Jay Brown

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Jay Brown (also Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jamie Borthwick. He made his first appearance on 14 December 2006. Borthwick was suspended from the soap in June 2025 for using unacceptable language whilst participating in Strictly Come Dancing the previous year, and was subsequently axed in September 2025. His final appearance aired on 19 August 2025. Jay's storylines since joining the programme have included being part of a gang, coping with the death of his father Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord), being orphaned by age 14 which results in his going into foster care and then being taken care of by the Mitchell family, as well as maturing from a wayward teen, becoming a brotherlike figure to Ben Mitchell (Charlie Jones/Joshua Pascoe/Harry Reid/Max Bowden), a relationship with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), helping Ben cover up the murder of Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison), being arrested for having indecent images of a child on his mobile phone after discovering his girlfriend Linzi Bragg (Amy-Leigh Hickman) is below the age of consent, drug dealing and developing a drug habit by taking cocaine. In August 2017, in a two-hander episode between Phil and Jay, Jay finds out that Phil accidentally killed his biological father, a homeless man who was at the car lot the night that Phil set it alight in 1994, however, this is later revealed to be a lie. Jay later embarks on relationships with Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton), Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) and Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton). Jay eventually reunites with Lola and they marry in January 2023, however Lola dies in May 2023 from a brain tumour. Jay develops an addiction to ketamine in the aftermath of Lola's death.