Lucy Beale List of EastEnders characters (1993)

lucy katherine beale, played eva brittin-snell 1993 1996, casey anne rothery 1996 until 2004, melissa suffield 2004 2010 , hetti bywater 2012 2014, daughter of ian (adam woodyatt) , cindy beale (michelle collins). twin sister of peter (thomas law), , has 3 half siblings, older brother steven (edward savage, aaron sidwell), younger sister cindy (eva sayer) , younger brother bobby (alex francis). apart on-screen birth, character has few storylines of own until 2004 when role recast older actress. storylines featuring lucy have since focused upon teenage rebellion. in 2010, suffield left eastenders, after allegedly axed due unruly behaviour. on 14 november 2011, announced lucy returning in 2012 bywater taking on role. returned on 12 january 2012. in february 2014 announced character killed off. made final appearance on 22 april 2014 when father goes identify body. in july 2007, gareth mclean of guardian lamented lack of strong female characters in eastenders, noting lucy yet come own . fellow guardian critic grace dent commented on repetitive nature of eastenders storylines comparing lucy s relationship jane (laurie brett) fraught mother-daughter bond between kat (jessie wallace) , zoe slater (michelle ryan). sun s ally ross commented in april 2008 lucy regeneration of previous teenage runaway character diane butcher (sophie lawrence).