Jane Beale

In-universe information
In-universe information
Other names	Jane Clarke ; Jane Collins
Occupation	Caterer; Café manager; Businesswoman;
Family	Beale
Father	Roger Clarke
Mother	Linda Clarke
Brothers	Christian Clarke
Husband	David Collins ; (until 2004); Ian Beale ; (2007–2011, 2015–2020)
Adoptive sons	Bobby Beale
Stepsons	Steven Beale (foster) ; Peter Beale;
Stepdaughters	Lucy Beale; Cindy Williams (foster)

Jane Beale
Jane Beale
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	Laurie Brett
Duration	2004–2012, 2014–2017
First appearance	Episode 2750; 21 June 2004
Last appearance	Episode 5585 ; 23 October 2017 (appearance); Episode 5624/25; 25 December 2017 (voiceover)
Classification	Former; regular
Introduced by	Louise Berridge (2004); Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2014)
Spin-off; appearances	EastEnders: E20 (2010); East Street (2010)
Other names	Jane Clarke ; Jane Collins
In-universe information
Other names	Jane Clarke ; Jane Collins
Occupation	Caterer; Café manager; Businesswoman;
Family	Beale
Father	Roger Clarke
Mother	Linda Clarke
Brothers	Christian Clarke
Husband	David Collins ; (until 2004); Ian Beale ; (2007–2011, 2015–2020)
Adoptive sons	Bobby Beale
Stepsons	Steven Beale (foster) ; Peter Beale;
Stepdaughters	Lucy Beale; Cindy Williams (foster)

Lesley “Jane” Beale (also Clarke and Collins) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Laurie Brett. She made her first appearance on 21 June 2004. Brett took maternity leave in 2011 and departed on 19 May. She returned on 8 November and departed again on 27 January 2012. Jane made a temporary return to the show on 6 January 2014 until 20 May of that year and permanently from 24 November 2014 to 23 October 2017. She made two voiceover appearances on 8 and 25 December 2017.

Jane’s storylines have included her relationship and later marriages to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), an affair with Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), accidentally shot by Ian's stepson Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) which results her desire to have a child of her own following a hysterectomy, a relationship with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), her popular friendship with Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), covering up her adopted son Bobby's (Eliot Carrington) role in the murder of her stepdaughter Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater), being paralysed after being brutally attacked with a hockey stick by Bobby, caught up in the fire at Beale's restaurant, which was started by Steven before she was then left in the blaze by Max Branning (Jake Wood) and being forced by Max to leave Walford which led to a second departure.

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