Jay Brown

Jay Brown is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jamie Borthwick. He made his first appearance on 14 December 2006. Jay's storylines since joining the programme have included being part of a gang, coping with the death of his father Jase Dyer, being orphaned by age 14 which results in his going into foster care and then being taken care of by the Mitchell family, as well as maturing from a wayward teen, becoming a surrogate brother to Ben Mitchell, helping Ben cover up the murder of Heather Trott, being arrested for having indecent images of a child on his mobile phone after discovering his girlfriend Linzi Bragg is below the age of consent, drug dealing and developing a drug habit by taking cocaine. In August 2017, in a two-hander episode between Phil and Jay, Jay finds out that Phil accidentally killed his biological father, a homeless man who was at the car lot the night that Phil set it alight, however, this is later revealed to be a lie. When Ruby Allen returns in 2018, they embark on a fling which later turns into a relationship. However, when Lola Pearce returns in 2019, the pair eventually reconcile their relationship.