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.

Emmerdale logo.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration	Ref(s)
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
Jimmy King	Nick Miles	2004–present	[24]
Noah Dingle	Alfie Mortimer	2004–2005, 2009–present	[25]
	Sam Duffy
	Jack Downham
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
Arthur Thomas	Billy Harrower	2007−present	[28][29]
	Luis Townley
	Alfie Clarke
Moira Dingle	Natalie J. Robb	2009–present	[30]
Matty Barton	Grace Cassidy	2009–2012, 2018–present	[31]
	Ash Palmisciano
Angelica King	Sophie Firth	2009−present	[32][33]
	Rebecca Bakes
Jai Sharma	Chris Bisson	2009–present	[34]
Jacob Gallagher	Joe-Warren Plant	2010–present	[35]
Elliot Windsor	Oliver Brooke	2011−2012, 2016−present	[36][37]
	Jackson Cummins
	Luca Hoyle
Kerry Wyatt	Laura Norton	2012–present	[38]
Vanessa Woodfield	Michelle Hardwick	2012–2022, 2024–present	[39]
Ross Barton	Michael Parr	2013–2018, 2024–present	[40]
Liam Cavanagh	Jonny McPherson	2014–present	[41]
April Windsor	Amelia Flanagan	2014−present	[42]
Tracy Shankley	Amy Walsh	2014–present	[43]
Lydia Dingle	Karen Blick	2016–present	[44]
Dawn Fletcher	Olivia Bromley	2018–present	[45]
Ryan Stocks	James Moore	2018–present	[46]
Manpreet Sharma	Rebecca Sarker	2018–present	[47]
Billy Fletcher	Jay Kontzle	2018–present	[48]
Vinny Dingle	Bradley Johnson	2019–present	[49]
Bear Wolf	Joshua Richards	2019–present	[50]
Mackenzie Boyd	Lawrence Robb	2020–2025	[51]
Charles Anderson	Kevin Mathurin	2020–present	[52]
Mary Goskirk	Louise Jameson	2022–present	[53]
Caleb Miligan	William Ash	2022–present	[54]
Claudette Anderson	Flo Wilson	2023–present	[55]
Ruby Fox-Miligan	Beth Cordingly	2024–present	[56][57]
John Sugden	Oliver Farnworth	2024–2025	[58]
Steph Miligan	Georgia Jay	2024–present	[59]
Dylan Penders	Fred Kettle	2025–present	[60]
Kammy Hadiq	Shebz Miah	2025–present	[61]
Lewis Barton	Bradley Riches	2025–present	[62]
Celia Daniels	Jaye Griffiths	2025–present	[63]
Ray Walters	Joe Absolom	2025–present	[64]

Recurring and guest characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration	Ref(s)
PC Mike Swirling	Andy Moore	2004−present	[65]
DCI Vikesh Dasari	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	2006−2007, 2025−present	[66]
Leo Goskirk	Theo Tasker	2011−present	[67][68]
	Harry Whittaker
	Harvey Rogerson
Kyle Winchester	Molly Ainsworth	2011, 2013, 2015−present	[69]
	Isaac Ainsworth
	Huey Quinn
Archie Breckle	Liyana Shahzad	2012−2015, 2019−present	[70][71][72]
	Aadam Wahab Shahzad
	Kai Assi
Carl Holliday	Charlie Munro Joyce	2014, 2016–present	[73]
Moses Dingle	Arthur Cockroft	2015−present	[74]
Johnny Woodfield	Luca Hepworth	2015–2022, 2024–present	[75][76]
	Jack Jennings
Dotty Thomas	Ellerie Carroll	2016−present	[77]
	Tilly-Rue Foster
Isaac Dingle	Harvey Brook	2017−present	[78]
	Elias Walker
	Bobby Dunsmoir
Lucas Taylor	Dexter Ansell	2019−present	[79]
	Noah Ryan Aspinall
Eve Dingle	Billy Clement	2019−present	[80]
	Bonnie Clement
	Bella James
Harry Sugden	Teddy Hall	2020−present	[81][82]
	Brody Hall
	Adam Pryor
Frankie Robinson	Eden Ratcliffe-Knights	2021–present	[83]
Thomas Tate	Bertie Brotherton	2021–present	[84]
Clemmie Reed	Mabel Addison	2022–present	[85]
Ivy Malcolms	Alice Mauve	2023–present	[86]
Evan Fletcher	Malachi McKenzie	2023–present	[87]

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Mackenzie Boyd	Lawrence Robb	[88]
John Sugden	Oliver Farnworth	[88]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Bernice Blackstock	Samantha Giles	[89]

Future characters

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Kev	Chris Coghill	[90]

Former characters

Main article: List of former Emmerdale characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

• 1972–1973
• 1974
• 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