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Ben Mitchell (EastEnders) Ben's storylines include a feud between the show's Mitchell and Beale families for his custody; developing a love of dance and the arts, which is a source of tension between him and his father, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden); being physically and mentally abused by his father's girlfriend Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson); struggling to come to terms with his homosexuality and then attempting to hide it; unintentionally killing Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison); having a daughter, Lexi Pearce, with Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold); a relationship with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), while having a secret relationship with Paul Coker (Jonny Labey), who he had a relationship with when he came out; being involved in a homophobic attack which caused Paul's death and romantically involved with Luke Browning (Adam Astill), the son of rapist James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde).
Jane Beale Lesley Jane Beale (previously Collins) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Laurie Brett. She made her first appearance on 22 June 2004. Brett took maternity leave in 2011[1] and departed on 19 May.[2] She returned on 8 November[3] and departed again on 27 January 2012.[4][5] Jane made a return to the show on 6 January 2014 until 20 May and permanently from 24 November 2014.[6][7] Her major storylines have included her relationship and later marriages to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt); the first ended due to his affair with Glenda Mitchell (Glynis Barber), an affair with Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), accidentally shot by Ian's stepson Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) which results her desire to have a child of her own following a hysterectomy, a relationship with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), her popular friendship with Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), covering up her adopted son Bobby's (Eliot Carrington) role in the murder of her stepdaughter Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater), being paralysed after brutally attacked with a hockey stick by Bobby and caught up in the fire at Beale's restaurant, which was started by Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell). She was then left in the blaze by Max Branning (Jake Wood).