{{Short description|None}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of former ''Emmerdale'' characters}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} This is a list of former characters from the ITV1 soap opera ''Emmerdale'', ordered by the year in which they made their final appearance.
{| id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents" align="left" | '''{{MediaWiki:Toc}}''': <br />• 1970s: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 <br />• 1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 <br />• 1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 <br />• 2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 <br />• 2010s: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 <br />• 2020s: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 <br />• References |} __NOTOC__ {{Clear}}
==1970s== ===Last appeared in 1972=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Alec Saunders || Alan Tucker || 1972 |- |Wallace || Michael Culver || 1972 |- |Peters || Reginald Barratt || 1972 |- |Lynn Wallace || Jenny Lee-Wright || 1972 |- |Norman Harrison || Christopher Mitchell || 1972 |}
===Last appeared in 1973=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Bart Ansett || Trevor Ray || 1972–1973 |- |Harry Jameson || John Glyn-Jones || 1972–1973 |- |Sharon Crossthwaite || Louise Jameson || 1973 |- |PC Dave Ball || Christopher Wray || 1972–1973 |- |Ian 'Trash' McIntyre || Leonard Maguire || 1973 |- |Beryl Crossthwaite || Joan Scott || 1973 |- |Penny Golightly || Louisa Martin || 1973 |- |Peggy Skilbeck || Jo Kendall || 1972–1973 |- |Amy Postlethwaite || Dorothy Frere || 1973 |- |Bob Molesworth || Reginald Marsh || 1973 |- |Mick Cavan || David Kelly || 1973 |- |Carol Benfield || Ann Holloway || 1973 |- |Charlie Nelson || Jack Woolgar || 1973 |- |Andrew Watson || Malcolm Terris || 1973 |- |Clare Scott || Joanna Tope|| 1973 |- |Ben Dowton || Larry Noble || 1973 |- |Laura Verney || Patricia Haines || 1973 |}
===Last appeared in 1974=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Frank Blakey || Eric Allan|| 1972–1974 |- |Lewis Potter || Robert Dorning || 1974 |- |Ethel Ainsworth || Peggy Marshall || 1974 |- |Letty Brewer || Diana Davies || 1974 |- |Franklin Prescott || Donald Morley || 1974 |- |Dryden Hogben || Roy Boyd || 1974 |- |Briddy Middleton || Jenny Hanley || 1974 |- |Alison Gibbons || Carolyn Moody || 1973–1974 |- |George Verney || Patrick Holt || 1973–1974 |}
===Last appeared in 1975=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Tom Raistrick || Leonard Trolley|| 1975 |- |Wilf Padgett || George Waring || 1974–1975 |- |Jean Kendall || Leslie Nunnerley || 1975 |- |Jim Gimbel || John Atkinson || 1974–1975 |- |Freda Gimbel || Mary Henry || 1974–1975 |- |Jackson || William Moore || 1975 |- |Tom || Bert Palmer || 1975 |- |Beattie Dowton || Barbara Ogilvie || 1973–1975 |- |Sarah Foster || Patricia Brake || 1975 |}
===Last appeared in 1976=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Sam Skilbeck || Jamie Bell || 1973–1976 |- |Sally Skilbeck || Justine Bell || 1973–1976 |- |Mrs Dawkins || Lorraine Peters || 1973–1976 |- |Will Croft || William Simons || 1976 |- |Julie Croft || Gwyneth Powell || 1976 |- |Heather Bannerman || Wanda Ventham || 1976 |- |Martin Gimbel || George Fenton || 1976 |- |Rosemary Kendall || Lesley Manville || 1975–1976 |- |Christine Sharp || Angela Cheyne || 1973–1974, 1976 |- |Nan Wheeler || Anna Cropper || 1976 |- |Dick Robertshaw || Alan David || 1974, 1976 |- |Robert Sharp || Bernard Kay || 1974, 1976 |}
===Last appeared in 1977=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Janet Thompson || Muriel Pavlow || 1977 |- |Asta Gunnarson || Madeleine Hinde || 1977 |- |Olaf Gunnarson || Jürgen Andersen || 1977 |- |Lucy Stubbs || Adrienne Frank || 1977 |- |Kathy Gimbel || Polly Hemingway || 1974–1977 |- |Syd Harker || Andy Bradford || 1977 |- |Sarah Oswell || Virginia Moore || 1977 |- |Ray Oswell || Stuart Bevan || 1977 |- |David Cowper || John Abbott || 1977 |- |Angela Read || Joanne Whalley || 1977 |}
===Last appeared in 1978=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Glenda Thompson || Elaine Donnelly || 1978 |- |Ruth Hepton || Stephanie Turner || 1978 |- |Ian Hepton || Tim Preece || 1978 |- |Steve Hawker || Paul Rosebury || 1978 |-- |Paul Pargrave || Philip Madoc || 1978 |- |Barney || George Malpas || 1972–1976, 1978 |- |Antony Moeketsi || Oscar James || 1978 |- |Phyllis Purwick || Jean Heywood || 1978 |- |Pip Coulter || Julie Dawn Cole || 1978 |- |Charlotte Verney || Angela Thorne || 1978 |- |Gerald Verney || James Kerry || 1978 |- |David Annersley || David Markham || 1978 |- |Major Vivian Denyer || Kevin Stoney || 1978 |}
===Last appeared in 1979=== <!--This table is in chronological order of least to most recent exit. Do not add minor characters to the table unless they have been in a minimum of four episodes or have a section/article to themselves.--> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Arthur Braithwaite || Max Wall || 1979 |- |Irene Madden || Kathleen Byron || 1979 |- |Phil Fletcher || Kenneth Watson || 1979 |- |Terry Fletcher || Bernard Padden || 1979 |- |Jimmy Armstrong || Lennox Greaves || 1979 |- |Susan Armstrong || Catherine Terris || 1979 |- |Ed Hathersage || Paul Maxwell || 1979 |}
==1980s== ===Last appeared in 1980=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Enid Pottle || Anne Dyson || 1980 |- | Esmeralda Eckersley || Debbie Farrington || 1980 |- | Harold Eckersley || Roger Hammond || 1980 |- | Mrs Eckersley || Pam St Clement || 1980 |- | Harry Moore || Walter Sparrow || 1980 |- | Maurice Westrop || Edward Dentith || 1979–1980 |- | Judy Westrop || Jane Cussons || 1979–1980 |- | Ted Edwards || Barry Hart || 1977–1980 |- | Alice Wilks || Hazel Bainbridge || 1980 |- | Angie Norton || Karen Drury || 1980 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1981=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Enoch Tolly || Neil McCarthy || 1980–1981 |- |Bob Jerome || Richard Howard || 1979–1981 |- |Frank Hencoller || Johnny Maxfield || 1981 |- |Naomi Tolly || Jenny Tomasin || 1980–1981 |- |Hannah Tolly || Alison Ambler || 1980–1981 |- |Nellie Ratcliffe || Gabrielle Hunt || 1978–1981 |- |Richard Anstey|| Carl Rigg || 1980–1981 |- |Fred Armstrong || Julian Garlick || 1978–1981 |}
===Last appeared in 1982=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Grace Tolly || Margaret Stallard|| 1980–1982 |- |Barry Hill || David Fleeshman|| 1982 |- |Bill Jeffries || James Aubrey || 1982 |- |Jane Hardcastle || Alison Dowling || 1981–1982 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1983=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Jessie Renfrew || Kathleen Helme || 1978–1979, 1981, 1983 |- |Angie Richards || Beverley Callard || 1983 |- |Barbara Peters || Rosie Kerslake || 1983 |- |Nicholas Martin || Tony Melody || 1983 |- |Edward Ruskin || George Little || 1973–1975, 1983 |- |Emily Brearly || Ann Way || 1980, 1983 |}
===Last appeared in 1984=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Jill Turner || Patricia Maynard || 1984 |- |rowspan="2"|Andy Longthorn || David Clayforth || rowspan="2"| 1980–1984 |- |Mark Botham |- |Sam Pearson || Toke Townley || 1972–1984 |}
===Last appeared in 1985=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Sita Sharma || Mamta Kaash || 1985 |- |rowspan="3"|Walter || Meadows White || rowspan="3"| 1972, 1974–1985 |- |Geoffrey Hooper |- |Al Dixon |}
===Last appeared in 1986=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |rowspan="2"|Derek Warner || Freddie Fletcher|| rowspan="2" | 1980, 1984–1986 |- |Dennis Blanch |- |rowspan="2"|Meg Armstrong || Ursula Camm || rowspan="2"| 1979–1980, 1983, 1986 |- |Ruth Holden |- |rowspan="2"|Carol Longthorn || Jane Hollowood || rowspan="2"| 1980, 1986 |- |Jane Cunliffe |- |rowspan="2"|Clifford Longthorn || Jim Barcroft || rowspan="2"| 1980, 1983, 1986 |- |John Barrett |- |Peggy Longthorn || Dorothy Vernon || 1980, 1983, 1986 |- |Karen Moore || Annie Hulley || 1984–1986 |- |rowspan="2"|Janie Harker || Diane Grayson|| rowspan="2" | 1972–1974, 1986 |- |Lesley Duff |- |rowspan="2"|Pat Sugden || Lynn Dalby || rowspan="2"| 1972, 1974, 1980–1986 |- | Helen Weir |- |Lesley Pearce || Clare Clifford || 1986 |}
===Last appeared in 1987=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Graham Lodsworth || Ross Kemp || 1986–1987 |- |Paolo Rosetti || Carl Forgione || 1987 |- |Francesca Rosetti || Natasha Dilleyston || 1987 |- |Hunter Bell || Frederick Bennett || 1974, 1987 |- |Mr Metcalfe || Bernard Kay || 1987 |- |Lionel Weiss|| Wolfe Morris || 1987 |}
===Last appeared in 1988=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="260" | Duration |- |Christopher Meadows || Conrad Phillips || 1981–1988 |- |rowspan="3"|Tom Merrick || David Hill || rowspan="3"| 1972, 1980–1982, 1984–1986, 1988 |- |Edward Peel |- |Jack Carr |- |Ruth Pennington || Julia Chambers || 1987–1988 |- |rowspan="2"|Marian Rosetti || Gail Harrison || rowspan="2"| 1972–1975, 1978, 1987–1988 |- |Debbi Blythe |- |Ezra Brearly || Martin Matthews || 1983, 1988 |- |Stephen Fuller || Gregory Floy || 1988 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1989=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Phil Pearce || Peter Alexander || 1986–1989 |- |Clare Sutcliffe || Sara Griffiths || 1988–1989 |- |Tony Barclay || Alun Lewis || 1989 |- |rowspan="2"|Sandie Merrick || Jenny Mayors-Clark || rowspan="2"| 1972, 1980–1989 |- |Jane Hutcheson |- | Denis Rigg || Richard Franklin || 1988–1989 |- |Ted Sharp || Andy Rashleigh || 1989 |- |Jackie Merrick || Ian Sharrock || 1972, 1980–1989 |- | Alice Wood || Olivia Jardith || 1989 |- |Matt Skilbeck || Frederick Pyne || 1972–1989 |- |}
==1990s== ===Last appeared in 1990=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Liz MacDonald || Lizzie Mickery || 1977, 1984–1986, 1988, 1990 |- |Debbie Wilson || Debbie Arnold || 1990 |- |Pete Whiteley || Jim Millea || 1989–1990 |- |Bill Whiteley || Teddy Turner || 1989–1990 |- |Jock MacDonald || Drew Dawson || 1981, 1983–1990 |- |Harriet Buchan || Sheila Grier || 1990 |- |Fran Carter || Heather Wright || 1990 |- |David Hughes || Martyn Whitby || 1989–1990 |}
===Last appeared in 1991=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Doreen Shuttleworth || Sandra Gough || 1984–1985, 1989, 1991 |- |Miss Skipdale Breweries || Jayne Ashbourne || 1991 |- |April Brooks || Anna Keaveney || 1991 |- |Paula Barker || Judy Brooke || 1991 |- |Martin Bennett || John Pickles || 1990–1991 |- |Samuel Skilbeck || Benjamin Whitehead || 1982–1991 |- |Tony Charlton || Stephen Rashbrook || 1990–1991 |- |rowspan="2"|Dolly Skilbeck || Katharine Barker || rowspan="2"| 1977–1991 |- |Jean Rogers |- |Kate Sugden || Sally Knyvette || 1988–1991 |- |Henry Wilks || Arthur Pentelow || 1972–1991 |- |rowspan="2"|Malcolm Bates || Anthony Schaeffer || rowspan="2"| 1984, 1987–1989, 1991 |- | Tom Adams |- |Louise || Tricia Penrose || 1991 |- |rowspan="2"|Jim Latimer || Miles Reithermann || rowspan="2"| 1973, 1991 |- | Dennis Blanch |}
===Last appeared in 1992=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Gary || Gary Halliday || 1990–1992 |- |Charlie Aindow || David Fleeshman || 1990–1992 |- |Alex || Guy Scantlebury || 1991–1992 |- |Rick || Julian Griffin || 1991–1992 |- |Poppy Bruce || Anna Friel || 1992 |- |Melanie Clifford || Joanne Woodcock || 1992 |- |Dan || Julian Walsh || 1990–1992 |- |Lisa || Bryonie Pritchard || 1992 |}
===Last appeared in 1993=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Bill Middleton || Johnny Caesar || 1984–1993 |- |Neil Kincaid || Brian Deacon || 1992–1993 |- |Steve Marshal || Gavin Kitchen || 1992–1993 |- |Sangeeta Parmar || Razia McGann || 1992–1993 |- |Donald Hinton || Hugh Manning|| 1977–1989, 1993 |- |Jayesh Parmar || John Leary || 1992–1993 |- |Carol Nelson || Philomena McDonagh|| 1991–1993 |- |Lorraine Nelson || Nicola Strong || 1992–1993 |- |Julie Bramhope || Ruth Whitehead || 1992–1993 |- |Debbie Buttershaw || Rebekah Joy Gilgan || 1993 |- |Sgt Ian MacArthur || Martin Dale || 1980–1993 |- |Archie Brooks || Tony Pitts || 1983–1993 |- |Elizabeth Pollard || Kate Dove || 1990–1993 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1994=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Mark Hughes || Craig McKay || 1988–1994 |- |Leonard Kempinski || Bernard Archard || 1992–1994 |- |Josh Lewis || Peter Warnock || 1993–1994 |- |Danny |Lauren Beales |1994 |- |Lucy |Tracie Hart |1994 |- |Shirley Turner || Rachel Davies || 1993–1994 |- |Reg Dawson || Niven Boyd || 1994 |- |Eileen Pollock |Arbel Jones |1994 |- |Peter Whiteley || Sam Walker || 1990–1994 |- |Lynn Whiteley || Fionnuala Ellwood || 1989–1994 |- |Sven Olsen |Daniel O'Grady |1994 |- |Ben Dingle || Steve Fury || 1994 |- |Joe Sugden || Frazer Hines || 1972–1994 |- |Colin Long || Al Hunter Ashton || 1994 |- |Sgt Hanway || Ray Ashcroft || 1994 |- |Arthur Prendegast |George Malpas |1994 |- |Harry Barker |Harry Beety |1994 |}
===Last appeared in 1995=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Bernard McAllister || Brendan Price || 1993–1995 |- |Angharad McAllister || Amanda Wenban || 1993–1995 |- |Andrew Mackinnon |Michael J. Jackson |1994–1995 |- |Derek Simpson |Garry Cooper |1995 |- |Ronnie Slater |Ian Thompson |1995 |- |Amos Brearly || Ronald Magill || 1972–1995 |- |Luke McAllister || Noah Huntley || 1993–1995 |- |Jessica McAllister || Camilla Power || 1993–1995 |- |WPC Barbara Metcalfe || Lynn Whitehead || 1995 |- |DS Harry Metcalfe || Ray Ashcroft || 1995 |- |Margaret Adlington || Kathy Jamieson || 1995 |- |Daniel Weir|| Matthew Marsden || 1995 |- |Lady Vanessa Weir || Fleur Chandler || 1995 |- |Dolores Sharp || Samantha Hurst || 1994–1995 |- |Paula |Alison Swann |1995 |- |Britt Woods || Michelle Holmes || 1995 |}
===Last appeared in 1996=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Granny Hopwood || Beatrice Kelly || 1996 |- |Faye Clarke || Helena Calvert || 1996 |- |Susie Wilde || Louise Heaney || 1996 |- |Dave Glover || Ian Kelsey || 1994–1996 |}
===Last appeared in 1997=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Sean Rossi || Mark Cameron || 1996–1997 |- |Tom Bainbridge || Jeremy Turner-Welch || 1996–1997 |- |John Kenyon || Alan Rothwell || 1997 |- |Sandra Fowler || Kate Layden || 1996–1997 |- |Frank Tate || Norman Bowler || 1989–1997 |- |Anne Cullen || Heather Peace || 1997 |- |rowspan="2" | Ken Adlington || Douglas McFerran || rowspan="2"| 1995–1997 |- | David Barrass |- |Greg Cox || Danny Seward || 1997 |- |Charlie Cairns || Sarah Graham || 1997 |- |Des Burtenshaw || Tony Barton || 1995, 1997 |- |Karen Johnson || Annemarie Lawless || 1997 |- |PC Wilson || Steve Huison || 1994–1995, 1997 |- |Fiona Mallender || Polly York || 1997 |- |Colin Batty || Andrew Livingston || 1997 |- |Linda Fowler || Tonicha Jeronimo || 1994–1997 |- |Gerald Taylor || Blair Plant || 1995–1997 |- |DI Cooke || Susie Baxter || 1997 |- |Jo Steadman|| Julie Peasgood || 1997 |- |rowspan="2"|Geri Cairns || Georgina Annett || rowspan="2"| 1997 |- |Anna Cunningham |- |Sophie Wright (Emmerdale)|Sophie Wright || Jane Cameron|| 1996–1997 |- |Doug Hamilton|| Jay Benedict || 1997 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1998=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Barry Clegg || Bernard Wrigley || 1997–1998 |- |Lord Alex Oakwell || Rupam Maxwell || 1997–1998 |- |Dee Pollard || Claudia Malkovich || 1997–1998 |- |Helen Ackroyd || Kathryn Apanowicz || 1995, 1997–1998 |- |Tony Cairns || Edward Peel || 1997–1998 |- |Becky Cairns || Sarah Neville || 1997–1998 |- |Jan Glover || Roberta Kerr || 1994–1998 |- |Margaret Cunningham || June Broughton || 1998 |- |Jed Outhwaite || Tony Melody || 1998 |- |Dean Adlington || Patrick Connolly || 1997–1998 |- |Kirsty Hutchinson || Anne-Marie Jowett || 1997–1998 |- |Heather Hutchinson || Siobhan Finneran || 1998 |- |Emma Cairns || Rebecca Loudonsack || 1997–1998 |- |Paulette Lewis || Danielle Brown || 1998 |- |Lord Michael Thornfield || Malcolm Stoddard || 1998 |- |Chelsea Campbell || Elizabeth Ingram || 1998 |- |Vic Windsor || Alun Lewis || 1993–1998 |- |}
===Last appeared in 1999=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="260" | Duration |- |Steve Marchant || Paul Opacic || 1996–1999 |- |Will Cairns || Paul Fox || 1997–1999 |- |Dawn Wilkins || Rosy Clayton || 1999 |- |Jane Barnet || Deborah Chad || 1998–1999 |- |Rachel Hughes || Glenda McKay || 1988–1999 |- |Caroline Bates || Diana Davies || 1984–1997, 1999 |- |Stella Jones || Stephanie Schonfield || 1998–1999 |- |rowspan="2"|Ernie Shuttleworth || John Comer || rowspan="2"| 1975, 1984–1986, 1991, 1998–1999 |- |Peter Schofield |- |Maggie Cassidy || Juliet Ellis || 1999 |- |Nick Bates || Cy Chadwick || 1985–1996, 1999 |- |Ezra Dingle ||John Henshaw || 1999 |- |Liam Hammond || Mark Powley || 1999 |- |Gavin Ferris || Robert Beck || 1999 |}
==2000s== ===Last appeared in 2000=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Reggie Wilkie || Leslie Randall|| 1999–2000 |- |Lyn Hutchinson || Sally Walsh || 1997–2000 |- |Graham Clark || Kevin Pallister || 1998–2000 |- |Pete Collins || Kirk Smith || 1999–2000 |- |Butch Dingle || Paul Loughran || 1994–2000 |- |John Wylie || Seamus O'Neill || 1999–2000 |- |Harry Thompson || Tony Broughton || 2000 |- |Claudia Nash || Susan Duerden || 1999–2000 |- |rowspan="2"|Nellie Dingle || Sandra Gough || rowspan="2"| 1995, 2000 |- | Maggie Tagney |- |Ned Glover || Johnny Leeze || 1994–2000 |- |Laura Johnstone || Louise Beattie || 1998–2000 |- |Roy Glover || Nicky Evans || 1994–2000 |- |Caleb Dingle || Mike Kelly || 2000 |- |Mike Blake || Barry James Anderson || 2000 |- |rowspan="2"|Sarah Sugden || Madeleine Howard || rowspan="2"| 1988–2000 |- | Alyson Spiro |- |Denise Carter || Maxine Burth || 2000 |}
===Last appeared in 2001=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="260" | Duration |- |Adam Forrester || Tim Vincent || 2000–2001 |- |rowspan="2"|Frankie Smith || Gina Aris || rowspan="2"| 1999–2001 |- |Madeleine Bowyer |- |Jonny Bradley || Ben Bryant || 2000–2001 |- |Bev Mansfield || Sarah Malin || 2000–2001 |- |Ben McCarthy || Ciarán Griffiths || 2001 |- |Carol Wareing || Helen Pearson || 2000–2001 |- |Virginia West || Bridget Fry || 2000–2001 |- |Barbara Strickland || Alex Hall || 1998–2001 |- |Ed Wills || James Midgley || 2001 |- |Maureen Blackstock || Joanna Monro || 2001 |- |Joe Fisher || Edward Baker-Duly || 2000–2001 |- |rowspan="2"|Alice Bates || Kimberley Hewitt || rowspan="2"| 1991–1999, 2001 |- |Rachel Tolboys |- |rowspan="2"|Elsa Chappell || Naomi Lewis || rowspan="2"| 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1999, 2001 |- |Natasha Gray |- |}
===Last appeared in 2002=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Andrew Fraser || Mark Elstob || 2001–2002 |- |Sean Reynolds || Stephen McGann || 1999–2002 |- |Barbara Kirk || Judi Jones || 1998–2000, 2002 |- |Jess Weston || Ruth Abram || 2001–2002 |- |Tony Bell || Phil Atkinson || 2001–2002 |- |Peg Dingle || Jeanne Hepple || 2002 |- |Phil Weston || Mark Jardine || 2001–2002 |- |Maggie Calder || Dee Whitehead || 2001–2002 |- |Craig Calder || Jason Hain || 2001–2002 |- |Lucy Calder || Elspeth Brodie || 2001–2002 |- |Harry Partridge || Norman Mills || 2002 |- |Edith Weatherall || Elizabeth Kelly || 2002 |- |Melanie Say || Kelli Hollis || 2002 |- |Councillor Ecclestone || David Telfer || 2000, 2002 |- |Angie Reynolds || Freya Copeland || 1999–2002 |- |DC Adrien Collins || Trevor Fox || 2002 |- |Jedediah Dingle || Richard Mayes || 2002 |- |Kirk Daggert || Alexander Fothergill || 2001–2002 |- |Cynthia Daggert || Kay Purcell || 2001–2002 |- |Jason Kirk || James Carlton || 1999–2002 |- |Ray Mullan || Seamus Gubbins || 2001–2002 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2003=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Jerry MacKinley || Rob Dixon || 2002–2003 |- |Wilf Butler || Peter Armitage || 2003 |- |Stephen Butler || William Snape || 2003 |- |DS Karen Barnborough || Joanne Mitchell|| 2003 |- |Yolanda Howie || Charlotte Faber-Scott || 2003 |- |Geoffrey Brook || Trevor Lee Brown || 2003 |- |Mavis Cathcart || Jacqueline Pilton || 2003 |- |Chris Tate || Peter Amory || 1989–2003 |- |Ollie Reynolds || Vicky Binns || 1999–2003 |- |Ronnie Marsden || Ray Ashcroft || 2003 |- |Alistair Marsden || Danny Tennant || 2003 |- |Elaine Marsden || Samantha McCarthy || 2003 |- |Frances Marsden || Sandy Walsh || 2003 |- |PC Haddon || Christopher Wright || 2002–2003 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2004=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Tricia Dingle || Sheree Murphy || 1998–2004 |- |Gloria Pollard || Janice McKenzie || 2000–2004 |- |Brian Addyman || Martin Reeve || 2001–2004 |- |Nancy Ryan || Michelle Butt || 2004 |- |Charlie Willis || Andrew Readman || 2003–2004 |- |Carrie Granger || Laura Crossley || 2004 |- |Carlos Diaz || Gary Turner || 2000–2001, 2004 |- |Emma Nightingale || Rachel Ambler || 1995–1996, 2004 |- |Paul Marsden || Matthew Booth || 2003–2004 |- |Siobhan Marsden || Abigail Fisher || 2003–2004 |- |Elvis Dingle || Martin Walsh || 2002, 2004 |- |Marilyn Dingle || Morag Siller || 2002, 2004 |- |Albert Dingle || Bobby Knutt || 1995–1997, 2004 |- |Frank Bernard Hartbourne || Rob Parry || 2004 |- |Solomon Dingle || Paul Shane || 2004 |- |Roger Dyson || Malcolm Terris || 2004 |- |Syd Woolfe || Nathan Gladwell|| 2002–2004 |- |Seth Armstrong || Stan Richards || 1978–2004 |- |David Anders || Richard Avery || 2004 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2005=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Amy Carter || Bethany Webb || 2005 |- |DI Tom Keysell || John Branwell || 2003–2005 |- |Steven Dickinson || Oliver Hingston || 2005 |- |Moira Stanley || Kate Hampson || 2005 |- |Marian Winters || Ann Aris || 2005 |- |Johnny Hupton || Andrew Whitehead || 2005 |- |Shelley Williams || Carolyn Pickles || 2003–2005 |- |Chloe Atkinson || Amy Nuttall || 2000–2005 |- |Sian Harper || Maeve Larkin|| 2005 |- |Ivy Lynch || Mags Gannon || 2005 |- |Rachel Whatmore || Zoe Lambert || 2003–2005 |- |PC Linda Johnson || Julie Riley || 2003–2005 |- |Juliet Garside || Jo Ellis || 2005 |- |Neville Gunn || Trevor Williams || 2005 |- |Glynis Hardy || Christine Cox || 2002–2005 |- |Lynda Ashby || Deborah Cooley Chad || 2005 |- |Tamsin Charles || Jenny Gleave || 2005 |- |Rose Meyers || Charlotte West-Oram || 2005 |- |Libby Charles || Ty Glaser|| 2005 |- |Jimmy Pepper || Michael Gunn || 2005 |- |Avril Kent || Melanie Hill || 2005 |- |Effie Harrison || Phillipa Peak || 2005 |- |Denzil Calburn || Danny Lawrence || 2003–2005 |- |Zoe Tate || Leah Bracknell || 1989–2005 |- |Jean Tate || Megan Pearson || 2003–2005 |- |Callum Rennie ||Andrew Whipp || 2004–2005 |- |Neil DePaul || Martin Troakes || 2005 |- |DI Kara Warren || Julie Saunders || 2005 |- |Jay Aswar || Guy Rhys || 2005 |- |Max King || Charlie Kemp || 2005 |- |Kathy Glover || Malandra Burrows || 1985–2001, 2005 |- |Biff Fowler || Stuart Wade || 1994–1999, 2005 |- |Councillor Henry Ledbetter || Robin Bowerman || 2002–2005 |- |Jarvis Skelton || Richard Moore || 2002–2005 |- |Freda Danby || Lyn Paul || 2003, 2005 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2006=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Josh Hope || Marc Silcock || 2001, 2006 |- |Craig Briggs || Nick Stanley || 2005–2006 |- |Sandra Briggs || Sally Ann Matthews || 2005–2006 |- |Caroline Addyman || Daryl Fishwick || 2002, 2004, 2006 |- |Lesley Meredith || Sherrie Hewson || 2004–2006 |- |Bobby-John Downes || Brian Hibbard || 2003, 2006 |- |rowspan="2"|Terence Turner || Stephen Marchant || rowspan="2"| 1985, 2006 |- |Nick Brimble |- |Beryl Chugspoke || Georgina Hale || 2006 |- |Barney Chugspoke || Huw David Thomas || 2006 |- |David Brown || Peter Alexander || 2006 |- |Noreen Bell || Jenny Tomasin || 2005–2006 |- |Dawn Woods || Julia Mallam || 2003–2006 |- |Tash Abbott || Sally Evans || 2004–2006 |- |Alice Dingle || Ursula Holden-Gill || 2004–2006 |- |Simon Meredith || Dale Meeks || 2003–2006 |- |Ivan Jones || Daniel Brocklebank || 2005–2006 |- |Gilbert Duff || Christopher Beeny || 2006 |- |Martin Crowe || Graeme Hawley || 2004–2006 |- |rowspan="2"|Denise Eden || Andrina Carroll || rowspan="2"| 2003, 2006 |- | Lisa Parry |- |Latisha Daggert || Danielle Henry || 2001–2002, 2006 |- |Sadie King || Patsy Kensit || 2004–2006 |- |Ethan Blake || Liam O'Brien|| 2003–2006 |- |Adam Forsythe || Richard Shelton || 2005–2006 |- |Isla Forsythe || Sara Griffiths || 2005–2006 |- |Susie Carter || Polly Highton || 2006 |- |rowspan="2"|Jean Hope || Julie Higginson || rowspan="2"| 2003–2004, 2006 |- |Susan Penhaligon |- |Tom King || Ken Farrington || 2004–2006 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2007=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Toni Daggert || Kerry Stacey || 2005–2007 |- |Jackie Stiles || Ishia Bennison || 2007 |- |rowspan="2"|Scott Windsor || Toby Cockerell || rowspan="2"| 1993–1996, 1998–2007 |- |Ben Freeman |- |Helen Dyson || Shirley Dixon || 2004, 2006–2007 |- |Vonda Lockhart || Lorelei King || 2006–2007 |- |Roxy Lockhart || Chloe Procter || 2006–2007 |- |Del Dingle || Hayley Tamaddon || 2005–2007 |- |Len Reynolds || Peter Martin || 2001–2007 |- |Errol Michaels || Antony Booth || 2007 |- |Eddie Hope || Nigel Betts || 2003, 2007 |- |Owen Hartbourne || Oliver Lee || 2006–2007 |- |Marc Reynolds || Anthony Lewis || 1999–2002, 2007<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2007/05/12/len-s-a-goner-115875-19091166/|title=Len's a goner|publisher=Trinity Mirror|work=Mirror Online|first=Brian|last=Roberts|date=12 May 2007|access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> |- |Tara Thornfield || Anna Brecon || 1997–1998, 2000–2002, 2007 |- |Danny Daggert || Cleveland Campbell || 2001–2007 |- |Dan McHerron || Patrick Molyneux || 2007 |- |Jon Dingle || Lucy Webb || 2004, 2006–2007 |- |Luke Dingle || Dean McGonagle || 2004, 2006–2007 |- |Lilith Dingle || Amanda Hennessy || 2004, 2006–2007 |- |rowspan="2"|Mark Dingle || Cormac Golden || rowspan="2"| 2004, 2006–2007 |- |Joe Manuel |- |rowspan="2"|Matthew Dingle || Cillian Golden || rowspan="2"| 2004, 2006–2007 |- |Joshua Chamberlin |- |Hari Prasad || John Nayagam || 2005–2007 |- |Rita Brannigan || Emma Kearney || 2005–2007 |- |Colin McFarlane || Michael Melia || 2007 |- |Andrea Hayworth || Cathy Tyson || 2007 |- |Rosemary King || Linda Thorson || 2006–2007 |- |DCI Grace Barraclough || Glynis Barber || 2006–2007 |- |Phyllis King || Sheila Burrell|| 2005, 2007 |- |Richie Carter || Glenn Lamont || 1999–2001, 2007 |- |Billy Hopwood || David Crellin || 1997–1998, 2003, 2006–2007 |- |Penny Drury || Amelia Sefton || 2007 |- |Kirsty Rayfield || Ruth Westley || 2007 |}
===Last appeared in 2008=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Alasdair Sinclair || Raymond Coulthard || 2006, 2008 |- |Ryan Hayworth || Reece Noi || 2007–2008 |- |Duke Woods || Dicken Ashworth || 2007–2008 |- |Carrie Nicholls || Linda Lusardi || 2007–2008 |- |Nick Baine || Samuel Kane || 2008 |- |Daniel Thomas || Rachel Moonie || 2007–2008 |- | rowspan="2" | Jack Sugden || Andrew Burt || rowspan="2" | 1972–1973, 1976, 1980–2008 |- | Clive Hornby |- |Emily Kirk || Kate McGregor || 1999–2008 |- |Cindy Burton || Tiffany Chapman || 2008 |- |Brenda McFarlane || Judy Holt || 2007–2008 |- |Charlie Sellers || Michael Keogh || 2008 |- |Hilary Potts || Paula Wilcox || 2007–2008 |- |Joe Jacobs|| John Woodvine || 2008 |- |Sharon Lambert || Victoria Hawkins || 2007–2008 |- |Greg Doland || Shaun Prendergast || 2007–2008 |- |Melanie Doland || Caroline Strong || 2007–2008 |- |Perdita Hyde-Sinclair || Georgia Slowe || 2006–2008 |- |Miles De Souza || Ayden Callaghan || 2007–2008 |- |Bonnie Drinkwater || Sue Jenkins || 2008 |- |Grayson Sinclair || Christopher Villiers || 2006–2008 |- |Louise Appleton || Emily Symons || 2001–2008 |- |Donald De Souza || Michael Jayston || 2007–2008 |- |Gary McFarlane || Colin Connor || 2008 |- |Peter Birch || Philip Bird || 2006, 2008 |- |Shane Doyle || Paul McEwan || 2008 |- |Matthew King || Matt Healy || 2004–2008 |- |Jo Stiles || Roxanne Pallett || 2005–2008 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2009=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Anna De Souza || Emma Davies || 2008–2009 |- |Charles Vaughan || Richard Cole || 2006–2009 |- |Richard Montclare || Dominic Jephcott || 2008–2009 |- |Patricia Foster || Vicki Michelle || 2007–2009 |- |Jonny Foster || Richard Grieve || 2007–2009 |- |Pam Montclare || Catherine Rabett || 2008–2009 |- |Ross Kirk || Samuel Anderson || 2007–2009 |- |Sgt. Andrew Drake || Steven Hillman || 2008–2009 |- |Annie Sugden || Sheila Mercier || 1972–1996, 2009 |- |Danielle Hutch || Nicola Stapleton || 2008–2009 |- |DS Karen Williams || Annie Fitzmaurice || 2006–2009 |- |Theo Hawkins || Tom Knight || 2009 |- |Jasmine Thomas || Jenna-Louise Coleman || 2005–2009 |- |Dean Morris || Marc Bolton || 2004–2007, 2009 |- |Daz Eden || Luke Tittensor || 2003–2009 |- |John McNally ||Steven Farebrother || 2004–2009 |- |Mick Naylor || Tony Haygarth || 2008–2009 |- |Lee Naylor || Lewis Linford|| 2008–2009 |- |Eddy Fox || Paul Darrow || 2009 |- |Lily Butterfield || Anne Charleston || 2006–2009 |- |Lexi King || Sally Oliver || 2007–2009 |- |Jake Doland || James Baxter || 2007–2009 |- |Michael Conway || Jamie Belman || 2009 |- |Vincent Spode || Antony Byrne || 2009 |}
==2010s== ===Last appeared in 2010=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Mark Wylde || Maxwell Caulfield || 2009–2010 |- |George Postlethwaite || Peter Cartwright || 2000–2005, 2007–2010 |- |Kayleigh Gibbs || Lily Jane Stead || 2005–2010 |- |Sue Hastings || Jan Francis || 2010 |- |Sally Spode || Siân Reeves || 2009–2010 |- |Olena Petrovich || Carolin Stoltz || 2009–2010 |- |Colleen King || Melanie Ash || 2004–2005, 2010 |- |Eli Dingle || Joseph Gilgun || 2006–2010 |- |Jamie Hope || Alex Carter || 2006–2010 |- |Tania Page || Victoria Pritchard || 2010 |- |Wayne Dobson || Gary Hanks || 2010 |- |Charlie Haynes || George Costigan || 2010 |- |Curtis Bevan || Kyle Rees|| 2010 |- |Adele Allfrey || Tanya Vital || 2008–2010 |- |Mickey Hall || Lee Oakes || 2010 |- |Abi Peterson || Catherine Tyldesley || 2010 |- |Dan Cravely || James Boyland || 2010 |- |Natasha Wylde || Amanda Donohoe || 2009–2010 |- |Nathan Wylde || Lyndon Ogbourne || 2009–2010 |}
===Last appeared in 2011=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Michael Feldmann || Matthew Vaughan || 1990–1994, 2010–2011 |- |Will Wylde || Oscar Lloyd || 2009–2011 |- |Maisie Wylde || Alice Coulthard || 2009–2011 |- |Terry Woods || Billy Hartman || 1995–2011 |- |Viv Hope || Deena Payne || 1993–2011 |- |T.J. Woods || Connor Lee || 2003–2011 |- |Stephanie Ray || Elianne Byrne || 2011 |- |Laura Prior || Elaine Glover || 2010–2011 |- |Nick Henshall || Michael McKell || 2008–2011 |- | Josh Walsh || Benjamin Murphy || 2011 |- |Faye Lamb || Kim Thomson || 2009–2011 |- |Tanya Callard || Susan McArdle || 2009, 2011 |- |Ryan Lamb || James Sutton || 2009–2011 |- |Derek Benrose || Stephen Bent || 2010–2011 |- |Kelly Windsor || Adele Silva || 1993–2000, 2005–2007, 2011 |- | Joe Chappell || Scott Taylor || 2011 |- |Jackson Walsh || Marc Silcock || 2010–2011 |- | Steve Kelly || Andy Walker || 2011 |- | Annie Kelly || Joanna Bond || 2011 |- |Jerry Walsh || Michael J. Jackson || 2010–2011 |- | rowspan="2"| Eve Jenson || Raine Davison || rowspan="2"| 2001–2002, 2006, 2010–2011 |- | Suzanne Shaw |- | Jared Haynes || Philip Hill-Pearson|| 2011 |- | Ella Hart || Corrinne Wicks || 2010–2011 |- | Mia Macey || Sapphire Elia || 2010–2011 |- | Dermot Macey || Frank Kelly || 2010–2011 |- | Flynn Buchanan || Ryan Prescott|| 2011 |- | Nicky Pritchard || Matt Milburn || 2011 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2012=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Hazel Rhodes || Pauline Quirke || 2010–2012 |- |John Barton || James Thornton || 2009–2012 |- | Roz Fielding || Kirsty-Leigh Porter || 2010–2012 |- | Ed Roberts || Lloyd Everitt || 2012 |- | Justin Gallagher || Andrew Langtree || 2010–2012 |- | Talia Brice || Carolynne Poole || 2012 |- | Trevor Cunningham || Justin McDonald || 2012 |- | Nigel Townsend || Andonis Anthony || 2012 |- | Davey Aldred || James Lauren || 2012 |- | Carl King || Tom Lister || 2004–2012 |- | rowspan="3"| Anya King || Ceryen Dean || rowspan="3"| 2004−2007, 2009−2010, 2012<!--Breaks between stints are to be over 1 calendar year--> |- | Millie Archer |- | Lauren Sheriston |- | Scarlett Nicholls || Kelsey-Beth Crossley || 2007–2012 |- | Brett Harrison || Gideon Turner || 2012 |- | Alex Moss || Kurtis Stacey || 2011–2012 |}
===Last appeared in 2013=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Luke Salter || Daniel Pearson|| 2012–2013 |- | Lizzie Lakely || Kitty McGeever || 2009–2013 |- | Harry Murray || Alfie Middlemiss || 2011, 2013 |- | Dylan Murray || Mikey Thomasson || 2011, 2013 |- | Kirk Stoker || Matt Kennard<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/VIDEO-Grimsby-actor-TV-soap-Emmerdale/story-18970762-detail/story.html#axzz2WWO7ZZc1 |title=Grimsby actor in TV soap Emmerdale | This is Grimsby |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619223314/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/VIDEO-Grimsby-actor-TV-soap-Emmerdale/story-18970762-detail/story.html#axzz2WWO7ZZc1 |archive-date=19 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| 2013 |- | Alan Turner || Richard Thorp || 1982–2013 |- | Natalie || Gemma Danielle Salusbury || 2013 |- | Gennie Walker|| Sian Reese-Williams || 2008–2013 |- | Dr Josephine Abbott || Kate Maravan || 2006–2013 |- | Neil Gutterson || Cameron Stewart || 2013 |- | Beattie Dixon || Eileen O'Brien || 2013 |- | Gary Benson || Stephen Donald || 2013 |- | Steve Harland || Tom Mannion || 2012–2013 |- | Cameron Murray || Dominic Power || 2011–2013 |- | Steph Stokes || Lorraine Chase || 2002–2006, 2013 |- | Lindy Haswell || Nimmy March || 2013 |- | Gil Keane || David Easter || 2013 |}
===Last appeared in 2014=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Jude Watson || Andy Wear || 2011–2014 |- | William Makepeace || Dudley Sutton || 2014 |- | Seb Makepeace || James Redmond || 2014 |- | Ian Chamberlain || Robert Cavanah || 2014 |- | Tiny Alcock || Tony Pritchard || 2014 |- | Dom Andrews || Wil Johnson || 2012–2014 |- | Gary North || Fergus O'Donnell || 2014 |- | rowspan="2"| Donna Windsor || Sophie Jeffery || rowspan="2"| 1993–2009, 2014 |- | Verity Rushworth |- | Carole || Tracy Brabin || 2014 |- | Robbie Lawson || Jamie Shelton || 2012–2014 |- | Declan Macey || Jason Merrells || 2010–2014 |- | Sean Spencer || Luke Roskell|| 2011–2014 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2015=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- |Gemma Andrews || Tendai Rinomhota || 2012–2015 |- |Katie Sugden || Sammy Winward || 2001–2015 |- |Darren Thompson || Danny Horn || 2015 |- |Caroline Swann || Sarah Moyle|| 2007, 2009, 2015 |- |Ruby Haswell || Alicya Eyo || 2011–2015 |- |Ali Spencer || Kelli Hollis || 2011–2015 |- |Rachel Breckle || Gemma Oaten || 2011–2015 |- |Paul Lambert || Mathew Bose || 2004–2010, 2015 |- |Alicia Gallagher || Natalie Anderson || 2010–2015 |- | Edna Birch || Shirley Stelfox || 2000–2015 |- | Charlotte Beecham || Emma Hartley-Miller || 2007–2009, 2015 |- | Tanya || Hilary Connell || 2015 |- | Mrs Winterbottom || Liz Dawn || 2015 |- | Betty Eagleton || Paula Tilbrook || 1994–2015 |}
===Last appeared in 2016=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="260" | Duration |- | Tess Harris || Nicola Stephenson || 2015–2016 |- | rowspan="2"| Molly Sharma || Maia Rose Smith || rowspan="2"| 2012–2013, 2015–2016 |- | Uncredited |- | Nikhil Sharma || Rik Makarem || 2009–2013, 2015–2016 |- | rowspan="2"| Gordon Livesy || Gerard Fletcher || rowspan="2"| 2003–2004, 2006, 2008, 2015−2016 |- | Gary Mavers |- | Ryan Harred || George Sampson || 2016 |- | Andy Sugden || Kelvin Fletcher || 1996–2016 |- | Angie Bailey || Nina Toussaint-White || 2016 |- | Dean || Craig Vye || 2016 |- | Jermaine Bailey || Micah Balfour || 2015–2016 |}
===Last appeared in 2017=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Joanie Wright || Denise Black || 2013, 2015–2017 |- | Maggie || Philippa Howell || 2017 |- | Will Scott || Ben Gerrard || 2016–2017 |- | rowspan="2"| Carly Hope || Rebecca Ryan || rowspan="2"| 2001, 2006, 2015–2017 |- | Gemma Atkinson |- | Matt || Jack Hickey || 2017 |- | Rakesh Kotecha || Pasha Bocarie || 2014–2017 |- | Ronnie Hale || John McArdle || 2016–2017 |- | Jamie Halstead || Jake Hayward || 2017 |- | Ethan || Michael Warrender || 2017 |- | Josh Crowther || Conner Chapman || 2017 |- | Martha Harris || Elaine Claxton || 2017 |- | Jason || Samuel Edward-Cook|| 2017 |- | Nell Fairfax || Scarlett Archer || 2017 |- | Emma Barton || Gillian Kearney || 2015–2017 |- | Finn Barton || Joe Gill || 2013–2017 |- | James Barton || Bill Ward|| 2013–2017 |- | rowspan="2"| Shadrach Dingle || Andy Devine || rowspan="2"| 2000, 2002–2010, 2017 |- | Matt Sutton |- | Val Pollard || Charlie Hardwick || 2004–2015, 2017 |}
===Last appeared in 2018=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Adam Barton || Adam Thomas || 2009–2018 |- | Chrissie White || Louise Marwood || 2014–2018 |- | Lawrence White || John Bowe || 2014–2018 |- | DC Wilson || Jennifer Lord || 2017–2018 |- | Ashley Thomas || John Middleton || 1996–2018 |- | Sandy Thomas || Freddie Jones || 2005–2018 |- | Alex Mason || Steven Flynn || 2017–2018 |- | Phil Webb || Ryan Hayes || 2018 |- | Garry Stone || Paul David-Gough || 2014–2015, 2017–2018 |- | Syd MacFarlane || James Foster || 2018 |- | Gerry Roberts || Shaun Thomas || 2017–2018 |- | Terry || Daniel Casey || 2018 |- | Beth || Annabelle Kaye || 2018 |- | Misty Allbright || Hedydd Dylan || 2018 |- | Mark Bails || Rocky Marshall || 2014–2015, 2018 |- | Obadiah Dingle || Paul Copley || 2018 |- | Connor || Cameron Jack || 2018 |- | Rebecca White || Emily Head || 2016–2018 |- | Clive || Tom Chambers || 2018 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2019=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | rowspan="2" | Isaac Nuttall || Jake Roche || rowspan="2" | 2010, 2018–2019 |- | Benedict Shaw |- | Lachlan White || Thomas Atkinson || 2014–2019 |- | Donny Cairn || Alan Convy || 2015, 2019 |- | Aiesha Richards || Shila Iqbal || 2018–2019 |- | Max Garrick || Jordan Reece || 2019 |- | Karen || Reanne Farley || 2019 |- | Natalie || Thea Beyleveld || 2019 |- | Frank Clayton || Michael Praed || 2016–2019 |- | Jack Sugden || Seth Ball || 2012–2019 |- | Megan Macey || Gaynor Faye || 2012–2019 |- | Eliza Sharma || Kyrena Robinson || 2016–2019 |- | Jessie Grant || Sandra Marvin || 2017–2019 |- | Derek Malone || Tommy Cannon || 2019 |- | Lee Posner || Kris Mochrie || 2019 |- | rowspan="2"| Sebastian White || Lily Westmoreland || rowspan="2"| 2017–2019 |- | Opie Atkinson |- | Maya Stepney || Louisa Clein || 2018–2019 |- | Dee Dee || Mia Gibson-Reed || 2017, 2019 |- |}
==2020s== ===Last appeared in 2020=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope=2col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Pierce Harris || Jonathan Wrather || 2016–2017, 2020 |- | Pete Barton || Anthony Quinlan || 2013–2020 |- | Douglas Potts || Duncan Preston || 2007–2011, 2014–2020 |- | Pearl Ladderbanks || Meg Johnson || 2003–2020 |- | DI Mark Malone || Mark Womack || 2020 |- | DS Jason Wise || Neil Roberts || 2016–2020 |- | rowspan="2"| Kirin Kotecha || Adam Fielding || rowspan="2"| 2014–2016, 2020 |- | Rish Shah |- |}
===Last appeared in 2021=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope=2col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | Danny Harrington || Louis Healy || 2019–2021 |- | Debbie Dingle || Charley Webb || 2002–2021 |- | Connor Cooper || Danny Cunningham || 2020–2021 |- | Paul Ashdale || Reece Dinsdale || 2020–2021 |- | Luke Posner || Max Parker || 2019–2021 |- | Leanna Cavanagh || Mimi Slinger || 2018–2021 |- | Juliette Holliday || Amelia Curtis || 2014, 2016, 2021 |- | Russell Posner || Rob Jarvis || 2021 |- | Andrea Tate || Anna Nightingale || 2019–2021 |- | rowspan="6" | Jamie Tate || Jake Meays || rowspan="6" | 1996–1999, 2019–2021 |- | Elliott Suckley |- | Sam Silson |- | Oliver Carroll |- | Bradley White |- | Alexander Lincoln |- | Ben Tucker || Simon Lennon || 2020–2021 |}
===Last appeared in 2022=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope=2col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | rowspan="2" | Ellis Chapman || Asan N'Jie || rowspan="2" | 2018–2022 |- | Aaron Anthony |- | Gavin || Ben Richards || 2021–2022 |- | DS Rogers || Matthew Flynn || 2021–2022 |- | Carol Butler || Laura Pitt-Pulford || 2021–2022 |- | Meena Jutla || Paige Sandhu || 2020–2022 |- | Jason Denshaw || Parry Glasspool || 2022 |- | Kit || Thoren Ferguson || 2022 |- | Millie Tate || Willow Bell || 2019–2022 |- | Hazel || Kate Anthony | 2021–2022 |- | Harriet Finch || Katherine Dow Blyton || 2013–2022 |- | Liv Flaherty || Isobel Steele || 2016–2022 |- | Diane Sugden || Elizabeth Estensen || 1999–2022 |- | Al Chapman || Michael Wildman || 2019–2022 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2023 === {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | rowspan="2" | Priya Sharma || Effie Woods || rowspan="2" | 2009–2023 |- | Fiona Wade |- | Amba Metcalfe || Ava Jayasinghe || 2014–2023 |- | Marcus Dean || Darcy Grey || 2022–2023 |- | Zak Dingle || Steve Halliwell || 1994–2023 |- | rowspan="2" | Theo Metcalfe || Talitha Taylor and Eve Rowlinski || rowspan="2" | 2019–2023 |- | Beau-Ronnie Newton |- | Naomi Walters || Karene Peter || 2022–2023 |- | Marshall Hamston || Max Fletcher || 2023 |- | Rishi Sharma || Bhasker Patel || 2011–2023 |- | rowspan="2" | Georgia Sharma || Trudie Goodwin || rowspan="2" | 2011–2015, 2023 |- | Lin Blakley |- | Lloyd Sawyer || Matt Sutton || 2023 |- | Dan Spencer || Liam Fox || 2011–2023 |- | Victor Anderson || Eddie Osei || 2023 |- | Corey Sanderson || Kyle Rowe || 2023 |- | Craig Reed || Ben Addis || 2023 |- | David Metcalfe || Matthew Wolfenden || 2006–2023 |- | Chloe Harris || Jessie Elland || 2021–2023 |- | Reuben Harris || Sebastian Downes || 2023 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2024=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="230" | Duration |- | rowspan="2" | Heath Hope || Lilith Kitching || rowspan="2" | 2007–2024 |- | Sebastian Dowling |- | Sophie Grisham || Martha Cope || 2023–2024 |- | Oscar Grisham || Harley Hamilton || 2023–2024 |- | Lisa Dingle || Jane Cox || 1996–2020, 2024 |- | Damon Harris || Robert Beck || 2023–2024 |- | Amit Sharma || Anil Goutam || 2023–2024 |- | Gus Malcolm || Alan McKenna || 2023–2024 |- | Ethan Anderson || Emile John || 2021–2024 |- | Nicky Miligan || Lewis Cope || 2022–2024 |- | Suni Sharma || Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana || 2023–2024 |- | rowspan="4" | Samson Dingle || Bradley Milnes || rowspan="4" | 2006−2024 |- | Ben Shooter |- | Charlie Pell |- | Sam Hall |- | Rose Jackson || Christine Tremarco || 2024 |- | Helen Fox || Sharon Maughan || 2024 |- | rowspan="2" | Tina Dingle || Jacqueline Pirie || rowspan="2" | 1994–1996, 2024 |- | Samantha Power |- | Holly Barton || Sophie Powles || 2009–2012, 2016, 2024 |- | DS Foy || Robert Cavanah || 2024 |- | rowspan="3" | Elliot Windsor || Oliver Brooke || rowspan="3" | 2011–2012, 2016–2024 |- | Jackson Cummins |- | Luca Hoyle |- | Amelia Spencer || Daisy Campbell || 2011–2024 |- | Daz Spencer || Mark Jordon || 2014, 2017–2019, 2024 |- | Jade Garrick || Twinnie-Lee Moore || 2024 |- |}
===Last appeared in 2025=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="350" | Duration ! scope="col" width="30" | {{Ref.}} |- | Will Taylor || Dean Andrews || 2019–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Wendy Posner || Susan Cookson || 2019–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Angelica|King}} || {{sortname|Sophie|Firth|nolink=1}} || rowspan="2" | 2009−2025 || rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | {{sortname|Rebecca|Bakes|nolink=1}} |- | Anthony Fox || Nicholas Day || 2024–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | {{sortname|Anna|Finsbury|List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2024#Anna Finsbury}} || {{sortname|Rhea|Bailey}} || 2024–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | rowspan="4" | Thomas King || Jack Ferguson || rowspan="4" | 2004–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2023–2025 || rowspan="4" align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Connor Hill |- | Mark Flanagan |- | James Chase |- | Suzy Merton || Martelle Edinborough || 2022–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | rowspan="2" | Amy Wyatt || Chelsea Halfpenny || rowspan="2" | 2010–2013, 2019–2025 || rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Natalie Ann Jamieson |- | Leyla Harding || Roxy Shahidi || 2008–2011, 2013–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Ella Forster || Paula Lane || 2024–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Brenda Walker || Lesley Dunlop || 2008–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | rowspan="2" | Cathy Hope || Ella Whitehouse-Downes || rowspan="2" | 2007–2025 || rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Gabrielle Dowling |- | Nate Robinson || Jurell Carter || 2019–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | DCI Vikesh Dasari || Stephen Rahman-Hughes || 2006−2007, 2025 || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kitson |first1=Calli |date=24 May 2025 |title=Emmerdale star 'welcomed back with warmth' as he reprises role after 19 years |url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/24/emmerdale-star-welcomed-back-warmth-reprises-role-19-years-2-23224030/ |access-date=11 June 2025 |work=Metro |language=English |archive-date=27 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527112706/https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/24/emmerdale-star-welcomed-back-warmth-reprises-role-19-years-2-23224030/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Gail Loman || Rachael Gill-Davis || 2019, 2023–2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Cara Robinson || Carryl Thomas || 2020, 2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Steph Miligan || Georgia Jay || 2024–2025 || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=Emmerdale star finally confirms exit from soap after extended absence |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a71440122/emmerdale-georgia-jay-confirms-exit/ |access-date=29 May 2026 |work=Digital Spy}}</ref> |- | Bernice Blackstock || Samantha Giles || 1998–2002, 2004, 2012–2019, 2021–2023, 2025 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | rowspan="2" | Faith Dingle || Gillian Jephcott || rowspan="2" | 2000, 2004, 2017–2019, 2021–2022, 2025 || rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- | Sally Dexter |- |}
===Last appeared in 2026=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="230" | Character ! scope="col" width="230" | Actor(s) ! scope="col" width="350" | Duration ! scope="col" width="30" | {{Ref.}} |- | Celia Daniels || Jaye Griffiths || 2025–2026 || align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarrubba |first1=Stefania |title=Emmerdale star Jaye Griffiths responds to Celia Daniels' shocking exit |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a69901189/emmerdale-jaye-griffiths-celia-daniels-exit/ |access-date=29 May 2026 |work=Digital Spy}}</ref> |- | John Sugden || Oliver Farnworth || 2024–2026 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lewis |title=Emmerdale cast: who is leaving, returning to and joining the cast? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/emmerdale/emmerdale-cast/ |access-date=29 May 2026 |work=Radio Times}}</ref> |- | Ray Walters || Joe Absolom || 2025–2026 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- |}
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