List of past regular characters

This is a list of past Emmerdale regular characters, ordered in alphabetical order by first name, from 1972 to the present.
Also listed are the actors that played them, along with how long they were in the show. Please note that past minor characters, such as Thomas King and Leonard Kempinski, aren't included here. This list only includes regular cast members.
This includes the majority of characters from the series when it was known as Emmerdale Farm.
==First appeared in the 1970s==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Alison Gibbons 	Carolyn Moody 	1973-1974
Amos Brearly 	Ronald Magill 	1972-1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Annie Sugden 	Sheila Mercier 	1972-1994, 1995, 1996, 2009
Christine Sharp 	Angela Cheyne 	1973-1974, 1976
Diana Prescott 	Zibba Mays 	1974
Dolly Skilbeck 	Katharine Barker (1977-1979)Jean Rogers (1980-1991) 	1977-1979, 1980-1991
Donald Hinton 	Hugh Manning 	1977-1979, 1980-1989, 1993
Dryden Hogben 	Roy Boyd 	1974
Edward Ruskin 	George Little 	1973-1975, 1983
Frank Blakey 	Eric Allan 	1972-1974
George Verney 	Patrick Holt 	1973-1974
Henry Wilks 	Arthur Pentelow 	1972-1991
Jack Sugden 	Andrew Burt (1972-1976)Clive Hornby (1980-2008) 	1972-1973, 1976, 1980-1988, 1989-2008
Jackie Merrick 	Unknown (1972)Ian Sharrock (1980-1989) 	1972, 1980-1989
James Bonfils 	Tom Browne 	1974-1975
Janie Harker 	Diane Grayson (1972-1974)Lesley Duff (1986) 	1972-1974, 1986
Joe Sugden 	Frazer Hines 	1972-1983, 1984-1985, 1986-1994
Judy Westrop 	Jane Cussons 	1979-1980
Kathy Davis 	Polly Hemingway 	1974, 1975-1977
Kitty Ferris 	Katherine Iddon 	1979
Lena Dawkins 	Lorraine Peters 	1973-1976
Liz Ruskin 	Daphne Green 	1973-1975
Marian Rosetti 	Gail Harrison (1972-1978)Debbi Blythe (1987-1988) 	1972-1973, 1974-1975, 1978, 1987, 1988
Matt Skilbeck 	Frederick Pyne 	1972-1989
Maurice Westrop 	Edward Dentith 	1979-1980
Norah Norris 	Barbara Ashcroft 	1974-1975
Pat Sugden 	Lynn Dalby (1972-1974)Helen Weir (1980-1986) 	1972, 1974, 1980-1986
Peggy Skilbeck 	Jo Kendall 	1972-1973
Rosemary Kendall	Lesley Manville 	1975-1976
Sam Pearson 	Toke Townley 	1972-1984
Sandie Merrick 	Jenny Mayors-Clark (1972)Jane Hutcheson (1980-1989) 	1972, 1980-1983, 1984-1989
Seth Armstrong 	Stan Richards 	1978, 1979, 1980-2003, 2004
Tom Merrick 	David Hill (1972)Edward Peel (1980-1982)Jack Carr (1984-1988)	1972, 1980-1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988
William Hockley 	Jonathan Newth 	1977
==First appeared in the 1980s==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	1982-2009, 2010-2013
Archie Brooks 	Tony Pitts 	1983-1985, 1986-1989, 1990-1993
Barbara Peters 	Rosie Kerslake 	1983
Bill Middleton 	Johnny Caesar 	1984-1994
Bill Whiteley 	Teddy Turner 	1989-1990
Caroline Bates 	Diana Davies 	1984-1989, 1990-1993, 1994-1996, 1997, 1999
Chris Tate 	Peter Amory 	1989-2003
David Hughes 	Martyn Whitby 	1989-1990
Denis Rigg 	Richard Franklin 	1988-1989
Derek Warner 	Freddie Fletcher (1980-1984)Dennis Blanch (1985-1986) 	1980, 1984, 1985-1986
Frank Tate 	Norman Bowler 	1989-1997
Harry Mowlam 	Godfrey James 	1983-1984, 1985-1986
Jock MacDonald 	Drew Dawson 	1981, 1983-1990
Karen Moore 	Annie Hulley 	1984-1986
Kate Sugden 	Sally Knyvette 	1988-1990, 1991
Kathy Brookman 	Malandra Burrows 	1985-2001, 2005
Lynn Whiteley 	Fionnuala Ellwood 	1989-1990, 1991-1994
Mark Hughes 	Craig McKay 	1988-1994
Mike Conrad 	Martin Barrass 	1983-1985
Nick Bates 	Cy Chadwick 	1985-1996, 1999
Pete Whiteley 	Jim Millea 	1989-1990
Phil Pearce 	Peter Alexander 	1986-1989
Rachel Hughes 	Glenda McKay 	1988-1999
Richard Anstey 	Carl Rigg 	1980-1981
Robert Sugden 	Richard Smith (1986-1989)Christopher Smith (1989-2001)Karl Davies (2001-2005, 2009)Ryan Hawley (2014-2019)	1986-2005, 2009, 2014-2019
Ruth Pennington	Julia Chambers 	1987-1988
Samuel Skilbeck	Benjamin Whitehead 	1982-1991
Sarah Sugden 	Madeleine Howard (1988-1994)Alyson Spiro (1994-2000) 	1988, 1989-2000
Sita Sharma 	Mamta Kash 	1985-1986
Terence Turner 	Stephen Marchant (1985)Nick Brimble (2006) 	1985, 2006
Zoe Tate 	Leah Bracknell 	1989-2005
== First appeared in the 1990s ==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Albert Dingle 	Bobby Knutt 	1995-1997, 2004
Alice Bates 	Kimberly Hewitt (1991-1994)Rachel Tolboys (1994-2001) 	1991-1999, 2001
Andy Sugden 	Kelvin Fletcher 	1996-2016
Angharad McAllister	Amanda Wenban 	1993-1995
Angie Reynolds 	Freya Copeland 	1999-2002
Anthony Cairns 	Edward Peel 	1997-1998
Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	1996-2017, 2018
Bernard McAllister 	Brendan Price 	1993-1995
Bernice Blackstock 	Samantha Giles 	1999-2002, 2004, 2012-2019, 2021-2023
Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	1994-2015
Biff Fowler 	Stuart Wade 	1994-1999, 2005
Billy Hopwood 	David Crellin 	1997, 1998, 2003, 2006-2007
Britt Woods 	Michelle Holmes 	1995
Butch Dingle 	Paul Loughran 	1994-2000
Carol Nelson 	Philomena McDonagh 	1991-1993
Charlie Aindow 	David Fleeshman 	1990-1992
Charlotte Cairns 	Sarah Graham 	1997
Claudia Nash 	Susan Duerden 	1999-2000
David Glover 	Ian Kelsey 	1994-1997
Dee de la Cruz 	Claudia Malkovich 	1997-1998
Diane Sugden 	Elizabeth Estensen 	1999-2021, 2022
Dolores Sharp 	Samantha Hurst 	1994-1995
Donna Windsor 	Sophie Jeffrey (1993-1997)Verity Rushworth (1998-2014)	1993-1997, 1998-2009, 2014
Elizabeth Pollard 	Kate Dove 	1990-1993
Elsa Chappell 	Naomi Lewis (1990-1994)Natasha Gray (1999-2001) 	1990-1991, 1993-1994, 1999, 2001
Emily Kirk 	Kate McGregor 	1999-2005, 2006-2007, 2008
Emma Cairns 	Rebecca Loudonsack 	1997-1998
Emma Nightingale 	Rachel Ambler 	1995-1996, 2004
Frankie Smith 	Gina Aris (1999)Madeleine Bowyer (2000-2001) 	1999, 2000-2001
Gavin Ferris 	Robert Beck 	1999
Geri Cairns 	Georgina Annett & Anna Cunningham 	1997
Graham Clark 	Kevin Pallister 	1998-2000
Heather Hutchinson 	Siobhan Finneran 	1998
Jan Glover 	Roberta Kerr 	1994-1998
Jason Kirk 	James Carlton 	1999-2002
Jayesh Parmar 	John Leary 	1992-1993
Jessica McAllister 	Camilla Power 	1993-1995
Kelly Windsor 	Adele Silva 	1993-2000, 2005-2007, 2011
Kirsty Hutchinson 	Anne-Marie Jowett 	1997, 1998
Laura Johnstone 	Louise Beattie 	1998-2000
Linda Fowler 	Tonicha Jeronimo 	1994-1997
Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	1996-2018, 2019
Lorraine Nelson 	Nicola Strong 	1992-1993
Luke McAllister 	Noah Huntley 	1993-1995
Lyn Hutchinson 	Sally Walsh 	1997-2000
Marc Reynolds 	Anthony Lewis 	1999-2002, 2007
Michael Feldmann 	Matthew Vaughan 	1990-1994, 2010-2011
Ned Glover 	Johnny Leeze 	1994-1999, 2000
Neil Kincaid 	Brian Deacon 	1992-1993
Nellie Dingle 	Sandra Gough (1995)Maggie Tagney (2000) 	1995, 2000
Ollie Reynolds 	Vicky Binns 	1999-2003
Pete Collins 	Kirk Smith 	1999-2000
Peter Whiteley 	Sam Walker 	1990, 1991-1994
Rebecca Cairns 	Sarah Neville 	1997-1998
Richie Carter 	Glenn Lamont 	1999-2001, 2007
Roy Glover 	Nicky Evans 	1994-2000
Sangeeta Parmar 	Razia McGann 	1992-1993
Scott Windsor 	Toby Cockerell (1993-1996)Ben Freeman (1998-2007) 	1993-1996, 1998-2007
Sean Reynolds 	Stephen McGann 	1999-2002
Sean Rossi 	Mark Cameron 	1996, 1997
Shirley Turner 	Rachel Davies 	1993-1994
Sophie Wright 	Jane Cameron 	1996-1997
Stella Jones 	Stephanie Schonfield 	1998-1999
Steve Marchant 	Paul Opacic 	1996-1999
Susan Wilde 	Louise Heaney 	1996
Tara Thornfield 	Anna Brecon 	1997-1998, 2000-2002, 2007
Terry Woods 	Billy Hartman 	1995-2011
Tina Dingle 	Jacqueline Pirie 	1994-1996
Tom Bainbridge 	Jeremy Turner-Welch 	1996-1997
Tony Charlton 	Stephen Rashbrook 	1990-1991
Tricia Dingle 	Sheree Murphy 	1998-2004
Vic Windsor 	Alun Lewis 	1993-1998
Viv Hope 	Deena Payne 	1993-2008, 2009-2011
Will Cairns 	Paul Fox 	1997-1999
Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	1994-2002, 2003-2023
==First appeared in the 2000s==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Adam Barton 	Adam Thomas 	2009-2018
Adam Forrester 	Tim Vincent 	2000-2001
Adam Forsythe 	Richard Shelton 	2005-2006
Adele Allfrey 	Tanya Vital 	2008-2010
Alice Dingle 	Ursula Holden-Gill 	2004-2006
Alistair Marsden 	Danny Tennant 	2003
Andrew Forbes 	Mark Elstob 	2001-2002
Anna De Souza 	Emma Davies 	2008-2009
Bev Mansfield 	Sarah Malin 	2000-2001
Brian Addyman 	Martin Reeve 	2001-2003, 2004
Callum Rennie 	Andrew Whipp 	2004-2005
Carl King 	Tom Lister 	2004-2012
Carlos Diaz 	Gary Turner 	2000-2001, 2004
Carly Hope 	Unknown (2001)Rebecca Ryan (2006)Gemma Atkinson (2015-2017) 	2001, 2006, 2015-2017
Carol Wareing 	Helen Pearson 	2000-2001
Carrie Nicholls 	Linda Lusardi 	2007-2008
Chloe Atkinson 	Amy Nuttall 	2000-2005
Craig Calder 	Jason Hain 	2001-2002
Cynthia Daggert 	Kay Purcell 	2001-2002
Daniel Thomas 	Rachel Moonie 	2007-2008
Danny Daggert 	Cleveland Campbell 	2001-2006, 2007
Darren Eden 	Luke Tittensor 	2003-2009
David Metcalfe 	Matthew Wolfenden 	2006-2023
Dawn Woods 	Julia Mallam 	2003-2006
Debbie Dingle 	Charley Webb 	2002-2016, 2017-2019, 2020-2021
Delilah Dingle 	Hayley Tamaddon 	2005-2007
Donald De Souza 	Michael Jayston 	2007-2008
Doug Potts 	Duncan Preston 	2007-2011, 2014-2020
Duke Woods 	Dicken Ashworth 	2007-2008
Ed Wills 	James Midgley 	2001
Edna Birch 	Shirley Stelfox 	2000-2015
Elaine Marsden 	Samantha McCarthy 	2003
Eli Dingle 	Joseph Gilgun 	2006-2010
Ethan Blake 	Liam O'Brien 	2003-2005, 2006
Eve Jenson 	Raine Davison (2001-2006)Suzanne Shaw (2010-2011) 	2001-2002, 2006, 2010-2011
Faith Dingle 	Gillian Jephcott (2000-2004)Sally Dexter (2017-2022) 	2000, 2004, 2017-2019, 2021-2022
Faye Lamb 	Kim Thomson 	2009-2011
Frances Marsden 	Sandy Walsh 	2003
Gennie Walker 	Sian Reese-Williams 	2008−2013
Gloria Weaver 	Janice McKenzie 	2000-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Grace Barraclough 	Glynis Barber 	2006-2007
Grayson Sinclair 	Christopher Villiers 	2006-2008
Greg Doland 	Shaun Prendergast 	2007-2008
Hari Prasad 	John Nayagam 	2005-2007
Heath Hope 	Lilith Kitching (2007)Sebastian Dowling (2007-2024) 	2007-2024
Hilary Potts 	Paula Wilcox 	2007-2008
Holly Barton 	Sophie Powles 	2009-2012, 2016
Ivan Jones 	Daniel Brocklebank 	2005-2006
Jake Doland 	James Baxter 	2007-2009
Jamie Hope 	Alex Carter 	2006-2010
Jarvis Skelton 	Richard Moore 	2002-2005
Jasmine Thomas 	Jenna-Louise Coleman 	2005-2009
Jean Hope 	Julie Higginson (2003-2004)Susan Penhaligon (2006) 	2003-2004, 2006
Jean Tate 	Megan Pearson 	2003-2005
Jerry Mackinley 	Rob Dixon 	2002-2003
Jess Weston 	Ruth Abram 	2001-2002
Jo Stiles 	Roxanne Pallett 	2005-2008
Joe Fisher 	Edward Baker-Duly 	2000-2001
John Barton 	James Thornton 	2009-2012
Jonny Foster 	Richard Grieve 	2007-2008, 2009
Katie Sugden 	Sammy Winward 	2001−2005, 2006−2015
Kayleigh Gibbs 	Lily Jane Stead 	2005-2007, 2008, 2009-2010
Kirk Daggert 	Alexander Fothergill 	2001-2002
Latisha Daggert 	Danielle Henry 	2001-2002, 2006
Lee Naylor 	Lewis Linford 	2008-2009
Len Reynolds 	Peter Martin 	2001-2007
Lesley Meredith 	Sherrie Hewson 	2004, 2005-2006
Lexi King 	Sally Oliver 	2007-2009
Lily Butterfield 	Anne Charleston 	2006, 2007-2009
Lizzie Lakely 	Kitty McGeever 	2009-2013
Louise Appleton 	Emily Symons 	2001-2008
Lucy Calder 	Elspeth Brodie 	2001-2002
Maggie Calder 	Dee Whitehead 	2001-2002
Maisie Wylde 	Alice Coulthard 	2009-2011
Mark Wylde 	Maxwell Caulfield 	2009-2010
Martin Crowe 	Graeme Hawley 	2004-2006
Matthew King 	Matt Healy 	2004-2008
Max King 	Charlie Kemp 	2005
Melanie Doland 	Caroline Strong 	2007-2008
Mick Naylor 	Tony Haygarth 	2008-2009
Miles De Souza 	Ayden Callaghan 	2007-2008
Natasha Wylde 	Amanda Donohoe 	2009-2010
Nathan Wylde 	Lyndon Ogbourne 	2009-2010
Nick Henshall 	Michael McKell 	2008-2009, 2010-2011
Nikhil Sharma 	Rik Makarem 	2009-2013, 2015-2016
Olena Petrovich 	Carolin Stoltz 	2009-2010
Paul Lambert 	Mathew Bose 	2004−2009, 2010, 2015
Paul Marsden 	Matthew Booth 	2003-2004
Pearl Ladderbanks 	Meg Johnson 	2003-2020
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair	Georgia Slowe 	2006-2008
Phil Weston 	Mark Jardine 	2001-2002
Priya Kotecha 	Effie Woods]] (2009-2010)Fiona Wade (2011-2023) 	2009-2010, 2011-2023
Ray Mullan 	Seamus Gubbins 	2001-2002
Ronnie Marsden 	Ray Ashcroft 	2003
Rosemary King 	Linda Thorson 	2006-2007
Ross Kirk 	Samuel Anderson 	2007-2009
Ryan Lamb 	James Sutton 	2009-2011
Sadie King 	Patsy Kensit 	2004-2006
Sally Spode 	Sian Reeves 	2009-2010
Sandy Thomas 	Freddie Jones 	2005-2018
Scarlett Nicholls 	Kelsey-Beth Crossley 	2007-2011, 2012
Shadrach Dingle 	Andy Devine 	2000, 2002, 2003-2010, 2017
Shane Doyle 	Paul McEwan 	2008
Shelly Williams 	Carolyn Pickles 	2003-2004, 2005
Simon Meredith 	Dale Meeks 	2003-2006
Siobhan Marsden 	Abigail Fisher 	2003-2004
Steph Stokes 	Lorraine Chase 	2002−2006, 2013
Sydney Woolfe 	Nathan Gladwell 	2002-2004
TJ Woods 	Connor Lee 	2003-2011
Thomas King 	Jack Ferguson (2004-2007)Connor Hill (2009-2010)Mark Flanagan (2012-2013)James Chase (2023-2024)	2004-2006, 2007, 2009-2010, 2012-2013, 2023-2024
Tom King 	Ken Farrington 	2004-2006
Tonicha Daggert 	Kerry Stacey 	2005-2007
Val Pollard 	Charlie Hardwick 	2004-2015, 2017
Virginia West 	Bridget Fry 	2000-2001
Will Wylde 	Oscar Lloyd 	2009-2011
==First appeared in the 2010s==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Alex Moss 	Kurtis Stacey 	2011-2012
Al Chapman 	Michael Wildman 	2019-2022
Ali Spencer 	Kelli Hollis 	2011-2015
Alicia Metcalfe	Natalie Anderson 	2010−2015
Amba Metcalfe 	Ava Jayasinghe 	2014-2023
Amelia Spencer 	Daisy Campbell 	2011-2024
Andrea Tate 	Anna Nightingale 	2019-2021
Cameron Murray 	Dominic Power 	2011-2013
Chrissie White 	Louise Marwood 	2014-2018
Dan Spencer 	Liam Fox 	2011-2023
Daz Spencer 	Mark Jordon 	2014, 2017-2019, 2024
Declan Macey 	Jason Merrells 	2010-2014
Derek Benrose 	Stephen Bent 	2010-2011
Dermot Macey 	Frank Kelly 	2010-2011
Dom Andrews 	Wil Johnson 	2012-2014
Ellis Chapman 	Asan N'Jie (2018-2019)Aaron Anthony (2019-2022) 	2018-2022
Eliza Macey 	Kyrena Robinson 	2016-2019
Ella Hart 	Corrinne Wicks 	2010-2011
Emma Barton 	Gillian Kearney 	2015-2017
Finn Barton 	Joe Gill 	2013-2017
Frank Clayton 	Michael Praed 	2016-2019
Gemma Andrews 	Tendai Rinomhota 	2012-2014, 2015
Georgia Sharma 	Trudie Goodwin (2011-2015)Lin Blakley (2023) 	2011-2015, 2023
Gerry Roberts 	Shaun Thomas 	2017-2018
Graham Foster 	Andrew Scarborough 	2017-2020
Harriet Finch 	Katherine Dow Blyton 	2013-2022
Hazel Rhodes 	Pauline Quirke 	2010-2012
Jack Sugden Jr.	Louis Webster (2012)Seth Ball (2012-2019) 	2012-2019
Jackson Walsh 	Marc Silcock 	2010-2011
James Barton 	Bill Ward 	2013-2016, 2017
Jermaine Bailey	Micah Balfour 	2015-2016
Jessie Dingle 	Sandra Marvin 	2017-2019
Joanie Dingle 	Denise Black 	2013, 2015-2017
Jude Watson 	Andy Wear 	2011-2014
Kirin Kotecha 	Adam Fielding 	2014-2016
Lachlan White 	Thomas Atkinson 	2014-2018, 2019
Lawrence White 	John Bowe 	2014-2018
Leanna Cavanagh	Mimi Slinger 	2018-2021
Liv Dingle 	Isobel Steele 	2016-2022
Luke Posner 	Max Parker 	2019-2021
Maya Stepney 	Louisa Clein 	2018-2019
Megan Macey 	Gaynor Faye 	2012-2019
Mia Macey 	Sapphire Elia 	2010-2011
Molly Sharma 	Maia Rose Smith (2012-2014)Unknown (2015-2016) 	2012-2013, 2014, 2015-2016
Nate Robinson 	Jurell Carter 	2019-2024
Pete Barton 	Anthony Quinlan 	2013-2020
Pierce Harris 	Jonathan Wrather 	2016-2017, 2020
Rachel Breckle 	Gemma Oaten 	2011-2014, 2015
Rakesh Kotecha 	Pasha Bocarie 	2014-2017
Rebecca White 	Emily Head 	2016-2018
Rishi Sharma 	Bhasker Patel 	2011-2023
Robbie Lawson 	Jamie Shelton 	2012-2014
Ronnie Hale 	John McArdle 	2016-2017
Roz Fielding 	Kirsty-Leigh Porter 	2010-2011, 2012
Ruby Haswell 	Alicya Eyo 	2011-2015
Sean Spencer 	Luke Roskell 	2011-2014
Sebastian White	Lily Westmoreland (2017-2019)Unknown (2019) 	2017-2019
Steve Harland 	Tom Mannion 	2012-2013
Theo Metcalfe 	Talitha Taylor (2019-2020)Eve Rowlinski (2019-2020)Beau Ronnie Newton (2021-2023)	2019-2023
Will Taylor 	Dean Andrews 	2019-2024
==First appeared in the 2020s==
Character 	Actor 	Duration
Ben Tucker 	Simon Lennon 	2020-2021
Chloe Harris 	Jessie Elland 	2021-2023
Esther Spencer	Florence Mae Dyson (2022-2024)Ella Kenny (2024)	2022-2024
Marcus Dean 	Darcy Grey 	2022-2023
Meena Jutla 	Paige Sandhu 	2020-2022
Naomi Walters 	Karene Peter 	2022-2023
Nicky Miligan 	Lewis Cope 	2022-2024
Paul Ashdale 	Reece Dinsdale 	2020-2021
Reuben Harris 	Sebastian Kenneth Downes 	2023
Suni Sharma 	Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana 	2023-2024
==See also==
*List of current characters
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