proposes and despite initial objections from her father, Jack (Nicky Henson), Honey says yes. When Jack discovers that Honey is pregnant, he tries to persuade her to abort her unborn child, convinced that she would share the same fate as her mother. Not wanting to lose Honey, Billy insists that she enquire about an abortion but a check-up reveals that Honey does not have the same heart defect as her mother, so there is no danger of her dying of the same cause. Honey is furious with Jack for making her so unnecessarily fearful about her health all her life, and chastises him for not getting her heart checked when she was a child. She eventually forgives her father, and begins enjoying the prospect of becoming a mother.
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