Coronation Street is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance.
| Character | Current actor | Character duration |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Barlow | William Roache | 1960–present |
| Rita Tanner | Barbara Knox | 1964, 1972–present |
| Gail Platt | Helen Worth | 1974–2024 |
| Tracy Barlow | Kate Ford | 1977–1983, 1985–1997, 1999, 2002–2007, 2010–present |
| Audrey Roberts | Sue Nicholls | 1979–1982, 1984–present |
| Nick Tilsley | Ben Price | 1981–1999, 2002–2004, 2009–present |
| Kevin Webster | Michael Le Vell | 1983–present |
| Debbie Webster | Sue Devaney | 1984–1985, 2019–present |
| Jenny Bradley | Sally Ann Matthews | 1986–1991, 1993, 2015–present |
| Sally Webster | Sally Dynevor | 1986–present |
| Sarah Platt | Tina O'Brien | 1987–2008, 2015–present |
| Steve McDonald | Simon Gregson | 1989–present |
| David Platt | Jack P. Shepherd | 1990–present |
| Daniel Osbourne | Rob Mallard | 1995–1997, 2007, 2016–present |
| Roy Cropper | David Neilson | 1995–present |
| Leanne Battersby | Jane Danson | 1997–2000, 2004–present |
| Toyah Battersby | Georgia Taylor | 1997–2003, 2016–present |
| Tyrone Dobbs | Alan Halsall | 1998–present |
| Dev Alahan | Jimmi Harkishin | 1999–present |
| Eileen Grimshaw | Sue Cleaver | 2000–present |
| Maria Connor | Samia Longchambon | 2000–present |
| Kirk Sutherland | Andy Whyment | 2000–present |
| Bethany Platt | Lucy Fallon | 2000–2007, 2015–2020, 2023–present |
| Todd Grimshaw | Gareth Pierce | 2001–2004, 2007, 2011, 2013–2017, 2020–present |
| Adam Barlow | Sam Robertson | 2001–2007, 2016–present |
| Fiz Brown | Jennie McAlpine | 2001–present |
| Sean Tully | Antony Cotton | 2003–present |
| Chesney Brown | Sam Aston | 2003–present |
| Amy Barlow | Elle Mulvaney | 2004–present |
| Aadi Alahan | Adam Hussain | 2006, 2009–present |
| Asha Alahan | Tanisha Gorey | 2006, 2009–present |
| Ryan Connor | Ryan Prescott | 2006–2010, 2012–2013, 2018–present |
| Carla Connor | Alison King | 2006–present |
| Dylan Wilson | Liam McCheyne | 2008, 2011–2012, 2020 - present |
| Gary Windass | Mikey North | 2008–present |
| Mary Taylor | Patti Clare | 2008–present |
| John Thomson | 2008–2010, 2024–present | |
| Liam Connor Jr. | Charlie Wrenshall | 2009–present |
| Brian Packham | Peter Gunn | 2010–2013, 2015–present |
| Izzy Armstrong | Cherylee Houston | 2010–present |
| Max Turner | Paddy Bever | 2010–present |
| Jack Webster | Kyran Bowes | 2010–present |
| Craig Tinker | Colson Smith | 2011–present |
| Tim Metcalfe | Joe Duttine | 2013–present |
| Alya Nazir | Sair Khan | 2014–present |
| Yasmeen Metcalfe | Shelley King | 2014–present |
| Gemma Winter | Dolly-Rose Campbell | 2014–present |
| Billy Mayhew | Daniel Brocklebank | 2014–present |
| Alex Warner | Liam Bairstow | 2015–present |
| Shona Platt | Julia Goulding | 2016–present |
| Summer Spellman | Harriet Bibby | 2017–present |
| Abi Webster | Sally Carman | 2017–present |
| Evelyn Plummer | Maureen Lipman | 2018–present |
| Ed Bailey | Trevor Michael Georges | 2019–present |
| Michael Bailey | Ryan Russell | 2019–present |
| Bernie Winter | Jane Hazlegrove | 2019–present |
| Nina Lucas | Mollie Gallagher | 2019–present |
| George Shuttleworth | Tony Maudsley | 2020–present |
| Daisy Midgeley | Charlotte Jordan | 2020–present |
| Ronnie Bailey | Vinta Morgan | 2021–present |
| Lisa Swain | Vicky Myers | 2021–present |
| Glenda Shuttleworth | Jodie Prenger | 2022–present |
| Dee Dee Bailey | Channique Sterling-Brown | 2022–present |
| Lauren Bolton | Cait Fitton | 2022–present |
| Cassie Plummer | Claire Sweeney | 2023–present |
| Mason Radcliffe | Luca Toolan | 2023–present |
| Bobby Crawford | Jack Carroll | 2023–present |
| Kit Green | 2024–present | |
| Betsy Swain | Sydney Martin | 2024–present |
| Character | Current actor | Character duration |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Dobbs | Isabella Flanagan | 2010–present |
| Joseph Brown | William Flanagan | 2011–2015, 2017–present |
| Ruby Dobbs | Billie Naylor | 2012–present |
| Jake Windass | Bobby Bradshaw | 2013–2019, 2021–present |
| Lily Platt | Brooke Malonie | 2013–present |
| Dr. Susan Gaddas | Christine Mackie | 2014–present |
| Harry Platt | Freddie and Isaac Rhodes | 2016–present |
| Clayton Hibbs | Callum Harrison | 2016 - 2017, 2019 - 2020, 2024 |
| Bertie Osbourne | Rufus Morgan-Smith | 2019–present |
| Aled Winter-Brown | Joseph Woods | 2019–present |
| Bryn Winter-Brown | Charlotte and James Holt, Arthur, Lily and Lucy Taylor | 2019–2020, 2022–present |
| Carys Winter-Brown | 2019–2020, 2022–present | |
| Llio Winter-Brown | 2019–2020, 2022–present | |
| Sam Blakeman | Jude Riordan | 2020–present |
| Glory Bailey | Eleanor Beckles[1] | 2021–present |
| Orla Crawshaw | Carla Mendonça | 2021–present |
| Alfie Franklin | Carter and Oakley Razak Townsend | 2022–present |
| Matty Radcliffe | Seamus McGoff | 2023–present |
| Frankie Bolton | 2024–present | |
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See main article: List of former Coronation Street characters.