Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that have appeared or will appear in the serial in 2018, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive producer, Bryan Kirkwood. The first characters to be introduced were (Susie Amy) and (Aedan Duckworth/Gabriel Clark), the estranged wife and son of Luke Morgan (Gary Lucy). (Nathan Sussex), the father of Damon Kinsella (Jacob Roberts), was also introduced in January. (Matt Kennard), the brother of Milo Entwistle (Nathan Morris), (Mollie Lambert), the homeless friend of Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell), and (Rupert Hill), the son of Ben Bradley (Ben Richards), made their debut in April. (Moya Brady) and (David Tag), the mother and brother of Goldie McQueen (Chelsee Healey), and (Anu Hasan), the sister of Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi), first appeared in June. July features the arrivals of (Lucy-Jo Hudson), her son, (Owen Warner), Brooke Hathaway (Tylan Grant), a foster child for the Osborne family, and (Rukku Nahar), the sister of Neeta Kaur (Amrit Maghera), as well as the appearance of (Nitin Patel). (Kéllé Bryan), the sister of Simone Loveday (Jacqueline Boatswain), debuts in October. Three characters were introduced in November: (Kyle Pryor), the husband of Sinead O'Connor (Stephanie Davis), (Niamh Blackshaw), Donna-Marie's daughter, and (Ray Quinn), a radicalist who befriends Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson). Simone and Martine's father, (Trevor A. Toussaint), joins the soap in December. Additionally, multiple appear throughout the year.