For the Scottish footballer, see Jamie Mitchell (footballer)
| EastEnders character |
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| Jamie Mitchell |
| Portrayed by | Jack Ryder |
| Introduced by | Matthew Robinson |
| Duration | 1998–2002 |
| First appearance | 9 November 1998 |
| Last appearance | 25 December 2002 |
| Classification | Former; regular |
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| Date of birth | 7 November 1982 |
| Date of death | 25 December 2002 |
| Occupation | Mechanic |
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Jamie Mitchell is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jack Ryder.
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The character of Jamie is first introduced in 1998. Jamie arrives in Walford after the death of his father, Charlie. His second cousin once removed and godfather, Phil Mitchell, takes him in after realising Jamie's uncle and caretaker, Billy, 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 Jackson, his first true love, after losing his virginity to Janine Butcher. A few months into the relationship, Sonia gives birth to Chloe, at just 15 years of age. The child is Martin Fowler'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 Slater, 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 Shaw run off to Portugal with his daughter, Louise, it is Sonia who nurses him back to health, and they get engaged again, leaving her boyfriend, Gus Smith, 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.
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