{"id":29137,"date":"2023-01-24T18:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1773951"},"modified":"2023-01-25T01:43:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:43:03","slug":"who-are-lola-pearces-mum-and-dad-in-eastenders-and-how-is-she-a-mitchell-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-are-lola-pearces-mum-and-dad-in-eastenders-and-how-is-she-a-mitchell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Lola Pearce\u2019s mum and dad in EastEnders and how is she a Mitchell?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 24 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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One of the most beloved characters in EastEnders<\/a> in modern times has to be Lola Pearce.<\/p>\n

The scrappy character portrayed by actress Danielle Harold is currently enduring her final storyline<\/a> on the BBC One soap following her being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.<\/a><\/p>\n

After executive producer Chris Clenshaw explained the decision to kill off the beloved character<\/a>, it seems we have had more focus on Lola\u2019s family history than ever before.<\/p>\n

Recent episodes have seen Lola keen to find out the truth about her mother<\/a> and the impact being abandoned by her has had on her life.<\/p>\n

So, just who is Lola Pearce\u2019s mum and dad and how is she related to Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and the rest of the Mitchells?<\/p>

Who is Lola Pearce\u2019s mum in EastEnders?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lola Pearce\u2019s mother in EastEnders is Emma Harding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The character portrayed by actress Patsy Kensit<\/a> had not appeared in the BBC One soap until Wednesday 25th January 2023.<\/p>\n

Emma abandoned Lola when her daughter was three-years-old and was left with her father who then passed her on to her maternal grandmother.<\/p>\n

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Patsy Kensit as Emma Harding in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

At the age of nine, Lola was put into care by her grandmother.<\/p>\n

The reason why Emma abandoned Lola at such a young age has yet to be explored but will be following her introduction to the soap.<\/p>\n

Describing Emma, executive producer Chris Clenshaw said: \u201cSoftly spoken and measured, on one hand, Emma is the very opposite of her long lost daughter, Lola. But on the other, there\u2019s a striking resemblance; successful, the capacity to hold her own \u2013 if she says she\u2019ll do something, she\u2019ll do it \u2013 and she\u2019s a fighter, just like Lola.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving spent a lifetime apart, Emma becomes desperate to make up for lost time, but her secret sadness and guilt are never far from the surface. The burden of losing her daughter has never left her, but can she find the courage to tell her shocking truth and reconnect with Lola, or will it come too little, too late?\u201d<\/p>