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In Full: British Soap Awards 2025 - The Longlist Nominees

By Neil Wilkes, Editor-in-chief

Published: April 7 2025 | 16:30

Last updated: April 9 2025 | 00:23

In Full: British Soap Awards 2025 - The Longlist Nominees

View the full list of nominees in the public vote categories at the British Soap Awards 2025.

After a year's break, the British Soap Awards are back next month - and the voting is now officially open!

Viewers can pick their favourites from four key categories - the rest are decided by an expert panel - including Best Leading Performer, Villain of the Year, Best Comedy Performance and the coveted Best Soap Award, which will see Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks go head to head.

Scroll on for the complete list of nominees!

Villain of the Year

Tyler Conti (Abe Fielding, Hollyoaks)

Abe on Hollyoaks on September 23, 2024 © Lime Pictures

Calum Lill (Joel Deering, Coronation Street)

Joel on Coronation Street on November 15, 2024 © ITV

Ned Porteous, (Joe Tate, Emmerdale)

Joe on Emmerdale on February 12, 2025 © ITV

Navin Chowdhry, (Nish Panesar, EastEnders)

Nish on EastEnders on New Year's Day, 2024 © BBC

Best Comedy Performance

Nicola Wheeler (Nicola King, Emmerdale)

Nicola on Emmerdale on November 25, 2024 © ITV

Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Myra on Hollyoaks on January 22, 2024 © Lime Pictures

Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson, EastEnders)

Bianca on EastEnders on February 17, 2025 © BBC

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)

Gail and David on Coronation Street on Christmas Day, 2024 © ITV

Best Leading Performer

Beth Cordingly (Ruby Fox-Miligan, Emmerdale)

Ruby on Emmerdale on November 27, 2024 © ITV

Kellie Bright (Linda Carter, EastEnders)

Linda on EastEnders on December 5, 2024 © BBC

Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street)

Dee-Dee on Coronation Street on November 8, 2024 © ITV

Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Mercedes on the first episode of Hollyoaks on Christmas Eve, 2024 © Lime Pictures

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)

David on Coronation Street on January 29, 2025 © ITV

Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle, Emmerdale)

Marlon for the April missing storyline in Emmerdale © ITV

Danny Miller (Aaron Dingle, Emmerdale)

Aaron on Emmerdale on April 1, 2024 © ITV

Angela Wynter (Yolande Trueman, EastEnders)

Yolande on EastEnders on Christmas Eve, 2024 © BBC

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)

Daisy on Coronation Street on January 22, 2025 © ITV

Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)

Carla on Coronation Street on November 25, 2024 © ITV

Nadine Mulkerrin (Cleo McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Abe and Cleo on Hollyoaks on December 11, 2024 © Lime Pictures

Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle, Emmerdale)

Belle on Emmerdale on September 5, 2024 © ITV

Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne, Hollyoaks)

Frankie on Hollyoaks on January 13, 2025 © Lime Pictures

Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater, EastEnders)

Stacey on EastEnders on September 3, 2024 © BBC

Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)

Denise on EastEnders on February 4, 2025 © BBC

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)

Kieron Richardson as Ste on Hollyoaks, 2024 press shot © Lime Pictures

Best Soap

Emmerdale

Emmerdale logo © ITV

Coronation Street

Hollyoaks

EastEnders

The British Soap Awards 2025 will be held on May 31 and broadcast on ITV1 in June.

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