Charlie Brooks is the most recent star to take over the role when she joined the BBC soap EastEnders in 1999 but two other actors helped create the fan favourite role
Eastenders star Charlie Brooks has made Janine Butcher one of the most iconic TV villains of recent years.
Taking on the role in 1999, Charlie is today considered the definitive Janine. However, two other actors helped shape this popular role. Rebecca Michael was the first to play Janine from 1989 to 1993 as a child actor, but she decided to leave the limelight to focus on her education. After Rebecca's departure from the soap, Alexia Demetriou took over the role for three years from 1993 to 1996. After an absence from screens, in 1999 we met the Janine we all know and love today when Charlie stepped in as a teenager.
Charlie decided to leave Albert Square in 2004 but returned permanently in December 2008. During her time away from the show, the 42 year old competed in BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2011. A year later, she won her season of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, beating campmate and former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts.
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