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Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera that has been broadcast on TV2 since May 25, 1992. The show centers on the title hospital and its staff and their families. The following characters currently appear in the show. Characters whom have been portrayed by more than one actor, are listed, with the most recent actor at the top of the list.

Main characters

Actor Character Duration Source
Michael Galvin Dr. Chris Warner 1992–96, 2000— [1][2]
Benjamin Mitchell Dr. TK Samuels 2006— [3]
Sally Martin Nicole Miller 2009— [4]
Jennifer Ludlam Leanne Black-Johnson 2010–11, 2014— [5]
Sam Bunkall Dr. Boyd Rolleston 2012— [6]
Ria Vandervis Dr. Harper Whitley 2013— [7][8]
Grant Lobban Damo Johnson 2015— [9]
Ben Barrington Dr. Drew McCaskill 2015— [10]
Ngahuia Piripi Dr. Esther Samuels 2015— [11]
Rebekah Palmer Dawn Karim 2017— [12]
Jay Kiriona Prince Kimiora 2019— [13]
Nivi Summer Dr. Zara Mandal 2019— [14]
Nicole Whippy Cece King 2019— [15]
Henry Rolleston Louis King 2019— [15]
Iana Grace Sophia King 2019— [15]
Rawiri Jobe Eddie Adams 2019—
Timmie Cameron Shereez Baker 2019—
Kura Forrester Desdemona "Desi" Schmidt 2019—
Scott Smart Dr. Marty Walker 2019—
Becky McEwen Tess Hutchinson 2019—

Recurring characters

Actor Character Relation Duration source
Michaela Rooney Dr. Emily Devine Chris Warner's former colleague and flatmate. 1995–97, 2019— [16]
Tinihuia Lee-Lemon Tillie Potts Daughter of TK Samuels and the late Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing). 2011–17, 2019— [17]
Leila Eketone
Nalani Rose Tuhae
Nathan Anderson
Feleti Aulika Pele Kruse-Miller Nicole Miller and Vinnie Kruse's (Pua Magasiva) son. 2014— [18][19]
Lachlan & Connor McCartney Remus & Romulus Rolleston-Reston Boyd Rolleston's twin sons with Eve Reston (Holly Bates). 2017–18, 2020— [20]
Ashton Summersby Dongle "Donny" Johnson Damo Johnson's son. 2018— [21][19]
Louis Brunel-Morvan Billy McCaskill Intersex child of Drew McCaskill and Harper Whitley. 2018— [22][19]
Arlo Jackson
Keisha Jayapuram Rani Mandal Ferndale High student and Zara Mandal's daughter. 2019— [14]
Amélie Warner Tess Hutchison and Phoenix Warner (Geordie Holibar) daughter. 2019— [19]
Lisa Chappell Michelle Beaufort Member of Parliament for Ferndale. 2020— [23]
Jess Sayer Maeve Mullens Nurse at the hospital. 2020— [24]
Hiwaiterangi Hiwa Dixon Kiwa Adams-Samuels Esther and Eddie's son. 2020— [19]

Lists of characters by year of introduction

References

  1. ^ Shulz, Chris (22 May 2020). "Plenty of soap: Shortland Street is back, but life on set is far from normal". The Spinoff.
  2. ^ Coleman, James (21 May 2012). "Michael Galvin: Shortland Street's Dr Love". Nz on Screen. NZ On Air.
  3. ^ Harvey, Kerry (28 February 2020). "Shortland Street: TK's bad luck in love continues". New Zealand TV Guide.
  4. ^ Harvey, Kerry (2 May 2019). "Shortland Street's Nicole sheds genuine tears over traumatic scenes". New Zealand TV Guide.
  5. ^ Jones, Bridget (5 August 2018). "Shortland Street's Jennifer Ludlam takes a break for her first love". stuff.co.nz.
  6. ^ "Snap Chat: Sam Bunkall". The New Zealand Herald. 5 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Dallas hits Shortland Street: The New Dynasty begins". The Herald on Sunday. 14 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Get to know Ria Vandervis". tvnz.co.nz. Television New Zealand. May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  9. ^ Harvey, Keari (16 November 2017). "Life-and-death fight for Shortland Street actor Grant Lobban". New Zealand TV Guide.
  10. ^ Harvey, Kerry. "Shorty star Ben Barrington in gunman's sights once again". New Zealand TV Guide.
  11. ^ Mackenzie, Ellen (19 June 2018). "Shortland Street's Ngahuia Piripi and Teone Kahu's real life romance". Woman's Day.
  12. ^ "24 hours with... Rebekah Palmer from Shortland Street". Woman's Day. 13 July 2017.
  13. ^ Harvey, Kerry (25 April 2019). "Whanganui boy lives out Shortland Street dream". New Zealand TV Guide.
  14. ^ a b Harvey, Kerry (16 March 2019). "Racism storyline on Shortland Street close to home for actor". New Zealand TV Guide.
  15. ^ a b c Harvey, Kerry (25 April 2019). "Meet Shortland Street's newest family from Byron Bay". New Zealand TV Guide.
  16. ^ Harvey, Kerry (25 June 2020). "Shortland Street's Emily Devine returns after 25-year absence". New Zealand TV Guide.
  17. ^ Mane, Aroha (4 March 2020). "Reo-Māori actress Tinihuia new kid on Shortland Street". Te Ao Maori News.
  18. ^ Harvey, Kerry (21 February 2020). "Biting drama on Shortland Street for Sally Martin". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  19. ^ a b c d e Harvey, Kerry (21 May 2020). "Shortland Street casting director reveals how they find their youngest stars". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  20. ^ Harvey, Kerry (4 June 2020). "Double trouble for Boyd on Shortland Street as twins return". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  21. ^ Harvey, Kerry (27 September 2019). "Relationship breakdown for Damo and Leanne on Shortland Street". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  22. ^ Corcoran, Sinead (26 March 2019). "Shortland Street looking for new infant to play intersex baby". stuff.co.nz.
  23. ^ Harvey, Kerry (30 January 2020). "McLeod's Daughter star Lisa Chappell returns to Shortland Street". New Zealand TV Guide.
  24. ^ Harvey, Kerry (5 March 2020). "Runaway success for Shortland Street newcomer Jess Sayer". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
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