Bex Fowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duration | 2000–2002, 2005–2007, 2014–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 2020 26 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | Episode 6091/6092 6 March 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca "Bex" Fowler[1] is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Bex is the daughter of Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou/James Bye) and Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy). She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 26 October 2000. Bex was played by twins Alex and Vicky Gonzalez from 2000 to 2002, and Jade Sharif from 2005 to 2007. The character was reintroduced in January 2014, with Jasmine Armfield taking over the role. On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Armfield had decided to leave the soap; she departed on-screen in the episode broadcast on 6 March 2020.[2][3]
Her storylines on EastEnders included being put up for adoption after her birth and returning to her biological parents after the death of her adoptive parents, being caught up in a custody battle between her parents and grandmother Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), her relationship with Shakil Kazemi (Shaheen Jafargholi), forming a friendship with Louise Mitchell (Tilly Keeper), being bullied by Louise and her friends, dealing with the grief of Shakil being murdered, discovering that her love interest Preston Cooper (Martin Anzor) has been sleeping with her aunt Michelle Fowler (Jenna Russell), becoming infatuated with Sonia's boyfriend Gethin Pryce (Cerith Flinn), getting into the University of Oxford, developing an addiction to ADHD drugs, dealing with depression and running away, attempting suicide, and overdosing during a boat party on the River Thames.
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