List of The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) characters

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This is a list of the characters who have appeared in the BAFTA-award-winning [1] franchise of CBBC children's drama series The Story of Tracy Beaker , Tracy Beaker Returns , The Dumping Ground , My Mum Tracy Beaker and The Beaker Girls , which have spanned fourteen years between them. Connor Byrne, who plays Mike Milligan, is the franchise's longest serving cast member, having appeared in twelve series across three of four shows. Dani Harmer has played the lead character Tracy Beaker in The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, My Mum Tracy Beaker and The Beaker Girls and featured as a guest in the 4th series of "The dumping ground"

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The Story of Tracy Beaker

CharacterActorSeries
123TV film4Parties with Pudsey5
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Tracy Beaker Dani Harmer Main
Jack Elton Main Featured Main
Michael 'Mike' Milligan Connor Byrne Main Featured Main
Camilla 'Cam' Lawson Lisa Coleman Main
Elaine "the Pain" Boyak Nisha Nayar Main
Norman 'Duke' Ellington [2] Clive Rowe Main
Jenny Edwards Sharlene Whyte Main
Justine Littlewood Montanna Thompson Main Featured Main
Louise GovernChelsie Padley Main Recurring Featured
Adele AzupadiRochelle Gadd Main Featured
Ben Batamabuze Luke Youngblood Main
Peter InghamJoe Starrs Main
Ryan Patterson [2] Sonny Muslim Main
Zac Patterson [2] Jay Haher Main
Maxwell 'Maxy' KingJerome Holder Main
Carly BeakerAnnette Bentley Recurring
Ruth Gemmell Main
Bradley 'Bouncer' PlakovaBen Hanson Main Recurring
Lawrence 'Lol' Plakova Ciaran Joyce Main Main
DollyChloe Hibbert Waters Main
Nathan JonesJames Cartwright Main Featured
Amber HearstAlicia Hooper Main Featured
Shelley Appleton Nicola Reynolds Main Recurring
Liam 'Crash' Daniels Darragh Mortell Main
Hayley SparksKristal Lau Main
Layla Cara Readle Main
Marco MaloneyJack Edwards Main
Michael GriceWilliam Tomlin Main Featured
Jackie Hopper Abby Rakic-Platt Main
Sid Rooney Vincenzo Pellegrino Main
Chantal WellardDeepal Palmar Main Recurring
Rio Wellard Craig Roberts Main Main
Roxy WellardSophie Borja Main Main
Sean 'Wolfie'Felix Drake Main Main
Rebecca Chalmers Georgina Hagen Main
Milly Holly Gibbs Main
Alice Olive Gray Main

Tracy Beaker Returns

CharacterActorSeries
123
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Tracy Beaker Dani Harmer Main
Jackson Elton Main Michael 'Mike' Milligan Connor Byrne Main
Camilla 'Cam' Lawson Lisa Coleman Recurring
Justine Littlewood Montanna Thompson Guest
Introduced in Tracy Beaker Returns
Gina Conway Kay Purcell Main
Carmen Howle Amy-Leigh Hickman Main
Tee Taylor Mia McKenna-Bruce Main
Johnny TaylorJoe Maw Main
Harry JonesPhilip Graham Scott Main
Frank MatthewsChris Slater Main
Gus Carmichael Noah Marullo Main
Sapphire Fox Saffron Coomber Main
Liam O'Donovan Richard Wisker Main
Lily KettleJessie Williams Main
Poppy KettleKatie Anderson Recurring
Rosie KettleClaudia Colling Recurring
Millie Redfearn Recurring
Toby Coleman John Bell Main
Mandy 'Elektra' Perkins Jessica Revell Main
Tyler LewisMiles Butler-Hughton Main
Ricardo 'Rick' Barber Daniel Pearson Main
Jody Jackson Kia Pegg Main

The Dumping Ground

CharacterActorSeries
1Special
(2013)		2345Special
(2017)		678910
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jack 'Jackson' Smith-Elton Jackson Elton Main Main

The Dumping Ground

CharacterActorSeries
1Special
(2013)		2345Special
(2017)		678910
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jackson 'Jack' Smith-Elton Connor Byrne Main Main colspan=3 {{N/
Tracy Beaker Dani Harmer Featured
Introduced in Tracy Beaker Returns
Gina Conway Kay Purcell Main
Carmen Howle Amy-Leigh Hickman Main
Tee Taylor Mia McKenna-Bruce Main Featured Guest
Johnny TaylorJoe Maw Main Featured
Harry JonesPhilip Graham Scott Main
Frank MatthewsChris Slater Main Guest Featured Guest
Lily KettleJessie Williams Main Featured Guest
Mandy 'Elektra' Perkins Jessica Revell Main Featured Guest
Tyler LewisMiles Butler-Hughton Main Guest
Ricardo 'Rick' Barber Daniel Pearson Main
Jody Jackson Kia Pegg Main Featured
Gus Carmichael Noah Marullo Main
Liam O'Donovan Richard Wisker Featured Guest
Introduced in The Dumping Ground
Faith DavisLeanne Dunstan Main Guest
Floss GuppySarah Rayson Main
Anthony 'Mo' MichaelsReece Buttery Main
May-Li WangStacy Liu Main
Bailey WhartonKasey McKellar Main Guest
Kazima TakoAkuc Bol Main Guest
Ryan ReevesLewis Hamilton Main
Billie TrentGwen Currant Main Guest Guest
Toni TrentNelly Currant Main Guest Guest
MischiefSage Recurring
Finn McLaine Ruben Reuter Main Main Recurring Main
Sasha Bellman Annabelle Davis Main
Dexter Bellman Alexander Aze Recurring Guest Main Recurring
Murphy BellmanThomas and Oliver Waldram Guest
Fred Montgomery Scott Guest
Lenny Rush Main
Chloe ReevesHannah Moncur Main Main
Joseph StubbsYousef Naseer Main Main
Archibald 'Archie' AbleJethro Baliba Main Main
Courtney 'Candi-Rose'Carma Hylton Main Main
Alex WalkerConnor Lawson Main Main Guest Guest
Tazmin 'Taz' De SouzaJasmine Uson Main Main
Charlotte 'Charlie' Morris Emily Burnett Main Main
Noah 'Bird' WallisLeo James Main
Jacob 'Jay' WallisCole Wealleans-Watts Main
Sid KhanJosh Sangha Main
Rebecca 'Bec' HydeAva Potter Main
Katy WhiteAnya Cooke Main
Scott MurrayLouis Payne Main
VivChloe Lea Main
Ruby ButlerLiv De-Vulgt Guest Main
Max RileyJed Jefferson Main
Clementine "Clem" StephensHalle Cassell Main
Kyle LavanFreddy Smith Main
Doreen AbedayoAndrea Hall Main
BenWilliam Wyn Davies Main
Sabrina MoxleyFlorrie Wilkinson Main
Hugo LittleHugo Nash Main
Bonnie VasiliouLara Mehmet Main
Fraser VasiliouMassimo Cull Main
Wes OldfieldOwen Phillips Main
Izzy MusondaZanele Nyoni Main
Dita OkomoKayleen Ngeuma Main

My Mum Tracy Beaker

CharacterActorSeries
Series 1 (2021)
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Tracy Beaker Dani Harmer Main
Camilla 'Cam' Lawson Lisa Coleman Main
Justine Littlewood Montanna Thompson Main
Carly Beaker Ruth Gemmell Main
Peter InghamJim English Guest
Introduced in My Mum Tracy Beaker
Jessica 'Jess' BeakerEmma Maggie Davies Main
Sean GodfreyJordan Duvigneau Main
TyroneNoah Leacock Main
Miss Mary Oliver Danielle Henry Recurring
RosalieChristina Tam Recurring

The Beaker Girls

CharacterActorSeries
Series 1 (2021)Series 2 (2023)
Introduced in The Story of Tracy Beaker
Tracy Beaker Dani Harmer Main
Camilla "Cam" Lawson Lisa Coleman Recurring
Justine Littlewood Montanna Thompson Recurring
Peter InghamWim Snape Main
Elaine "the Pain" Boyak Nisha Nayar Guest
Michael "Mike" Milligan Connor Byrne Guest
Introduced in My Mum Tracy Beaker
Jessica 'Jess' BeakerEmma Maggie Davies Main
Sean GodfreyJordan Duvigneau Recurring
TyroneNoah Leacock Recurring Main
Miss Mary Oliver Danielle Henry Recurring
Introduced in The Beaker Girls
Florence "Flo" Garland Alibe Parsons Main
Jordan WhitelyChi-Megan Ennis-McLean Main
Patience PriceDaisey Hamilton Main
Mrs Cook Emma Handy Recurring
Si Rajani-Martin Simon Lipkin Recurring Main
Priya Rajani-MartinTaj Kandula Main
Asha Rajani-MartinDiya Sohi Main
Ajay Rajani-MartinTarun Sivakanesh Recurring
SerenMersey Moore Recurring
Moses PriceBuddy Skelton Recurring

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References

  1. ↑ The Dumping Ground: BAFTA Children's Drama Winner in 2013. BAFTA. 25 November 2013 – via YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 Elly Brewer [@ellybwrites] (17 December 2017). "Hi Dominic - it's Norman 'Duke' Ellington. (But no-one ever used the Norman and I may well be the only person who knows it!) And Ryan and Zac Patterson - again, don't think we ever used their surname" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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