List of Emmerdale characters

This is a list of characters currently in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, listed in order of first appearance.

Present cast

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)	Duration
Alan Turner	Richard Thorp		1982–2009, 2010–
Eric Pollard	Christopher Chittell		1986–
Kelly Windsor	Adele Silva		1993–2000, 2005–2007, 2011—
Victoria Sugden	Isabel Hodgins	Jessica Haywood, Hannah Midgley	1994–
Betty Eagleton	Paula Tilbrook		1994–2003, 2004–
Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell		1994–2002, 2003–
Sam Dingle	James Hooton		1995–1996, 1997—1998, 2000—
Andy Sugden	Kelvin Fletcher		1996–
Lisa Dingle	Jane Cox		1996–
Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock		1996–
Ashley Thomas	John Middleton		1996–
Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt		1997–
Belle Dingle	Eden Taylor-Draper	Emily Mather, James Mather	1998–
Diane Sugden	Elizabeth Estensen		1999–
Cain Dingle	Jeff Hordley		2000–2006, 2009–
Charity Tate	Emma Atkins		2000–2005, 2009–
Edna Birch	Shirley Stelfox		2000–
Bob Hope	Tony Audenshaw		2000–
Rodney Blackstock	Patrick Mower		2000–
Nicola King	Nicola Wheeler		2001–2006, 2007–
Katie Sugden	Sammy Winward		2001–2005, 2006–
Eve Jenson	Suzanne Shaw	Raine Davison	2001–2002, 2006, 2010–
Rhona Goskirk	Zoe Henry		2001, 2002, 2010–
Chas Dingle	Lucy Pargeter		2002, 2003–2005, 2006–
Laurel Thomas	Charlotte Bellamy		2002–2004, 2005–2009, 2010-
Debbie Dingle	Charley Webb		2002, 2003–
Pearl Ladderbanks	Meg Johnson		2003-
Aaron Livesy	Danny Miller	Danny Webb	2003, 2004, 2006, 2008–
Val Pollard	Charlie Hardwick		2004–
Carl King	Tom Lister		2004–
Jimmy King	Nick Miles		2004–
Sandy Thomas	Freddie Jones		2005–2008, 2009–
David Metcalfe	Matthew Wolfenden		2006–
Scarlett Nicholls	Kelsey-Beth Crossley		2007-
Genesis Walker	Sian Reese-Williams		2008–
Brenda Walker	Lesley Dunlop		2008–
Leyla Harding	Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi		2008–
Faye Lamb	Kim Thomson		2009–2011
Lizzie Lakely	Kitty McGeever		2009–
Ryan Lamb	James Sutton		2009–2011
John Barton	James Thornton		2009–
Moira Barton	Natalie J. Robb		2009–
Adam Barton	Adam Thomas		2009–
Holly Barton	Sophie Powles		2009–
Hannah Barton	Grace Cassidy		2009–
Jai Sharma	Chris Bisson		2009–
Nikhil Sharma	Rik Makarem		2009–
Jackson Walsh	Marc Silcock		2010–
Declan Macey	Jason Merrells		2010–
Alicia Gallagher	Natalie Anderson		2010–
Hazel Rhodes	Pauline Quirke		2010–
Amy Wyatt	Chelsea Halfpenny		2010–
Ella Hart	Corrinne Wicks		2010–
Mia Macey	Sapphire Elia		2010–
Dermot Macey	Frank Kelly		2010–
Joe Chappell	Scott Taylor		2011–

Recurring characters

Character	Actor	Previous actor(s)	Duration
Gabby Thomas	Annelise Manojlovic		2001–
Noah Tate	Jack Downham	Alfie Mortimer	2004–2005, 2009–
PC Mike Swirling	Andy Moore		2004-
Sarah Sugden	Sophia-Amber Moore	Lilly-Mae Bartley, Amber Child-Cavill	2005, 2006–
Samson Dingle	Sam Hall	Bradley Milnes, Ben Shooter, Charlie Pell	2006–
Cathy Hope	Gabrielle Dowling	Ella Whitehouse-Downes	2007–
Heath Hope	Sebastian Dowling	Lilith Kitching	2007–
Arthur Thomas	Luis Townley	Billy Harrower	2007–2009, 2010–
Angelica King	Rebecca Bakes	Sophie Firth	2009–
Roz Fielding	Kirsty-Leigh Porter		2010-
Jerry Walsh	Michael J. Jackson		2010, 2011–
Justin Gallagher	Andrew Langtree		2010-
Jacob Gallagher	Joe-Warren Plant		2010–
Flynn Buchanan	Ryan Prescott		2011-
Stephanie Ray	Elianne Byrne		2011-

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Duration	Departing	Ref(s)
Faye Lamb	Kim Thomson	2009–2011	Spring 2011
Ryan Lamb	James Sutton	2009–2011	Spring 2011

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Duration	Returning	Ref(s)
Douglas Potts	Duncan Preston	2007–2011	Late 2011

Future characters

Character	Actor	Arriving	Ref(s)
Cameron Murray	Dominic Power	3 March 2011
Alex Moss	Kurtis Stacey	Spring 2011

Past characters

• List of past Emmerdale characters

External links

• ITV character guide
• IMDb full cast credits
• Holy Soap cast list