List of recurring Emmerdale characters
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This page contains information on characters from the British soap opera Emmerdale, that appear on a recurring basis. Some of these characters have appeared on and off over the years whereas in the case of others, namely babies, have been around for years but only appear every now and again and rarely, if ever, actually speak.
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[edit] Gabby Thomas
- Played by Annelise Manojlovic
Gabby is the daughter of village vicar Ashley Thomas and former Woolpack landlady Bernice Thomas. When Gabby was conceived her mother was having an affair with Woolpack chef Carlos Diaz. When Gabby was born on December 25, 2001 Ashley discovered that his wife was having an affair and that the paternity of Gabby was called in to question. After a DNA Ashley was revealed to be Gabby's biological father. Ashley decided to forgive Bernice for the affair and the family was back together. However, Bernice didn't take to motherhood well and decided to that the best thing for everyone was if she left the village. She sold her share of the pub to Louise Appleton and left Emmerdale. On November 6, 2005 Ashley remarried and Gabby had an new step-mother in the form of Laurel Thomas who adored Gabby. Since then Gabby's grandfather, Sandy and her cousin Jasmine have all moved together.
[edit] Family
- Father: Ashley Thomas
- Mother: Bernice Thomas
- Half-sister: Diane Jnr.
- Grandfathers: Sandy Thomas, Rodney Blackstock
- Grandmother: Diane Sugden
- Uncles: Luke Thomas, Paul Lambert
- Aunt: Nicola Blackstock
- Great aunt: Val Lambert
- Cousin: Jasmine Thomas
- First cousins once removed: Sharon Lambert, Paul Lambert
[edit] Bishop George Postlethwaite
- Played by Peter Cartwright
Bishop George Postlethwaite is the Bishop of Hotten. He first appeared in early 2000 with his most recent appearance being on Christmas Day 2006 when he married Tom King and Rosemary Sinclair. George also conducted the wedding of Ashley Thomas and Laurel Potts in November 2005. He is due to babtize the Hope twins on 9th May 2007.
[edit] TJ Woods
- Played by Connor Lee
T.J. is the son of Terry Woods and Dawn Woods.
Before he was even a week old, a terrible event threw his world into chaos. Terry suffered a stroke and young mum Dawn was left with both a baby to care for and a dependent husband.
Before long, the illness took its toll and their marriage and Dawn and Terry split up, leaving TJ caught in the middle. For a time, Dawn was involved with local bad boy Scott Windsor but the romance fell apart thanks to his infidelity. Terry then became involved with Louise Appleton until her infidelity caused their break up.
Dawn's finacial situation started to get much worse and when former flame Scott reported her benefit fraud she was sent to prison for a few weeks. While in prison Dawn's mother Jean Hope came home and ended up in a relationship with her son in-law and TJ's father, Terry. Dawn was furious to discover their affair.
Fed up with all the misery, Dawn decided to start a new life away from Emmerdale. Horrified at the prospect of losing his beloved little boy, Terry launched a custody battle. Fortunately, Jean talked him out of it and Dawn prepared to move to Cornwall.
However, a fresh tragedy was about to strike. Dawn, died as a result of the Kings River House explosion on July 13, 2006]]. TJ didn't understand where his mother was, and he kept asking for her.
Terry, T.J.'s grandfather Bob Hope and T.J.'s uncle Jamie were intent on getting revenge for Dawn's death, and Jean seemed to be the only one realising the affect this would have on T.J. She decided to accept the Kings' compensation money and go to Morocco. She told Terry she was taking T.J. to the Park. Luckily, she had told Jamie she was going away, and heand Terry drove to the airport to find them but it was too late. Terry spotted Jean and T.J. and started screaming at her not to take T.J. away. He was held back by the police as Jean and T.J. got on the flight and left.
On January 18, 2007, T.J. returned to the village with Terry.
[edit] Family
- Father: Terry Woods
- Mother: Dawn Woods (deceased)
- Half-brother: Thomas Carter
- Grandfather: Bob Hope
- Grandmother: Jean Hope
- Uncles: Jamie Hope, Josh Hope, Heath Hope
- Aunts: Carly Hope, Roxie Hope, Cathy Hope
- Great Uncle: Eddie Hope
[edit] Aaron Livesy
- Played by Danny Webb
Aaron is the son of Chastity Dingle and Gordon Livesy, and made his first appearance in the dales in 2003. Chas left Aaron and his dad when Aaron was very young and Aaron admitted that he always thought his mum had left because of something that he had done. He lives with Gordon in Hotten and visits Chas occasionally. He gets on well with his grandad Shadrach Dingle but he is not very fond of his mum.
On one of his visits to Chas in 2004 he was slapped by her after she caught him talking about her behind her back. Louise Appleton saw this and told Gordan and he came to pick Aaron Up. He also told Chas that there was no way that Aaron was ever coming back. On his most recent appearance he was dropped off by his step mother Sandra and called her 'mum' in front of Chas to upset her.
On the day that Aaron was meant to be going home his dad turned up and said that his school had phoned and said that one of the kids had come down with German measels meaning Aaron had to stay with Chas for a while longer as his step mum Sandra was pregnant and German Measels can be dangerous for pregnant women.
Victoria Sugden and Kayleigh Gibbs told him that Chas's cousin Del had slept with Carl King when Chas was in the army and that Chas didn't know. He told his mum and then went back to live with his dad and stepmum.
[edit] Family
- Father: Gordon Livesy
- Mother: Chas Dingle
- Grandfather: Shadrach Dingle
- Grandmother: Faith Dingle
- Uncle: Cain Dingle
- Cousin: Debbie Dingle
[edit] Thomas and Anya King
- Played by Jack Ferguson and Ceryen Dean respectively
Thomas and Anya are the two children of Carl King, making their first appearance in 2004. It isn't often they visit their father, with their latest appearance being the 3rd November 2006.
[edit] Family
- Father: Carl King
- Mother: Colleen King
- Grandfather: Tom King (deceased)
- Grandmother: Mary King (deceased)
- Uncles: Jimmy King, Matthew King and Max King (deceased)
- Aunt: Scarlett Nicholls
[edit] Dean Morris
- Played by Marc Bolton
Dean works for the King family, making his first appearance in 2003. He originally joined after taking Carl King round Romania following the death of postman Paul Marsden. Rumours that he was having an affair with Charity Tate proved false and he has emerged as one of the King's most loyal and trusted employees.
Dean's importance to the family was clearly shown on the day of Tom King's funeral, when along with Tom's sons Jimmy, Matthew and Carl, Dean was the fourth man to carry Tom's coffin from the hearse to the church.
[edit] Luke, Matthew, Mark and Jon Dingle
- Played by Dean McGonagle, Joshua Chamberlin, Joe Manuel and Lucy Webb respectively
Their first appearances where in 2004 for about a month, Luke being the eldest brother, twin brothers Matthew and Mark and Jon, being the boys' youngest sister, despite her name. The characters returned to the show in November 2006 to stay with their mother Lilith's cousin, Marlon and his wife Donna.
On 4th December 2006, it was revealed that Lilith had been remanded in police custody following her arrest for her involvement in an armed robbery. Marlon and Donna agreed with social services to take care of the children. After only a few days, Marlon called the social worker and explained he was finding it difficult caring for the children. An agreement was made with social services that the children would go and live with their Uncle Tony, a decision which left Donna and the children devastated.
Not long after the children had left Marlon and Donna, they had been informed by police that the children were missing. Shortly after being informed, they were found by Marlon's brother Eli living rough in woodland. Eli reunited them with Marlon, Donna and their Uncle Tony, but the children were reluctant to return home with Tony. Marlon was very reluctant to let them go home with their Uncle, as it was evident the children were very uncomfortable living with him. Acting on impulse, Marlon bundled the kids into the van and drove off unnoticed with Donna. Having stayed a night in a B&B, they realised their mistake and handed the children over to the police the next day. They were later informed the children would have to go into emergency foster care, which would mean they would be split up.
Shortly after Christmas, Marlon and Donna were informed by social services that it would be at least a month until they would next be able to see them, with the prospect of them taking the children back into their care being unlikely in the near future.
Donna and Marlon received a visit from the social worker, and were desperate to impress her with their preparedness. However, Val nearly ruined their plans by lighting up a cigarette in front of the kids. Donna screamed at her to put it out as Jon had been diagnosed with athsma. Donna and Marlon were thrilled when they received a positive reception from the social worker, as it seemed all their efforts had been worthwhile.
Donna and Marlon then turned up for their final meeting with social services and were glowing with pride as Mrs Jenkins said they'd a very positive report. However, just as it was all going swimmingly, Marlon let slip that the back room of the pub had been damaged by fire. The social worker looked into it before breaking the bad news, being that they wouldn't be able to foster the kids until they had more suitable accommodation sorted.
[edit] Family
- Mother: Lilith Dingle
- Aunt: Delilah Dingle
- Great Uncle: Zak Dingle
- First cousins once removed: Ben Dingle (deceased), Butch Dingle (deceased), Cain Dingle, Sam Dingle, Tina Dingle, Belle Dingle, Marlon Dingle, Eli Dingle, Mandy Dingle, Chastity Dingle
- Second cousins: Aaron Livesy, Samson Dingle
[edit] Sarah Dingle
- Played by Amber Child-Cavill
Sarah was born on June 6, 2005 to Debbie Dingle and Andy Sugden. Debbie never told anyone she was pregnant and had been hiding out in a shed when she went into labour. Luckily her friend Daz arrived in time to deliver the baby. She named her Sarah after Andy's adopted mother, Sarah Sugden. Sadly being only 15 Debbie decided she couldn't cope being a teen mum and gave baby Sarah to her foster mum Emily. Emily ran off with baby Sarah watched by Debbie and Daz. Debbie's family stopped speaking to her for some time after she gave Sarah away but they are now speaking again. Sarah who is now 1 and is back in the dales along with Emily.
She now lives with Andy and Jo Stiles at Butler's Farm.
[edit] Family
[edit] Biological
- Father: Andy Sugden
- Mother: Debbie Dingle
- Grandfathers: Billy Hopwood, Cain Dingle
- Grandmother: Charity Tate
- Great grandfathers: Zak Dingle, Obadiah Dingle
- Great grandmother: Faith Dingle
- Uncles: Daz Eden, Noah Tate
[edit] Adoptive
- Adoptive grandfather: Jack Sugden
- Adoptive grandmother: Sarah Sugden (deceased)
- Adoptive uncle: Robert Sugden
- Adoptive aunt: Victoria Sugden
- Adoptive great grandfather: Jacob Sugden (deceased)
- Adoptive great grandmother: Annie Brearly
[edit] Kayleigh Gibbs
- Played by Lily Jane Stead
Bubbly Kayleigh is the best friend of Emmerdale schoolgirl Victoria Sugden. It was them who gave Kayleigh’s dad Martin a helping hand when he was trying to woo Louise Appleton. Not standing for any of her dad’s nonsense, Kayleigh told Louise that her dad was interested – and now they’re living together happily. Like most young girls Kayleigh has got a mischievous streak and seems to find trouble, for example when her father was angry when she got drunk with Daz Eden.
Victoria and Kayleigh wanted to hang out with Daz as Kayleigh Had a crush on him. He set them a task to steal something from Viv hope's shop. Victoria distracted Viv whilst Kayleigh stole a chocolate bar. They got caught and Kayleigh was upset when Daz Kissed Debbie Dingle.
Kayleigh and Victoria caused trouble for Chas Dingle's 12 year old son Aaron Livesy when the told him about Chas's cousin Delilah Dingle's affair with Chas's partner Carl King. Aaron told his mum and left Emmerdale.
Kayleigh encouraged Louise to enter the woolpack 'curry-oke' night with a mixture of curry and Karaoke on at the night. She borrowed Victoria's karoke machine so Louise could practice. However Louise ended up being a laughing stock as she couldn't sing.
In June 2006 Kayleigh and her best friend Victoria Sugden started playing knock and run at their neighbour, Edna Birch's house. When they ran away Victoria's phone fell out of her pocket and Edna found it. She refused to give it back until both girls apologised. Kayleigh refused. In an attempt to get Victoria's phone back they broke into Edna's house when she was out waking her dog. The girls were caught and Kayleigh ran away. Edna caught Victoria and when Victoria mimicked her, she slapped her across the face.
In August Kayleigh and her dad moved away from Emmerdale after Louise confessed to murdering her ex boyfriend. Martin didn't tell Kayleigh the truth about why they had to leave. He just said that it was work and that they wanted him to be nearer the station. Kayleigh was very upset and didn't want to leave Louise.
Kayleigh later returned to visit Louise. She questioned Louise about why she had dumped her dad. Louise said that Martin had dumped her because things weren't working out. Kayleigh was angry and didn't believe Louise, saying her dad would never lie to her. Louise still wanted to see Kayleigh but Kayleigh said that she and her dad never wanted to see her again.
Kayleigh is still seen on screen occasionally to spend time with Victoria. Kayleigh and Victoria threw eggs at Viv Hope's shop, prompting the Pregnant postmistress to collapse in fear after the recent armed robbery because she thought that she was being robbed.
Kayleigh, Victoria and their friend Jenny Albright went to a nightclub after a woman had Given Victoria tickets to go there. They got all dressed up and told Victoria's dad Jack that they were going out. Although they didn't stay long as they spotted Victoria's brother Andy and a lot of other Emmerdale residents at the club. As they were leaving, Andy's lodger Jo Stiles saw them and told them about the dodgy people in the club but promised not to tell Jack that they had been there.
[edit] Family
- Father: Martin Crowe
[edit] Samson Dingle
- Played by Bradley Milnes
Samson was born on January 12 2006. Samson is the baby son of Sam Dingle and Alice Dingle. Soon after Alice discovered she was pregnant she fell ill and tests confirmed that she had cancer but, in an effort to protect Sam from the horrible truth, Alice lied and said she’d received the all clear.
But the truth couldn’t stay buried for long and after a few weeks Dr. Adam Forsythe forced her to come clean, devastating Sam. To make matters worse, Alice was advised to terminate her pregnancy so she could start an immediate course of chemotherapy to help her beat the disease.
However, Alice had no intention of getting rid of her precious baby. Against all advice she carried on and gave birth to baby Samson prematurely. The birth left Alice very depressed as Samson was rushed to intensive care before she got a chance to bond with him.
Alice was told by her doctor that the chemotherapy wasn't helping so Alice decided to stop. Several weeks of pain later, on July 31, 2006 Sam helped Alice to die by giving her an overdose of morphine, she had suffered from cancer for months.
[edit] Family
- Father: Sam Dingle
- Mother: Alice Dingle (deceased)
- Grandfather: Zak Dingle
- Grandmother: Nellie Dingle
- Aunts: Tina Dingle, Belle Dingle
- Uncles: Nathan Dingle Ben Dingle (deceased), Butch Dingle (deceased), Cain Dingle
- Cousins: Debbie Dingle, Aaron Livesy
[edit] Jenny Albright
- Played by Kirsha Southward
Jenny is the friend of Victoria Sugden and Kayleigh Gibbs, played by close friends of Kirsha's Isabel Hodgins and Lily Jane Stead.
Kayleigh, Victoria and Jenny went to a nightclub after a woman had given Victoria tickets to go there. They got all dressed up and told Victoria's dad Jack that they were going out. Although they didn't stay long as they spotted Victoria's brother Andy and a lot of other Emmerdale residents at the club. As they were leaving, Andy's lodger, Jo Stiles, saw them and told them about the dodgy people in the club but promised not to tell Jack that they had been there.
[edit] Cathy and Heath Hope
- Played by Gabrielle Dowling / Ella Dones and Sebastian Dowling / Lilieth Kitchen respectively
Catherine "Cathy" and Heathcliffe "Heath" Hope are the twin babies of Bob and Viv Hope. They were born on February 9, 2007 in a shed on the moors, hence their names, delivered by village vet Paddy Kirk. Cathy is the older of the twins.
Soon after Bob and Viv remarried in February 2006 they announced that they were going to try for a baby. Viv sisn't like that she was the only one of Bob's wives not to give him a child. This, however, proved difficult because of their age. All seemed lost when Dr. Adam Forsythe told Viv that she was going through the menopause. On the day of Dawn’s funeral Viv was feeling very unwell, for which Bob believed alcohol was the cause but when she collapsed, unbeknownst to Bob, daughter Donna brought her to the hospital and they found out that Viv was pregnant. Since Dawn died Bob declared time and time again that he didn’t want any more children, so Viv felt she had no alternative but to have an abortion, but Bob found out just in time and they decided to keep the baby. When Viv went in for a routine scan she learned that she was carrying twins, which was a shock to both.
[edit] Family
- Father: Bob Hope
- Mother: Viv Hope
- Half-brothers: Scott Windsor, Jamie Hope, Josh Hope
- Half-sisters: Donna Windsor-Dingle, Dawn Woods (deceased), Carly Hope, Roxie Hope
- Nephew: TJ Woods
- Niece: Jean Tate
- Uncle: Eddie Hope
[edit] Detective Sergeant Frank Blackmore
- Played by Daniel Coll
DS Frank Blackmore is a police officer who is a member of the CID team in investigating the murder of Tom King. He was first seen on Christmas Day 2006 interviewing Carl King.
