text: stevie dickinson stephanie " stevie " dickinson is a fictional character from eastenders : e20 , an internet spin - off of the bbc soap opera eastenders , played by amanda fairbank - hynes . stevie is a main character in series 2 , where she is joined by her new friends asher levi ( heshima thompson ) , sol levi ( tosin cole ) and naz mehmet ( emaa hussen ) . stevie is described as posh , naive , kind , forward , creative and a daydreamer . she has a complicated relationship with her boyfriend olly manthrope - hall ( joshua mcguire ) , and throughout the series , she falls for masood ahmed ( nitin ganatra ) , has an encounter with pippa ( roxanne mckee ) and gets revenge on olly . storylines after making love in their flat , stevie 's boyfriend olly manthrope - hall ( joshua mcguire ) ends his relationship with stevie and moves out . he leaves her in the middle of albert square with some flyers he printed so she can find a new flatmate . asher levi ( heshima thompson ) sees the flyers and helps stevie up . she invites him back to her flat , and asks him to move in . when asher returns later , he has his brother sol ( tosin cole ) and new friend naz mehmet ( emaa hussen ) with him , and stevie says she does not mind them staying , so they all become friends . olly warns stevie not to attend a party later but naz says they should go anyway , and on the way there , stevie meets masood ahmed ( nitin ganatra ) , but assumes he is a suicide bomber . at the party , asher poses as stevie 's new boyfriend to make olly jealous . she gets drunk and olly to a girl called pippa ( roxanne mckee ) but pippa introduces olly as her own boyfriend , so stevie insults her , resulting in pippa pushing stevie . the four friends leave and stevie meets masood again and he offers her his coat because she is cold . feeling humiliated by photos that have been posted on the internet from the party , stevie worries her only chance to win olly back has been ruined . she tells naz she had an erotic dream about masood and develops a crush on him . she tries to get work with masood by flirting but is left embarrassed . she returns after being given tips from naz , and masood tells her they are short staffed and to come back the next day . stevie thinks her flirting was successful so goes over the top and flashes her bra , so naz ushers her away . on stevie 's birthday , naz arranges a dinner party for stevie . stevie 's mother calls , asking her to carry out an errand but not mentioning her birthday . naz sees a birthday card from when stevie was thirteen and stevie says it is the last card she received from her family . naz tells her to forget her family . when sol falls out with both naz and asher , stevie tries to help resolve the problems . she and sol go to a club where stevie bumps into pippa and they are more friendly . the next day , they wake up in bed together and stevie tries to hide pippa from her housemates . olly bursts in saying he will have to let the flat go as he needs his deposit , but stevie asks for one more day . pippa writes stevie a cheque to cover it , says she is one of the sexiest girls she has ever met , and asks her to call her , before leaving . stevie gives olly the deposit but he reveals he has already given notice and stevie will have to move out the next day . stevie visits her brother rupert 's grave before returning to the flat and making a list of safety violations . when her landlady roxy mitchell ( rita simons ) arrives , stevie begs to stay , and says she will contact the council about the violations , so roxy agrees . stevie then invites olly over , and he hopes to rekindle their relationship . however , she ties him naked to a chair , then humiliates him by making him walk home in a dress . she tells masood they will have tea one day and kisses him before running off . the friends then all reunite and stevie remarks that she loves a happy ending , saying they are now a happy family . creation , development and characterisation stevie is one of four main characters from series two of eastenders : e20 , created by its team of thirteen writers . amanda fairbank - hynes was cast in the role , on which she stated , " it all happened so quickly but i 'm really excited to be working on eastenders . it 's an amazing group of people and they are great to work with . " fairbank - hynes attended five auditions for the part , and she found out she got the part two days before filming started . she stated that she was pleased when she found out as attending that many auditions — the most she had auditioned for any part — made her want the part more . the character was still being written and changed a lot during the audition process . the character and casting were announced on 28 july 2010 . the show 's producer , deborah sathe , said " i am [ ... ] proud of what the writers have achieved . [ they ] have created four new faces for [ albert ] square and their reaction to walford life is really exciting . " stevie is the privately educated daughter of rich parents , who have abandoned her to go travelling . she is said to be clueless about real life , with her profile on the official e20 website describing her as generous , creative and unlucky in love , though she has a boyfriend . although she is described as posh , fairbank - hynes said stevie is not just like a posh girl in east london , but would be out of place anywhere as she is in her own world . fairbank - hynes opined that posh characters in walford stand out and can bring comedy to the show . stevie is very naive and , according to fairbank - hynes , " away with the fairies " — the most naive person anyone could meet . however , writer emer kenny was worried that stevie being " away with the fairies " would make her unrealistic , but said that fairbank - hynes made the character recognisable . because of stevie 's naivety and her kind nature , people see this as an invitation to take advantage of her . stevie does not understand why people are cruel to her because she sees the good in them and wants to look after them , be around people and mother them . fairbank - hynes commented , " stevie 's the type of person who thinks a stranger is a friend she hasn 't met yet " . however , stevie is very forward , which can scare people away . she is also creative , empathetic and a complete daydreamer who lacks common sense but has bursts of assertiveness and intelligence , which can surprise people . thompson said that stevie has a good balance as she can be ditzy but also quite smart . fairbank - hynes identified with the character 's mad outbursts , innocence and daydreaming , and also said stevie is quirky , lovely and eccentric . her daydreaming can lead people to believe she is a bimbo , but she is not . stevie 's relationship with olly is complicated and he treats her badly , but she ignores his flaws and holds onto any nice thing he does , however small . when he ends their relationship , stevie is heartbroken , alone and lost , and does not fit in . she invites asher to stay and is surprised when he brings sol and naz as well , but because stevie loves to make new friends , she reacts in a way most people would not in that situation . she builds relationships with them and they grow to love her eventually . fairbank - hynes commented : " sol , naz and asher inform her about the real world and help her harden up just enough to survive in albert square ! " stevie starts to see her new friends as the family she always wanted , but it proves to be difficult as they all have family issues of their own . stevie wants to look after her new friends , which confuses them . the actress described the four friends as an unlikely gang , and said her favourite scenes were when stevie and sol caused a blackout across albert square , as the two characters did not have much interaction before then . thompson described stevie as a " fish out of water " , and hussen said stevie starts off being unappreciated , but eventually her friends see that she is important to them . stevie falls for masood quite early on and it plays out through the whole series . she believes she has met the man of her dreams , but her feelings are not reciprocated because of the way she is . fairbank - hynes said the storyline is interesting and funny . stevie also sees pippa as " the cold - hearted ' other woman ' " who has stolen her boyfriend , but later discovers that she is " actually human too and not some evil goddess whose sole intention is to steal boyfriends ! " mckee said that pippa 's role in the series is the drive stevie 's story forward and help her find her identity . in an interview with last broadcast the actress said that over the course of the series , stevie becomes more streetwise and a better judge of character . other appearances stevie is one of four characters who has an official profile on social networking site twitter , where it is revealed that the character is living in albert square before the series starts , staying with her boyfriend olly . further posts show that he went out on their anniversary and she hoped to make the relationship work but he hinted that he would end it . stevie also appears in additional video content on the official e20 website . in the first video , she performs a rap about olly on the tube after leaving the party in episode 2 . in another , stevie and naz have a picnic in the park , and naz makes a video of stevie , hoping to make olly jealous , but stevie ends up with cake on her face . the four friends play a drinking game in the café in another video , and another scene features stevie and naz talking about kissing .