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Stacey Slater Crowned EastEnders' Greatest Star
7 Feb
Summary
- Stacey Slater ranked as the greatest EastEnders character.
- Phil Mitchell secured second place in the rankings.
- Dot Cotton and Peggy Mitchell also featured in the top characters.

A recent analysis has crowned Stacey Slater as the greatest character in the history of the long-running BBC soap, EastEnders. This assessment considered factors such as positive sentiment ratings, award nominations, and the number of episodes each character appeared in.
Stacey Slater, portrayed by Lacey Turner since 2004, achieved a notable sentiment rating of 51.9 and featured in 1,968 episodes. Her portrayal has garnered 23 nominations and 20 awards.
In second place is Albert Square hardman Phil Mitchell, played by Steve McFadden since his debut in 1990. Despite a higher sentiment score (53.9) and more episodes than Stacey, Phil's character has received fewer accolades.




