List of Emmerdale characters Facts for Kids

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Emmerdale is a popular British TV show that started on ITV on 16 October 1972. It's a soap opera, which means it tells ongoing stories about the lives of many different characters. This page lists the characters who are currently in the show.

Sometimes, a character might be played by a new actor. This is called being recast. If a character has been played by more than one actor, we list the most recent actor at the end.

Characters in the Show Now
- Main Characters
- Other Characters
Cast Changes
- Characters Who Have Left
Past Characters
See also

Characters in the Show Now

This section shows the characters you can see in Emmerdale right now!

Main Characters

These are the characters who appear regularly in the show. They are listed by when they first appeared.

Character	Actor(s)	How Long They've Been On The Show
Pollard, EricEric Pollard	Chittell, ChrisChris Chittell	1986–present
Tate, KimKim Tate	King, ClaireClaire King	1989–1999, 2018–present
Sugden, VictoriaVictoria Sugden	Haywood, JessicaJessica Haywood	1994–present
	Midgley, HannahHannah Midgley
	Hodgins, IsabelIsabel Hodgins
Dingle, SamSam Dingle	Hooton, JamesJames Hooton	1995–1998, 2000–present
Dingle, MandyMandy Dingle	Riley, LisaLisa Riley	1995–2001, 2019–present
Dingle, MarlonMarlon Dingle	Charnock, MarkMark Charnock	1996–present
Kirk, PaddyPaddy Kirk	Brunt, DominicDominic Brunt	1997–present
Dingle, BelleBelle Dingle	Mather, JamesJames Mather	1998–present
	Mather, EmilyEmily Mather
	Taylor-Draper, EdenEden Taylor-Draper
Dingle, CharityCharity Dingle	Atkins, EmmaEmma Atkins	2000–2005, 2009–present
Dingle, CainCain Dingle	Hordley, JeffJeff Hordley	2000–2006, 2009–present
Hope, BobBob Hope	Audenshaw, TonyTony Audenshaw	2000–present
Blackstock, RodneyRodney Blackstock	Mower, PatrickPatrick Mower	2000–present
King, NicolaNicola King	Wheeler, NicolaNicola Wheeler	2001–present
Goskirk, RhonaRhona Goskirk	Henry, ZoëZoë Henry	2001–2002, 2010–present
Thomas, GabbyGabby Thomas	Giles, JemmaJemma Giles	2001–present
	Manojlovic, AnneliseAnnelise Manojlovic
	Bentham, RosieRosie Bentham
Thomas, LaurelLaurel Thomas	Bellamy, CharlotteCharlotte Bellamy	2002–present
Dingle, ChasChas Dingle	Pargeter, LucyLucy Pargeter	2002–present
Livesy, AaronAaron Livesy	Webb, DannyDanny Webb	2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–present
Livesy, AaronAaron Livesy	Miller, DannyDanny Miller	2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014–present
King, JimmyJimmy King	Miles, NickNick Miles	2004–present
Dingle, NoahNoah Dingle	Mortimer, AlfieAlfie Mortimer	2004–2005, 2009–present
	Duffy, SamSam Duffy
	Downham, JackJack Downham
King, ThomasThomas King	Ferguson, JackJack Ferguson	2004–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2023–present
	Hill, ConnorConnor Hill
	Flanagan, MarkMark Flanagan
	Chase, JamesJames Chase
Sugden, SarahSarah Sugden	Bartley, Lily-MayLily-May Bartley	2005–present
	Warren, LucyLucy Warren
	Child-Cavill, AmberAmber Child-Cavill
	Moore, Sophia AmberSophia Amber Moore
	Hill, KatieKatie Hill
Dingle, SamsonSamson Dingle	Milnes, BradleyBradley Milnes	2006−2024
	Shooter, BenBen Shooter
	Pell, CharlieCharlie Pell
	Hall, SamSam Hall
Hope, CathyCathy Hope	Whitehouse-Downes, EllaElla Whitehouse-Downes	2007−present
Hope, CathyCathy Hope	Dowling, GabrielleGabrielle Dowling	2007−present
Walker, BrendaBrenda Walker	Dunlop, LesleyLesley Dunlop	2008–present
Harding, LeylaLeyla Harding	Shahidi, RoxyRoxy Shahidi	2008–2011, 2013–present
Barton, MoiraMoira Barton	Robb, Natalie J.Natalie J. Robb	2009–present
Barton, MattyMatty Barton	Cassidy, GraceGrace Cassidy	2009–2012, 2018–present
Barton, MattyMatty Barton	Palmisciano, AshAsh Palmisciano	2009–2012, 2018–present
Sharma, JaiJai Sharma	Bisson, ChrisChris Bisson	2009–present
Gallagher, JacobJacob Gallagher	Plant, Joe-WarrenJoe-Warren Plant	2010–present
Wyatt, AmyAmy Wyatt	Halfpenny, ChelseaChelsea Halfpenny	2010–2013, 2019–present
Wyatt, AmyAmy Wyatt	Jamieson, Natalie AnnNatalie Ann Jamieson	2010–2013, 2019–present
Spencer, AmeliaAmelia Spencer	Campbell, DaisyDaisy Campbell	2011–present
Wyatt, KerryKerry Wyatt	Norton, LauraLaura Norton	2012–present
Woodfield, VanessaVanessa Woodfield	Hardwick, MichelleMichelle Hardwick	2012–2022, 2024–present
Cavanagh, LiamLiam Cavanagh	McPherson, JonnyJonny McPherson	2014–present
Shankley, TracyTracy Shankley	Walsh, AmyAmy Walsh	2014–present
Dingle, LydiaLydia Dingle	Blick, KarenKaren Blick	2016–present
Taylor, DawnDawn Taylor	Bromley, OliviaOlivia Bromley	2018–present
Stocks, RyanRyan Stocks	Moore, JamesJames Moore	2018–present
Sharma, ManpreetManpreet Sharma	Sarker, RebeccaRebecca Sarker	2018–present
Fletcher, BillyBilly Fletcher	Kontzle, JayJay Kontzle	2018–present
Dingle, VinnyVinny Dingle	Johnson, BradleyBradley Johnson	2019–present
Wolf, BearBear Wolf	Richards, JoshuaJoshua Richards	2019–present
Loman, GailGail Loman	Gill-Davis, RachaelRachael Gill-Davis	2019, 2023–present
Taylor, WillWill Taylor	Andrews, DeanDean Andrews	2019–present
Robinson, NateNate Robinson	Carter, JurellJurell Carter	2019–present
Posner, WendyWendy Posner	Cookson, SusanSusan Cookson	2019–present
Boyd, MackenzieMackenzie Boyd	Robb, LawrenceLawrence Robb	2020–present
Anderson, CharlesCharles Anderson	Mathurin, KevinKevin Mathurin	2020–present
Anderson, EthanEthan Anderson	John, EmileEmile John	2021–present
Goskirk, MaryMary Goskirk	Jameson, LouiseLouise Jameson	2022–present
Merton, SuzySuzy Merton	Edinborough, MartelleMartelle Edinborough	2022–present
Miligan, NickyNicky Miligan	Cope, LewisLewis Cope	2022–present
Miligan, CalebCaleb Miligan	Ash, WilliamWilliam Ash	2022–present
Anderson, ClaudetteClaudette Anderson	Wilson, FloFlo Wilson	2023–present
Sharma, SuniSuni Sharma	Shannon Ramana, BrahmdeoBrahmdeo Shannon Ramana	2023–present
Forster, EllaElla Forster	Lane, PaulaPaula Lane	2024–present
Fox-Miligan, RubyRuby Fox-Miligan	Cordingly, BethBeth Cordingly	2024–present
Jackson, RoseRose Jackson	Tremarco, ChristineChristine Tremarco	2024–present

Other Characters

These characters appear less often, but they are still part of the Emmerdale world.

Character	Actor(s)	How Long They've Been On The Show
Swirling, PC MikePC Mike Swirling	Moore, AndyAndy Moore	2004−present
Thomas, ArthurArthur Thomas	Harrower, BillyBilly Harrower	2007−present
	Townley, LuisLuis Townley
	Clarke, AlfieAlfie Clarke
King, AngelicaAngelica King	Firth, SophieSophie Firth	2009−present
King, AngelicaAngelica King	Bakes, RebeccaRebecca Bakes	2009−present
Windsor, ElliotElliot Windsor	Brooke, OliverOliver Brooke	2011−2012, 2016−present
	Cummins, JacksonJackson Cummins
	Hoyle, LucaLuca Hoyle
Goskirk, LeoLeo Goskirk	Tasker, TheoTheo Tasker	2011−present
	Whittaker, HarryHarry Whittaker
	Rogerson, HarveyHarvey Rogerson
Winchester, KyleKyle Winchester	Ainsworth, MollyMolly Ainsworth	2011, 2013, 2015−present
	Ainsworth, IsaacIsaac Ainsworth
	Quinn, HueyHuey Quinn
Breckle, ArchieArchie Breckle	Shahzad, LiyanaLiyana Shahzad	2012−2015, 2019−present
	Wahab Shahzad, AadamAadam Wahab Shahzad
	Assi, KaiKai Assi
Windsor, AprilApril Windsor	Flanagan, AmeliaAmelia Flanagan	2014−present
Holliday, CarlCarl Holliday	Munro Joyce, CharlieCharlie Munro Joyce	2014, 2016–present
Dingle, MosesMoses Dingle	Cockroft, ArthurArthur Cockroft	2015−present
Woodfield, JohnnyJohnny Woodfield	Hepworth, LucaLuca Hepworth	2015–2020, 2022, 2024–present
Woodfield, JohnnyJohnny Woodfield	Jennings, JackJack Jennings	2015–2020, 2022, 2024–present
Thomas, DottyDotty Thomas	Carroll, EllerieEllerie Carroll	2016−present
Thomas, DottyDotty Thomas	Foster, Tilly-RueTilly-Rue Foster	2016−present
Dingle, IsaacIsaac Dingle	Brook, HarveyHarvey Brook	2017−present
	Walker, EliasElias Walker
	Dunsmoir, BobbyBobby Dunsmoir
Taylor, LucasLucas Taylor	Ansell, DexterDexter Ansell	2019−present
Taylor, LucasLucas Taylor	Aspinall, Noah RyanNoah Ryan Aspinall	2019−present
Dingle, EveEve Dingle	Clement, BillyBilly Clement	2019−present
	Clement, BonnieBonnie Clement
	James, BellaBella James
Sugden, HarryHarry Sugden	Hall, TeddyTeddy Hall	2020−present
	Hall, BrodyBrody Hall
	Pryor, AdamAdam Pryor
Robinson, FrankieFrankie Robinson	Ratcliffe-Knights, EdenEden Ratcliffe-Knights	2021–present
Tate, ThomasThomas Tate	Brotherton, BertieBertie Brotherton	2021–present
Reed, ClemmieClemmie Reed	Addison, MabelMabel Addison	2022–present
Spencer, EstherEsther Spencer	Dyson, Florence MaeFlorence Mae Dyson	2022–present
Fletcher, EvanEvan Fletcher	Malachi McKenzie	2023–present

Cast Changes

This section tells you about characters who have recently left the show.

Characters Who Have Left

Character	Actor	Ref(s)
Samson Dingle	Sam Hall

Past Characters

To learn about characters who used to be in Emmerdale, you can visit the main page for past characters.

List of Emmerdale characters facts for kids

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