Lucy Katherine Beale is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 from the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 EastEnders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

, played by Eva Brittin-Snell from 1993 to 1996, Casey Anne Rothery

Casey Anne Rothery

Casey Anne Rothery is a former child actress. From the age of three to ten years old, she played Lucy Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.Originally from Mottingham, South East London, she now lives in Marbella....

 from 1996 until 2004, Melissa Suffield

Melissa Suffield

Melissa Hollie Suffield is a British actress from London, best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Lucy Beale. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004 and her last on 27 August 2010.-Career:...

 from 2004 to 2010 and Hetti Bywater

Hetti Bywater

Hetti Bywater is an English actress. She is known for her minor roles in Doctors and Casualty and in November 2011, she was cast as Lucy Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Career:...

 from 2012 onwards. Lucy was introduced in December 1993 as the newborn baby of characters Ian

Ian Beale

Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the longest-serving character and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985...

 (Adam Woodyatt

Adam Woodyatt

Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders...

) and Cindy Beale

Cindy Beale

Cindy Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michelle Collins.Cindy always had an eye for the lotharios of Walford and despite trying to settle down repeatedly with the more reliable Ian Beale, she was unable to remain faithful to him. She had a selfish...

 (Michelle Collins

Michelle Collins

Michelle Danielle Collins is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, Coronation Street as Stella Price, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky...

). She is the twin sister of Peter

Peter Beale

Peter Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Thomas Law from 2006 until 2010. The character has previously been portrayed by James Martin, Joseph Shade, Alex Stevens and Francis Brittin-Snell. Law took over the role on 31 August 2006...

 (Thomas Law

Thomas Law

Thomas John Law is a British actor. He is the fourth actor to play Peter Beale in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders...

), and has three half siblings, older brother Steven

Steven Beale

Steven Peter Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Edward Farrell from 1989 to 1990, Stuart Stevens from 1992 to 1996, Edward Savage from 1997 to 2002, and Aaron Sidwell from 2007 to 2008...

 (Edward Savage, Aaron Sidwell

Aaron Sidwell

Aaron Michael Sidwell is a British actor and singer . He is known for playing Steven Beale in the British soap opera EastEnders, a role he played from September 2007 to May 2008...

), younger sister Cindy (Eva Sayer

Eva Sayer

Eva Sayer is a British child actor. She is best known for playing Cindy Williams in EastEnders.-Career:She first appeared in one episode of the Inspector Morse spin off "Lewis" as Anna Mallory in early 2007....

) and younger brother Bobby (Alex Francis).