List of Emmerdale characters

Emmerdale is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed first.

Present characters
Regular characters
 Character  Actor(s)  Duration  Robert Sugden Richard Smith  1986–2005, 2009, 2014–2019, 2025–present  Christopher Smith Karl Davies Ryan Hawley Eric Pollard  Chris Chittell  1986–present   Kim Tate  Claire King  1989–1999, 2018–present       –present         –1998, 2000–present   Joe Tate  Oliver Young  1995–2005, 2017–2018, 2024–present  Ned Porteous     –2001, 2019–present       –present       –present       –present         –2005, 2009–present       –2006, 2009–present       –present       –present       –present       –2002, 2010–present       –present         –present       –present       –2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–present         –present       –2005, 2009–present         –present           −present        –present       –2012, 2018–present        –present       –present       –present       –2022, 2024–present  Ross Barton  Michael Parr  2013–2018, 2024–present      –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present       –present   John Sugden  Oliver Farnworth  2024–present  Steph Miligan  Georgia Jay  2024–present  Kammy Hadiq  Shebz Miah  2025–present  Lewis Barton  Bradley Riches  2025–present 

Recurring and guest characters
 Character  Actor(s)  Duration      −present       −present         −present        −2012, 2016−present         −present         , 2013, 2015−present         −2015, 2019−present         −present       , 2016–present       −present       –2020, 2022, 2024–present        −present        −present         −present        −present         −present         –present       –present       –present       –present     Malachi McKenzie  –present  

Cast changes

Future characters
 Character Actor  Celia  Jaye Griffiths  Ray  Joe Absolom 

Returning characters
 Character Actor  Bernice Blackstock  Samantha Giles  

Former characters

References

Other websites
 Characters and cast at itv.com
 Characters and cast at the Internet Movie Database

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