The main cast of Emmerdale in 1979 .
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
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
Joe Tate
Oliver Young (1995-2005)Ned Porteous (2017-2018)
1995-2004, 2005, 2017-2018
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 ]] (2009-2012)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
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
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
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
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
Ross Barton
Michael Parr
2013-2018
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
First appeared in the 2020s [ ]
See also [ ]