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 currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed first.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character Current actor Duration No. of episodes
Eric Pollard Chris Chittell 1986– 3,176
Kim Tate Claire King 1989–1999, 2018– 1,335
Victoria Sugden Isabel Hodgins 1994– 2,202
Zak Dingle Steve Halliwell 1994– 2,795
Sam Dingle James Hooton 1995–1998, 2000– 2,275
Mandy Dingle Lisa Riley 1995–2001, 2019– 893
Marlon Dingle Mark Charnock 1996– 3,495
Paddy Kirk Dominic Brunt 1997– 2,931
Bernice Blackstock Samantha Giles 1998–2002, 2004, 2012–2019, 2021–2023 1,531
Belle Dingle Eden Taylor-Draper 1998– 1,677
Charity Dingle Emma Atkins 2000–2005, 2009– 2,629
Cain Dingle Jeff Hordley 2000–2006, 2009– 2,797
Bob Hope Tony Audenshaw 2000– 2,761
Rodney Blackstock Patrick Mower 2000– 1,906
Nicola King Nicola Wheeler 2001– 2,486
Rhona Goskirk Zoe Henry 2001–2002, 2010– 1,405
Gabby Thomas Rosie Bentham 2001– 1,154
Laurel Thomas Charlotte Bellamy 2002– 2,354
Chas Dingle Lucy Pargeter 2002– 3,012
Jimmy King Nick Miles 2004– 2,063
Noah Dingle Jack Downham 2004–2005, 2009– 758
Tom King James Chase 2004–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2023– 150
Sarah Sugden Katie Hill 2005– 972
Samson Dingle Sam Hall 2006– 504
David Metcalfe Matthew Wolfenden 2006–2024 1,845
Cathy Hope Gabrielle Dowling 2007– 312
Heath Hope Sebastian Dowling 2007– 257
Brenda Walker Lesley Dunlop 2008– 1,337
Leyla Harding Roxy Shahidi 2008–2011, 2013– 1,380
Moira Barton Natalie J. Robb 2009– 1,804
Matty Barton Ash Palmisciano 2009–2012, 2018– 571
Jai Sharma Chris Bisson 2009– 1,497
Jacob Gallagher Joe-Warren Plant 2010– 788
Amy Wyatt Natalie Ann Jamieson 2010–2013, 2019– 764
Amelia Spencer Daisy Campbell 2011– 585
Kerry Wyatt Laura Norton 2012– 1,045
Vanessa Woodfield Michelle Hardwick 2012– 999
Liam Cavanagh Jonny McPherson 2014– 474
Tracy Robinson Amy Walsh 2014– 803
Lydia Hart Karen Blick 2016− 558
Dawn Taylor Olivia Bromley 2018– 497
Ryan Stocks James Moore 2018– 237
Manpreet Sharma Rebecca Sarker 2018– 395
Billy Fletcher Jay Kontzle 2018– 405
Vinny Dingle Bradley Johnson 2019– 344
Bear Wolf Joshua Richards 2019– 239
Gail Loman Rachael Gill-Davis 2019, 2023– 35
Will Taylor Dean Andrews 2019– 387
Nate Robinson Jurell Carter 2019– 419
Wendy Posner Susan Cookson 2019– 240
Mackenzie Boyd Lawrence Robb 2020– 327
Charles Anderson Kevin Mathurin 2020– 294
Ethan Anderson Emile John 2021– 192
Chloe Harris Jessie Elland 2021– 161
Mary Goskirk Louise Jameson 2022– 112
Suzy Merton Martelle Edinborough 2022– 87
Nicky Miligan Lewis Cope 2022– 83
Caleb Miligan William Ash 2022– 101
Claudette Anderson Flo Wilson 2023– 42
Suni Sharma Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana 2023– 33

Recurring and guest characters

Character Current actor Duration No. of episodes
PC Mike Swirling Andy Moore[1] 2004– 209
Arthur Thomas Alfie Clarke 2007– 560
Angelica King Rebecca Bakes 2009– 311
Elliot Windsor Luca Hoyle 2011–2012, 2016– 140
Leo Goskirk Harvey Rogerson 2011– 271
Kyle Winchester Huey Quinn 2011, 2013, 2015– 271
Archie Breckle Kai Assi 2012–2015, 2019– 161
April Windsor Amelia Flanagan 2014– 416
Carl Holliday Charlie Munro Joyce 2014, 2016– 113
Moses Dingle Arthur Cockroft 2015– 198
Johnny Woodfield Jack Jennings 2015–2020, 2022– 144
Dotty Thomas Tilly-Rue Foster 2016– 124
Isaac Dingle Bobby Dunsmuir 2017– 163
Lucas Taylor Noah Ryan Aspinall 2019– 75
Eve Dingle Bella James 2019– 67
Theo Metcalfe Beau Newton 2019– 22
Harry Sugden Brody and Teddy Hall 2020– 31
Frankie Robinson Eden Ratcliffe-Knight 2021– 37
Thomas Tate Bertie Brotherton 2021– 35
Colin Hamston Mark Noble 2022– 17
Clemmie Reed Mabel Addison 2022– 34
Esther Spencer Florence Mae Dyson 2022– 36
Reuben Harris Sebastian Kenneth Downes 2023– 24
Corey Sanderson Kyle Rowe 2023– 11
Harry Robert Beck 2023– 4
Craig Reed Ben Addis 2023– 18
Sophie Martha Cope 2023– 3

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character Actor Ref.
Bernice Blackstock Samantha Giles [2]
David Metcalfe Matthew Wolfenden [3]

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References

  1. "Mike Swirling". ITV Online. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. Kitson, Calli (17 July 2023). "Emmerdale icon 'quits role' for the fourth time in 25 years with dramatic exit ahead". Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/17/samantha-giles-bernice-leaving-emmerdale-19138935/?ico=mosaic_tv-soaps. Retrieved 17 July 2023. 
  3. Lewis, George (20 August 2023). "Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden exits soap after 17 years". Digital Spy. https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a44857845/emmerdale-matthew-wolfenden-exits-soap/. Retrieved 20 August 2023. 

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