List of Ackley Bridge characters

Ackley Bridge is a British television drama series that focuses on the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional West Yorkshire secondary academy, Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious mill town of Ackley Bridge. This is a list of main, recurring and guest characters in the series and their portrayer.

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Duration	Ackley Bridge series
				Series 1 (2017)	Series 2 (2018)
Mandy Carter	Headteacher	Jo Joyner	2017–	Main
	Steve's wife
Steve Bell	PE Teacher	Paul Nicholls	2017–	Main
	Mandy's husband and Zack's father
Kaneez Paracha	Dinner Lady	Sunetra Sarker	2017–	Main
	Iqbal's wife and Nasreen, Razia and Saleem's mother
Emma Keane	English Teacher	Liz White	2017–	Main
	Chloe's mother
Will Simpson	PE Teacher	Tom Varey	2017–	Main
Samir Qureshi	Community Liason	Arsher Ali	2017–	Main
	Maryam's husband
Lorraine Bird	Secretary	Lorraine Cheshire	2017–	Main
Sadiq Nawaz	School Sponsor	Adil Ray	2017–	Main
	Farida's husband and Riz and Alya's father
Lila Sharif	Science Teacher	Anneika Rose	2017–	Main	—
Missy Booth	Student	Poppy Lee Friar	2017–	Main
	Simone's daughter, Hayley Booth's and Julie's "Nana" granddaughter/ward
Nasreen "Nas" Paracha	Student	Amy-Leigh Hickman	2017–	Main
	Kaneez and Iqbal's daughter, Razia and Saleem's sister, Aaron and Amy's half-sister and Granny Paracha's granddaughter
Razia Paracha	Student	Nazmeen Kausar Hussain	2017–	Main
	Kaneez and Iqbal's daughter, Nasreen and Saleem's sister, Aaron and Amy's half-sister and Granny Paracha's granddaughter
Hayley Booth	Student	Cody Ryan	2017–	Main
	Simone's daughter, Missy's sister and Julie's "Nana" granddaughter/ward
Saleem Paracha	Student	Esa Ashraf (2017) Yaseen Khan (2018–)	2017–	Main
	Kaneez and Iqbal's son, Nasreen and Razia's brother, Aaron and Amy's half-brother and Granny Paracha's grandson
Jordan Wilson	Student	Sam Bottomley	2017–	Main
	Kevin's son, Cory's brother and Jamie's uncle
Alya Nawaz	Student	Maariah Hussain	2017–	Main
	Sadiq and Farida's daughter and Riz's sister
Chloe Voyle	Student	Fern Deacon	2017–	Main
	Emma and Nik's daughter
Cory Wilson	Student	Sam Retford	2017–	Main
	Kevin's son, Jordan's brother and Jamie's father.
Riz Nawaz	Student	Nohail Mohammed	2017–	Main
	Sadiq and Farida's son and Alya's brother
Simone Booth	Julie's "Nana" daughter and Missy and Hayley;s mother	Samantha Power	2017–	Recurring
Julie "Nana" Booth	Simone's mother and Missy and Hayley's grandmother/guardian	Rita May	2017	Recurring	—
Kevin Wilson	Corey and Jordan's father and Jamie's grandfather	Steve Jackson	2017–	Recurring
Candice Murgatroyd	Jamie's mother	Emily Pyzer	2017–	Recurring
Granny Paracha	Iqbal's mother and Nasreen, Razia, Saleem, Aaron and Amy's grandmother	Surinda Kaur (2017) Razia Yousaf (2018–)	2017–	Recurring
Iqbal Paracha	Granny Paracha's son, Kaneez and Sandra's husband and Nasreen, Razia, Saleem, Aaron and Amy's father	Narinder Samra	2017–	Recurring
Amin Azad	Student and Tahira's brother	Hassan Mahmood	2017–	Recurring
Tahira Azad	Student and Amin's sister	India Parsan	2017–	Recurring
Zain Younis	Student	Zain Khan	2017–	Recurring
Amira Gill	Student	Alisa Zaman	2017–	Recurring
Shireen Siddiqui	Student	Kainatt Butt	2017–	Recurring
Mo Akhtar	Student	Abdullah Shahid	2017–	Recurring
Waqar Abdul-Rehman	Student	Abaz Rashid	2017–	Recurring
Shannon Burns	Student	Chloe Lumb	2017–	Recurring
Neil Sykes	Student	Nathan Green	2017–	Recurring
Jake Earnshaw	Student	Matthew Priestley	2017–	Recurring
Dan Fairfax	Student	Harry Lodge	2017–	Recurring
Darren Critchall	Social Worker	Simon Lowe	2017	Guest	—
Naveed Haider	Student and Nasreen's fiancé	Gurjeet Singh	2017–	Guest
Solicitor		Kate Baines	2017	Guest	—
Judge		Mark Chatterton	2017	Guest	—
Chair of Governors		Michael Forrest	2017	Guest	—
Aaron Turner	Iqbal and Sandra's son, Amy's brother and Nasreen, Razia and Saleem's half-brother	Adam Fielding	2018–	—	Main
Sandra Turner	Iqbal's wife and Aaron and Amy's mother	Vicky Entwistle	2018–	—	Main
Amy Turner	Iqbal and Sandra's daughter, Aaron's sister and Nasreen, Razia and Saleem's half-sister	Halima Ali	2018–	—	Recurring
Claire Butterworth	Zack's mother	Kimberley Walsh	2018–	—	Recurring
Maryam Qureshi	Samir's wife	Meryl Fernandes	2018–	—	Guest
Khadim Afzal	Drug dealer	Jonas Khan	2018–	—	Guest
Mujahid Halder	Sadia's husband and Naveed's father	Kammy Darweish	2018–	—	Guest
Sadia Halder	Mujahid's wife and Naveed's mother	Perveen Hussain	2018–	—	Guest