List of Emmerdale characters

Emmerdale is a British ITV 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 last.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration	Ref.
Robert Sugden	Richard Smith	1986–2005, 2009, 2014–2019, 2025–present	[2]
	Christopher Smith
	Karl Davies
	Ryan Hawley
Eric Pollard	Chris Chittell	1986–present	[3]
Kim Tate	Claire King	1989–1999, 2018–present	[4]
Victoria Sugden	Jessica Haywood	1994–present	[5] [6]
	Hannah Midgley
	Isabel Hodgins
Sam Dingle	James Hooton	1995–1998, 2000–present	[7]
Joe Tate	Oliver Young	1995–2005, 2017–2018, 2024–present	[8]
	Ned Porteous
Mandy Dingle	Lisa Riley	1995–2001, 2019–present	[9]
Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	1996–present	[10]
Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt	1997–present	[11]
Belle Dingle	James Mather	1998–present	[12]
	Emily Mather
	Eden Taylor-Draper
Charity Dingle	Emma Atkins	2000–2005, 2009–present	[13]
Cain Dingle	Jeff Hordley	2000–2006, 2009–present	[14]
Bob Hope	Tony Audenshaw	2000–present	[15]
Rodney Blackstock	Patrick Mower	2000–present	[16]
Nicola King	Nicola Wheeler	2001–present	[17]
Rhona Goskirk	Zoë Henry	2001–2002, 2010–present	[18]
Gabby Thomas	Jemma Giles	2001–present	[19]
	Annelise Manojlovic
	Rosie Bentham
Laurel Thomas	Charlotte Bellamy	2002–present	[20]
Chas Dingle	Lucy Pargeter	2002–present	[21]
Aaron Dingle	Danny Webb	2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–present	[22] [23]
	Danny Miller
Sadie King	Patsy Kensit	2004–2006, 2026–present	[24]
Sarah Sugden	Lily-May Bartley	2005–present	[25]
	Lucy Warren
	Amber Child-Cavill
	Sophia Amber Moore
	Katie Hill
Arthur Thomas	Billy Harrower	2007−present	[26] [27]
	Luis Townley
	Alfie Clarke
Moira Dingle	Natalie J. Robb	2009–present	[28]
Matty Barton	Grace Cassidy	2009–2012, 2018–present	[29]
	Ash Palmisciano
Jai Sharma	Chris Bisson	2009–present	[30]
Jacob Gallagher	Joe-Warren Plant	2010–present	[31]
Kerry Wyatt	Laura Norton	2012–present	[32]
Vanessa Woodfield	Michelle Hardwick	2012–2022, 2024–present	[33]
Ross Barton	Michael Parr	2013–2018, 2024–present	[34]
Liam Cavanagh	Jonny McPherson	2014–present	[35]
April Windsor	Amelia Flanagan	2014−present	[36]
Tracy Shankley	Amy Walsh	2014–present	[37]
Lydia Dingle	Karen Blick	2016–present	[38]
Graham Foster	Andrew Scarborough	2017–2020, 2026–present	[39]
Ryan Stocks	James Moore	2018–present	[40]
Manpreet Sharma	Rebecca Sarker	2018–present	[41]
Billy Fletcher	Jay Kontzle	2018–present	[42]
Bear Wolf	Joshua Richards	2019–present	[43]
Mackenzie Boyd	Lawrence Robb	2020–present	[44]
Charles Anderson	Kevin Mathurin	2020–present	[45]
Mary Goskirk	Louise Jameson	2022–present	[46]
Caleb Miligan	William Ash	2022–present	[47]
Claudette Anderson	Flo Wilson	2023–present	[48]
Ruby Miligan	Beth Cordingly	2024–present	[49] [50]
Dylan Penders	Fred Kettle	2025–present	[51]
Kammy Hadiq	Shebz Miah	2025–present	[52]
Lewis Barton	Bradley Riches	2025–present	[53]
Kev Barton	Chris Coghill	2025–present	[54]
Serena Sugden	Casey Al-Shaqsy	2026–present	[55]
Thea Ramsden	Chelsea Edge	2026–present	[56]

Recurring and guest characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration	Ref.
PC Mike Swirling	Andy Moore	2004−present	[57]
Angelica King	Sophie Firth	2009–present	[58]
	Rebecca Bakes
Elliot Windsor	Oliver Brooke	2011–2012, 2016–2024, 2026	[59]
	Jackson Charles Cummins
	Luca Hoyle
Leo Goskirk	Theo Tasker	2011−present	[60] [61]
	Harry Whittaker
	Harvey Rogerson
Kyle Dingle	Molly Ainsworth	2011, 2013, 2015−present	[62]
	Isaac Ainsworth
	Huey Quinn
Archie Breckle	Liyana Shahzad	2012−2015, 2019−present	[63] [64] [65]
	Aadam Wahab Shahzad
	Kai Assi
Carl Holliday	Charlie Munro Joyce	2014, 2016–present	[66]
Moses Dingle	Arthur Cockroft	2015−present	[67]
Johnny Woodfield	Luca Hepworth	2015–2022, 2024–present	[68] [69]
	Jack Jennings
Dotty Thomas	Ellerie Carroll	2016−present	[70]
	Tilly-Rue Foster
Isaac Dingle	Harvey Brook	2017−present	[71]
	Elias Walker
	Bobby Dunsmoir
Lucas Taylor	Dexter Ansell	2019−present	[72]
	Noah Ryan Aspinall
Eve Dingle	Billy Clement	2019−present	[73]
	Bonnie Clement
	Bella James
Harry Sugden	Teddy Hall	2020−present	[74] [75]
	Brody Hall
	Adam Pryor
Frankie Robinson	Eden Ratcliffe-Knights	2021–present	[76]
Thomas Tate	Bertie Brotherton	2021–present	[77]
Clemmie Reed	Mabel Addison	2022–present	[78]
Ivy Malcolms	Alice Mauve	2023–present	[79]
Evan Fletcher	Malachi McKenzie	2023–present	[80]
Leyla Sugden	Uncredited	2026–present	[81]
William Tate	Uncredited	2026–present	[82] [83]

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Ref.
Sadie King	Patsy Kensit	[84]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Ref.
Thomas King	James Chase	[85]
Steve Marchant	Paul Opacic	[86]

Former characters

Main article: List of former Emmerdale characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

• 1972–1973
• 1974–1975
• 1977
• 1978–1979
• 1982–1983
• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025
• 2026

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External links

• Characters and cast at itv.com
• Characters and cast at IMDb