List of Coronation Street characters

The following is a list of current main characters, and the actors that play them, of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. They are listed in the order that the characters, but not necessarily the actors, joined the show.

Current characters

Character	Actor	Character Duration
Ken Barlow	William Roache	1960-
Emily Bishop	Eileen Derbyshire	1960-
Rita Sullivan	Barbara Knox	1964, 1972-
Betty Williams	Betty Driver	1969-
Deirdre Barlow	Anne Kirkbride	1972-
Blanche Hunt	Maggie Jones	1974-1976, 1977-1981, 1996, 1998-
Gail Platt	Helen Worth	1974-
Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	1979-
Jack Duckworth	William Tarmey	1979, 1981-
Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	1983-
Bill Webster	Peter Armitage	1984-1985, 1995-1997, 2006, 2007-
Sally Webster	Sally Whittaker	1986-
Liz McDonald	Beverley Callard	1989-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-
Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	1989-
Rosie Webster	Helen Flanagan	1990-
David Platt	Jack P. Shepherd	1990-
Norris Cole	Malcolm Hebden	1994-1997, 1999-
Sophie Webster	Brooke Vincent	1994-
Roy Cropper	David Neilson	1995-
Ashley Peacock	Steven Arnold	1996-
Janice Battersby	Vicky Entwistle	1997-2006, 2007-
Leanne Battersby	Jane Danson	1997-2000, 2004-2006, 2007-
Tyrone Dobbs	Alan Halsall	1998-
Dev Alahan	Jimmi Harkishin	1999-
Eileen Grimshaw	Sue Cleaver	2000-
Maria Connor	Samia Smith	2000-
Kirk Sutherland	Andrew Whyment	2000-
Jason Grimshaw	Ryan Thomas	2000-
Fiz Brown	Jennie McAlpine	2001-
Sean Tully	Antony Cotton	2003, 2004-
Chesney Battersby-Brown	Sam Aston	2003-
Claire Peacock	Julia Haworth	2003-
Amy Barlow	Amber Chadwick	2004-
Kelly Crabtree	Tupele Dorgu	2004-
Lloyd Mullaney	Craig Charles	2005-2006, 2007-
Amber Kalirai	Nikki Patel	2005-
Molly Compton	Vicky Binns	2005-
Vernon Tomlin	Ian Reddington	2005-2008
Becky Granger	Katherine Kelly	2006-
Michelle Connor	Kym Ryder	2006-
Ryan Connor	Ben Thompson	2006-
Liam Connor	Rob James-Collier	2006-2008
Carla Connor	Alison King	2006-
Roger Stiles	Andrew Dunn	2007-
Wiki Dankowska	Wanda Opalinska	2007-
Jerry Morton	Michael Starke	2007-2008
Darryl Morton	Jonathan Dixon	2007-
Mel Morton	Emma Edmondson	2007-2008
Kayleigh Morton	Jessica Barden	2007-2008
John Stape	Graeme Hawley	2007-
Tony Gordon	Gray O'Brien	2007-
Harry Mason	Jack Ellis	2007-2008
Dan Mason	Matthew Crompton	2007-2008
Tina McIntyre	Michelle Keegan	2008-
Tom Kerrigan	Phillip MacGinlay	2008-
Julie Carp	Katie Kavanagh	2008-
Ted Paige	Michael Byrne	2008-
Clarissa Mason	Alexandra Boyd	2008
Pam Hobsworth	Kate Anthony	2008-

Recurring characters

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Character	Actor
Joshua Peacock	Benjamin Beresford	2002-
Freddie Peacock	Dylan Whitbread Hayden Whitbread	2006-
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Joe McIntyre	Reece Dinsdale	2008-
Natasha	Rachel Leskovac	2008-
Prem Mandal	Madhav Sharma	2008
Nina Mandal	Harvey Virdi	2008
Tara Mandal	Ayesha Dharker	2008

Arriving characters

Character	Actor	Arriving	Source
Simon Richards	TBA	October 2008	[1]
Jessie	John Thomson	December 2008	[2]

Returning characters

Character	Actor	Returning	Source
Hayley Cropper	Julie Hesmondhalgh	October 2008	[3]
Peter Barlow	Chris Gascoyne	October 2008	[4]

Departing characters

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Character	Actor	Departing	Source
Vernon Tomlin	Ian Reddington	22nd September 2008	[5]
Jerry Morton	Michael Starke	29th September 2008	[6]
Kayleigh Morton	Jessica Barden	29th September 2008	[7]
Finlay Bryant	Ramone Quinn	29th September 2008	[8]
Mel Morton	Emma Edmondson	3rd October 2008	[9]
Wilf Morton	Rodney Litchfield	October 2008	[11]
Clarissa Mason	Alexandra Boyd	December 2008	[12]
Harry Mason	Jack Ellis	December 2008	[13]
Dan Mason	Matthew Crompton	December 2008	[14]

Past characters

See List of past Coronation Street characters.