viv slater is the late wife of charlie slater (derek martin), portrayed by debi gibson. viv appears in her daughter kat slater's (jessie wallace) flashbacks in a near-death sequence when kat attempts suicide. additionally, laura curnick portrays viv in a flashback on 25 december 2018 and natasya rush portrayed her as a child in the spin-off episode "eastenders: pat and mo".