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'''[[Emmerdale]]'' is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters who are currently appearing in the series, listed in order of 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=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="200" scope="col" |Character !width="200"|Actor(s) !width="280"|Duration |- | [[Eric Pollard]] || [[Chris Chittell]] || 1986– |- | [[Kim Tate]] || [[Claire King]] || 1989–1999, 2018– |- | rowspan="3"| [[Victoria Sugden]] | [[Isabel Hodgins]] || rowspan="3"| 1994– |- | [[Hannah Midgley]] |- | Jessica Haywood |- | [[Zak Dingle]] || [[Steve Halliwell]] || 1994– |- | [[Sam Dingle]] || [[James Hooton]] || 1995–1998, 2000– |- | [[Mandy Dingle]] || [[Lisa Riley]] || 1995–2001, 2019– |- | rowspan="6"| [[James Tate (Emmerdale)|Jamie Tate]] | Alexander Lincoln || rowspan="6"| 1996–1999, 2019– |- | Bradley White |- | Oliver Carroll |- | Sam Silson |- | Elliott Suckley |- | Jake Meays |- | [[Marlon Dingle]] || [[Mark Charnock]] || 1996– |- | [[Paddy Kirk]] || [[Dominic Brunt]] || 1997– |- | rowspan="3"| [[Belle Dingle]] | [[Eden Taylor-Draper]] || rowspan="3"| 1998– |- | Emily Mather |- | James Mather |- | [[Diane Sugden]] || [[Elizabeth Estensen]] || 1999– |- | [[Cain Dingle]] || [[Jeff Hordley]] || 2000–2006, 2009– |- | [[Charity Dingle]] || [[Emma Atkins]] || 2000–2005, 2009– |- | [[Bob Hope (Emmerdale)|Bob Hope]] || [[Tony Audenshaw]] || 2000– |- | [[Rodney Blackstock]] || [[Patrick Mower]] || 2000– |- | [[Nicola King]] || [[Nicola Wheeler]] || 2001– |- | [[Rhona Goskirk]] || [[Zoe Henry]] || 2001–2002, 2010– |- | rowspan="3"| [[Gabby Thomas]] | [[Rosie Bentham]] || rowspan="3"| 2001– |- | Annelise Manojlovic |- | Jemma Giles |- | [[Laurel Thomas]] || [[Charlotte Bellamy]] || 2002– |- | [[Chas Dingle]] || [[Lucy Pargeter]] || 2002– |- | [[Debbie Dingle]] || [[Charley Webb]] || 2002– |- | [[Pearl Ladderbanks]] || [[Meg Johnson]] || 2003– |- |rowspan= "2" |[[Aaron Livesy|Aaron Dingle]]||[[Danny Miller (actor)|Danny Miller]] || rowspan = "2" | 2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014– |- | Danny Webb |- | [[Jimmy King (Emmerdale)|Jimmy King]] || [[Nick Miles]] || 2004– |- | rowspan="3"| [[Noah Dingle]] | Jack Downham || rowspan="3"| 2004–2005, 2009– |- | Sam Duffy |- | Alfie Mortimer |- | rowspan="5"| [[Sarah Sugden (2005 character)|Sarah Sugden]] || Katie Hill || rowspan="5"| 2005– |- | Sophia Amber Moore |- | Amber Child-Cavill |- | Lucy Warren |- | Lily-May Bartley |- | [[David Metcalfe]] || [[Matthew Wolfenden]] || 2006– |- | [[Douglas Potts]] || [[Duncan Preston]] || 2007–2011, 2014– |- | [[Brenda Walker (Emmerdale)|Brenda Walker]] || [[Lesley Dunlop]] || 2008– |- | [[Leyla Harding]] || [[Roxy Shahidi]] || 2008–2011, 2013– |- | [[Moira Barton]] || [[Natalie J. Robb]] || 2009– |- | rowspan="2"| [[Matty Barton]] | Ash Palmisciano || rowspan="2"| 2009–2012, 2018– |- | [[Grace Cassidy]] |- | [[Jai Sharma]] || [[Chris Bisson]] || 2009– |- | rowspan="2"|[[Priya Sharma]] | [[Fiona Wade]] || rowspan="2"| 2009– |- | Effie Woods |- | [[Jacob Gallagher]] || Joe-Warren Plant || 2010– |- | rowspan="2"| [[Amy Wyatt]] | Natalie Ann Jamieson || rowspan="2"| 2010–2013, 2019– |- | [[Chelsea Halfpenny]] |- | [[Rishi Sharma]] || [[Bhasker Patel]] || 2011– |- | [[Amelia Spencer]] || Daisy Campbell || 2011– |- | [[Dan Spencer (Emmerdale)|Dan Spencer]] || [[Liam Fox (actor)|Liam Fox]] || 2011– |- | [[Kerry Wyatt]] || [[Laura Norton]] || 2012– |- | [[Vanessa Woodfield]] || [[Michelle Hardwick]] || 2012– |- | [[Harriet Finch]] || Katherine Dow Blyton || 2013– |- | [[Pete Barton]] || [[Anthony Quinlan]] || 2013–2020 |- | [[Liam Cavanagh]] || Jonny McPherson || 2014– |- | [[Tracy Shankley]] || [[Amy Walsh (actress)|Amy Walsh]] || 2014– |- | [[Liv Flaherty]] || [[Isobel Steele]] || 2016– |- | [[Lydia Hart (Emmerdale)|Lydia Hart]] || Karen Blick || 2016− |- | [[Graham Foster (Emmerdale)|Graham Foster]] || [[Andrew Scarborough]] || 2017–2020 |- | [[Leanna Cavanagh]] || [[Mimi Slinger]] || 2018– |- | [[Dawn Taylor (Emmerdale)|Dawn Taylor]] || Olivia Bromley || 2018− |- | [[Ryan Stocks]] || James Moore || 2018– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)#Manpreet Sharma|Manpreet Sharma]] || Rebecca Sarker || 2018– |- | [[Billy Fletcher]] || Jay Kontzle || 2018– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Vinny|Vinny]] || Bradley Johnson || 2019– |- | [[Bear Wolf (Emmerdale)|Bear Wolf]] || Joshua Richards || 2019– |- | [[Will Taylor (Emmerdale)|Will Taylor]] || [[Dean Andrews]] || 2019– |- | [[Nate Robinson (Emmerdale)|Nate Robinson]] || Jurell Carter || 2019– |- | [[Andrea Tate]] || Anna Nightingale || 2019– |- | [[Wendy Posner]] || [[Susan Cookson]] || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Al Chapman|Al Chapman]] || [[Michael Wildman]] || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Luke Posner|Luke Posner]] || Max Parker || 2019– |- |} ===Recurring and guest characters=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="200" scope="col" |Character !width="200"|Actor(s) !width="280"|Duration |- | [[PC Mike Swirling]] || Andy Moore || 2004– |- | rowspan="4"| [[Samson Dingle]] || Sam Hall || rowspan="4"| 2006– |- | Bradley Milnes |- | Ben Shooter |- | Charlie Pell |- | rowspan="2"| [[Cathy Hope]] || Gabrielle Dowling || rowspan="2"| 2007– |- | Ella Whitehouse-Downes |- | rowspan="2"| [[Heath Hope]] || Sebastian Dowling || rowspan="2"| 2007– |- | Lilith Kitching |- | rowspan="3"| [[Arthur Thomas (Emmerdale)|Arthur Thomas]] || [[Alfie Clarke (actor)|Alfie Clarke]] || rowspan="3"| 2007– |- | Billy Harrower |- | Luis Townley |- | rowspan="2"| [[Angelica King]] || Rebecca Bakes || rowspan="2"| 2009– |- | Sophie Firth |- | rowspan="3"| [[Elliot Windsor]] || Luca Hoyle || rowspan="3"| 2011–2012, 2016– |- | Jackson Charles Cummins |- | Oliver Brooke |- | rowspan="3"| [[Leo Goskirk]] || Harvey Rogerson || rowspan="3"| 2011– |- | Theo Tasker |- | Harry Whittaker |- | rowspan="2"| [[Kyle Wyatt|Kyle Winchester]] || Huey Quinn || rowspan="2"| 2011, 2013, 2015– |- | Molly and Isaac Ainsworth |- | [[Jack Sugden (2012 character)|Jack Sugden]] || Seth Ball || 2012– |- | rowspan="3"| [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)|Archie Breckle]] || Kai Assi || rowspan="3"| 2012–2015, 2019– |- | Liyana Shahzad |- | Aadam Wahab Shahzad |- | [[April Windsor]] || [[Amelia Flanagan]] || 2014– |- | rowspan="3"| [[Amba Metcalfe]] || Ava Jayasinghe || rowspan="3"| 2014– |- | Hope |- | Mika-Rose |- | [[Carl Holliday]] || Charlie Joyce || 2014, 2016– |- | [[Moses Dingle]] || Arthur Cockroft || 2015– |- | [[Johnny Woodfield]] || Luca Hepworth || 2015– |- | rowspan="2"| [[Dotty Thomas]] || Tilly-Rue Foster || rowspan="2"| 2016− |- | Ellerie Carroll |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2016)#DS Jason Wise|DS Jason Wise]] || Neil Roberts || 2016–2017, 2019− |- | [[Isaac Dingle]] || Bobby Dunsmuir || 2017– |- | rowspan="2"| [[Sebastian White (Emmerdale)|Sebastian White]] || Opie Atkinson || rowspan="2"| 2017– |- | Lily Westmoreland |- | [[Irene Stocks]] || Eithne Browne || 2018– |- | [[Millie Tate]] || Willow Bell || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Danny Harrington|Danny Harrington]] || Louis Healy || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Eve Dingle|Eve Dingle]] || Billy and Bonnie Clement || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Terry|Terry]] || [[René Zagger]] || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Beth Finn|Beth Finn]] || Jasmine Percival || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Agatha Finn|Agatha Finn]] || [[Judith Barker]] || 2019– |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Sean|Sean]] || Mark Holgate || 2019– |- |} ==Cast changes== ===Departing characters=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:200px;" scope="col"|Character ! style="width:200px;"|Actor ! style="width:140px;"|Departure date ! Ref(s) |- | [[Graham Foster (2017 character)|Graham Foster]] || [[Andrew Scarborough]] || January 2020 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/soaps/emmerdale/2019-11-04/emmerdale-graham-exit-death/|title=Will Emmerdale's Graham die? 5 suspects who might kill Kim Tate's right-hand man|last=Simper|first=Paul|date=4 November 2019|work=[[Radio Times]]|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a30078847/emmerdale-spoilers-who-kills-graham-foster/|title=Emmerdale confirms murder mystery as Graham Foster leaves the show|last=Mustafa|first=Filiz|date=3 December 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> |- | [[Pete Barton]] || [[Anthony Quinlan]] || 2020 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a29320142/emmerdale-anthony-quinlan-pete-barton-exit-confirmed/|title=Emmerdale writer addresses Anthony Quinlan's exit as Pete Barton|last=Lee|first=Jess|date=1 October 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref> |- |} === Returning characters === {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:200px;" scope="col"|Character ! style="width:200px;"|Actor ! style="width:140px;"|Return date ! Ref(s) |- | [[Ellis Chapman (Emmerdale)|Ellis Chapman]] || Aaron Anthony || 12 December 2019 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/emmerdale-character-ellis-chapman-aaron-anthony-919623|title=Emmerdale character Ellis Chapman with Aaron Anthony|date=7 November 2019|website=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a30117611/emmerdale-spoilers-ellis-chapman-makes-his-return/|title=Emmerdale spoiler: Ellis Chapman makes his return|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=3 December 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref> |- |} <!--===Future characters=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:200px;" scope="col" | Character ! style="width:200px;" | Actor ! style="width:140px;" | Arrival date ! Ref(s) |- |}--> ==Past characters== {{Main|List of past Emmerdale characters}} ==Lists of characters by year of introduction== {{Div col|colwidth=7em}} {{plainlist| #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–73)|1972–73]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1974)|1974]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1975)|1975]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1976)|1976]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1977)|1977]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1978)|1978]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1979)|1979]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1980)|1980]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1981)|1981]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1982)|1982]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1983)|1983]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1984)|1984]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1985)|1985]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1986)|1986]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1987)|1987]] #[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1988)|1988]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1989)|1989]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1990)|1990]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1991)|1991]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1992)|1992]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1993)|1993]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)|1994]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1995)|1995]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1996)|1996]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1997)|1997]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1998)|1998]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (1999)|1999]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2000)|2000]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2001)|2001]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2002)|2002]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2003)|2003]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2004)|2004]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2005)|2005]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2006)|2006]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2007)|2007]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2008)|2008]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2009)|2009]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2010)|2010]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)|2011]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)|2012]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)|2013]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)|2014]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2015)|2015]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2016)|2016]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2017)|2017]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)|2018]] #[[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)|2019]] }} {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/characters/ Characters and cast] at [[itv.com]] * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068069/fullcredits#cast Characters and cast] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2011}} {{Emmerdale}} {{Emmerdale characters}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Emmerdale'' characters}} [[Category:Lists of Emmerdale characters| ]]'