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Lily Slater
EastEnders character
Lillia Turner as Lily Slater (2023)
Portrayed by
  • Alfie Duncan (2010)
  • Poppy Crake (2010)
  • Kennady Lacy-Breckenridge (2010)
  • Aine Garvey (2014–2019)
  • Lillia Turner (2020–present)
Duration2010, 2014–present
First appearanceEpisode 4023
23 June 2010
Classification
Dolly Dean-Hudson
Other relatives

Lily Slater (previously Branning and Fowler) is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and is portrayed by Lillia Turner. Lily's first appearance in the serial is in episode 4023, originally broadcast on 23 June 2010, in which her birth is depicted.[1] Lily is the daughter of Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Ryan Malloy (Neil McDermott).[2][3] Stacey and Lily both departed on 25 December 2010 at the conclusion of the Who Killed Archie? storyline. On 6 December 2013, it was announced that Lacey Turner would return to the soap to reprise her role as Stacey, and would begin filming in January 2014 – thus meaning Lily would be re-introduced into the serial.[4] Lily temporarily departed the serial on 2 August 2019 once again after Stacey attacks Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) in a panic to save Martin Fowler (James Bye).[5] Lily along with her family returns in episode 6133, originally broadcast on 21 September 2020, two weeks after the soap's return to transmission – this time with Turner in the role.[6][7]

Development

Casting

In her 2010 stint, Lily is portrayed by three child actors: Alfie Duncan, Poppy Crake and Kennady Lacy-Breckenridge.

Bailey Baker's (Kara-Leah Fernandes) friend Alyssa in 2019. Lily started appearing on a more regular basis from this point and was given a child pregnancy storyline.[6]

Teenage pregnancy storyline

In the 2023 new years episode celebrations, it was revealed the character was pregnant and is going to be put at the forefront of an issue-led

Kat Mitchell (Jessie Wallace) who also had her own experience in teenage pregnancy[26][27] – Kat also guides Lily along her pregnancy as the family are also suffering with the cost of living crisis.[28] Stacey later begins an OnlyFans type website to bring in money for the family; leaving Lily embarrassed when students at her school find out.[29]

Charli is named after singer Charli XCX.

Lily gives birth to baby

Theo Hawthorne (William Ellis) is in the home and tormenting Stacey – moments after confessing to stalking her and the family for months.[31] Writers named the character after the singer Charli XCX, who tweeted about the reference with the caption, "Shout out to my gays [sic] in the writers room!".[32] In the event of their daughter being born, Ricky changes his surname from Mitchell to Branning.[33][34] Viewers see Lily initially struggling with motherhood.[35] As Lily is going through a tough time as a new mum, she is easily wound up with Whitney picking at her parenting and makes a comment about her daughter being alive whilst Whitney's had just died.[36] Lily was pushed to her breaking point and shouted at Charli for crying.[37]

Storylines

2010

Lily is conceived in September 2009 when Stacey stops taking medication for her bipolar disorder, causing her to act irrationally and sleep with numerous men, including Ryan. Around the same time, she is raped by Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) and after trying to tell her former husband Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements), she is sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Upon Stacey's return to Walford in December 2009, she and Bradley reconcile, and she tells him that she is pregnant. He is overjoyed, thinking the baby is his, until she says that she is three months pregnant, and the baby cannot be Bradley's.

After admitting that Archie raped her, Bradley vows to raise the baby as his own, but after Bradley dies in February 2010, Archie's daughter

Maria de Costa
(Judy Browne), can see that Lily is fine, and notes that the allegation was false.

When Stacey and Janine are arrested while fighting on a night out in October 2010, Ryan looks after Lily, and after Stacey and Janine are released, vows to be a part of Lily's life. Stacey has Ryan's name added to Lily's birth certificate, but Ryan lies to Janine about where he has been all afternoon, and Janine does not tell him that she knows. She decides to kidnap Lily and go to France to get Stacey out of their lives. However, when Ryan finds Lily in the car, he orders Janine to stop. She stops on a level crossing with a train approaching, and is unable to restart the car. Ryan gets Lily out, but Janine cannot open her door. She then starts the engine just in time for the train to miss hitting her car.

Ryan insists they return Lily to her mother in Walford. Stacey has already called the police, but Janine tells her that she heard Lily crying upstairs, and took her to look after her; Ryan backs up Janine's story. When Ryan tells Janine he is leaving her to be with Stacey and Lily, Janine publicly announces to everyone in The Queen Vic that Stacey killed Archie. On Christmas Day 2010, Janine, knowing she has no hard evidence to get Stacey convicted, stabs herself to frame Stacey for attempted murder, causing Stacey and Lily to flee the country for Mexico, just as the police arrive. Ryan wants to come with them, but Stacey rejects him, leaving him devastated.

2014–present

Lily (Aine Garvey) returns in February 2014, when she answers the door to Stacey's cousin

Ollie Walters (Tony O'Callaghan). She returns to the square with Jean in August 2014, and eventually stays with Kat and her husband Alfie Moon (Shane Richie
) when Jean returns to Brighton.

When Stacey's conviction is quashed on a technicality, she returns to the square early; Lily refuses to spend time with her, and seems to be close to her father, Ryan's half-sister, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty). Stacey and Lily eventually reunite. When Lily asks about Ryan, Stacey confronts Whitney about her telling Lily about Ryan without Stacey's consent. Stacey bans Whitney from seeing Lily, but later reconsiders when she realises how much Lily means to Whitney.

After Stacey allows

Arthur Fowler
on Christmas Eve 2015, Whitney contacts Ryan, who arrives at The Queen Vic, where Whitney is looking after Lily, and assures a sleeping Lily that he will be there for her. The next day, Ryan is determined to be a proper father in Lily's life; however, Whitney desperately tries to persuade him not to tell her.

Whitney later takes Lily to the park to meet Ryan, where Lily states that Ryan is not her father, but he reveals the truth to her. He then arrives at Stacey's house and tells Martin that he is taking Lily away. After being talked down by Martin and Whitney, Ryan hands Lily back over to Martin, devastating him and he promises Lily that he will return to see her again. Lily struggles to come to terms with Stacey being in hospital, but Martin's daughter, Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield), helps explain things to Lily. Lily is delighted when Stacey comes home after spending time in a mother and baby unit with Arthur. Stacey and Martin marry in May 2016 and Lily takes Martin's surname. Bex moves in with Stacey and Martin, and the family move into a bigger house in September 2016.

In June 2017, Lily finds out that Stacey and Martin are having a baby, and she lets it slip to Arthur's father

Brugada Syndrome from Kush. Stacey is annoyed with Whitney when she takes Lily and Arthur for breakfast and Lily is fed up of being ignored by an exhausted Stacey. When Lily refuses to eat her tea, Stacey physically takes Lily to go upstairs in the presence of Carmel, who refuses to leave Stacey with Lily and Arthur. In October 2017, Carmel notices bruises on Arthur's arms, and Lily tells Carmel that Stacey was responsible, despite him actually injuring himself at hospital. Carmel reports it to social services, but tries to retract what she said after realising it was a mistake. Social services visit Stacey and Martin, and tell them they received a report about Arthur. Lily and Arthur are placed in Carmel's care until social services have investigated. Arthur is looked over by a doctor, who has no concerns; thus, Stacey and Martin can have Lily and Arthur back. Social worker Fiona Payne
(Sandra James-Young) tells Stacey and Martin she will be conducting further home visits. Lily tells Stacey and Martin that she injured Arthur. After speaking with Lily, the social worker tells Stacey and Martin that Lily feels pushed out with Arthur and is anxious about their baby.

Carmel and Kush admit Carmel called social services, enraging Stacey. When Stacey cheats on Martin with Max, Stacey leaves Walford with Lily, Arthur and her and Martin's daughter,

Hope Fowler
, in December 2017. Stacey returns in January 2018, and when Stacey is out, Martin accuses her of being with Max, so Stacey decides Martin should leave; he is hurt Stacey does not regard Lily and Arthur as his children, but he angrily throws her out and exposes her affair. Martin keeps Lily, Arthur and Hope inside, away from Stacey, though he and Stacey support each other briefly when Lily holds Hope by the upstairs window, asking for Stacey. Martin rejects Stacey when she says that Lily, Arthur and Hope need her, and he decides he will not let Stacey near Lily, Arthur and Hope. Martin decides to go for custody, although his friends advise them to resolve their problems; he sees Stacey, offering her contact, but Stacey contacts Ryan to help her, and a locksmith changes the locks, devastating Martin. Lily later leaves with Stacey and Martin. However, Martin returns when Bex attempts suicide. Stacey and Martin later separate because of him being blackmailed, and it is revealed that Stacey is living with another man, but has broken up with him.

In September 2020, Lily (now

Belinda (Leanne Lakey/Carli Norris) and Little Mo (Kacey Ainsworth).[38]

In January 2023, Lily, Jean and Stacey's wife

Ricky Mitchell (Frankie Day) as the father, following a one-night stand. Lily announces to Stacey and Martin that she has decided to terminate the pregnancy, as she is not ready to have a baby. However, she later changes her mind, following a heart-to-heart with Kat. Lily then tells Ricky, who confides in his mother Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf), who then informs Ricky's father Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). Ricky later tells Lily that he will support her and the baby. Upon Sam and Jack processing the news, they pay a visit to the Slaters, and berate Stacey and Martin for their refusal to have Lily's pregnancy terminated. Stacey tells them that it is Lily's choice. Sam tells Stacey that they have rights over the decision too. Jack then tries to manipulate Lily into changing her mind, by scaring her about the prospects of young parenthood. Lily tells Stacey, resulting in Stacey furiously banning the Brannings and Mitchells
from having anything to do with Lily's baby.

Ryan returns to Walford after six years away, demanding answers over Lily's pregnancy, which he learned from Whitney via a phone call. Stacey explains that she was going to tell him when the time was right. Ryan then offers his financial support to both Lily and the baby. It is later revealed that Ryan has been conspiring with his wife Helen to fight Stacey in court for custody of Lily, so she and the baby can live with Ryan and Helen in

Charli, after singer Charli XCX, an overjoyed Stacey and Kat initially assume the name is in honour of the late Charlie Slater (Derek Martin
).

Reception

Turner faced both positive and negative acclaim for her pregnancy storyline.[23] For her portrayal of Lily, she won the award for Best Young Performer at the 2023 British Soap Awards.[39][40][41] Later that year, she was nominated in the same category at the Inside Soap Awards and was longlisted for the award for Serial Drama Performance at the 28th National Television Awards.[42][43][44] Turner is also numerously mistaken to be related to the actress Lacey who plays her on-screen mother.[45]

See also

References

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