List of Emmerdale characters

Emmerdale is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters who are currently appearing in the series, listed in order of first appearance.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Robert Sugden	Ryan Hawley	1986–2005, 2009, 2014–
	Karl Davies
	Christopher Smith
	Richard Smith
Eric Pollard	Chris Chittell	1986–
Victoria Sugden	Isabel Hodgins	1994–
	Hannah Midgley
	Jessica Haywood
Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell	1994–
Sam Dingle	James Hooton	1995–98, 2000–
Andy Sugden	Kelvin Fletcher	1996–
Lisa Dingle	Jane Cox	1996–
Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	1996–
Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	1996–
Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt	1997–
Bernice Thomas	Samantha Giles	1998–2002, 2004, 2012–
Belle Dingle	Eden Taylor-Draper	1998–
	Emily Mather
	James Mather
Diane Sugden	Elizabeth Estensen	1999–
Cain Dingle	Jeff Hordley	2000–06, 2009–
Charity Tate	Emma Atkins	2000–05, 2009–
Bob Hope	Tony Audenshaw	2000–
Rodney Blackstock	Patrick Mower	2000–
Nicola King	Nicola Wheeler	2001–
Carly Hope	Gemma Atkinson	2001, 2006, 2015–
	Rebecca Ryan
Rhona Goskirk	Zoe Henry	2001–02, 2010–
Laurel Potts	Charlotte Bellamy	2002–
Chas Dingle	Lucy Pargeter	2002–
Debbie Dingle	Charley Webb	2002–
Pearl Ladderbanks	Meg Johnson	2003–
Gordon Livesy	Gary Mavers	2003−04, 2006, 2008, 2015−
	Gerard Fletcher
Aaron Livesy	Danny Miller	2003–04, 2006, 2008–12, 2014–
	Danny Webb
Jimmy King	Nick Miles	2004–
Sandy Thomas	Freddie Jones	2005–
David Metcalfe	Matthew Wolfenden	2006–
Doug Potts	Duncan Preston	2007–11, 2014–
Brenda Walker	Lesley Dunlop	2008–
Leyla Harding	Roxy Shahidi	2008–11, 2013–
Moira Barton	Natalie J. Robb	2009–
Adam Barton	Adam Thomas	2009–
Holly Barton	Sophie Powles	2009–12, 2016–
Jai Sharma	Chris Bisson	2009–
Priya Sharma	Fiona Wade	2009–
	Effie Woods
Rishi Sharma	Bhasker Patel	2011–
Dan Spencer	Liam Fox	2011–
Megan Macey	Gaynor Faye	2012–
Kerry Wyatt	Laura Norton	2012–
Vanessa Woodfield	Michelle Hardwick	2012–
Ross Barton	Michael Parr	2013–
Joanie Wright	Denise Black	2013, 2015–
James Barton	Bill Ward	2013–
Harriet Finch	Katherine Dow Blyton	2013–
Pete Barton	Anthony Quinlan	2013–
Finn Barton	Joe Gill	2013–
Tracy Shankley	Amy Walsh	2014–
Rakesh Kotecha	Pasha Bocarie	2014–
Lawrence White	John Bowe	2014–
Chrissie White	Louise Marwood	2014–
Lachlan White	Thomas Atkinson	2014–
Emma Barton	Gillian Kearney	2015–
Ronnie Hale	John McArdle	2016–

Recurring and guest characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Gabby Thomas	Rosie Bentham	2001–
	Annelise Manojlovic
	Heather Franks
	Jemma Giles
Noah Dingle	Jack Downham	2004–05, 2009–
	Alfie Mortimer
PC Mike Swirling	Andy Moore	2004–
Sarah Sugden	Sophia-Amber Moore	2005–
	Lilly-Mae Bartley
	Amber Child-Cavill
Samson Dingle	Sam Hall	2006–
	Bradley Milnes
	Ben Shooter
	Charlie Pell
Cathy Hope	Gabrielle Dowling	2007–
	Ella Whitehouse-Downes
Heath Hope	Sebastian Dowling	2007–
	Lilith Kitching
Arthur Thomas	Alfie Clarke	2007–
	Billy Harrower
	Luis Townley
Charlotte Beecham	Emma Hartley-Miller	2007–09, 2015–
Angelica King	Rebecca Bakes	2009–
	Sophie Firth
Jacob Gallagher	Joe-Warren Plant	2010–
Elliot Windsor	Luca Hoyle	2011–12, 2016–
	Jackson Charles Cummins
	Oliver Brooke
Leo Goskirk	Harvey Rogerson	2011–
	Theo Tasker
	Harry Whittaker
Amelia Spencer	Daisy Campbell	2011–
Kyle Wyatt	Huey Quinn	2011, 2013, 2015–
	Molly and Isaac Ainsworth
Jack Sugden	Uncredited	2012–
Dr Liam Cavanagh	Jonny McPherson	2014–
April Windsor	Amelia Flanagan	2014–
Amba Metcalfe	Hope	2014–
	Mika-Rose
PC Stone	Paul David-Gough	2014–
Carl	Uncredited	2014, 2016–
Jermaine Bailey	Micah Balfour	2015–
Moses Dingle	Uncredited	2015–
Johnny Woodfield	Uncredited	2015–
DC Henry	Sushil Chudasama	2015–
DS Hart	Kate Coogan	2015–
DS Wise	Neil Roberts	2016–
Pierce Harris	Jonathan Wrather	2016−
Liv Flaherty	Isobel Steele	2016–
Eliza Macey	Uncredited	2016–
Angie Bailey	Nina Toussaint-White	2016–

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Departure date	Ref(s)
Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	2017	[1][2][3]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Return date	Ref(s)
Faith Dingle	TBA	2016	[4]

Past characters

Introduced by year

1. 1972–73
2. 1974
3. 1975
4. 1976
5. 1977
6. 1978
7. 1979
8. 1980
9. 1981
10. 1982
11. 1983
12. 1984
13. 1985
14. 1986
15. 1987
16. 1988
17. 1989
18. 1990
19. 1991
20. 1992
21. 1993
22. 1994
23. 1995
24. 1996
25. 1997
26. 1998
27. 1999
28. 2000
29. 2001
30. 2002
31. 2003
32. 2004
33. 2005
34. 2006
35. 2007
36. 2008
37. 2009
38. 2010
39. 2011
40. 2012
41. 2013
42. 2014
43. 2015
44. 2016

References

1. Emmerdale exit for John Middleton | Emmerdale news | Soaps | ITV | SoapSquawk
2. Sandwell, Ian (17 April 2016). "Emmerdale's John Middleton will stay in the show longer as new boss Iain MacLeod extends dementia storyline". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
3. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/feature/a792870/soaps-timebomb-romances-13-couples-who-look-set-to-split-in-eastenders-corrie-hollyoaks-and-emmerdale/
4. Kilkelly, Daniel (15 March 2016). "Family reunion! Emmerdale's new Dingle arrival will be Cain and Chas's mum". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

External links

• Characters and cast at itv.com
• Characters and cast at the Internet Movie Database