Hollyoaks cast 2023 – who plays who?

Daniel Kilkelly

Hollyoaks had just a handful of regular characters when the show launched with one episode per week in 1995, but over the years the cast has expanded along with the weekly episode count.

Alongside familiar faces like Tony, Cindy, Mercedes and Ste, who've stuck around for years, Hollyoaks has dozens of comings and goings each year as part of its ever-dramatic storylines.

We've now put together a one-stop guide to who plays who in Chester, with cast split into the decades they were introduced.

As some of the current regulars aren't the first to play their characters, we've included these actors in the decades they landed the role, rather than when the character first appeared.

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Introduced in 1990s

  • Ashley Taylor Dawson as Darren Osborne

  • Jimmy McKenna as Jack Osborne

  • Nick Pickard as Tony Hutchinson

  • Stephanie Waring as Cindy Cunningham

Introduced in 2000s

  • Jessica Fox as Nancy Osborne

  • Ellis Hollins as Tom Cunningham

  • Diane Langton as Marlena 'Nana' McQueen

  • Jamie Lomas as Warren Fox

  • Jennifer Metcalfe as Mercedes McQueen

  • Jorgie Porter as Theresa McQueen

  • Kieron Richardson as Ste Hay

  • James Sutton as John Paul McQueen

Introduced in 2010s

  • Ross Adams as Scott Drinkwell

  • Charlie Behan as Charlie Dean

  • Caelan Cobbledick-Manning as Anthony Hutchinson

  • Ela-May Dermican as Leah Barnes

  • Rory Douglas-Speed as Joel Dexter

  • Lacey Findlow as Dee-Dee Hutchinson

  • Gregory Finnegan as James Nightingale

  • Alex Fletcher as Diane Hutchinson

  • Theo Graham as Hunter McQueen

  • Tylan Grant as Brooke Hathaway

  • Chelsee Healey as Goldie McQueen

  • Noah Holdsworth as Oscar Osborne

  • Lucy-Jo Hudson as Donna-Marie Quinn

  • Eva Lorente as Minnie Minniver

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  • Haiesha Mistry as Yasmine 'Yazz' Cunningham

  • Ruby O'Donnell as Peri Lomax

  • Erin Palmer as Ella Richardson

  • Anna Passey as Sienna Blake

  • Kirsty-Leigh Porter as Leela Lomax

  • Isla Pritchard as Rose Lomax

  • Nikki Sanderson as Maxine Minniver

  • Jessamy Stoddart as Liberty Savage

  • Malique Thompson-Dwyer as Prince McQueen

  • Harvey Virdi as Misbah Maalik

  • Tamara Wall as Grace Black

  • Annie Wallace as Sally St Claire

  • Owen Warner as Romeo Nightingale

  • Blake Wood as Hilton Cunningham

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Introduced in 2020s

  • Tomi Ade as DeMarcus Westwood

  • Glynis Barber as Norma Crow

  • Jon-Paul Bell as Beau Ramsey

  • Lily Best as Lizzie Chen-Williams

  • Richard Blackwood as Felix Westwood

  • Garcia Brown as Zoe Anderson

  • Oscar Curtis as Lucas Hay

  • Nathaniel Dass as Dillon Ray

  • Annabelle Davis as Lacey Lloyd

  • Jemma Donovan as Rayne Royce

  • Chris Gordon as Rafe Harcourt

  • Ellie Henry as Freya Calder

  • Dawn Hope as Pearl Anderson

  • Jamelia as Sharon Bailey

  • Matthew James-Bailey as Ethan Williams

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  • Frank Kauer as Mason Chen-Williams

  • Jonas Khan as Zain Rizwaan

  • Anya Lawrence as Vicky Grant

  • Matthew McGivern as Sam Chen-Williams

  • Ashling O'Shea as Nadira Valli

  • Dominic Power as Dave Chen-Williams

  • Izzie Yip as Shing Lin Leong

Hollyoaks cast changes - upcoming

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You can also keep track of upcoming cast changes for all soaps in one place, with our dedicated Soap Movers page.

Additionally, we have dedicated cast lists for Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Home and Away.

Hollyoaks streams first on All 4, with new episodes dropping each weekday morning. The show airs Mondays to Fridays at 6.30pm on Channel 4, and at 7pm on E4.

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Amazon Prime Video.

Read more Hollyoaks spoilers on our dedicated homepage

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