List of Awards and Nominations Received By East Enders - Other Awards

Other Awards

In 1985, Simon May was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Best TV Theme of the Year, for the EastEnders theme tune. It failed to win, but in 1986 the song "Every Loser Wins", which was written by May for a storyine in the show involving the character of Simon Wicks (Nick Berry) and his band The Banned, won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Selling Single.

EastEnders has won three Mental Health Media Awards in the category 'Soaps and Continual Dramas' for its portrayal of mental health issues. Jessie Wallace received the 2002 award for her portrayal of Kat Slater, a woman who had been raped by her uncle as a teenager and attempted suicide when he returned later in her life. The award was won again in 2006 for the storyline involving Stacey Slater and her mentally ill mother Jean. The show was nominated again in 2009 but lost to Pobol y Cwm, however, it won the 'Making a Difference' award. In 2010, EastEnders won in the 'soaps' category again for the storyline involving Stacey Slater. EastEnders has also won the "Doing Media Differently" in 2009 from the Royal Association for Disability Rights, for the number of characters portrayed with disabilities and illnesses.

In 2006, EastEnders received a prestigious Rose d'Or at the international television awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland for its continuing success over 21 years. Actor Shane Richie also won a Rose d'Or in 2004 for best performance in a soap. In 2006, Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) was named Most Popular TV Personality at the Variety Club Awards. The award was voted for by readers of the Daily Express newspaper. And the entire cast and crew won the Variety Club BBC Personality of the Year in 1997. In February 2009, actress Tiana Benjamin, who plays Chelsea Fox, was voted Favourite Female TV Star at the Screen Nation Awards, which celebrate international achievement within black world cinema and television, by the public. She was nominated for Best UK Actress at the 2009 Black International Film Festival and Music Video & Screen Awards, and Rudolph Walker, who plays Patrick Trueman, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. At the same ceremony, EastEnders was nominated for Best UK Drama with a Black Cast. In 2011, EastEnders stars received five Screen Nation nominations, two others—Ellen Thomas (Grace Olubunmi) and Sharon Duncan Brewster (Trina Johnson)—received special mentions, and EastEnders itself received one nomination. In 2012, EastEnders and EastEnders: E20 stars received four nominations, with actress Modupe Adeyeye receiving a special mention.

In the Daily Star Soaper Star Awards, launched in 2008 and voted for by readers of the newspaper, EastEnders won the first Best Soap award as well as awards for Best Actor and Best Newcomer. EastEnders has also won a Banff World Television Festival Award, a Smash Hits T4 Pollwinners' Party award, two Pye Awards, an Anna Scher Theatre Award and an SOS Star Award.