| Aleesha Miller | |||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Freya Coltman-West Phoebe Coltman-West |
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| Duration | 2004–06 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 29 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
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Aleesha Beyoncé Miller is born on the show on 29 October 2004, and is played by twins Freya and Phoebe Coltman-West.
Aleesha is the infant daughter of teenagers Demi Miller (Shana Swash) and Leo Taylor (Philip Dowling). Aleesha's godparents are her uncle Mickey (Joe Swash) and neighbour Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), whose heart softens towards the Millers after accompanying Demi to hospital for Aleesha's birth. Aleesha is the centre of an ongoing feud between her maternal and paternal grandparents, with she and her parents bear the brunt of the turmoil. Demi and Leo take her with them when they run away together. They leave her with her godmother Pauline when they have to move into a squat. This leads to her father's death from a heroin overdose, when Demi takes some heroin to numb her pain and Leo overdoses because he thinks she is dead. Aleesha leaves Walford with her mother and grandmother Rosie (Gerry Cowper) on 7 July 2006 to live in the Cotswolds.
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