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
|
Aadi Alahan
|
Adam Hussain
|
2006, 2009–present
|
Asha Alahan
|
Tanisha Gorey
|
2006, 2009–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
|
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
|
Aggie Bailey
|
Lorna Laidlaw
|
2019–present
|
Bernie Winter
|
Jane Hazlegrove
|
2019–present
|
Nina Lucas
|
Mollie Gallagher
|
2019–present
|
George Shuttleworth
|
Tony Maudsley
|
2020–present
|
Daisy Midgeley
|
Charlotte Jordan
|
2020–present
|
Ronnie Bailey
|
Vinta Morgan
|
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
|
Damon Hay
|
Ciaran Griffiths
|
2022–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
|
Recurring and guest characters
Cast changes
Departing characters
Returning characters
Former characters
Lists of characters by year of introduction