The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2018, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive consultant, John Yorke. Madhav Sharma and Indira Joshi made their first appearances in January as and , the uncle and aunt of Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra). Halfway (Tony Clay), a friend of the Carter family, (Denise McCormack), the former wife of Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin), and (Amelie Smith), one of Arshad and Mariam's foster children, also debuted in January. (Ifan Meredith and Ashley Cook), Daisy's adoptive parents, Hunter Owen, the son of Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) and her dead husband Steve (Martin Kemp), (Katie Jarvis), the cousin of Stacey Fowler (Lacey Turner), and (Holly Donovan) first appear in February. (Roger Griffiths), Keegan Baker's (Zack Morris) father, and , a foster child of Mariam and Arshad, debuts in March. (Emma Fielding), the daughter of Ted Murray (Christopher Timothy) and Joyce Murray (Maggie Steed), and Harley's parents, (Jonas Khan) and (Lauren Fitzpatrick), appear in April. (Andrew Alexander) also debuts in April. May sees the introductions of (Ricky Champ), Halfway's brother, (Selva Rasalingam), the father of Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) and Shakil Kazemi (Shaheen Jafargholi), and (Ash Rizi), Kush and Shakil's brother. (Natasha Jayetileke) appears in June, while (Tara Lee) made her first appearance in July. (Stephen Rahman-Hughes) joins the cast in August and (Niall O'Mara) also appears during the month. (Sean Mahon), (Faye Daveney) and (Ashley McGuire) all debuted in September. , the daughter of Hayley and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), debuted in October and in November, (Sophia Capasso) made her first appearance.