Emmerdale is a British soap opera first broadcast on 12 January 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2022, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Jane Hudson. (Darcy Grey) was introduced in February as the son of Pierce Harris (Jonathan Wrather). He was followed by (Louise Jameson), the mother of Rhona Goskirk (Zoë Henry), in March. Additionally, multiple appeared in 2022.