List of Hollyoaks characters

Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. 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	Actor(s)	Duration
Tony Hutchinson	Nick Pickard	1995–
Cindy Cunningham	Stephanie Waring	1995–2002, 2004, 2008–
Cindy Cunningham	Laura Crossley	1995–2002, 2004, 2008–
Mandy Richardson	Sarah Jayne Dunn	1996–2008, 2010–2011, 2017–
Jack Osborne	Jimmy McKenna	1996–
Darren Osborne	Ashley Taylor Dawson	1996–1997, 1999–2001, 2003–
Darren Osborne	Adam Booth	1996–1997, 1999–2001, 2003–
Luke Morgan	Gary Lucy	1999–2002, 2017–
Tom Cunningham	Ellis Hollins	1999–
Nancy Hayton	Jessica Fox	2005–
Ste Hay	Kieron Richardson	2006–
Warren Fox	Jamie Lomas	2006–2011, 2016–
Mercedes McQueen	Jennifer Metcalfe	2006–
John Paul McQueen	James Sutton	2006–2008, 2012–2017, 2019–
Charlie Dean	Charlie Behan	2006–
Charlie Dean	Joshua McConville	2006–
Leah Barnes	Ela-May Demircan	2007–
	Jessica Croft-Lane
	Magic Hurst
Nana McQueen	Diane Langton	2007–2009, 2012–
Ella Richardson	Erin Palmer	2008, 2017–
Diane O'Connor	Alex Fletcher	2010–
Liberty Savage	Jessamy Stoddart	2010–2013, 2018–
Liberty Savage	Abi Phillips	2010–2013, 2018–
Joel Dexter	Rory Douglas-Speed	2011–2013, 2016–
Joel Dexter	Andrew Still	2011–2013, 2016–
Maxine Minniver	Nikki Sanderson	2012–
Sienna Blake	Anna Passey	2012–
Peri Lomax	Ruby O'Donnell	2013–
Leela Lomax	Kirsty-Leigh Porter	2013–
Grace Black	Tamara Wall	2013–
Cleo McQueen	Nadine Mulkerrin	2015-
Scott Drinkwell	Ross Adams	2015–
Sally St. Claire	Annie Wallace	2015–
James Nightingale	Gregory Finnegan	2016–
Marnie Nightingale	Lysette Anthony	2016–
Courtney Campbell	Amy Conachan	2016–
Goldie McQueen	Chelsee Healey	2016–
Yasmine Maalik	Haiesha Mistry	2017–
Misbah Maalik	Harvey Virdi	2017–
Damon Kinsella	Jacob Roberts	2017–
Brody Hudson	Adam Woodward	2017–
Imran Maalik	Ijaz Rana	2017–
Sami Maalik	Rishi Nair	2017–
Oliver Morgan	Aedan Duckworth	2018–
Sylver McQueen	David Tag	2018–
Romeo Quinn	Owen Warner	2018–
Brooke Hathaway	Talia Grant	2018–
Martine Deveraux	Kéllé Bryan	2018–
Juliet Quinn	Niamh Blackshaw	2018–
Walter Deveraux	Trevor A. Toussaint	2018–
Mitchell Deveraux	Imran Adams	2019–
Sid Sumner	Billy Price	2019–
Edward Hutchinson	Joe McGann	2019–
Toby Faroe	Bobby Gordon	2019–
Celeste Faroe	Andrea Ali	2019–
Jordan Price	Connor Calland	2019–
Verity Hutchinson	Eva O'Hara	2020–
George Kiss	Callum Kerr	2020–
Felix Westwood	Richard Blackwood	2020–
Cher Winters	Bethannie Hare	2020–
Victor Brothers	Benjamin O'Mahoney	2020–
Ripley Lennox	Ki Griffin	2020–

Recurring and guest characters

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Lucas Hay	William Hall	2009–
	Reuben Thwaites
	Jude Hawley
Bobby Costello	Jayden Fox	2011–2013, 2018–
Bobby Costello	Jakob Chialton	2011–2013, 2018–
Oscar Osborne	Noah Holdsworth	2012–
Oscar Osborne	Ralph and Zack Norman	2012–
Matthew McQueen	Matthew Clohessy	2012–2017, 2020–
Matthew McQueen	Malachy and Connor Birchall	2012–2017, 2020–
Anthony Hutchinson	Caelan Cobbledick-Manning	2013–
Anthony Hutchinson	Alfie and Harvey	2013–
Dee Dee Hutchinson	Lacey Findlow	2013–
Dee Dee Hutchinson	Annabelle and Charlotte White	2013–
Rose Lomax	Isla Pritchard	2013–
	Mia-Rae
	Mollie Doherty
Hilton Cunningham	Blake Wood	2014–
Minnie Minniver	Eva Lorente	2014–
Minnie Minniver	Ava Rooney	2014–
Hannah Hay-O'Connor	Maddison Allen	2015, 2018–
Curtis Royle	Charlie Hughes	2015–
Steph Cunningham-Lomax	Isabella Hibbert	2015–
Daniel Lomax	Kyzo-drè Murphy	2016–
Daniel Lomax	Beau Bell	2016–
Sophie Blake	Uncredited	2017–
Sebastian Blake	Uncredited	2017–
Iona Campbell	Isla	2017–
DJ Osborne	Uncredited	2019–
D.S. Cohen	Ariana Fraval	2019–
Mark Kelly	Christopher Quinten	2020–
Carole Kelly	Diana Weston	2020–
Cormac Ranger	James Gaddas	2020–

Cast changes

Departing characters

Character	Actor	Departure date	Ref(s)
Lisa Loveday	Rachel Adedeji	2020	^[1]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Return date	Ref(s)
Buster Smith	Nathan Sussex	September 2020	^[2]
Theresa McQueen	Jorgie Porter	2020	^[3]

Past characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

References

^ Wright, Minnie (10 June 2020). "Rachel Adedeji quit Hollyoaks after handing in notice months before making racism accusations". Radio Times. United Kingdom. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ Dainty, Sophie (20 July 2020). "Hollyoaks is bringing back evil Buster Smith when show returns in September". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ Sulway, Verity (24 March 2020). "Jorgie Porter to return to Hollyoaks as Theresa McQueen for the soap's 25th anniversary". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

External links

Character profiles at Channel4.com

[1] Wright, Minnie (10 June 2020). "Rachel Adedeji quit Hollyoaks after handing in notice months before making racism accusations". Radio Times. United Kingdom. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[2] Dainty, Sophie (20 July 2020). "Hollyoaks is bringing back evil Buster Smith when show returns in September". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[3] Sulway, Verity (24 March 2020). "Jorgie Porter to return to Hollyoaks as Theresa McQueen for the soap's 25th anniversary". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

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