Zoe Slater

Infobox EastEnders character 2


character_name=Zoe Slater
actor_name=Michelle Ryan
creator=Tony Jordan
years=2000–2005
dob= 1 February 1984
first=18 September 2000
last=24 June 2005
occupation= Market trader (clothing)
home = Ibiza
father = Harry Slater
mother = Kat Moon
grandfathers= Frederick Slater
Charlie Slater
grandmothers= Mary Slater
Viv Slater
great grandfathers=Frederick Slater
Stuart Mullins
great grandmothers=Mary Slater
Mo Harris
aunts=Violet Slater
Lynne Hobbs
Belinda Peacock
Little Mo Mitchell
uncles=Charlie Slater
cousins=Brian Slater
Lynne Hobbs
Kat Moon
Belinda Peacock
Little Mo Mitchell
Vivienne Hobbs
Freddie Mitchell
1st cousin once=Brian Slater
Sean Slater
Stacey Branning
Vivienne Hobbs
Freddie Mitchell
Joanne
2nd cousin=Sean Slater
Stacey Branning
great aunts=Violet Slater
Jean Harris
great uncles=Harry Slater
Billy Harris
great great uncles=Stan Porter
great great great aunts= Hilda Porter

Zoe Slater was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera "EastEnders". She was played by Michelle Ryan.

Character history

Zoe is the daughter of Kat Moon and Harry Slater. Harry is Kat's uncle, who raped her when she was a teenager. Zoe was the result, and Kat's parents decided to raise Zoe as their own daughter. She grew up thinking Kat was her sister.

Zoe arrived in Walford with her family in September 2000, and five months later it was revealed that Kat was her mother, although this was kept between Charlie and Kat until the following October, when Zoe and Kat got into an argument over Zoe's decision to move away with Harry. Zoe screamed at Kat: "You can't tell me what to do, you ain't my mother!" to which Kat replied "Yes I am!". Kat explained to Zoe that, rather than being her sister as she had always been led to believe, she was in fact her mother having fallen pregnant at 13. Zoe was shell-shocked at finding this out and informed Kat that she was going to move away with Harry anyway to sort her head out, which caused Kat to reveal to Zoe that Harry had raped her, and was in fact Zoe's natural father. Zoe left in complete shock, and Kat slashed her wrists in despair. Kat recovered, but Zoe ran away, unable to take in all the recent revelations.

While away from the Square, Zoe contacted Little Mo who was the only other member of the family who had been kept in the dark about Zoe's true parentage. Little Mo was able to persuade Zoe to return home, but after a furious argument with Kat, Zoe left again soon after.

Zoe ended up on the streets, taking up smoking, and was discovered sick and penniless by Roxy Drake, a pimp determined to recruit Zoe. Roxy provided meals and cigarettes to Zoe, found her a flat, then forced her to prostitute herself. Roxy and fellow prostitute Kelly Taylor dressed and made-up Zoe, but Zoe got drunk on whiskey and vomited on her client. The next day, Kat, Zoe's mother, came to take Zoe home, but Roxy tried to prevent her taking Zoe, and ended up being headbutted by Kat.

Zoe was engaged to Dr. Anthony Trueman, but this storyline was scrapped (after Michelle Ryan suddenly left the soap temporarily suffering personal problems). Zoe returned after several months away, this time with Kelly in tow, and her engagement with the doctor was broken off.

Zoe briefly dated Dennis Rickman. However, Dennis was really in love with his adopted sister Sharon Watts. To Zoe's fury, they revealed their love on Christmas Day. Sharon and Dennis's father Den suggested that if Zoe didn't want Dennis to leave her, she had to pretend she was pregnant, since Sharon was (supposedly) infertile. This plan worked, but over time Zoe became concerned that Dennis would realise she wasn't pregnant. Dennis refused to sleep with her, so there was no chance she could have his baby. Den offered a horrific solution: Zoe should sleep with Den and pretend the baby was Dennis's. Dennis caught them in bed together and left, but not before telling Den's wife Chrissie.Chrissie tricked Zoe into aborting the baby, and then told her that they should team up to get revenge on Den. On the night they got together with Sam Mitchell to do this, Den physically attacked Chrissie after she exposed his lies to his daughter Sharon who had returned briefly to hear from Den that he split up Dennis and Sharon. Zoe defended her by hitting Den with Pauline Fowler's metal doorstop, supposedly killing him. She then ran off from the shock and Sam went after her to calm her down. Then as Chrissie stared at him he shockingly cheated death yet again and grabbed her ankle. So Chrissie quickly grabbed the same doorstop and hit him again with the brutal blow that killed him. Zoe was led to believe that she had killed Den, since Chrissie did not admit the truth to her. Sam Mitchell had seen Chrissie kill Den and eventually told Zoe, who punched Chrissie.

Zoe left Walford for Ibiza shortly afterwards. Upon her departure, she and Kat finally established a true mother-daughter relationship. Zoe also said she hoped her stepfather Alfie and mother Kat would get back together.

Since her departure she has been visited frequently by her second cousin Stacey Branning, most notably in November 2005 after the aftermath of Chrissie Watts's trial. However despite keeping contact with Stacey she was not present at her wedding to Bradley Branning on 1 November 2007.

In popular culture

The character of Zoe Slater has been spoofed in the cartoon sketch show "2DTV".

External links

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