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List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2022
EastEnders is a BBC soap opera that first aired on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2022, in order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's senior executive producer, Kate Oates, executive producer, Jon Sen, or his successor, Chris Clenshaw. The first character to be introduced is Nina Gupta (Hersha Verity) in February, who was introduced as the new GP. Lewis Butler (Aidan O'Callaghan), a man that Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) hires as the manager of her bar, was introduced in April, and Omar Lye-Fook debuted in July as Avery Baker, the brother of established character Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths). He was followed by his sons, Finley (Ashley Byam) and Felix (Matthew James Morrison). Nina's stepson, Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), was also introduced in July. Suki Panesar's (Balvinder Sopal) husband and the father of the Panesar children, Nish (Navin Chowdhry), made his debut in September and Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), a relative of Dot Cotton (June Brown) and a love interest for Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) is introduced at the end of December. Additionally, multiple other characters have appeared throughout the year.
Doctor Nina Gupta, played by Hersha Verity, made her first appearance on 10 February and departed on 9 November. She is a doctor who tends to Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol) when he suffers food poisoning after eating a sandwich that he bought from Stacey's Baps. She reappears when Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) brings her mother Jean (Gillian Wright) to a doctors appointment when she is convinced that Jean is having a manic episode. After Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) buys a doctor's surgery, she hires Nina to run it alongside daughter Ash Panesar (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha).
Verity was keen to portray Nina since she liked her characterisation, specifically noting her "complete confidence, no fear of failure, goes after what she wants." Hinting at the future of her character, Verity told Digital Spy: "There is a lot more to her that is slowly starting to unfold. She has a few wants and goals of her own that go far beyond the surgery. So I am excited for that to unfold!" She was also intrigued by Nina's connection to the Panesar family. She opined that Ash is a great character due to being emotional and reactive while also being feisty and speaking her mind. Verity hoped that Nina would form a long-term friendship with Ash.
On being cast on the soap, she said: "There is nothing like this kind of experience, it's so iconic. Just a part of British culture, so it's exciting, but that can be quite nerve-wracking! When I was walking through the corridors and saw the pictures on the wall, I felt a real sense of history. It just felt like I was part of something very special. You are stepping into history. It is a really nice place to experience being an actor." Verity's father would not allow her to watch EastEnders as a child so she found it amusing to be cast on the soap. Walking onto the set for the first time was an exciting experience for her due to being early in her acting career; it led her to "just take a moment and [be] so grateful to have this experience".
Ranveer Gulati is the adoptive father of Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) and husband of Nina Gupta (Hersha Verity) who first appears in Episode 6446 on 7 March. He was played by Anil Goutam. He is killed off by Ravi in Episode 6536, which aired on 10 August 2022. He makes further appearances after his character's death when his body was moved in Episode 6589, airing on 10 November 2022 and then three episodes on CCTV footage in Episode 6683 on 19 April 2023 and then in Episodes 6767 and 6768, airing between 13 and 14 September 2023. The first video appearance he was uncredited for.
Ranveer was a family friend of the Panesars who has entrusts Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol) to build him a house in Mumbai. He was married to Dr Nina Gupta, who ended up becoming Ravi's partner. When he attacks Kheerat's mother Suki (Balvinder Sopal) and tries to rape her in exchange for a business contract, she strikes him over the head with a clock. Ravi walks in and begins covering up the crime but Ranveer wakes up and begins attacking him. Ravi delivers the final blow to Ranveer's head, killing him, and later disposes of his body. Ranveer's body was found by a dog walker on 31 October 2022 and reported to the police, who then contact Ravi and Nina. When everyone else finds out, Kheerat accuses Ravi of killing Ranveer and threatens to go to police. Ravi tells him that Suki killed Kheerat. Kheerat later goes to prison, taking the blame for Ranveer's death.
After Ravi moves in with Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams), her mother, Denise Fox (Diane Parish), is furious. Denise discovers the CCTV footage of Ravi killing Ranveer on his laptop. She then tells Chelsea, Suki and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). It was later revealed that Ranveer also attempted to rape Ravi's ex-girlfriend Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy), and later paid her to abandon Ravi and their son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury), threatening to have her killed if she ever returned. Unbeknownst to Ravi and Ranveer, Priya was pregnant by Ravi for a second time with Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) when Ranveer threatened her to leave. It was also revealed that he raped his PA Priti, who had told Ravi about it.
Roland Highway is the son of Stuart (Ricky Champ) and Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks), born on-screen via surrogate Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris) in episode 6460 first originally broadcast on 30 March 2022. The character left along with Stuart and Rainie in episode 6513, originally broadcast on 25 August 2022.
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List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2022
EastEnders is a BBC soap opera that first aired on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2022, in order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's senior executive producer, Kate Oates, executive producer, Jon Sen, or his successor, Chris Clenshaw. The first character to be introduced is Nina Gupta (Hersha Verity) in February, who was introduced as the new GP. Lewis Butler (Aidan O'Callaghan), a man that Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) hires as the manager of her bar, was introduced in April, and Omar Lye-Fook debuted in July as Avery Baker, the brother of established character Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths). He was followed by his sons, Finley (Ashley Byam) and Felix (Matthew James Morrison). Nina's stepson, Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), was also introduced in July. Suki Panesar's (Balvinder Sopal) husband and the father of the Panesar children, Nish (Navin Chowdhry), made his debut in September and Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), a relative of Dot Cotton (June Brown) and a love interest for Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) is introduced at the end of December. Additionally, multiple other characters have appeared throughout the year.
Doctor Nina Gupta, played by Hersha Verity, made her first appearance on 10 February and departed on 9 November. She is a doctor who tends to Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol) when he suffers food poisoning after eating a sandwich that he bought from Stacey's Baps. She reappears when Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) brings her mother Jean (Gillian Wright) to a doctors appointment when she is convinced that Jean is having a manic episode. After Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) buys a doctor's surgery, she hires Nina to run it alongside daughter Ash Panesar (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha).
Verity was keen to portray Nina since she liked her characterisation, specifically noting her "complete confidence, no fear of failure, goes after what she wants." Hinting at the future of her character, Verity told Digital Spy: "There is a lot more to her that is slowly starting to unfold. She has a few wants and goals of her own that go far beyond the surgery. So I am excited for that to unfold!" She was also intrigued by Nina's connection to the Panesar family. She opined that Ash is a great character due to being emotional and reactive while also being feisty and speaking her mind. Verity hoped that Nina would form a long-term friendship with Ash.
On being cast on the soap, she said: "There is nothing like this kind of experience, it's so iconic. Just a part of British culture, so it's exciting, but that can be quite nerve-wracking! When I was walking through the corridors and saw the pictures on the wall, I felt a real sense of history. It just felt like I was part of something very special. You are stepping into history. It is a really nice place to experience being an actor." Verity's father would not allow her to watch EastEnders as a child so she found it amusing to be cast on the soap. Walking onto the set for the first time was an exciting experience for her due to being early in her acting career; it led her to "just take a moment and [be] so grateful to have this experience".
Ranveer Gulati is the adoptive father of Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) and husband of Nina Gupta (Hersha Verity) who first appears in Episode 6446 on 7 March. He was played by Anil Goutam. He is killed off by Ravi in Episode 6536, which aired on 10 August 2022. He makes further appearances after his character's death when his body was moved in Episode 6589, airing on 10 November 2022 and then three episodes on CCTV footage in Episode 6683 on 19 April 2023 and then in Episodes 6767 and 6768, airing between 13 and 14 September 2023. The first video appearance he was uncredited for.
Ranveer was a family friend of the Panesars who has entrusts Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol) to build him a house in Mumbai. He was married to Dr Nina Gupta, who ended up becoming Ravi's partner. When he attacks Kheerat's mother Suki (Balvinder Sopal) and tries to rape her in exchange for a business contract, she strikes him over the head with a clock. Ravi walks in and begins covering up the crime but Ranveer wakes up and begins attacking him. Ravi delivers the final blow to Ranveer's head, killing him, and later disposes of his body. Ranveer's body was found by a dog walker on 31 October 2022 and reported to the police, who then contact Ravi and Nina. When everyone else finds out, Kheerat accuses Ravi of killing Ranveer and threatens to go to police. Ravi tells him that Suki killed Kheerat. Kheerat later goes to prison, taking the blame for Ranveer's death.
After Ravi moves in with Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams), her mother, Denise Fox (Diane Parish), is furious. Denise discovers the CCTV footage of Ravi killing Ranveer on his laptop. She then tells Chelsea, Suki and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). It was later revealed that Ranveer also attempted to rape Ravi's ex-girlfriend Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy), and later paid her to abandon Ravi and their son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury), threatening to have her killed if she ever returned. Unbeknownst to Ravi and Ranveer, Priya was pregnant by Ravi for a second time with Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) when Ranveer threatened her to leave. It was also revealed that he raped his PA Priti, who had told Ravi about it.
Roland Highway is the son of Stuart (Ricky Champ) and Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks), born on-screen via surrogate Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris) in episode 6460 first originally broadcast on 30 March 2022. The character left along with Stuart and Rainie in episode 6513, originally broadcast on 25 August 2022.