Little Mo Mitchell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | Kacey Ainsworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2000โ2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 2003 18 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | Episode 3158 26 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Tony Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | John Yorke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spin-off appearances | Slaters in Detention (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maureen "Little Mo" Slater (also Morgan and Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kacey Ainsworth from 18 September 2000 to 26 May 2006.
Little Mo originally appears in a turbulent marriage with her abusive husband Trevor Morgan (Alex Ferns), but she fights back at Trevor, leading to her arrest in 2002; she is later released and Trevor's campaign against her ends with his comeuppance death. Following Trevor's death, Little Mo proceeds to marry his sworn enemy Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), who had grown to care and bond with Little Mo during her ordeal. However, their marriage ends after she is raped by her friend Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney) and then discovers she is pregnant by him. The storyline that signals the end of Little Mo's marriage with Billy contributed to Ainsworth's maternity leave in 2004. The character soon reappears with her baby son, Freddie (Alex and Tom Kilby), and later embarks on an affair with her brother-in-law Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) โ which is discovered by her sister Kat (Jessie Wallace) who is Alfie's wife. Later on, Little Mo develops a relationship with doctor Oliver Cousins (Tom Ellis), though they soon break up after she is accused of hurting Freddie. However, while her family and friends suspect Little Mo to have hurt her son, the real culprit is revealed to be Billy's little cousin Ben (Charlie Jones). After breaking up with Oliver and finding herself subject to accusations from her local community, Little Mo leaves Walford in May 2006.
For her portrayal as Little Mo, Ainsworth won several awards including Best Actress at The British Soap Awards in 2002 and 2003.