lucy beale, played by eva brittin-snell from 1993 to 1996, casey anne rothery from 1996 until 2004, melissa suffield from 2004 to 2010 and hetti bywater from 2012 to 2014, is the daughter of ian (adam woodyatt) and cindy beale (michelle collins). she is the twin sister of peter (thomas law), and has three half siblings, older brother steven (edward savage, aaron sidwell), younger sister cindy (eva sayer) and younger brother bobby (alex francis). apart from her on-screen birth, the character has few storylines of her own until 2004 when the role was recast to an older actress. storylines featuring lucy have since focused upon her teenage rebellion. in 2010, suffield left "eastenders", after she was allegedly axed due to "unruly behaviour." on 14 november 2011, it was announced lucy would be returning in 2012 with bywater taking over the role. she returned on 12 january 2012. in february 2014 it was announced that the character would be killed off. she made her final appearance on 22 april 2014 when her father goes to identify her body. in july 2007, gareth mclean of "the guardian" lamented the lack of strong female characters in "eastenders", noting that lucy "is yet to come into her own". fellow "guardian" critic grace dent commented on the repetitive nature of "eastenders" storylines by comparing lucy's relationship with jane (laurie brett) to the fraught mother-daughter bond between kat (jessie wallace) and zoe slater (michelle ryan).