List of Coronation Street characters facts for kids

This is a list of current characters in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street listed in order of appearance.

Present characters

Regular characters

Character	Current actor	Character duration
Elsie Tanner Len Fairclough Martha Longhurst Emily Bishop and Miss Nugent and Emily Nugent Albert Tatlock Ken Barlow	Pat Phoenix Peter Adamson Lynne Carol Eileen Derbyshire Jack Howarth William Roache	1960–
Rita Sullivan	Barbara Knox	1964, 1972–
Gail McIntyre Nick Tilsey Betty Williams Lorraine Kelly Deirdre Barlow	Helen Worth Ben Price Betty Driver Anne Kirkbride	1974– 1960-
Peter Barlow Esther Hayes Bet Lynch Concepta Regan	Chris Gascoyne Daphne Oxenford Julie Goodyear Doreen Keogh	1965–1971, 1973–1975, 1977–1978, 1986, 2000–2003, 2007–
Tracy Barlow Ed Bailey Aggie Bailey	Kate Ford Trevor Michael Georges Lorna Laidlaw	1977–1983, 1985–1997, 1999, 2002–2007, 2010–
Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	1979–1982, 1984–
Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	1983–
Jenny Bradley	Sally Ann Matthews	1986–1991, 1993, 2015–
Sally Webster	Sally Dynevor	1986–
Sarah Platt	Tina O'Brien	1987–2007, 2015–
Nicky Wheatley	Kimberly Hart-Simpson	2020–
Liz McDonald	Beverley Callard	1989–1998, 2000–2001, 2003–2011, 2013–
Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	1989–
Rosie Webster	Helen Flanagan	1990–2012, 2017–
David Platt	Jack P. Shepherd	1990–
Norris Cole	Malcolm Hebden	1994–1997, 1999–
Sophie Webster	Brooke Vincent	1994–
Daniel Osbourne	Rob Mallard	1995–1997, 2007, 2016–
Roy Cropper	David Neilson	1995–
Robert Preston	Tristan Gemmill	1996, 1999, 2003, 2015–
Leanne Battersby	Jane Danson	1997–2000, 2004–
Toyah Battersby	Georgia Taylor	1997–2003, 2016–
Tyrone Dobbs	Alan Halsall	1998–
Dev Alahan	Jimmi Harkishin	1999–
Eileen Grimshaw	Sue Cleaver	2000–
Maria Connor Janet Reid	Samia Longchambon Judith Barker	2000– 1969-
Kirk Sutherland	Andrew Whyment	2000–
Bethany Platt	Lucy Fallon	2000–2007, 2015–
Adam Barlow Christine Hardman	Sam Robertson Christine Hargreaves	2001–2007, 2016–
Fiz Brown	Jennie McAlpine	2001–
Susan Cunningham Hilda Ogden Vera Duckworth Sean Tully Claudia Colby Ryan Connor	Patricia Shakesby Jean Alexander Elizabeth Dawn Antony Cotton Rula Lenska Ryan Prescott, Sol Heras	2003–
Damian Ogden Chesney Brown Katy Harris Dickie Fleming	Neil Ratcliffe Sam Aston Lucy Jo-Hudson Nigel Humphreys	1983– 2003-
Michelle Connor	Kym Marsh	2006–
Carla Connor	Alison King	2006–
Ali Neeson Bernard Butler	James Burrows Gordon Kaye	2007–2008, 2018–
Gary Windass	Mikey North	2008–
Mary Taylor	Patti Clare	2008–
Brian Packham	Peter Gunn	2010–2013, 2015–
Izzy Armstrong	Cherylee Houston	2010–
Faye Windass	Ellie Leach	2011–
Eva Price	Catherine Tyldesley	2011–2018
Beth Tinker	Lisa George	2011–
Craig Tinker	Colson Smith	2011–
Tim Metcalfe	Joe Duttine	2013–
Sinead Tinker	Katie McGlynn	2013–
Pat Phelan	Connor McIntyre	2013–2014, 2016–2018
Alya Nazir	Sair Khan	2014–
Yasmeen Nazir	Shelley King	2014–
Zeedan Nazir	Qasim Akhtar	2014–2018
Gemma Winter	Dolly-Rose Campbell	2014–
Billy Mayhew	Daniel Brocklebank	2014–
Cathy Matthews	Melanie Hill	2015–
Alex Warner	Liam Bairstow	2015–
Johnny Connor	Richard Hawley	2015–
Kate Connor	Faye Brookes	2015–
Rana Habeeb	Bhavna Limbachia	2016–
Seb Franklin	Harry Visinoni	2016–
Shona Ramsey	Julia Goulding	2016–
Jude Appleton	Paddy Wallace	2016–
Nicola Rubinstein	Nicola Thorp	2017–
Moira Pollock	Louiza Patikas	2017–
Angie Appleton	Victoria Ekanoye	2017–
Abi Franklin	Sally Carman	2017–
Imran Habeeb	Charlie de Melo	2017–
Josh Tucker	Ryan Clayton	2018–
Geoff Metcalfe	Ian Bartholomew	2018−
Emma Brooker	Alexandra Mardell	2018–
Kayla Westbrook Dennis Tanner Linda Cheveski Frank Barlow Ida Barlow David Barlow Myra Booth/Dickinson	Mollie Winnard Philip Lowrie Anne Cunningham Frank Pemberton Alan Rothwell Susan Jamieson	2018– 1961- 1960-1964, 1967, 1961-

Recurring and guest characters

Character	Current actor	Character duration
Simon Barlow	Alex Bain	2003, 2008–
Amy Barlow	Elle Mulvaney	2004–
Aadi Alahan	Zennon Ditchett	2006, 2009–
Asha Alahan	Tanisha Gorey	2006, 2009–
Wendy Neeson	Jane Slavin	2007–2008, 2018–
Liam Connor Jr.	Charlie Wrenshall	2009–
Jack Webster	Kyran Bowes	2010–
Max Turner	Harry McDermott	2010–
Hope Stape	Isabella Flanagan	2010–
Joseph Brown	William Flanagan	2011–2015, 2017–
Ruby Dobbs	Macy Alabi	2012–
Jake Windass	Seth and Theo Wild	2013–
Lily Platt	Brooke Malonie	2013–
Dr. Susan Gaddas	Christine Mackie	2014–
Macca Hibbs	Gareth Berliner	2014–
Arlene Tinker	Alison Burrows	2015, 2018–
Nancy Tinker	Kate Fitzgerald	2015, 2018–
Matthew Singh	Peter Singh	2015–
Harry Platt	Freddie and Isaac Rhodes	2016–
Lee Mayhew	Richard Crehan	2016, 2018–
Clayton Hibbs	Callum Harrison	2016–
DS MacKinnon	Sandra Huggett	2016–
DC Hough	Philip Hill-Pearson	2016–
Saira Habeeb	Kim Vithana	2016–
Hassan Habeeb	Kriss Dosanjh	2016–
Oliver Battersby	Emmanuel and Jeremiah Cheetham	2017–
Kim Vaughan	Tom Shaw	2017–
Summer Spellman	Matilda Freeman	2017–
Geraldine Spellman	Lynne Verrall	2017–
Joe Haslam	Chord Melodic	2017–
Roxy Ward	Claudia Adshead	2017–
Zoe White	Keeley Fitzgerald	2017–
George Appleton	Romeo Cheetham-Karcz	2017–
Dane Hibbs Michael Bailey	Simon Naylor Ryan Russell	2017–
Charlie Franklin	Jacob Fish	2017–
Lexi Franklin	Jasmine Fish	2017–
Flora McArdle	Eileen Davies	2017–
Jess Heywood	Donnaleigh Bailey	2017–
Henry Newton	George Banks	2017–
Justin Parker	Wim Snape	2017–
Dale Parker	Adam Foster	2017–
DC Yates	Kent Riley	2018–
Sam Bryce	Amy Dolan	2018–
Rosemary Piper	Sophie Thompson	2018–
Tyler Jefferies	Will Barnett	2018–
Mike Thornberry	Louis Emerick	2018
Suzie Barlow	Uncredited	2018–
Dec Lonsdale	Josh Harper	2018–