For the Scottish footballer, see Jamie Mitchell (footballer)Jamie Mitchell is a former Scottish footballer.Mitchell began his career with Norwich City, but failed to make an appearance. He joined Scarborough for a two year spell, before returning to Scotland to join Clyde. Mitchell was an important part of the Clyde team, and won a Player of...
Jamie Mitchell is a
fictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its...
from the popular
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, played by
Jack RyderJack Seigfried Ryder is an English actor, best known for playing Jamie Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1998 to 2002.-Biography:...
.
The character of Jamie is first introduced in 1998. Jamie arrives in
WalfordWalford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. The name suggests a conflation of Walthamstow and Stratford, both real places in East London...
after the death of his father, Charlie. His second cousin once removed and godfather,
Phil MitchellPhillip James "Phil" Mitchell is a long-running fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden.Phil first arrived in Albert Square on 20 February 1990, and was soon joined by his brother, Grant, sister Sam and mother Peggy...
, takes him in after realising Jamie's uncle and caretaker,
BillyWilliam "Billy" Mitchell is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Perry Fenwick, who made his first appearance on 9 November 1998. Billy was seen when Phil went to visit his godson Jamie...
, used to beat him on a regular basis.
For the Scottish footballer, see Jamie Mitchell (footballer)Jamie Mitchell is a former Scottish footballer.Mitchell began his career with Norwich City, but failed to make an appearance. He joined Scarborough for a two year spell, before returning to Scotland to join Clyde. Mitchell was an important part of the Clyde team, and won a Player of...
Jamie Mitchell is a
fictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative or dramatic work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr through its Latin transcription character, the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its...
from the popular
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
soap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio. The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble,...
EastEndersEastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
, played by
Jack RyderJack Seigfried Ryder is an English actor, best known for playing Jamie Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1998 to 2002.-Biography:...
.
Storylines
The character of Jamie is first introduced in 1998. Jamie arrives in
WalfordWalford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. The name suggests a conflation of Walthamstow and Stratford, both real places in East London...
after the death of his father, Charlie. His second cousin once removed and godfather,
Phil MitchellPhillip James "Phil" Mitchell is a long-running fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden.Phil first arrived in Albert Square on 20 February 1990, and was soon joined by his brother, Grant, sister Sam and mother Peggy...
, takes him in after realising Jamie's uncle and caretaker,
BillyWilliam "Billy" Mitchell is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Perry Fenwick, who made his first appearance on 9 November 1998. Billy was seen when Phil went to visit his godson Jamie...
, used to beat him on a regular basis. Jamie becomes Phil's surrogate son, replacing Ben, and he stands up to Billy, at one point battering him when Billy tries to beat him up. Billy softens and changes his whole character, and Jamie learns to forgive him.
Jamie starts a relationship with
Sonia JacksonSonia Ann Fowler is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Natalie Cassidy. Her first appearance was on 21 December 1993 and she made her final appearance on 2 February 2007.- Creation:1994 was a "historic" year for EastEnders, as in April, a third weekly...
, his first true love, after losing his virginity to
Janine ButcherJanine Butcher is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders, played by Rebecca Michael from 1989 to 1993, Alexia Demetriou from 1993 to 1996, and from 1999 to 2004 and 2008 onwards by Charlie Brooks...
. A few months into the relationship, Sonia gives birth to Chloe, at just 15 years of age. The child is
Martin FowlerMartin Albert Fowler is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by James Alexandrou from 1996 to 2007.The role was previously played by Jon Peyton Price from early life as a baby in 1985 to 1996, just before Martin's teenage years began.-History:Martin was the...
's, who she'd had sex with before she met Jamie, but she was unaware that she was pregnant. Chloe is put up for adoption, and it is a blow to Jamie and Sonia's relationship.
The relationship survives Sonia's obsession with Chloe (now renamed Rebecca), and after she kidnaps her, Jamie proposes and she accepts, but he sleeps with
Zoe SlaterZoe Slater is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michelle Ryan.-Storylines:Zoe arrives in Walford with her family, presumed father Charlie , sisters Kat , Lynne and Little Mo , and grandmother Mo , in September 2000...
, who has been pursuing him for a while. He and Sonia consequently split up, but after Phil disowns him and batters him for letting
Lisa ShawLisa Deborah Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Lucy Benjamin from 1998-2003. Lisa was instrumental in one of EastEnders most highly publicised and anticipated storylines, dubbed Who Shot Phil? in 2001, where she gunned down her former partner Phil Mitchell...
run off to
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with his daughter, Louise, it is Sonia who nurses him back to health, and they get engaged again, leaving her boyfriend,
Gus SmithAugustus "Gus" Smith is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Mohammed George. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2002. It was announced on 18 January 2008 that Gus would leave the show later in 2008. This was a mutual decision between George and the...
, heart-broken, as he also plans to propose. However, Martin accidentally runs over Jamie outside the tube station, and he dies on Christmas Day 2002 of spleen damage.