List of awards and nominations received by EastEnders

The British Academy Television Awards are awarded annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). EastEnders has received 21 British Academy Television Awards nominations and has won ten of them. It won the award for Best Drama Series in 1997 and has been nominated for Best Continuing Drama or Best Soap 21 times, winning in 1997,1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019. June Brown was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress, the first time a soap opera actress was nominated in this category since Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1988.[3] She was the favourite to win the award, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin.[4]

June Brown is the only EastEnders actor to receive a British Academy Television Awards nomination.

The National Television Awards were first awarded in 1995. The show has received a total of 25 nominations in the Serial Drama category, which it has won 12 times. The most awarded EastEnders actor at the National Television Awards is Lacey Turner, with a total of eight nominations and four wins.

The Royal Television Society Programme Awards ceremony takes place every March in central London.[71] EastEnders has been nominated in the Soap category (Soap and Continual Drama from 2007 onwards) 11 times, and has won four times, in 2002, 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2009, episodes were submitted to a panel from "Whitney Week", a week of episodes centred around the character of Whitney Dean, played by Shona McGarty.[72] In 2011, Lindsay Coulson's portrayal of Carol Jackson was praised by the judges, following the death of her son Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson).[73] Actress Patsy Palmer was also nominated in the Actor Female category in 1998 for her portrayal of Bianca Jackson.[74]

The Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards were established in 1969. They are awarded annually and are voted for by members of the television and radio industry.[2] EastEnders has won a total of 12 awards, including Best TV Theme Music in 1987 (awarded to Simon May), TV Soap Personality in 2007, 2011 and 2013 (awarded to Lacey Turner, Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie respectively), New TV Talent in 2004 (Christopher Parker), five awards for TV Soap of the Year, in 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012, and the TRIC Special Award in 2010, presented to Barbara Windsor for her 15 years playing the character Peggy Mitchell.[90]

The British Soap Awards began in 1999 and EastEnders has since won the award for Best British Soap 11 times. Three categories (Best British Soap, Best Actor and Best Actress) are voted for by the public, the rest of which are decided by a panel. Adam Woodyatt won a lifetime achievement award in 2013 for his portrayal of Ian Beale since 1985.[112] In 2018, an award was given jointly for the first time, as the "Scene of the Year" award received equal numbers of votes for EastEnders and Doctors.[113]

Ross Kemp has won the British Soap Award for Best Actor twice, in 1999 and 2006.

Michelle Ryan was nominated for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards in 2005.

Patsy Palmer won Best Actress at the British Soap Awards in 2000.

Shane Richie won Best Actor at the British Soap Awards in 2005.

Marc Elliot won the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer in 2010 for his portrayal of Syed Masood.

The Inside Soap Awards are voted for by readers of Inside Soap magazine. EastEnders won the Best British Soap award ten years running, from 1997 to 2006.[153] It lost out in 2007 to Coronation Street but won the award again every year from 2008 to 2012.[154][155][156] Lacey Turner has won the Best Actress award for her role as Stacey Slater four times.

Lacey Turner has been awarded Best Actress four times.

Barbara Windsor won an Inside Soap Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.

Letitia Dean won an Inside Soap Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

Zöe Lucker was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Inside Soap Awards in 2010.

Maisie Smith won the award for Best Young Actor at the Inside Soap Awards in 2011.

Hetti Bywater won the award for Best Newcomer at the Inside Soap Awards in 2012.

Tameka Empson won the award for Funniest Female at the Inside Soap Awards in 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Danny Dyer won the award for Best Actor at the Inside Soap Awards in 2014.

Steve McFadden won the award for Best Actor at the Inside Soap Awards in 2016.

Tilly Keeper was nominated for the award for Best Newcomer at the Inside Soap Awards in 2016.

Jessica Plummer was nominated for the award for Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards in 2020.