{{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|1970s]]: [[#Last appeared in 1972|1972]] [[#Last appeared in 1973|1973]] [[#Last appeared in 1974|1974]] [[#Last appeared in 1975|1975]] [[#Last appeared in 1976|1976]] [[#Last appeared in 1977|1977]] [[#Last appeared in 1978|1978]] [[#Last appeared in 1979|1979]] <br />• [[#1980s|1980s]]: [[#Last appeared in 1980|1980]] [[#Last appeared in 1981|1981]] [[#Last appeared in 1982|1982]] [[#Last appeared in 1983|1983]] [[#Last appeared in 1984|1984]] [[#Last appeared in 1985|1985]] [[#Last appeared in 1986|1986]] [[#Last appeared in 1987|1987]] [[#Last appeared in 1988|1988]] [[#Last appeared in 1989|1989]] <br />• [[#1990s|1990s]]: [[#Last appeared in 1990|1990]] [[#Last appeared in 1991|1991]] [[#Last appeared in 1992|1992]] [[#Last appeared in 1993|1993]] [[#Last appeared in 1994|1994]] [[#Last appeared in 1995|1995]] [[#Last appeared in 1996|1996]] [[#Last appeared in 1997|1997]] [[#Last appeared in 1998|1998]] [[#Last appeared in 1999|1999]] <br />• [[#2000s|2000s]]: [[#Last appeared in 2000|2000]] [[#Last appeared in 2001|2001]] [[#Last appeared in 2002|2002]] [[#Last appeared in 2003|2003]] [[#Last appeared in 2004|2004]] [[#Last appeared in 2005|2005]] [[#Last appeared in 2006|2006]] [[#Last appeared in 2007|2007]] [[#Last appeared in 2008|2008]] [[#Last appeared in 2009|2009]] <br />• [[#2010s|2010s]]: [[#Last appeared in 2010|2010]] [[#Last appeared in 2011|2011]] [[#Last appeared in 2012|2012]] [[#Last appeared in 2013|2013]] [[#Last appeared in 2014|2014]] [[#Last appeared in 2015|2015]] [[#Last appeared in 2016|2016]] [[#Last appeared in 2017|2017]] [[#Last appeared in 2018|2018]] [[#Last appeared in 2019|2019]] <br />• [[#2020s|2020s]]: [[#Last appeared in 2020|2020]] [[#Last appeared in 2021|2021]] [[#Last appeared in 2022|2022]] [[#Last appeared in 2023|2023]] [[#Last appeared in 2024|2024]] [[#Last appeared in 2025|2025]] [[#Last appeared in 2026|2026]] <br />• [[#References|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Wallace|Wallace]] || [[Michael Culver]] || 1972 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Peters|Peters]] || Reginald Barratt || 1972 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Lynn Wallace|Lynn Wallace]] || [[Jenny Lee-Wright]] || 1972 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Norman Harrison|Norman Harrison]] || [[Christopher Mitchell (actor)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Bart Ansett|Bart Ansett]] || [[Trevor Ray]] || 1972–1973 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Harry Jameson|Harry Jameson]] || [[John Glyn-Jones]] || 1972–1973 |- |[[Sharon Crossthwaite]] || [[Louise Jameson]] || 1973 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#PC Dave Ball|PC Dave Ball]] || [[Christopher Wray (actor)|Christopher Wray]] || 1972–1973 |- |Ian 'Trash' McIntyre || [[Leonard Maguire]] || 1973 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Beryl Crossthwaite|Beryl Crossthwaite]] || Joan Scott || 1973 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1972–1973)#Penny Golightly|Penny Golightly]] || Louisa Martin || 1973 |- |[[Peggy Skilbeck]] || [[Jo Kendall]] || 1972–1973 |- |Amy Postlethwaite || Dorothy Frere || 1973 |- |Bob Molesworth || [[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]] || 1973 |- |Mick Cavan || [[David Kelly (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (actress)|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 (actor)|George Waring]] || 1974–1975 |- |Jean Kendall || Leslie Nunnerley || 1975 |- |[[List of Emmerdale Farm characters (1974)#Jim Gimbel|Jim Gimbel]] || John Atkinson || 1974–1975 |- |Freda Gimbel || Mary Henry || 1974–1975 |- |Jackson || [[William Moore (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (British actress)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|Neil McCarthy]] || 1980–1981 |- |Bob Jerome || [[Richard Howard (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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]] || [[Dave Hill (actor)|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 (English actor)|Peter Alexander]] || 1986–1989 |- |Clare Sutcliffe || Sara Griffiths || 1988–1989 |- |[[Tony Barclay]] || [[Alun Lewis (actor)|Alun Lewis]] || 1989 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Sandie Merrick]] || Jenny Mayors-Clark || rowspan="2"| 1972, 1980–1989 |- |Jane Hutcheson |- | [[Denis Rigg]] || [[Richard Franklin (actor)|Richard Franklin]] || 1988–1989 |- |[[Ted Sharp]] || Andy Rashleigh || 1989 |- |[[Jackie Merrick]] || Ian Sharrock || 1972, 1980–1989 |- | [[Alice Wood (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|Liz MacDonald]] || [[Lizzie Mickery]] || 1977, 1984–1986, 1988, 1990 |- |[[Debbie Wilson (Emmerdale)|Debbie Wilson]] || [[Debbie Arnold]] || 1990 |- |[[Pete Whiteley]] || [[Jim Millea]] || 1989–1990 |- |[[Bill Whiteley]] || [[Teddy Turner (actor)|Teddy Turner]] || 1989–1990 |- |Jock MacDonald || Drew Dawson || 1981, 1983–1990 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1990)#Harriet Buchan|Harriet Buchan]] || Sheila Grier || 1990 |- |[[Fran Carter]] || [[Heather Wright]] || 1990 |- |[[David Hughes (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1991)#Miss "Skipdale Breweries"|Miss Skipdale Breweries]] || Jayne Ashbourne || 1991 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1991)#April Brooks|April Brooks]] || [[Anna Keaveney]] || 1991 |- |[[Paula Barker (Emmerdale)|Paula Barker]] || [[Judy Brooke]] || 1991 |- |[[Martin Bennett (Emmerdale)|Martin Bennett]] || John Pickles || 1990–1991 |- |[[Samuel Skilbeck]] || Benjamin Whitehead || 1982–1991 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1990)#Tony Charlton|Tony Charlton]] || Stephen Rashbrook || 1990–1991 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Dolly Skilbeck]] || [[Katharine Barker (actress)|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 (actor)|Tom Adams]] |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1991)#Louise|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1990)#Gary|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1990)#Dan|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1991)#Carol Nelson|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 (Emmerdale)|Mark Hughes]] || [[Craig McKay (actor)|Craig McKay]] || 1988–1994 |- |[[Leonard Kempinski]] || [[Bernard Archard]] || 1992–1994 |- |[[Josh Lewis (Emmerdale)|Josh Lewis]] || Peter Warnock || 1993–1994 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)#Danny|Danny]] |Lauren Beales |1994 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)#Colin Long|Lucy]] |Tracie Hart |1994 |- |[[Shirley Turner (Emmerdale)|Shirley Turner]] || [[Rachel Davies]] || 1993–1994 |- |[[Reg Dawson]] || Niven Boyd || 1994 |- |[[Eileen Pollock (Emmerdale)|Eileen Pollock]] |Arbel Jones |1994 |- |[[Peter Whiteley Jr.|Peter Whiteley]] || Sam Walker || 1990–1994 |- |[[Lynn Whiteley]] || [[Fionnuala Ellwood]] || 1989–1994 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)#Sven Olsen|Sven Olsen]] |Daniel O'Grady |1994 |- |[[Ben Dingle]] || Steve Fury || 1994 |- |[[Joe Sugden]] || [[Frazer Hines]] || 1972–1994 |- |[[Colin Long (Emmerdale)|Colin Long]] || [[Al Hunter Ashton]] || 1994 |- |Sgt Hanway || [[Ray Ashcroft]] || 1994 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)#Arthur Prendegast|Arthur Prendegast]] |George Malpas |1994 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1994)#Harry Barker|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1995)#Daniel Weir|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 (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (1997)#Doug Hamilton|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 (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Will Cairns]] || [[Paul Fox (actor)|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 (actress)|Diana Davies]] || 1984–1997, 1999 |- |[[Stella Jones (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|Leslie Randall]]|| 1999–2000 |- |[[Lyn Hutchinson]] || Sally Walsh || 1997–2000 |- |[[Graham Clark (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2000)#Adam Forrester|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 (actress)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Carlos Diaz]] || Gary Turner || 2000–2001, 2004 |- |[[Emma Nightingale]] || Rachel Ambler || 1995–1996, 2004 |- |[[Paul Marsden (Emmerdale)|Paul Marsden]] || [[Matthew Booth (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2004)#Callum Rennie|Callum Rennie]] ||[[Andrew Whipp]] || 2004–2005 |- |[[Neil DePaul]] || Martin Troakes || 2005 |- |[[Kara Warren|DI Kara Warren]] || Julie Saunders || 2005 |- |[[Jay Aswar]] || Guy Rhys || 2005 |- |[[Max King (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|Stephen Marchant]] || rowspan="2"| 1985, 2006 |- |[[Nick Brimble]] |- |[[Beryl Chugspoke]] || [[Georgina Hale]] || 2006 |- |[[Barney Chugspoke]] || Huw David Thomas || 2006 |- |[[David Brown (Emmerdale)|David Brown]] || [[Peter Alexander (English actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Simon Meredith]] || [[Dale Meeks]] || 2003–2006 |- |[[Ivan Jones (Emmerdale)|Ivan Jones]] || [[Daniel Brocklebank]] || 2005–2006 |- |[[Gilbert Duff]] || [[Christopher Beeny]] || 2006 |- |[[Martin Crowe (Emmerdale)|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 (Irish actor)|Liam O'Brien]]|| 2003–2006 |- |[[Adam Forsythe]] || [[Richard Shelton (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|Peter Martin]] || 2001–2007 |- |[[Errol Michaels]] || [[Antony Booth]] || 2007 |- |[[Eddie Hope]] || [[Nigel Betts]] || 2003, 2007 |- |[[Owen Hartbourne]] || [[Oliver Lee (actor)|Oliver Lee]] || 2006–2007 |- |[[Marc Reynolds]] || [[Anthony Lewis (actor)|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 (actress)|Emma Kearney]] || 2005–2007 |- |[[Colin McFarlane (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 Doland-Thomas|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 (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2008)#Gary McFarlane|Gary McFarlane]] || Colin Connor || 2008 |- |[[Peter Birch (Emmerdale)|Peter Birch]] || [[Philip Bird]] || 2006, 2008 |- |[[Shane Doyle]] || [[Paul McEwan (actor)|Paul McEwan]] || 2008 |- |[[Matthew King (Emmerdale)|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 (actress)|Emma Davies]] || 2008–2009 |- |[[Charles Vaughan (Emmerdale)|Charles Vaughan]] || Richard Cole || 2006–2009 |- |[[Richard Montclare]] || [[Dominic Jephcott]] || 2008–2009 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2007)#Patricia Foster|Patricia Foster]] || [[Vicki Michelle]] || 2007–2009 |- |[[Jonny Foster]] || [[Richard Grieve]] || 2007–2009 |- |[[Pam Montclare]] || [[Catherine Rabett]] || 2008–2009 |- |[[Ross Kirk]] || [[Samuel Anderson (actor)|Samuel Anderson]] || 2007–2009 |- |[[Andrew Drake|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 (actor)|Tom Knight]] || 2009 |- |[[Jasmine Thomas (Emmerdale)|Jasmine Thomas]] || [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] || 2005–2009 |- |[[Dean Morris]] || [[Marc Bolton]] || 2004–2007, 2009 |- |[[Daz Eden]] || [[Luke Tittensor]] || 2003–2009 |- |[[John McNally (Emmerdale)|John McNally]] ||Steven Farebrother || 2004–2009 |- |[[Mick Naylor]] || [[Tony Haygarth]] || 2008–2009 |- |[[Lee Naylor (Emmerdale)|Lee Naylor]] || [[Lewis Linford]]|| 2008–2009 |- |[[Eddy Fox (Emmerdale)|Eddy Fox]] || [[Paul Darrow]] || 2009 |- |[[Lily Butterfield]] || [[Anne Charleston]] || 2006–2009 |- |[[Lexi King]] || [[Sally Oliver]] || 2007–2009 |- |[[Jake Doland]] || [[James Baxter (actor)|James Baxter]] || 2007–2009 |- |[[Michael Conway (Emmerdale)|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 (actor)|Peter Cartwright]] || 2000–2005, 2007–2010 |- |[[Kayleigh Gibbs]] || Lily Jane Stead || 2005–2010 |- |[[Sue Hastings (Emmerdale)|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 (British actor)|Alex Carter]] || 2006–2010 |- |[[Tania Page]] || Victoria Pritchard || 2010 |- |[[Wayne Dobson (Emmerdale)|Wayne Dobson]] || Gary Hanks || 2010 |- |[[Charlie Haynes]] || [[George Costigan]] || 2010 |- |[[Curtis Bevan]] || [[Kyle Rees]]|| 2010 |- |[[Adele Allfrey]] || Tanya Vital || 2008–2010 |- |[[Mickey Hall (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|Terry Woods]] || [[Billy Hartman]] || 1995–2011 |- |[[Viv Hope]] || [[Deena Payne]] || 1993–2011 |- |[[T.J. Woods]] || Connor Lee || 2003–2011 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Stephanie Ray|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 (Emmerdale)|Ryan Lamb]] || [[James Sutton (actor)|James Sutton]] || 2009–2011 |- |[[Derek Benrose]] || [[Stephen Bent]] || 2010–2011 |- |[[Kelly Windsor]] || [[Adele Silva]] || 1993–2000, 2005–2007, 2011 |- | [[Joe Chappell]] || [[Scott Taylor (actor)|Scott Taylor]] || 2011 |- |[[Jackson Walsh]] || [[Marc Silcock]] || 2010–2011 |- | [[Steve Kelly (Emmerdale)|Steve Kelly]] || Andy Walker || 2011 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Annie Kelly|Annie Kelly]] || Joanna Bond || 2011 |- |[[Jerry Walsh (Emmerdale)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Flynn Buchanan|Flynn Buchanan]] || [[Ryan Prescott (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|John Barton]] || [[James Thornton (actor)|James Thornton]] || 2009–2012 |- | [[Roz Fielding]] || [[Kirsty-Leigh Porter]] || 2010–2012 |- | [[Ed Roberts (Emmerdale)|Ed Roberts]] || [[Lloyd Everitt]] || 2012 |- | [[Justin Gallagher]] || [[Andrew Langtree]] || 2010–2012 |- | [[Talia Brice]] || [[Carolynne Poole]] || 2012 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)#Trevor Cunningham|Trevor Cunningham]] || [[Justin McDonald]] || 2012 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)#Nigel Townsend|Nigel Townsend]] || Andonis Anthony || 2012 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)#Davey Aldred|Davey Aldred]] || James Lauren || 2012 |- | [[Carl King]] || [[Tom Lister (actor)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)#Brett Harrison|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2012)#Luke Salter|Luke Salter]] || [[Daniel Pearson (actor)|Daniel Pearson]]|| 2012–2013 |- | [[Lizzie Lakely]] || [[Kitty McGeever]] || 2009–2013 |- | [[Harry Murray (Emmerdale)|Harry Murray]] || Alfie Middlemiss || 2011, 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Dylan Murray|Dylan Murray]] || Mikey Thomasson || 2011, 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Kirk Stoker|Kirk Stoker]] || [[Matt Kennard (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Alan Turner]] || [[Richard Thorp]] || 1982–2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Natalie|Natalie]] || Gemma Danielle Salusbury || 2013 |- | [[Gennie Walker]]|| [[Sian Reese-Williams]] || 2008–2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2006#Dr Josephine Abbott|Dr Josephine Abbott]] || [[Kate Maravan]] || 2006–2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Neil Gutterson|Neil Gutterson]] || Cameron Stewart || 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Beattie Dixon|Beattie Dixon]] || [[Eileen O'Brien (actress)|Eileen O'Brien]] || 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Gary Benson|Gary Benson]] || Stephen Donald || 2013 |- | [[Steve Harland]] || [[Tom Mannion]] || 2012–2013 |- | [[Cameron Murray (Emmerdale)|Cameron Murray]] || [[Dominic Power]] || 2011–2013 |- | [[Steph Stokes]] || [[Lorraine Chase]] || 2002–2006, 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Lindy Haswell|Lindy Haswell]] || [[Nimmy March]] || 2013 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2013)#Gil Keane|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 (Emmerdale)|Jude Watson]] || Andy Wear || 2011–2014 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#William Makepeace|William Makepeace]] || [[Dudley Sutton]] || 2014 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#Seb Makepeace|Seb Makepeace]] || [[James Redmond (actor)|James Redmond]] || 2014 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#Ian Chamberlain|Ian Chamberlain]] || [[Robert Cavanah]] || 2014 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#Tiny Alcock|Tiny Alcock]] || [[Tony Pritchard]] || 2014 |- | [[Dominic Andrews|Dom Andrews]] || [[Wil Johnson]] || 2012–2014 |- | [[Gary North (Emmerdale)|Gary North]] || Fergus O'Donnell || 2014 |- | rowspan="2"| [[Donna Windsor]] || Sophie Jeffery || rowspan="2"| 1993–2009, 2014 |- | [[Verity Rushworth]] |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#Carole|Carole]] || [[Tracy Brabin]] || 2014 |- | [[Robbie Lawson (Emmerdale)|Robbie Lawson]] || [[Jamie Shelton]] || 2012–2014 |- | [[Declan Macey]] || [[Jason Merrells]] || 2010–2014 |- | [[Sean Spencer (Emmerdale)|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 |- |[[List of Emmerdale characters (2015)#Darren Thompson|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 (Emmerdale)|Paul Lambert]] || [[Mathew Bose]] || 2004–2010, 2015 |- |[[Alicia Gallagher]] || [[Natalie Anderson (actress)|Natalie Anderson]] || 2010–2015 |- | [[Edna Birch]] || [[Shirley Stelfox]] || 2000–2015 |- | [[Charlotte Beecham]] || Emma Hartley-Miller || 2007–2009, 2015 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2015)#Tanya|Tanya]] || Hilary Connell || 2015 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2015)#Mrs Winterbottom|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2016)#Dean|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 (Emmerdale)|Maggie]] || Philippa Howell || 2017 |- | [[Will Scott (Emmerdale)|Will Scott]] || Ben Gerrard || 2016–2017 |- | rowspan="2"| [[Carly Hope]] || [[Rebecca Ryan]] || rowspan="2"| 2001, 2006, 2015–2017 |- | [[Gemma Atkinson]] |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2017)#Matt|Matt]] || Jack Hickey || 2017 |- | [[Rakesh Kotecha]] || Pasha Bocarie || 2014–2017 |- | [[Ronnie Hale]] || [[John McArdle]] || 2016–2017 |- | [[Jamie Halstead]] || Jake Hayward || 2017 |- | [[Ethan (Emmerdale)|Ethan]] || Michael Warrender || 2017 |- | [[Josh Crowther]] || Conner Chapman || 2017 |- | Martha Harris || Elaine Claxton || 2017 |- | [[Jason (Emmerdale)|Jason]] || [[Samuel Edward-Cook]]|| 2017 |- | [[Nell Fairfax]] || Scarlett Archer || 2017 |- | [[Emma Barton (Emmerdale)|Emma Barton]] || [[Gillian Kearney]] || 2015–2017 |- | [[Finn Barton]] || [[Joe Gill (actor)|Joe Gill]] || 2013–2017 |- | [[James Barton (Emmerdale)|James Barton]] || [[Bill Ward (actor)|Bill Ward]]|| 2013–2017 |- | rowspan="2"| [[Shadrach Dingle]] || [[Andy Devine (English actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Adam Barton]] || [[Adam Thomas]] || 2009–2018 |- | [[Chrissie White (Emmerdale)|Chrissie White]] || [[Louise Marwood]] || 2014–2018 |- | [[Lawrence White (Emmerdale)|Lawrence White]] || [[John Bowe (actor)|John Bowe]] || 2014–2018 |- | DC Wilson || Jennifer Lord || 2017–2018 |- | [[Ashley Thomas]] || [[John Middleton (actor)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)#Syd MacFarlane|Syd MacFarlane]] || James Foster || 2018 |- | [[Gerry Roberts]] || Shaun Thomas || 2017–2018 |- | [[Terry (Emmerdale)|Terry]] || [[Daniel Casey]] || 2018 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)#Beth|Beth]] || Annabelle Kaye || 2018 |- | [[Misty Allbright]] || Hedydd Dylan || 2018 |- | [[Mark Bails]] || [[Rocky Marshall]] || 2014–2015, 2018 |- | [[Obadiah Dingle]] || [[Paul Copley]] || 2018 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)#Connor|Connor]] || Cameron Jack || 2018 |- | [[Rebecca White (Emmerdale)|Rebecca White]] || [[Emily Head]] || 2016–2018 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2018)#Clive|Clive]] || [[Tom Chambers (actor)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2015)#Donny Cairn|Donny Cairn]] || Alan Convy || 2015, 2019 |- | [[Aiesha Richards]] || Shila Iqbal || 2018–2019 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Max Garrick|Max Garrick]] || Jordan Reece || 2019 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Karen|Karen]] || Reanne Farley || 2019 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Natalie|Natalie]] || Thea Beyleveld || 2019 |- | [[Frank Clayton (Emmerdale)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2019)#Derek Malone|Derek Malone]] || [[Tommy Cannon]] || 2019 |- | [[Lee Posner]] || [[Kris Mochrie]] || 2019 |- | rowspan="2"| [[Sebastian White (Emmerdale)|Sebastian White]] || Lily Westmoreland || rowspan="2"| 2017–2019 |- | Opie Atkinson |- | [[Maya Stepney]] || [[Louisa Clein]] || 2018–2019 |- | [[Dee Dee (Emmerdale)|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 (actress)|Meg Johnson]] || 2003–2020 |- | [[DI Mark Malone]] || [[Mark Womack]] || 2020 |- | [[DS Jason Wise]] || [[Neil Roberts (actor)|Neil Roberts]] || 2016–2020 |- | rowspan="2"| [[Kirin Kotecha]] || [[Adam Fielding (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|Ellis Chapman]] || Asan N'Jie || rowspan="2" | 2018–2022 |- | Aaron Anthony |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2021)#Gavin|Gavin]] || [[Ben Richards (actor)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2022)#Kit|Kit]] || Thoren Ferguson || 2022 |- | [[Millie Tate]] || Willow Bell || 2019–2022 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2021)#Hazel|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]] |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2014)#Amba Metcalfe|Amba Metcalfe]] || Ava Jayasinghe || 2014–2023 |- | [[Marcus Dean]] || [[Darcy Grey]] || 2022–2023 |- | [[Zak Dingle]] || [[Steve Halliwell]] || 1994–2023 |- | rowspan="2" | [[Theo Metcalfe (Emmerdale)|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]] |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2023)#Lloyd Sawyer|Lloyd Sawyer]] || Matt Sutton || 2023 |- | [[Dan Spencer (Emmerdale)|Dan Spencer]] || [[Liam Fox (actor)|Liam Fox]] || 2011–2023 |- | [[Victor Anderson (Emmerdale)|Victor Anderson]] || Eddie Osei || 2023 |- | [[Corey Sanderson]] || Kyle Rowe || 2023 |- | [[Craig Reed (Emmerdale)|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2023)#Sophie Grisham|Sophie Grisham]] || [[Martha Cope]] || 2023–2024 |- | [[Oscar Grisham]] || Harley Hamilton || 2023–2024 |- | [[Lisa Dingle]] || [[Jane Cox]] || 1996–2020, 2024 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2023)#Damon "Harry" Harris|Damon Harris]] || [[Robert Beck (actor)|Robert Beck]] || 2023–2024 |- | [[Amit Sharma (Emmerdale)|Amit Sharma]] || Anil Goutam || 2023–2024 |- | [[Gus Malcolm]] || [[Alan McKenna (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|Rose Jackson]] || [[Christine Tremarco]] || 2024 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2024)#Helen Fox|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 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2024#DS Foy|DS Foy]] || [[Robert Cavanah]] || 2024 |- | rowspan="3" | [[Elliot Windsor]] || Oliver Brooke || rowspan="3" | 2011–2012, 2016–2024 |- | Jackson Cummins |- | Luca Hoyle |- | [[Amelia Spencer (Emmerdale)|Amelia Spencer]] || [[Daisy Campbell (actress, born 2003)|Daisy Campbell]] || 2011–2024 |- | [[Daz Spencer]] || [[Mark Jordon]] || 2014, 2017–2019, 2024 |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2024#Jade Garrick|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|Anthony Fox]] || [[Nicholas Day (actor)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (British newspaper)|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.}} |- | [[List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2025#Celia Daniels|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 (Emmerdale)|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 (Emmerdale)|Ray Walters]] || [[Joe Absolom]] || 2025–2026 || align="center" | <ref name="RTimes" /> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Emmerdale}} {{Emmerdale characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emmerdale Former Characters, List Of}} [[Category:Lists of Emmerdale characters]] [[Category:Lists of former characters]] [[Category:Lists of actors by soap opera television series|Emmerdale previous]]