List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1998

Lola Christie is played by Diane Parish. Lola was introduced as a love interest for Mick McFarlane (Sylvester Williams). Parish notably returned to ''EastEnders'' in 2006 playing a different character, Denise Fox.

Lola Christie auditions as a singer for Mick's band. Mick is impressed with her singing talents and offers her the job. Mick is attracted to Lola, they start dating, but she is always rushing off without warning and Mick is surprised to discover that Lola has a secret young son named Carl (Stacey Wright; son of Ian) whose father, Neil, had abandoned Lola when she was 5 months pregnant. Mick proves supportive, but Lola eventually leaves Mick and the band when she gets her own recording contract as a soloist. Provided by Wikipedia