Jean Elaine Walters (previously Slater) is the mother of Stacey Slater and Sean Slater and also is the mother-in-law of Bradley Branning and Roxy Mitchell. Her husband died in 1999 because her son, Sean, hit him the day before and fell off a building site. She suffers from bipolar disorder and is well known for cooking "Sausage Surprise". Gillian Wright quit the soap in 2013 after 9 years and Jean departed in September of the year for a fresh start to Brighton with her new boyfriend Ollie Walters. Wright, however, returned to portray Jean for two more guest stints in 2014 and 2015 respectively.