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Demi Miller is a
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'' EastEnders'', played by
Shana Swash Shana Frances Swash (born 28 July 1990) is an English actress, and the sister of actor and television presenter Joe Swash. She is best known for playing Demi Miller in the long-running BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2004 to 2006. Acti ...
. She made her first appearance on 6 September 2004 and made her last on 7 July 2006 when she was axed by ''EastEnders'' executive producer
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Storylines

Demi arrives in Walford at the age of 13, and immediately becomes the focus of local gossip due to her pregnancy. She is feisty and likes to cause trouble with her twin brother
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( Charlie G. Hawkins). Nearly two months after her arrival, Demi collapses in agony in the playground after her water breaks. Scared and alone, she begs
Pauline Fowler Pauline Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. She was played by actress Wendy Richard between the first episode on 19 February 1985 and 25 December 2006. Pauline was created by scriptwriter Tony Holland a ...
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Wendy Richard Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress, known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soa ...
) to help her. With Pauline's help, Demi gives birth to
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(Freya and Phoebe Coltman-West) on 29 October 2004. Later that evening, Aleesha's father and Demi's boyfriend Leo Taylor (Philip Dowling) arrives with his father Ray (
Dorian Lough Dorian Tristan Lough (born 27 April 1966 in Kensington, London) is an English actor who appeared as DS Dave Satchell in ''Trial & Retribution''. He has also played Ray Taylor in ''EastEnders''. Lough is also known for starring in the music vide ...
). Ray is extremely hostile, and Leo is told he is to have no further contact with Demi or Aleesha. In May 2005, the Millers return to their former home while a rat problem in the square is being dealt with. Demi is reluctant, as it means she is likely to see Leo. Soon after their arrival, Demi takes Aleesha for a walk and sees Leo. They realise their split has been due to their parents meddling and denying contact between the two, and they reunite. Demi tells Leo that it is Aleesha's christening the following day. Despite appearing reluctant, Leo and his mother
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) attend the christening, however, the service is interrupted by Ray, who viciously drags his wife and son away. Demi and Leo meet later that evening from their balconies. As the feud between the Millers and the Taylors escalate, Leo plans to run away, and begs Demi to come with him. Demi agrees, but Leo abandons her when she insists on taking Aleesha. Demi returns to Walford but is delighted when she meets Leo near the swings. Leo promises her he will secretly continue to see her. When Leo's parents plan to take him to live in Scotland, Demi and Leo take Aleesha and run away. The young family then live in a squat, struggling to afford to survive. Demi realises that the only way to secure her daughter's safety is to send her back home. She phones Pauline and tells her to meet her at the church Aleesha was christened at, where she hands over her daughter in a tearful farewell. Leo begs Demi to let him sell drugs to make some
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. Reluctantly, Demi agrees, and soon turns to heroin herself to numb the pain. Leo finds a poster of him and Demi, and realises their families are looking for them. Leo races back to the squat to tell Demi and finds her unconscious with the heroin by her side. Believing she'd killed herself; he overdoses on the remaining heroin just as Demi wakes up. Leo collapses in her arms just as Trisha and Demi's parents,
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) and Rosie Miller (
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) find them. Leo dies later in hospital in August 2005. Demi is reunited with her family and goes back into school. In October 2005, she celebrates Aleesha's first birthday, and she is also joined by her older half-sister,
Dawn Swann Dawn Swann is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Kara Tointon, who first appeared on 26 September 2005. It was reported on 26 March 2009 that Tointon and co-star Ricky Groves, who plays Garry Hobbs, would ...
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Kara Tointon Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Dawn Swann in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. In 2010, she won the BBC competition series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', and in 2015, she appeared ...
). Rosie plans to move away to the Cotswolds with Darren, Demi and Aleesha to take on a new job as a housekeeper and start a new life without Keith. Darren decides to stay in Walford, but Demi wants to raise Aleesha somewhere different from Albert Square. She leaves Walford with Rosie and Aleesha on 7 July 2006.


Creation and development

In August 2004, it was announced that a new family was to be introduced to ''EastEnders''.
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, the executive producer, commented: "I'm delighted to introduce the Miller family, who will be joining Mickey on Albert Square in September, but I warn you - this lot are trouble". She added: "Even the dog is dodgy. They're set to cause havoc all over the Square, and by the end of their first week the sparks will be flying - literally".
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also auditioned for the role of Demi before being cast as
Stacey Slater Stacey Slater (also Branning and Fowler) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', portrayed by Lacey Turner. She first appears in episode 2826, originally broadcast on 1 November 2004. The character is introduced as a fe ...
. It was announced in February 2006 that Swash and co-star
Gerry Cowper Geraldine Cowper (born 23 June 1958) is an English actress who is best known for playing Rowan Morrison in the 1973 horror film ''The Wicker Man'' and Rosie Miller in ''EastEnders''. In the mid-1980s she took the part of Clare France in ''Afte ...
had been axed from ''EastEnders'' by John Yorke. "Gerry and Shana have been enormous assets and go with our best wishes" said a spokesman, adding that there is a "massive" storyline had been planned for their exit.


Reception

In August 2005, a storyline aired in which Demi and her boyfriend Leo run away to a squat and start dealing drugs for money to feed their daughter. This results in Leo taking a fatal overdose of heroin, and therefore was described as "Shakespearean", with the story being compared to that of Romeo and Juliet. Swash stated that due to the age gap between her and Dowling, she was unhappy about kissing him, and said, "I didn't want to do it and I got really upset about it". The storyline was mainly praised by viewers and organisations such as The National Missing Persons Helpline (NMPH), with more than 70,000 calls being made. A general manager of the charity went on to say, "We believe that ''EastEnders'' are showing a realistic portrayal of a missing teen. Callers to our dedicated Helpline are often in the most extreme of situations and face life or death decisions whilst away from the family home".


References

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