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 last.
Character | Actor(s) | Duration | Ref(s) |
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Eric Pollard | Chris Chittell | 1986–present | [2] |
Kim Tate | Claire King | 1989–1999, 2018–present | [3] |
Victoria Sugden | Jessica Haywood | 1994–present | [4] [5] |
Hannah Midgley | |||
Isabel Hodgins | |||
Sam Dingle | James Hooton | 1995–1998, 2000–present | [6] |
Mandy Dingle | Lisa Riley | 1995–2001, 2019–present | [7] |
Marlon Dingle | Mark Charnock | 1996–present | [8] |
Paddy Kirk | Dominic Brunt | 1997–present | [9] |
Belle Dingle | James Mather | 1998–present | [10] |
Emily Mather | |||
Eden Taylor-Draper | |||
Charity Dingle | Emma Atkins | 2000–2005, 2009–present | [11] |
Cain Dingle | Jeff Hordley | 2000–2006, 2009–present | [12] |
Bob Hope | Tony Audenshaw | 2000–present | [13] |
Rodney Blackstock | Patrick Mower | 2000–present | [14] |
Nicola King | Nicola Wheeler | 2001–present | [15] |
Rhona Goskirk | Zoë Henry | 2001–2002, 2010–present | [16] |
Gabby Thomas | Jemma Giles | 2001–present | [17] |
Annelise Manojlovic | |||
Rosie Bentham | |||
Laurel Thomas | Charlotte Bellamy | 2002–present | [18] |
Chas Dingle | Lucy Pargeter | 2002–present | [19] |
Aaron Livesy | Danny Webb | 2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–present | [20] [21] |
Danny Miller | |||
Jimmy King | Nick Miles | 2004–present | [22] |
Noah Dingle | Alfie Mortimer | 2004–2005, 2009–present | [23] |
Sam Duffy | |||
Jack Downham | |||
Thomas King | Jack Ferguson | 2004–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2023–2024 | [24] [25] |
Connor Hill | |||
Mark Flanagan | |||
James Chase | |||
Sarah Sugden | Lily-May Bartley | 2005–present | [26] |
Lucy Warren | |||
Amber Child-Cavill | |||
Sophia Amber Moore | |||
Katie Hill | |||
Cathy Hope | Ella Whitehouse-Downes | 2007−present | [27] |
Gabrielle Dowling | |||
Brenda Walker | Lesley Dunlop | 2008–present | [28] |
Leyla Harding | Roxy Shahidi | 2008–2011, 2013–present | [29] |
Moira Barton | Natalie J. Robb | 2009–present | [30] |
Matty Barton | Grace Cassidy | 2009–2012, 2018–present | [31] |
Ash Palmisciano | |||
Jai Sharma | Chris Bisson | 2009–present | [32] |
Jacob Gallagher | Joe-Warren Plant | 2010–present | [33] |
Amy Wyatt | Chelsea Halfpenny | 2010–2013, 2019–present | [34] |
Natalie Ann Jamieson | |||
Amelia Spencer | Daisy Campbell | 2011–present | [35] |
Kerry Wyatt | Laura Norton | 2012–present | [36] |
Vanessa Woodfield | Michelle Hardwick | 2012–2022, 2024–present | [37] |
Liam Cavanagh | Jonny McPherson | 2014–present | [38] |
Tracy Shankley | Amy Walsh | 2014–present | [39] |
Lydia Dingle | Karen Blick | 2016–present | [40] |
Dawn Fletcher | Olivia Bromley | 2018–present | [41] |
Ryan Stocks | James Moore | 2018–present | [42] |
Manpreet Sharma | Rebecca Sarker | 2018–present | [43] |
Billy Fletcher | Jay Kontzle | 2018–present | [44] |
Vinny Dingle | Bradley Johnson | 2019–present | [45] |
Bear Wolf | Joshua Richards | 2019–present | [46] |
Gail Loman | Rachael Gill-Davis | 2019, 2023–present | [47] |
Will Taylor | Dean Andrews | 2019–present | [48] |
Wendy Posner | Susan Cookson | 2019–present | [49] |
Mackenzie Boyd | Lawrence Robb | 2020–present | [50] |
Charles Anderson | Kevin Mathurin | 2020–present | [51] |
Mary Goskirk | Louise Jameson | 2022–present | [52] |
Suzy Merton | Martelle Edinborough | 2022–present | [53] |
Caleb Miligan | William Ash | 2022–present | [54] |
Claudette Anderson | Flo Wilson | 2023–present | [55] |
Ella Forster | Paula Lane | 2024–present | [56] |
Ruby Fox-Miligan | Beth Cordingly | 2024–present | [57] [58] |
Rose Jackson | Christine Tremarco | 2024–present | [59] |
John Sugden | Oliver Farnworth | 2024–present | [60] |
Character | Actor(s) | Duration | Ref(s) |
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PC Mike Swirling | Andy Moore | 2004−present | [61] |
Arthur Thomas | Billy Harrower | 2007−present | [62] [63] |
Luis Townley | |||
Alfie Clarke | |||
Angelica King | Sophie Firth | 2009−present | [64] [65] |
Rebecca Bakes | |||
Elliot Windsor | Oliver Brooke | 2011−2012, 2016−present | [66] [67] |
Jackson Cummins | |||
Luca Hoyle | |||
Leo Goskirk | Theo Tasker | 2011−present | [68] [69] |
Harry Whittaker | |||
Harvey Rogerson | |||
Kyle Winchester | Molly Ainsworth | 2011, 2013, 2015−present | [70] |
Isaac Ainsworth | |||
Huey Quinn | |||
Archie Breckle | Liyana Shahzad | 2012−2015, 2019−present | [71] [72] [73] |
Aadam Wahab Shahzad | |||
Kai Assi | |||
April Windsor | Amelia Flanagan | 2014−present | [74] |
Carl Holliday | Charlie Munro Joyce | 2014, 2016–present | [75] |
Moses Dingle | Arthur Cockroft | 2015−present | [76] |
Johnny Woodfield | Luca Hepworth | 2015–2020, 2022, 2024–present | [77] [78] |
Jack Jennings | |||
Dotty Thomas | Ellerie Carroll | 2016−present | [79] |
Tilly-Rue Foster | |||
Isaac Dingle | Harvey Brook | 2017−present | [80] |
Elias Walker | |||
Bobby Dunsmoir | |||
Lucas Taylor | Dexter Ansell | 2019−present | [81] |
Noah Ryan Aspinall | |||
Eve Dingle | Billy Clement | 2019−present | [82] |
Bonnie Clement | |||
Bella James | |||
Harry Sugden | Teddy Hall | 2020−present | [83] [84] |
Brody Hall | |||
Adam Pryor | |||
Frankie Robinson | Eden Ratcliffe-Knights | 2021–present | [85] |
Thomas Tate | Bertie Brotherton | 2021–present | [86] |
Clemmie Reed | Mabel Addison | 2022–present | [87] |
Esther Spencer | Florence Mae Dyson | 2022–present | [88] |
Ivy Malcolms | Alice Mauve | 2023–present | [89] |
Evan Fletcher | Malachi McKenzie | 2023–present | [90] |
Helen Fox | Sharon Maughan | 2024–present | [91] |
Character | Actor | Ref(s) |
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Ross Barton | Michael Parr | [92] |
Emmerdale is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale, a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale Farm was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Interior scenes have been filmed at the Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first filmed in Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose-built set on the Harewood estate.
Paddy Kirk is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Dominic Brunt. He has been married five times: to Mandy Dingle in 1999 and 2024, to Emily Dingle in 2002, to Rhona Goskirk in 2012 and to Chas Dingle in 2020. He has also had several extramarital affairs since arriving, notably with Viv Hope and Tess Harris. His other storylines in the series have included discovering his biological father and dealing with the loss of his child.
Charlene Joanne Webb, commonly known as Charley Webb, is an English actress. From 2002 to 2021, she portrayed the role of Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. In 2014, she was nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance at the British Soap Awards.
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Jeff Hordley is an English actor, best known for portraying the role of Cain Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. For his portrayal of Cain, he has been nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor at three ceremonies.
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Meena Jutla is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Paige Sandhu. Details surrounding her casting and Meena's characterisation were announced in September 2020 alongside that of two other new characters as part of what Emmerdale described as a "big autumn shake-up". She was introduced as the estranged sister of Manpreet Sharma and arrives in the fictional village with the intention of reconciling her relationship with Manpreet. Upon her casting, Sandhu described her character as irresponsible, apathetic, unreliable, wild and intelligent. She later revealed that Meena's backstory involves her often being ignored by her parents in favour of Manpreet, which led to Meena having sex with Manpreet's husband Dennis, which led to their marriage breaking down, as well as her relationship with her sister.