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 |
| Eric Pollard | Chris Chittell | 1986– |
| Kim Tate | Claire King | 1989–1999, 2018– |
| Victoria Sugden | Isabel Hodgins | 1994– |
| Hannah Midgley |
| Jessica Haywood |
| Zak Dingle | Steve Halliwell | 1994– |
| Sam Dingle | James Hooton | 1995–1998, 2000– |
| Mandy Dingle | Lisa Riley | 1995–2001, 2019– |
| Jamie Tate | Alexander Lincoln | 1996–1999, 2019– |
| Bradley White |
| Oliver Carroll |
| Sam Silson |
| Elliott Suckley |
| Jake Meays |
| Marlon Dingle | Mark Charnock | 1996– |
| Paddy Kirk | Dominic Brunt | 1997– |
| Belle Dingle | Eden Taylor-Draper | 1998– |
| Emily Mather |
| James Mather |
| Diane Sugden | Elizabeth Estensen | 1999– |
| Cain Dingle | Jeff Hordley | 2000–2006, 2009– |
| Charity Dingle | Emma Atkins | 2000–2005, 2009– |
| Bob Hope | Tony Audenshaw | 2000– |
| Rodney Blackstock | Patrick Mower | 2000– |
| Nicola King | Nicola Wheeler | 2001– |
| Rhona Goskirk | Zoe Henry | 2001–2002, 2010– |
| Gabby Thomas | Rosie Bentham | 2001– |
| Annelise Manojlovic |
| Jemma Giles |
| Laurel Thomas | Charlotte Bellamy | 2002– |
| Chas Dingle | Lucy Pargeter | 2002– |
| Debbie Dingle | Charley Webb | 2002– |
| Pearl Ladderbanks | Meg Johnson | 2003– |
| Aaron Dingle | Danny Miller | 2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014– |
| Danny Webb |
| Jimmy King | Nick Miles | 2004– |
| Noah Dingle | Jack Downham | 2004–2005, 2009– |
| Sam Duffy |
| Alfie Mortimer |
| Sarah Sugden Jr. | Katie Hill | 2005– |
| Sophia Amber Moore |
| Amber Child-Cavill |
| Lucy Warren |
| Lily-May Bartley |
| David Metcalfe | Matthew Wolfenden | 2006– |
| Brenda Walker | Lesley Dunlop | 2008– |
| Leyla Harding | Roxy Shahidi | 2008–2011, 2013– |
| Moira Barton | Natalie J. Robb | 2009– |
| Matty Barton | Ash Palmisciano | 2009–2012, 2018– |
| Grace Cassidy |
| Jai Sharma | Chris Bisson | 2009– |
| Priya Sharma | Fiona Wade | 2009– |
| Effie Woods |
| Jacob Gallagher | Joe-Warren Plant | 2010– |
| Amy Wyatt | Natalie Ann Jamieson | 2010–2013, 2019– |
| Chelsea Halfpenny |
| Rishi Sharma | Bhasker Patel | 2011– |
| Amelia Spencer | Daisy Campbell | 2011– |
| Dan Spencer | Liam Fox | 2011– |
| Kerry Wyatt | Laura Norton | 2012– |
| Vanessa Woodfield | Michelle Hardwick | 2012– |
| Harriet Finch | Katherine Dow Blyton | 2013– |
| Liam Cavanagh | Jonny McPherson | 2014– |
| Tracy Shankley | Amy Walsh | 2014– |
| Liv Flaherty | Isobel Steele | 2016– |
| Lydia Hart | Karen Blick | 2016− |
| Leanna Cavanagh | Mimi Slinger | 2018– |
| Dawn Taylor | Olivia Bromley | 2018− |
| Ryan Stocks | James Moore | 2018– |
| Manpreet Sharma | Rebecca Sarker | 2018– |
| Ellis Chapman | Aaron Anthony | 2018– |
| Asan N'Jie |
| Billy Fletcher | Jay Kontzle | 2018– |
| Vinny Dingle | Bradley Johnson | 2019– |
| Bear Wolf | Joshua Richards | 2019– |
| Will Taylor | Dean Andrews | 2019– |
| Nate Robinson | Jurell Carter | 2019– |
| Andrea Tate | Anna Nightingale | 2019– |
| Wendy Posner | Susan Cookson | 2019– |
| Al Chapman | Michael Wildman | 2019– |
| Luke Posner | Max Parker | 2019– |
| Cara Robinson | Carryl Thomas | 2020– |
| Paul Ashdale | Reece Dinsdale | 2020– |
| Ben Tucker | Simon Lennon | 2020– |
| Meena Jutla | Paige Sandhu | 2020– |
| Mackenzie Boyd | Lawrence Robb | 2020– |
| Charles Anderson | Kevin Mathurin | 2020– |
| Ethan Anderson | Emile John | 2021– |
Recurring and guest characters
| Character | Actor(s) | Duration |
| PC Mike Swirling | Andy Moore | 2004– |
| Samson Dingle | Sam Hall | 2006– |
| Bradley Milnes |
| Ben Shooter |
| Charlie Pell |
| Cathy Hope | Gabriella Dowling | 2007– |
| Ella Whitehouse-Downes |
| Heath Hope | Sebastian Dowling | 2007– |
| Lilith Kitching |
| Arthur Thomas | Alfie Clarke | 2007– |
| Billy Harrower |
| Luis Townley |
| Angelica King | Rebecca Bakes | 2009– |
| Sophie Firth |
| Elliot Windsor | Luca Hoyle | 2011–2012, 2016– |
| Jackson Charles Cummins |
| Oliver Brooke |
| Leo Goskirk | Harvey Rogerson | 2011– |
| Theo Tasker |
| Harry Whittaker |
| Kyle Winchester | Huey Quinn | 2011, 2013, 2015– |
| Molly and Isaac Ainsworth |
| Jack Sugden Jr | Seth Ball | 2012– |
| Archie Breckle | Kai Assi | 2012–2015, 2019– |
| Liyana Shahzad |
| Aadam Wahab Shahzad |
| April Windsor | Amelia Flanagan | 2014– |
| Amba Metcalfe | Ava Jayasinghe | 2014– |
| Hope |
| Mika-Rose |
| Juliette Holliday | Amelia Curtis | 2014, 2016, 2021– |
| Carl Holliday | Charlie Joyce | 2014, 2016– |
| Moses Dingle | Arthur Cockroft | 2015– |
| Johnny Woodfield | Luca Hepworth | 2015– |
| DS Jason Wise | Neil Roberts | 2016– |
| Dotty Thomas | Tilly-Rue Foster | 2016− |
| Ellerie Carroll |
| Isaac Dingle | Bobby Dunsmuir | 2017– |
| Millie Tate | Willow Bell | 2019– |
| Lucas | Dexter Ansell | 2019– |
| Danny Harrington | Louis Healy | 2019– |
| Eve Dingle | Billy and Bonnie Clement | 2019– |
| Theo Metcalfe | Eve Rowlinski and Talitha Taylor | 2019– |
| Harry Sugden | Brody and Teddy Hall | 2020– |
Cast changes
Returning characters
Past characters
Main article: List of past Emmerdale characters
Lists of characters by year of introduction
- 1972–1973
- 1974
- 1977
- 1978–1979
- 1982
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
References
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