List of Emmerdale characters

Emmerdale is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 16 October 1972.[1] The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. Some characters have been recast since their first appearance and other characters may have multiple actors sharing the role. In these cases, the most recent actor to portray the role is listed first.

Emmerdale logo.

Present characters

Regular characters
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Eric PollardChris Chittell1986–present[2]
Kim TateClaire King1989–1999, 2018–present[3]
Victoria SugdenIsabel Hodgins1994–present[4][5]
Hannah Midgley
Jessica Haywood
Zak DingleSteve Halliwell1994–present[6]
Sam DingleJames Hooton1995–1998, 2000–present[7]
Mandy DingleLisa Riley1995–2001, 2019–present[8]
Marlon DingleMark Charnock1996–present[9]
Paddy KirkDominic Brunt1997–present[10]
Bernice BlackstockSamantha Giles1998–2002, 2004, 2012–2019, 2021–present[11]
Belle DingleEden Taylor-Draper1998–present[12]
Emily Mather
James Mather
Charity DingleEmma Atkins2000–2005, 2009–present[13]
Cain DingleJeff Hordley2000–2006, 2009–present[14]
Bob HopeTony Audenshaw2000–present[15]
Rodney BlackstockPatrick Mower2000–present[16]
Faith DingleSally Dexter2000, 2004, 2017–2019, 2021–present[17]
Gillian Jephcott
Nicola KingNicola Wheeler2001–present[18]
Rhona GoskirkZoë Henry2001–2002, 2010–present[19]
Gabby ThomasRosie Bentham2001–present[20]
Annelise Manojlovic
Jemma Giles
Laurel ThomasCharlotte Bellamy2002–present[21]
Chas DingleLucy Pargeter2002–present[22]
Jimmy KingNick Miles2004–present[23]
Noah DingleJack Downham2004–2005, 2009–present[24]
Sam Duffy
Alfie Mortimer
Sarah SugdenKatie Hill2005–present[25]
Sophia Amber Moore
Amber Child-Cavill
Lucy Warren
Lily-May Bartley
Samson DingleSam Hall2006−present[26][27]
Bradley Milnes
Benjamin Shooter
Charlie Pell
David MetcalfeMatthew Wolfenden2006–present[28]
Brenda WalkerLesley Dunlop2008–present[29]
Leyla HardingRoxy Shahidi2008–2011, 2013–present[30]
Moira BartonNatalie J. Robb2009–present[31]
Matty BartonAsh Palmisciano2009–2012, 2018–present[32]
Grace Cassidy
Jai SharmaChris Bisson2009–present[33]
Priya SharmaFiona Wade2009–present[34]
Effie Woods
Jacob GallagherJoe-Warren Plant2010–present[35]
Amy WyattNatalie Ann Jamieson2010–2013, 2019–present[36]
Chelsea Halfpenny
Amelia SpencerDaisy Campbell2011–present[37]
Rishi SharmaBhasker Patel2011–present[38]
Dan SpencerLiam Fox2011–present[39]
Kerry WyattLaura Norton2012–present[40]
Vanessa WoodfieldMichelle Hardwick2012–present[41]
Harriet FinchKatherine Dow Blyton2013–present[42]
Liam CavanaghJonny McPherson2014–present[43]
Tracy MetcalfeAmy Walsh2014–present[44]
Liv FlahertyIsobel Steele2016–present[45]
Lydia HartKaren Blick2016–present[46]
Dawn TaylorOlivia Bromley2018–present[47]
Ryan StocksJames Moore2018–present[48]
Manpreet SharmaRebecca Sarker2018–present[49]
Billy FletcherJay Kontzle2018–present[50]
Vinny DingleBradley Johnson2019–present[51]
Bear WolfJoshua Richards2019–present[52]
Will TaylorDean Andrews2019–present[53]
Nate RobinsonJurell Carter2019–present[54]
Wendy PosnerSusan Cookson2019–present[55]
Al ChapmanMichael Wildman2019–present[56]
Mackenzie BoydLawrence Robb2020–present[57]
Charles AndersonKevin Mathurin2020–present[58]
Ethan AndersonEmile John2021–present[58]
Chloe HarrisJessie Elland2021–present[59]
Marcus DeanDarcy Grey2022–present[60]
Mary GoskirkLouise Jameson2022–present[61]
Suzy MertonMartelle Edinborough2022–present[62]

Recurring and guest characters
Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
PC Mike SwirlingAndy Moore2004−present[63]
Cathy HopeGabrielle Dowling2007−present[64]
Ella Whitehouse-Downes
Heath HopeSebastian Dowling2007−present[64]
Lilith Kitching
Arthur ThomasAlfie Clarke2007−present[65][66]
Billy Harrower
Luis Townley
Angelica KingRebecca Bakes2009−present[67][68]
Sophie Firth
Elliot WindsorLuca Hoyle2011−2012, 2016−present[69][70]
Jackson Charles Cummins
Oliver Brooke
Leo GoskirkHarvey Rogerson2011−present[71][72]
Harry Whittaker
Theo Tasker
Kyle WinchesterHuey Quinn2011, 2013, 2015−present[73]
Molly Ainsworth
Isaac Ainsworth
Archie BreckleKai Assi2012−2015, 2019−present[74][75][76]
Liyana Shahzad
Aadam Wahab Shahzad
April WindsorAmelia Flanagan2014−present[77]
Amba MetcalfeAva Jayasinghe2014−present[78]
Hope
Mika-Rose
Carl HollidayCharlie Munro Joyce2014, 2016−present[79]
Dexter Ansell
Moses DingleArthur Cockroft2015−present[80]
Johnny WoodfieldJack Jennings2015–2020, 2022–present[81][82]
Luca Hepworth
Dotty ThomasTilly-Rue Foster2016−present[83]
Ellerie Carroll
Isaac DingleBobby Dunsmoir2017−present[84]
Elias Walker
Harvey Brook
Lucas TaylorNoah Ryan Aspinall2019−present[85]
Dexter Ansell
Eve DingleBonnie Clement2019−present[86]
Billy Clement
Theo MetcalfeBeau-Ronnie Newton2019−present[87][88]
Eve Rowlinski
Talitha Taylor
Harry SugdenBrody Hall2020−present[89]
Teddy Hall
Frankie Uncredited2021–present[90]
Thomas TateUncredited2021–present[91]

Former characters
Main article: List of former Emmerdale characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

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