Junior Knight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Micah Balfour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2024–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 6906 13 May 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Chris Clenshaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Junior Knight is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Micah Balfour. Junior was introduced by executive producer Chris Clenshaw in episode 6906, broadcast on 13 May 2024, as the estranged son of established character George Knight (Colin Salmon) and half-brother of Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) and Anna Knight (Molly Rainford). His introduction billed him as a sleazy, secretive businessman. Outside of Junior's lengthy, complicated history with his father, his storylines have promenantly followed his serial cheating on his wife Monique Knight (Busayo Ige), his affair with his former stepmother Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), the affair's reveal, and being a suspect in Cindy's insuing attack.