Anna Knight

Anna Knight is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Molly Rainford. Anna first appears in episode 6708, originally broadcast on 1 June 2023, introduced alongside the Knight family. The newcomer family consisted of youngest daughter Anna, "fiery" and "demanding" older-sister Gina (Francesca Henry) and "old-school gent" and "charming rogue" father George (Colin Salmon), all set to join Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) in running The Queen Victoria public house, alongside Elaine's daughter Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), who is struggling to cope following the loss of her husband Mick (Danny Dyer) on Christmas Day 2022. Rainford's casting was initially reported on 1 March 2023 – speculated until the production team for ''EastEnders'' confirmed the family were set to join the show on 28 March 2023. The character's backstory states that Anna's mother ran out on her family when Anna was only eleven. In a plot twist from episode 6719, originally broadcast on 21 June 2023, it was revealed Anna was in fact the daughter of Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) to facilitate Collins' "return from the dead", after she was killed-off in 1998 from an off-screen childbirth that resulted in the birth of Anna and Gina's older half-sister Cindy Jr (Mimi Keene). It was later revealed in a flashback episode Cindy did not walk out on Gina and Anna – Cindy received the news over the death of their other older half-sister, Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) in 2014 (see "Who Killed Lucy Beale?"), and returned to Albert Square – breaking her cover of witness protection that gained her the identity of "Rose Knight". Rainford did not initially know of the plot-twist – she found out within the same week it was transmitted. Rainford has also said she plans to become a "legacy character".

Her storylines since joining the soap opera have focused on her arrival and moving into The Queen Vic pub to Linda Carter's (Kellie Bright) dismay; her relationships with Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) and Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier); being revealed as the daughter of Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) and subsequently coming to terms with Cindy's abrupt return into her life after a nine-year absence; dealing with the family's troubles when it is revealed George was baby-farmed and Eddie (Christopher Fairbank) murdered his father in a racist attack; consoling George when Gloria (Elizabeth Counsell) dies; building relationships with estranged brother and nephew Junior (Micah Balfour) and Xavier (Chase Dean-Williams) when they move to the square; being violently mugged and later being spiked in an issue-led based storyline for the character. Provided by Wikipedia