EastEnders character
Kat Moon
Portrayed by	Jessie Wallace Kate Peck (flashback)
Created by	Tony Jordan
Introduced by	John Yorke
Duration	2000–04, 2005
First appearance	18 September 2000
Last appearance	25 December 2005
Classification	Former; regular
Profile
Date of birth	14 January 1970
Family Husband Alfie Moon (2003—) Father Charlie Slater Mother Viv Slater Sisters Lynne Hobbs Little Mo Mitchell Belinda Peacock Daughters Zoe Slater Grandfathers Frederick Slater Stuart Mullins Grandmothers Mary Slater Mo Harris Uncles Harry Slater Billy Harris Aunts Violet Slater Jean Harris Great uncles Stan Porter Great great aunts Hilda Porter Cousins Brian Slater Zoe Slater Joanne Nephews Freddie Mitchell Nieces Vivienne Hobbs First cousins  once removed Sean Slater Stacey Slater

Kathleen "Kat" Moon (née Slater) is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actress Jessie Wallace. She was also played by Kate Peck in a flashback in 2001. She appeared in the show in September 2000 to November 2004 then returned to the show in May 2005 then left again in December 2005.

Kat is the daughter of Charlie and Viv Slater. Kat's usual dress is very short skirts and leopard-print tops, with a lot of make-up and heavy fake tan. She would often go on all-night binges and has slept with many men, but calmed down in more recent years. As such, she can be described as a tart with a heart character.

Contents 1 Storylines 1.1 Uncle Harry 1.2 Anthony Trueman 1.3 Relationship with Alfie 1.4 Den Watts's murder 1.5 Kat and Alfie reunite and their happy ever after 2 Reception 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Storylines

[edit] Uncle Harry

When Kat's sister, Zoe, planned to leave London to work with their uncle, Harry, in Spain, she shouted down Kat's objections with "You can't tell me what to do, you ain't my mother!", to which Kat replied "Yes, I am!" Harry raped her, getting her pregnant at the age of thirteen; her father Charlie, Harry's brother, was unaware of this, assuming that the father was a boy Kat was at school with. He and his late wife raised Zoe as their daughter.

The woman Zoe had called her mother was really her grandmother; her "dad" was really her uncle and grandfather; her "sister" was her mother and cousin and her "uncle" was her great uncle and her father. Zoe fled Albert Square, and Kat slashed her wrists in disgust of Zoe going.

[edit] Anthony Trueman

One of Kat's boyfriends was Dr. Anthony Trueman. He was mesmerised by her, and they had a lot of fun, but Kat ditched him when he told her he was falling in love with her. Her daughter, Zoe, later became engaged to Anthony, much to the disapproval of Kat and the rest of the Slater family. Zoe cut all ties with Kat over this. As the wedding approached, Zoe disappeared and when she re-appeared, saying that she had needed to get away and think about the serious step she was about to take. She was gutted to find Anthony and Kat were back together, this time in a more serious relationship. Kat realised Anthony's doctor and 'posh' friends looked down on her, and that she and Anthony would never fit together, and they broke up. Kat later discovered she was pregnant with Anthony's baby. She thought about having an abortion but decided to keep the baby. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage and was comforted by Alfie Moon.

[edit] Relationship with Alfie

Kat's relationship with Alfie Moon was notably rocky. After months of harbouring his secret, Alfie decided to tell Kat how he felt about her but she returned from New York, engaged to local gangster Andy Hunter.

Just before the wedding, Kat visited Alfie's grandmother, Victoria Moon, in hospital, and thinking she was asleep, admitted to loving Alfie. Victoria told Alfie when he visited, and he rushed to Kat and Andy's wedding to tell Kat how he felt just as she was about to marry Andy. The pair risked their lives by jilting Andy and marrying on Christmas Day 2003, but when Andy was battered by some heavies, Kat and Alfie took him in and nursed him back to health.

After five months of paradise, running The Queen Victoria pub, Alfie borrowed money from Andy to bail out Kat's father, Charlie. He had been arrested for beating up Graham Foster, the man who raped Kat's younger sister, Little Mo. Andy turned nasty and began to demand cash every week, knowing Alfie couldn't afford it. Andy's plan (to wreck the Moons' marriage) worked and Andy offered Kat a chance to clear the debt by sleeping with him. She reluctantly slept with Andy just as Alfie got the money. Andy kept the money and gave Alfie a video tape of him and Kat together. The marriage quickly started falling apart, and after Kat's boozy antics, Alfie threw her out, and she left to stay with a friend.

Now separated from Kat, Alfie started a relationship with Kat's sister, Little Mo. Her marriage fell apart after she had refused to have an abortion as she got pregnant after Graham attacked her. Alfie helped Mo look after her baby, Freddie, and the pair were about to announce that they were an item just as Kat returned. They decided to delay things but Kat made it clear that she wanted Alfie back. Alfie was torn between the sisters, but eventually chose Kat. He let Mo down gently, and they gave each other a goodbye hug, which Mo's estranged husband, Billy Mitchell (the only other person to know of their secret romance) mistook for them getting together, and drunkenly offered his congratulations to Alfie and Little Mo in the pub, blowing the secret. Kat blew a fuse, and after a dramatic showdown, decided not to get back with Alfie so she wouldn't break her sister's heart.

[edit] Den Watts's murder

After Kat returned to Walford in May 2005, following a stint in prison for prostitution, she and Zoe built a strong mother-daughter relationship. Kat noticed that Zoe seemed withdrawn, and when Zoe decided to leave the Square, Kat was determined to find out what had happened. Eventually, Zoe told Kat about her part in the death and burial of Den Watts, and how Chrissie Watts had let her think she had killed him. Kat was deeply shocked, and initially refused to speak to Zoe out of disgust. Kat eventually forgave Zoe just as she was leaving for Ibiza in June 2005, and swore revenge against Chrissie for putting Zoe through hell. The body of Den Watts was dug up on Dennis Rickman and Sharon Watts's wedding day - August 29, 2005 - by Sam Mitchell, Chrissie and Zoe's accomplice in Den's murder. Kat didn't stop Sam being arrested despite knowing Chrissie was responsible, wanting to make sure Zoe's name would be kept out of the investigation of Den's death.

[edit] Kat and Alfie reunite and their happy ever after

Kat and Alfie were reunited soon after, due to Kat's relationship with Alfie's grandmother, who was dying from aortic aneurysm. After Kat helped Alfie complete some of Victoria's final wishes and get over her death on December 16, 2005, it was obvious that they wanted to get back together. Alfie announced his wish to drive across the United States (purchasing a Ford Capri for this purpose), and it seemed that he had gone when he waved goodbye to a tearful Kat on Christmas Day 2005. After drowning her sorrows in the pub, Kat was stunned to see Alfie waiting outside the pub for her. Kat was really happy and got into the car with Alfie bare-foot, leaving her belongings behind and saying goodbye to Little Mo and cousin Stacey to leave Walford for a new life.

Kat was mentioned in March 2009 between Charlie and Mo after she sent them a postcard from Las Vegas.

[edit] Reception

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In 2009, a poll by magazine Inside Soap named Kat as the UK's favourite drama queen in a soap opera.^[1]

[edit] In popular culture

The character of Kat Moon has been spoofed in the cartoon sketch show 2DTV, as well as the sketch show Bo' Selecta!, where she appears constantly paranoid about her "big fat saggy bingo wings".

British rap group Fierce Girl have a song, called "What Makes a Girl Fierce", with a chorus containing the lyrics, "Kat Slater is our sister."

The Kat and Alfie storyline is referred to in the multiple Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kat Moon at BBC Online
• Ask Jessie Wallace transcript

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