List of Shortland Street characters

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Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera that has been broadcast on TV2 since May 25, 1992. The show centers on the title hospital and its staff and their families. The following characters currently appear in the soap opera. Characters whom have been portrayed by more than one actor, are listed, with the most recent actor at the top of the list.

Main characters[]

Actor Character Duration Source
Michael Galvin Chris Warner 1992–96, 2000– [1][2]
Benjamin Mitchell TK Samuels 2006– [3]
Sally Martin Nicole Miller 2009– [4]
Ria Vandervis Harper Whitley 2013– [5][6]
Reuben Milner Jack Hannah 2014– [7]
Grant Lobban Damo Johnson 2015– [8]
Ben Barrington Drew McCaskill 2015– [9]
Ngahuia Piripi Esther Samuels 2015– [10]
Rebekah Randell Dawn Karim 2017– [11]
Nicole Whippy Cece King 2019– [12]
Henry Rolleston Louis King 2019– [12]
Scott Smart Marty Walker 2019–
Kura Forrester Desdemona Schmidt 2019–
Jess Sayer Maeve Mullens 2020–
Marianne Infante Madonna Diaz 2021–
Theo David Villiami To'a 2021–
Ava Diakhaby JoJo Starkey 2021–
Sara Wiseman Francesca Telford 2021–
Roxie Mohebbi Samira Moraddi 2021–
Simon Arblaster Hamish Walker 2022–

Recurring characters[]

Actor Character Relation Duration source
Jennifer Ludlam Leanne Black-Johnson 2010–11, 2014– [13]
Tinihuia Lee-Lemon Tillie Potts Daughter of TK Samuels and the late Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing). 2011–17, 2019–2021 [14]
Leila Eketone
Nalani Rose Tuhae
Nathan Anderson
Feleti Aulika Pele Kruse-Miller Nicole Miller and Vinnie Kruse's (Pua Magasiva) son. 2014– [15][16]
Ashton Summersby Dongle "Donny" Johnson Damo Johnson's son. 2018– [17][16]
Louis Brunel-Morvan Billy McCaskill Intersex child of Drew McCaskill and Harper Whitley. 2018– [18][16]
Arlo Jackson
Eleanor Tankard Amélie Warner Tess Hutchison and Phoenix Warner (Geordie Holibar) daughter. 2019– [16]
Felix Jones Son of Maeve Mullens and Saskia Burgess 2020–
Hiwaiterangi Hiwa Dixon Esther and Eddie's son. 2020– [19]
James Allan Marley Fraser Adopted son of Harper Whitley and Drew McCaskill
Beauden Ihi-Baker Pikitea Hannah Daughter of Esther Samuels and Curtis Hannah born in Retribution 2022


Lists of characters by year of introduction[]

Further information: List of original Shortland Street characters

References[]

  1. ^ Shulz, Chris (22 May 2020). "Plenty of soap: Shortland Street is back, but life on set is far from normal". The Spinoff.
  2. ^ Coleman, James (21 May 2012). "Michael Galvin: Shortland Street's Dr Love". Nz on Screen. NZ On Air.
  3. ^ Harvey, Kerry (28 February 2020). "Shortland Street: TK's bad luck in love continues". New Zealand TV Guide.
  4. ^ Harvey, Kerry (2 May 2019). "Shortland Street's Nicole sheds genuine tears over traumatic scenes". New Zealand TV Guide.
  5. ^ "Dallas hits Shortland Street: The New Dynasty begins". The Herald on Sunday. 14 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Get to know Ria Vandervis". tvnz.co.nz. Television New Zealand. May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Spy: The Bros are back in town on Shortland Street".
  8. ^ Harvey, Keari (16 November 2017). "Life-and-death fight for Shortland Street actor Grant Lobban". New Zealand TV Guide.
  9. ^ Harvey, Kerry (4 October 2019). "Shorty star Ben Barrington in gunman's sights once again". New Zealand TV Guide.
  10. ^ Mackenzie, Ellen (19 June 2018). "Shortland Street's Ngahuia Piripi and Teone Kahu's real life romance". Woman's Day.
  11. ^ "24 hours with... Rebekah Palmer from Shortland Street". Woman's Day. 13 July 2017.
  12. ^ a b Harvey, Kerry (25 April 2019). "Meet Shortland Street's newest family from Byron Bay". New Zealand TV Guide.
  13. ^ Jones, Bridget (5 August 2018). "Shortland Street's Jennifer Ludlam takes a break for her first love". stuff.co.nz.
  14. ^ Mane, Aroha (4 March 2020). "Reo-Māori actress Tinihuia new kid on Shortland Street". Te Ao Maori News.
  15. ^ Harvey, Kerry (21 February 2020). "Biting drama on Shortland Street for Sally Martin". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  16. ^ a b c d Harvey, Kerry (21 May 2020). "Shortland Street casting director reveals how they find their youngest stars". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  17. ^ Harvey, Kerry (27 September 2019). "Relationship breakdown for Damo and Leanne on Shortland Street". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
  18. ^ Corcoran, Sinead (26 March 2019). "Shortland Street looking for new infant to play intersex baby". stuff.co.nz.
  19. ^ Harvey, Kerry (30 July 2020). "Shortland Street newcomer Chye-Ling Huang calls for more roles for Asian actors". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
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