Coronation Street is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance.
Present characters
Regular characters
| Character |
Current actor |
Character duration |
| Ken Barlow |
William Roache |
1960–present |
| Rita Sullivan |
Barbara Knox |
1964, 1972–present |
| Gail Platt |
Helen Worth |
1974–present |
| Tracy Barlow |
Kate Ford |
1977–1983, 1985–1997, 1999, 2002–2007, 2010–present |
| Audrey Roberts |
Sue Nicholls |
1979–1982, 1984–present |
| Nick Tilsley |
Ben Price |
1981–1999, 2002–2004, 2009–present |
| Kevin Webster |
Michael Le Vell |
1983–present |
| Debbie Webster |
Sue Devaney |
1984–1985, 2019–present |
| Jenny Bradley |
Sally Ann Matthews |
1986–1991, 1993, 2015–present |
| Sally Webster |
Sally Dynevor |
1986–present |
| Sarah Platt |
Tina O'Brien |
1987–2008, 2015–present |
| Steve McDonald |
Simon Gregson |
1989–present |
| David Platt |
Jack P. Shepherd |
1990–present |
| Daniel Osbourne |
Rob Mallard |
1995–1997, 2007, 2016–present |
| Roy Cropper |
David Neilson |
1995–present |
| Leanne Battersby |
Jane Danson |
1997–2000, 2004–present |
| Toyah Battersby |
Georgia Taylor |
1997–2003, 2016–present |
| Tyrone Dobbs |
Alan Halsall |
1998–present |
| Dev Alahan |
Jimmi Harkishin |
1999–present |
| Eileen Grimshaw |
Sue Cleaver |
2000–present |
| Maria Connor |
Samia Longchambon |
2000–present |
| Kirk Sutherland |
Andy Whyment |
2000–present |
| Bethany Platt |
Lucy Fallon |
2000–2007, 2015–2020, 2023–present |
| Todd Grimshaw |
Gareth Pierce |
2001–2004, 2007, 2011, 2013–2017, 2020–present |
| Adam Barlow |
Sam Robertson |
2001–2007, 2016–present |
| Fiz Brown |
Jennie McAlpine |
2001–present |
| Simon Barlow |
Alex Bain |
2003, 2008–2024 |
| Sean Tully |
Antony Cotton |
2003–present |
| Chesney Brown |
Sam Aston |
2003–present |
| Amy Barlow |
Elle Mulvaney |
2004–present |
| Violet Wilson |
Jenny Platt |
2004–2008, 2011, 2024–present |
| Aadi Alahan |
Adam Hussain |
2006, 2009–present |
| Asha Alahan |
Tanisha Gorey |
2006, 2009–present |
| Ryan Connor |
Ryan Prescott |
2006–2010, 2012–2013, 2018–present |
| Carla Connor |
Alison King |
2006–present |
| Dylan Wilson |
Liam McCheyne |
2008, 2011–2012, 2020–present |
| Gary Windass |
Mikey North |
2008–present |
| Mary Taylor |
Patti Clare |
2008–present |
| Liam Connor Jr. |
Charlie Wrenshall |
2009–present |
| Brian Packham |
Peter Gunn |
2010–2013, 2015–present |
| Izzy Armstrong |
Cherylee Houston |
2010–present |
| Max Turner |
Paddy Bever |
2010–present |
| Jack Webster |
Kyran Bowes |
2010–present |
| Beth Tinker |
Lisa George |
2011–2024 |
| Craig Tinker |
Colson Smith |
2011–present |
| Tim Metcalfe |
Joe Duttine |
2013–present |
| Alya Nazir |
Sair Khan |
2014–present |
| Yasmeen Nazir |
Shelley King |
2014–present |
| Gemma Winter |
Dolly-Rose Campbell |
2014–present |
| Billy Mayhew |
Daniel Brocklebank |
2014–present |
| Linda Hancock |
Jacqueline Leonard |
2015, 2022–present |
| Alex Warner |
Liam Bairstow |
2015–present |
| Tommy Orpington |
Matt Milburn |
2016, 2018–2021, 2023–present |
| Shona Platt |
Julia Goulding |
2016–present |
| Summer Spellman |
Harriet Bibby |
2017–present |
| Abi Franklin |
Sally Carman |
2017–present |
| Paul Foreman |
Peter Ash |
2018–2024 |
| Evelyn Plummer |
Maureen Lipman |
2018–present |
| Ed Bailey |
Trevor Michael Georges |
2019–present |
| Michael Bailey |
Ryan Russell |
2019–present |
| Bernie Winter |
Jane Hazlegrove |
2019–present |
| Nina Lucas |
Mollie Gallagher |
2019–present |
| Nicky Wheatley |
Kimberly Hart-Simpson |
2020, 2022, 2024–present |
| George Shuttleworth |
Tony Maudsley |
2020–present |
| Daisy Midgeley |
Charlotte Jordan |
2020–present |
| Ronnie Bailey |
Vinta Morgan |
2021–present |
| Lisa Swain |
Vicky Myers |
2021–present |
| Stu Carpenter |
Bill Fellows |
2021–present |
| Glenda Shuttleworth |
Jodie Prenger |
2022–present |
| Dee Dee Bailey |
Channique Sterling-Brown |
2022–present |
| Lauren Bolton |
Cait Fitton |
2022–present |
| Christina Boyd |
Amy Robbins |
2023–present |
| Gav Adetiba |
Noah Olaoye |
2023–present |
| Sabrina Adetiba |
Luana Santos |
2023–present |
| Cassie Plummer |
Claire Sweeney |
2023–present |
| Joel Deering |
Calum Lill |
2023–present |
| Mason Radcliffe |
Luca Toolan |
2023–present |
| Bobby Crawford |
Jack Carroll |
2023–present |
| Rowan Cunliffe |
Emrhys Cooper |
2024–present |
Recurring and guest characters
| Character |
Current actor |
Character duration |
| Hope Stape |
Isabella Flanagan |
2010–present |
| Joseph Brown |
William Flanagan |
2011–2015, 2017–present |
| Ruby Dobbs |
Billie Naylor |
2012–present |
| Jake Windass |
Bobby Bradshaw |
2013–2019, 2021–present |
| Lily Platt |
Brooke Malonie |
2013–present |
| Dr. Susan Gaddas |
Christine Mackie |
2014–present |
| Harry Platt |
Freddie and Isaac Rhodes |
2016–present |
| Bertie Osbourne |
Rufus Morgan-Smith |
2019–present |
| Suki Waters |
Laura Littlewood |
2019–present |
| Aled Winter-Brown |
Joseph Woods |
2019–present |
| Bryn Winter-Brown |
Charlotte and James Holt,
Arthur, Lily and Lucy Taylor |
2019–2020, 2022–present |
| Carys Winter-Brown |
2019–2020, 2022–present |
| Llio Winter-Brown |
2019–2020, 2022–present |
| Sam Blakeman |
Jude Riordan |
2020–present |
| Glory Bailey |
Eleanor Beckles |
2021–present |
| Orla Crawshaw |
Carla Mendonça |
2021–present |
| Alfie Franklin |
Carter and Oakley Razak Townsend |
2022–present |
| Emily Wilkinson |
Ellena Vincent |
2024–present |
| Hannah |
Lois Pearson |
2024–present |
Cast changes
Departing characters
Returning characters
| Character |
Actor |
Ref. |
| Nathan Curtis |
Christopher Harper |
|
Future characters
| Character |
Actor |
Ref. |
| Mr. Deering |
TBA |
|
| Mrs. Deering |
TBA |
|
| TBA |
Jacob Roberts |
|
Former characters
Main article: List of former Coronation Street characters
Lists of characters by year of introduction
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 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
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
