EASTENDERS has launched hundreds of careers over the years - with some stars going on to achieve worldwide fame. Some of the soap's matriarchs such as Phil Mitchell, Sonia Fowler and Jack Branning have remained in Walford for decades now. However, other characters have left as the stars behind them ran for the (Hollywood) hills.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky. He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel . The 40-year-old also starred in the sixth series of smash hit Tue Blood.
The TV hunk is best known on UK soil for playing Peter, the son of Ian Beale. Ben quit EastEnders almost a decade ago and went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse . Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody , and he starred in Michael Bay ’s Netflix movie 6 Underground .
Michelle Ryan was part of the most iconic TV moments of the Noughties, when her EastEnders character Zoe Slater shouted at her mum - who she thought was her sister - Kat Slater: “You ain’t my mother!” However, she left the BBC soap after five years, in 2005, leaving fans devastated. And it wasn’t long until she was back on our screens - and in the States too, as she starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008. It's unlikely Cindy Jr.
will return any time soon foll.
