<Tr> <Th> Husband </Th> <Td> Lee Carter (2016--) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nieces </Th> <Td> Lily Branning </Td> </Tr> <P> Whitney Carter (also Dean) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shona McGarty . The character is the adoptive daughter of long - running character Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), and was introduced in April when Palmer returned to the series after a six - year absence . Whitney is described by executive producer Diederick Santer as both an equal to, and younger version of Bianca, and is the oldest of Bianca's four children . Her storylines have revolved around her fractured family life, her sexual abuse by Bianca's partner Tony King (Chris Coghill), her sexual exploitation by Rob Grayson (Jody Latham), her marriage to Lee Carter (Danny - Boy Hatchard) and miscarrying his baby, surviving a bus crash, falling in love with her father - in - law Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and becoming engaged to Woody Woodward (Lee Ryan). McGarty was temporarily written out of EastEnders for four weeks in July 2012 because of her repeated lateness to work . McGarty took an extended break from the show in 2017, with Whitney departing on 29 May, she returned on 31 July . </P> <P> The child sexual abuse storyline marks the first time the subject matter has been broached in a UK soap opera, and was researched and developed with advice and approval from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . The inappropriate nature of Tony and Whitney's relationship resulted in over 200 complaints being made to the BBC and television regulatory body Ofcom by members of the public, with the storyline deemed "horrifying" by the Daily Mail's Lizzie Smith, and "one of the darkest and most disturbing storylines EastEnders has ever attempted" by the Daily Mirror's Beth Neil . The NSPCC however have praised the storyline for "helping to raise awareness of the hidden nature of sexual abuse". The storyline also gained EastEnders a Royal Television Society Programme Award in March 2009 in the Soap and Continuing Drama category . </P>

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