Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2019, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is (Cassie Bradley), an acquaintance of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), in January, followed by the birth of , the son of Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn) and (Luca Malacrino) a hairdresser who applies for a job at Trim Up North. (Piotr Baumann), a builder working for Gary Windass (Mikey North), first appears in March, followed by (Ruxandra Porojnicu), a love interest for Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), in April. The Bailey family - consisting of brothers (Nathan Graham) and (Ryan Russell), their father (Trevor Michael Georges) and mother (Lorna Laidlaw) - are introduced in June, as well as (Millie Gibson), the daughter of Rick Neelan (Greg Wood). (Mark Frost) arrives in July, as well as (Jane Hazlegrove), the mother of Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) and Paul Foreman (Peter Ash). Gary's client (Craige Els) first appeared in August. Bernie's ex-boyfriend (Joseph Alessi) and Hope Stape's (Isabella Flanagan) teaching assistant (Lottie Henshall) arrive in September. Gemma's quadruplets are born in October. (Mollie Gallagher), the long-lost niece of Roy Cropper (David Neilson), arrives in November. Additionally, multiple appear throughout the year.