Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the serial in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive producer, Bryan Kirkwood. The first character to be introduced was (James Fletcher) – the estranged son of established character Trevor Royle (Greg Wood), who made his first appearance in early January. Shortly following, in late January, was the younger sister of Porsche (Twinnie Lee Moore) and Celine McQueen (Sarah George), (Nadine Rose Mulkerrin). In February, the "Lovedays", a small new family, were introduced, with (Jacqueline Boatswain) appearing first, followed by the rest of her family – son (Duayne Boachie) and husband (Karl Collins). April saw the arrivals of (Zöe Lucker), mother of Porsche, Celine and Cleo and younger half-sister of Myra (Nicole Barber-Lane); brothers (Joseph Cocklin) and Kyle Bigsby (Mitchell Hunt); (Ross Adams), cousin of Sinead O'Connor (Stephanie Davis) and nephew of Diane O'Connor (Alex Fletcher); and the younger sister of Lindsey (Sophie Austin) and Kim Butterfield (Daisy Wood-Davis), (Mikaela Newton). Cindy Cunningham's (Stephanie Waring) secret husband, (David Easter) and Jason Roscoe's (Alfie Browne-Sykes) police mentor, (Ben Richards) began appearing from May. Dylan's mother, (Tanya Robb), made her first appearance in June, as did Reenie's sexually abusive ex-boyfriend, (Kai Owen), and (Kiza Deen), the woman pretending to be the missing daughter of Simone and Louis, Lisa. Ben Bradley's drug-addicted daughter (Sophie Wise) made her first appearance in July, as did (Adele Silva), her husband, (Ben Faulks) and con artist (Nathan Whitfield). September saw the introductions of new villainess (Kierston Wareing), (Bruce Montague) – the abusive ex-partner of Nana McQueen (Diane Langton) and father of Porsche after raping Reenie, (Kassius Nelson), the sister of Sonia, and (Rachel Leskovac), Louis' former mistress and Simone's former co-worker. October saw Ben's ex-wife, (Kirsty Mitchell) introduced and also saw Mac's family introduced as they take over the village pub The Dog in the Pond. The "Nightingales" include Mac's children, (Jared Garfield), (Sophie Porley) and (Richard Linnell); Mac's fiancée (Amrit Maghera); and Nathan's fiancée, (Jennifer Brooke). October also saw the arrival of new transgender Hollyoaks High headteacher, (Annie Wallace). In November, (Juan Pablo Yepez), Myra's toyboy lover, arrived in Hollyoaks, following her return to the village. In December, new doctor (Tupele Dorgu) made her first appearance.