List of Hollyoaks characters

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Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995.[1] 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 Ref(s)
Tony Hutchinson Nick Pickard 1995−present [2]
Cindy Cunningham Stephanie Waring 1995−2000, 2002, 2004, 2008−present [2]
Laura Crossley
Jack Osborne Jimmy McKenna 1996−present [2]
Darren Osborne Ashley Taylor Dawson 1996−1997, 1999−2001, 2003−present [2]
Adam Booth
Luke Morgan Gary Lucy 1999−2002, 2017−present [2]
Zara Morgan Kelly Greenwood 1999−2005, 2021−present [3]
Tom Cunningham Ellis Hollins 1999−present [2]
Nancy Hayton Jessica Fox 2005−present [2]
Ste Hay Kieron Richardson 2006−present [2]
Mercedes McQueen Jennifer Metcalfe 2006−present [2]
Warren Fox Jamie Lomas 2006−2011, 2016−present [4]
John Paul McQueen James Sutton 2006−2008, 2012−2017, 2019−present [5]
Charlie Dean Charlie Behan 2006−present [2][6]
Joshua McConville
Leah Barnes Ela-May Demircan 2007−present [2]
Jessica Croft-Lane
Magic Hurst
Nana McQueen Diane Langton 2007−2009, 2012−present [2]
Theresa McQueen Jorgie Porter 2008−2016, 2020−present [7]
Diane O'Connor Alex Fletcher 2010−present [2]
Liberty Savage Jessamy Stoddart 2010−2013, 2018−present [8]
Abi Phillips
Joel Dexter Rory Douglas-Speed 2011−2013, 2016−present [2]
Andrew Still
Maxine Minniver Nikki Sanderson 2012−present [2]
Sienna Blake Anna Passey 2012−present [2]
Peri Lomax Ruby O'Donnell 2013−present [2]
Leela Lomax Kirsty-Leigh Porter 2013−present [2]
Grace Black Tamara Wall 2013−present [2]
Cleo McQueen Nadine Mulkerrin 2015−present [2]
Scott Drinkwell Ross Adams 2015−present [2]
Sally St. Claire Annie Wallace 2015−present [2]
James Nightingale Gregory Finnegan 2016−present [2]
Goldie McQueen Chelsee Healey 2016−present [2]
Prince McQueen Malique Thompson-Dwyer 2016−2019, 2021−present [9]
Yasmine Maalik Haiesha Mistry 2017−present [2]
Misbah Maalik Harvey Virdi 2017−present [2]
Damon Kinsella Jacob Roberts 2017−present [2]
Imran Maalik Ijaz Rana 2017−present [2]
Oliver Morgan Gabriel Clark 2018−present [10]
Aedan Duckworth
Donna-Marie Quinn Lucy-Jo Hudson 2018−present [11]
Romeo Nightingale Owen Warner 2018−present [11]
Brooke Hathaway Tylan Grant 2018−present [12]
Martine Deveraux Kéllé Bryan 2018−present [13]
Juliet Nightingale Niamh Blackshaw 2018−present [14]
Walter Deveraux Trevor A. Toussaint 2018−present [15]
Sid Sumner Billy Price 2019−present [16]
Verity Hutchinson Eva O'Hara 2020−present [17]
Felix Westwood Richard Blackwood 2020−present [18]
Ripley Lennox Ki Griffin 2020−present [19]
Shaq Qureshi Omar Malik 2021−present [20]
Becky Quentin Katie McGlynn 2021−present [21]
Ali Shahzad Raji James 2021−present [22]
Saul Reeves Chris Charles 2021−present [23]
Olivia Bradshaw Emily Burnett 2021−present [24]
Pearl Anderson Dawn Hope 2021−present [25]
DeMarcus Westwood Tomi Ade 2021−present [26]
Serena Chen-Williams Emma Lau 2021−present [27]
Ethan Williams Matthew James-Bailey 2021−present [27]
Dave Chen-Williams Dominic Power 2021−present [27]
Honour Chen-Williams Vera Chok 2021–present [27]
Sam Chen-Williams Matthew McGivern 2021–present [27]
Lizzie Chen-Williams Lily Best 2021–present [27]
Mason Chen-Williams Frank Kauer 2021–present [27]

Recurring and guest characters[]

Character Actor(s) Duration Ref(s)
Stephen MacGregor Cameron Hutchinson 1999–2000, 2022–present [28]
Ella Richardson Erin Palmer 2008, 2017−present [2]
Lucas Hay William Hall 2009−2019, 2021−present [2]
Reuben Thwaites
Jude Hawley
Kathleen-Angel McQueen Kiara Mellor 2010−2016, 2021−present [29]
Nieve Grandison
Bobby Costello Jayden Fox 2011−2013, 2018−present [30]
Jakob Chialton
Oscar Osborne Noah Holdsworth 2012−present [31]
Ralph Norman
Zack Norman
Matthew McQueen Matthew Clohessy 2012−2017, 2020−present [32][33]
Ralph Norman
Zack Norman
Anthony Hutchinson Caelan Cobbledick-Manning 2013−present [34][35]
Alby
Maeve
Dee Dee Hutchinson Lacey Findlow 2013−present [36][35]
Annabelle White
Charlotte White
Rose Lomax Isla Pritchard 2013−present [37]
[38]
[39]
Mollie Doherty
Mia-Rae
Hilton Cunningham Blake Wood 2014−present [40]
Minnie Minniver Eva Lorente 2014−present [31][41]
Ava Rooney
Curtis Royle Charlie Hughes 2015−present [42]
Steph Cunningham-Lomax Isabella Hibbert 2015−present [43][44]
Katie
Daniel Lomax Kyzo-dré Murphy 2016−present [45][46]
Beau Bell
Sophie Blake Daisy P 2017−present [47]
[48]
[49]
[50]
Phoebe
Rubie Graham
Laylie
Lottie
Sebastian Blake Elliott P 2017−present [48]
[49]
[50]
[51]
Eric
Rorie Graham
Oakley
Ocean
DJ Uncredited 2019−present [52]
D.S. Cohen Ariana Fraval 2019−present [53]
Faith Uncredited 2020−present [54]
Eva Hutchinson Uncredited 2021−present [55]
Henry Quentin Uncredited 2021−present [56]

Cast changes[]

Returning characters[]

Character Actor(s) Ref(s)
Lisa Hunter Gemma Atkinson [57]
Scarlett Morgan Susie Amy [58]

Former characters[]

Main article: List of former Hollyoaks characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction[]

References[]

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