She fails to attend her GCSE exams and argues with Bianca. The next day Bianca catches them in bed and demands they get dressed, but after they explain they are not doing anything wrong, she tells them to be careful. Kat offers to trade jobs with Whitney for a week so she can have a break from seeing Leo at the market. Whitney realizes that she must have known about Tony and that was why she broke things off. Leo jeopardizes the Slaters' cleaning company as payback resulting in a fight with Leo in the market. Whitney is angry when Joey Branning kisses her. She sends a reply and lays flowers and candles for him. She tells him she has told the police everything about Rob, including Ryan's fight with him, and Ryan tells Whitney he has to leave. She then goes for a drink and Joey tries to comfort her which leads them to start flirting with one another. While theyre having fun Whitney steps out onto the balcony and sees Leo. However, Tyler later tells Whitney that he cannot, as he loves her. When Whitney and her classmate Peter Beale (Thomas Law) are cast in a school play, Tony is secretly envious of them rehearsing in private and punches Peter out of jealously. Janine lies about Whitney's whereabouts but when she admits she does not know where Whitney is, Lauren (now played by Jacqueline Jossa) and Janine attempt to find her, and Lauren sees her in Dartford going into a club. Nicknames [2] They say an emotional farewell. It is revealed that Bianca met her imprisoned boyfriend Tony King in 2004, when she was expecting her youngest child, Morgan. Tony is released on bail and returns to Pat's house, hoping to convince Whitney to lie to the police for him, making Whitney realise Bianca is right, and agrees to make a statement against him. Devastated, Whitney leaves Walford. Whitney visits Debra and tries to discuss the past but Debra isn't interested and rejects her. When he finds him, they fight and fall over the edge of the pier. Later on, Whitney tells Bianca she found a winning lottery ticket lost by Dawn Swann's family and cashed it, but didn't tell Bianca as she knew that she would spend it. She tries to talk to him but he refuses to accept her apology. She accidentally spills tea on it, breaking it. When she doesnt go to Kushs hearing Kat is upset with her and Kush visits Whitney where she apologizes to him for not being there for him, explaining she is still recovering from the graveyard ordeal. Ryan turns up late and hides on seeing Stacey, and remains unseen as a result. However, she is unaware that Lee has overheard her via the baby monitor. Whitney then tells Abi that she should thank Lauren for getting her the job back and Abi isn't very happy that her sister had to ask to get her a job. Born on 8th December 1992, Whitney first appears in EastEnders when she and her family; mother figure Bianca, half-sister Tiffany, and Bianca's sons Liam and Morgan are evicted by their landlord for failure to pay rent. While Mick and Linda are on their honeymoon, Whitney invites Ryan back to Walford to see Lily, but while at the pub, he steals the cash from the safe, causing Whitney and Nancy to fight, just as Mick and Linda walk in on them. Mick accompanies Whitney and assures a scared Ryan that he can trust him. The storyline culminated during Red Nose Day 2011 on 19 March 2011, in a special ten-minute episode. Jack advises Whitney to start writing down everything Leo does as evidence which she does in a notebook. Jim Branning (adoptive; deceased) Pete Beale (adoptive; deceased) Those people have been through enough. Whitney is thereupon approached by a man called Rob Grayson (Jody Latham), who helps her and buys her food before returns her to Albert Square; he also gives Whitney his phone number before she returns home. They then continue to stay in touch via video chat. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, "Exclusive: EastEnders' Tony King and the other most evil characters in soap", "Massive congratulations from everyone here at #EastEnders to the supremely talented and amazing @ShonaBM on completing the filming of her 1000th episode today! Adoptive mother Lee tells Whitney that he blames himself for her wanting to break up with him, and she promises him that they will work things out. At one point Whitney tells Bianca she found a winning lottery ticket, but kept it secret as she knew that Bianca would spend the money. EastEnders worked alongside charity Comic Relief on the storyline, which started planning in 2010. Johnny's parents, Mick and Linda Carter, hope that Johnny and Whitney will become an item, but his sister Nancy reveals to them that he is gay. However, Bianca had a one night stand with Liam's father, Ricky, but the pair never put two and two together until seven years later when Ricky and Bianca reunited and she told him that there's a chance he could be Tiffany's father and this was proved when a paternity test showed that Tiff was not in fact Nathan's daughter but she was Ricky's. Horrified, Bianca calls the police, and Tony is arrested. She then collapses and is taken to hospital, where Gray later informs her that he found evidence that Leo had been hiding in her house and spying on her for weeks. Stacey is granted her appeal and freed but Whitney worries it will ruin her relationship with Lily. EastEnders Whitney Dean is left gutted next week when she accidentally finds out about boyfriend Kush Kazemi's dodgy deal with the Mitchells.. Whitney (Shona McGarty) and Kush (Davood Ghadami . However, they ruled that the scenes were not in breach of broadcasting rules. The next morning, Whitney contacts Ryan and he asks to meet in the park. [19] In 2016, she discussed her suspension with The Sun magazine Fabulous and said her actions were "lazy and irresponsible" and the suspension made her realise the consequences of her actions. This new piece of evidence then helps Whitney to get bail and she is released until her trial. Whitney initially refuses to discuss her and Tony's relationship with the police, believing that they were in love but Bianca makes her realise that Tony abused her and raped her for years. 2. When Lauren kisses Tyler to make her ex-boyfriend Joey jealous, Whitney ends her friendship with Lauren. Whitney reveals that she is engaged to Woody and asks Mick to give her away at their wedding. She leaves him a voicemail message not knowing that he has followed her. Carol Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Lindsey Coulson.The character was introduced in 1993 as the mother of the Jackson family.Coulson decided to quit the role in 1997, but she returned temporarily in 1999 within a storyline that contributed to both the introduction of her boyfriend Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass) and the departure of her daughter . Sharon complains and Whitney is suspended, but appeals for her job and is allowed to keep it. Whitney is pleased when Ryan is released from prison and he tells her he is moving to Wakefield. Whitney Dean (also Carter) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shona McGarty. During one breaktime, she warns Dennis Rickman (Harry Hickles) not to run in the playground. She is later brought to the police station. At the boat party, Linda accuses Mick and Whitney of having an affair since she saw them leaving Dots house together. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, she buys tickets for them to travel abroad. Stacey apologises to Whitney and she accepts. In October 2007, it was announced that the character Bianca Jackson was returning to EastEnders after an absence of six years. Shona McGarty (born 14 October 1991) [1] is an English actress and singer who portrays Whitney Dean in the BBC soap opera EastEnders . Whitney and Ryan later steal Max's car for a joyride and return it, not realising that she has left her earring in it. Patch|Mr Pickles|Posh and Becks|Pretty|Prince|Prince (2008)|Robbie and Georgie|Rolf|Roly|Rooney|Sammy|Starsky and Hutch|Sugar|Terrence|The Carter/Branning puppies|Tramp|Wellard|Wellard (II)|WillyWilly (II)|Ziggy |. Lee gratefully accepts for the sake of their marriage. She agrees to come home for Tiffany but is upset that Tiffany does not yet know her true paternity. She is relieved as her sixteenth birthday approaches and buys tickets for her and Tony's trip abroad. After speaking with Johnny and Lee, she decides to reply. EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. Whitney's birthday is approaching and Tiffany hides a birthday card in Whitney's drawer where the phone is hidden. Daughters When Johnny's elder brother Lee returns from serving in Afghanistan, Whitney takes an instant liking to him and they share a kiss. Following another argument with Lee, Whitney confides in Mick, telling him she is going to buy Ryan an engagement present. Grandmothers Whitney decides to put her fling with Leo on pause. Bianca lives up to Whitney's fears by constantly shopping with their windfall, but after arguing with Whitney, reluctantly agrees to deposit it. Which led to Bianca causing a scene, and after Ronnie got better of the verbals, Bianca attacked Ronnie from behind and went to dunk the blonde into a bucket of squash and apples, however after Bianca got a little cocky, her stun backfired very quickly and Ronnie reversed this and dunked her instead, which left her humiliated and more confused. She also argues with Carol, rejects Ricky and is rejected by Liam, Tiffany and Morgan for ruining Ricky's birthday cake days earlier. She storms out and a man named Mark gives Whitney a mobile phone from Tony. Linda realises and is ecstatic when Whitney confirms it. Johnny's parents, Mick (Danny Dyer) and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), hope that Johnny and Whitney will become an item, but his sister Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) reveals to them that he is gay. Bex Fowler (adoptive) Sami Jackson (adoptive) Fianc Nieces Whitney tells him that will never happen. Whitney accepted the fact that the baby has gone, however, after her operation, she realises what's happened and breaks down in Lee's arms. Lauren then tries to talk to Abi but she is clearly to drunk so Lauren grabs the wine glass out of Abi's hand and tells Whitney that she is taking Abi home. Since her debut on the show, Whitney's storylines have revolved around the fracturing of her family life; her sexual abuse by Bianca's fianc Tony King (Chris Coghill); her sexual exploitation by local pimp Rob Grayson (Jody Latham); her one-night stand with Joey Branning (David Witts) in the midst of being engaged to her first fianc Tyler Moon (Tony Discipline); her marriage with Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard) that ultimately breaks down as a result of his depression and subsequent infidelity with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), which resulted in him passing chlamydia to Whitney and consequently led her to miscarry their unborn baby; her romantic crush on Lee's father Mick (Danny Dyer); her wedding to Callum Highway (Tony Clay) that ends in disaster after she learns that he is having a romantic affair with another man Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden), shortly before their reception at The Queen Victoria public house is caught in an armed siege perpetuated by escaped convict Hunter Owen (Charlie Winter); her ordeal of being stalked by Tony's vengeful son Leo King (Tom Wells), which soon culminates with Whitney killing him in self-defence; being impregnated by Zack Hudson (James Farrar) and discovering that her baby has Edwards syndrome and omphalocele. She was described as "a teenage drama queen, unable to engage brain before mouth and constantly finding herself in and out of trouble". Rob gains Whitney's trust and when she falls out with her family she turns to him for help. Whitney, feeling guilty, refuses to go on holiday with Fatboy, and tells him to kiss her. Ryan's young daughter Lily comes to live in Walford when her mother Stacey Slater is sent to prison. Leo is fine and Kush gets arrested so Whitney feels guilty and decides to visit Leo at the hospital and pretend to want to get back together with him so that hell drop the charges against Kush, especially because her phone is broken which had all the evidence of the constant calls and texts from Leo. He storms back into the court calling Tony a monster. Kush arrives and seeing Leo has got hold of Whitney, saves her and accidentally pushes Leo which causes him to fall off the balcony. The character recently got on the wrong side of her former lover, and was. Episode Count Several months later, after Bianca and the rest of the family move back, Whitney and Tyler plan to get their own home. She and Leo later rekindle their relationship despite Jack warning her he thinks Leo is suspicious and Tiffany telling her she has met him at Whitney and Callums wedding. Santer has stated that, had McGarty or her parents objected to the storyline, they would not have gone ahead with it. Which helps. At first Lee didn't want the baby and prepared to tell Whitney that he wanted her to get an abortion. The burner phone Max gave her rings, and Whitney is quickly able to cry for help as Max listens on the other line. On the day she turns sixteen, Whitney confesses her relationship with Tony to Bianca. Bianca returns on the wedding day and convinces Whitney not to marry Halfway. They go to a house where Whitney meets another woman Chloe (Georgia Henshaw) who is being exploited. On the ride home from the police station, an upset Whitney tells Mick that she has feelings for him and kisses him again. She leaves him a voicemail message not knowing that he's following her. She finds a text on her phone from Billie claiming to still love her, thus adding to her guilt. In the event, McGarty's parents merely requested that their daughter not be asked to publicise the role, and the actress began filming her first scenes on 14 January 2008. Whitney goes to Kats house to apologize for not being there to support Kush and they make up, but when they go back to Dots house they discover the place has been ransacked as Leo was searching for Tonys letter. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Lee confronts Whitney and the pair agree to never keep secrets from each other. McGarty promised fans that she was now punctual for work.[20]. 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