Stella Crawford

Stella Crawford is the daughter of Edward and Marion Crawford, the former fiancée of Phil Mitchell and an antagonist in British soap opera EastEnders in 2006 and 2007. She was played by Sophie Thompson.

EastEnders
Stella was Phil Mitchell's new lawyer and they later began dating, but Phil's son Ben was unhappy about it. Stella tricked Ben into trusting her and tried to end his friendship with Abi Branning before eventually starting to abuse him. She then forced Ben to convince Phil to propose to her which Phil did and she accepted. This abuse continues with Stella telling Ben that he is too pathetic to be Phil's son.

On the day of Stella and Phil's wedding, Ben tells Stella that he does not want her to be his mother to which Stella warns him to keep quiet. Halfway through the ceremony, Ben reveals what Stella has been doing to him. Stella flees to the Queen Vic, but is found by Phil who follows her to an abandoned factory where she locks the gates so Phil can't get to her. Stella tells Phil that in childhood, her parents blamed her for her sister Catherine's death and was treated like a ghost in her own home. Phil drives his car into the gates and runs after Stella onto the factory's roof where she threatens to jump unless Phil says he loves her. Phil replies that he chose her because he thought she was convenient for Ben and would be a good wife.

Stella jumps off the roof and lands on the car and is killed instantly. Phil was initially arrested for murder, but CCTV shows that she jumped.