The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Sean O'Connor or, from 27 November, his successor as executive consultant, John Yorke. The first character to be introduced was (Zack Morris), a friend of Shakil Kazemi (Shaheen Jafargholi), followed by (Doña Croll), the mother of Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kim Fox-Hubbard (Tameka Empson). (Seraphina Beh), (Sydney Craven) and (Alex James-Phelps), three new teenage characters, were also introduced in January as well as their school teacher (Cerith Flinn) and (Simon Williams), the chairman of Weyland & Co. The following month, (Martin Anzor), a student with whom Michelle Fowler (Jenna Russel