Overview Casualty features an ensemble cast of characters in the medical profession, who work in the hospital's
Emergency Department. In series 24,
Tristan Gemmill,
Michael French and
Sunetra Sarker played
consultants Adam Trueman,
Nick Jordan and
Zoe Hanna,
Georgia Taylor appeared as doctor Ruth Winters, and
Steven Miller (actor),
Will Sharpe and
Laura Aikman played
F2s Lenny Lyons, Yuki Reid and May Phelps.
Derek Thompson,
Suzanne Packer and
Ben Turner appeared as nurses Charlie Fairhead, Tess Bateman and Jay Faldren.
Jane Hazlegrove,
Matt Bardock and
Sophia Di Martino played
paramedics Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon, Jeff Collier and Polly Emmerson.
Charles Dale appeared as hospital porter MacKenzie "Big Mac" Chalker, and
Sam Grey played healthcare assistant Alice Chantrey. Chantrey departed from the show mid-series.
Tony Marshall continued his role as receptionist Noel Garcia.
Gillian Kearney played nurse Jessica Harrison from the beginning of the series until episode 24, "An Ugly Truth". Kearney briefly reprised her role for two episodes, "New Beginnings" and "A Better Past". Aikman also departed during the course of the series, resuming her role in episode 48, "What Tonight Means to Me – Part One".
Lucy Gaskell was cast as new nurse Kirsty Clements. The series featured several recurring characters, and numerous guest stars.
Georgia Tennant appeared as new F2 doctor Heather.
Joe McFadden played recurring homeless patient Alistair, who befriended Polly and appeared in
Casualty first
webisode, "The Parting of the Ways".
Robert Boulter appeared as F2 Kieron Fletcher,
Raymond Coulthard played anaesthetist Matt Strong, and
Michael Maloney was consultant Howard Fairfax.
Stephanie Beacham played Monica, an ardent feminist, who ended up in the ED after injuring herself on a light fitting, while
Ron Moody starred as an elderly vagrant.
Linda Robson featured as Louise, a single mother who discovers that her troublesome teenage son has bipolar disorder. Former
Blue member
Anthony Costa appeared as a man who doused his prostitute girlfriend with petrol.
Barry Sloane played Davey Blake, a childhood friend of F2
Lenny Lyons (Steven Miller), and
Chris Fountain appeared as Seb, a patient with
leukaemia.
Margaret John played a pensioner embarking on a relationship for the first time.
Matthew Needham guest-starred in episode three, "And Then There Were Three", reprising his role as Toby De Silva.
Mark Letheren played Toby's partner, hospital counsellor Ben Harding.
Evelyn Hoskyns appeared as Shona Wark, the pregnant girlfriend of Charlie's son Louis (Gregory Foreman).
Paul Bradley appeared as his
Holby City character
Elliot Hope as part of a crossover storyline.
Brenda Fricker, an original
Casualty character, reprised her role as
Megan Roach as part of a guest story arc culminating with her character's death.
Main characters •
Laura Aikman as
May Phelps (episodes 1–35 and 47) •
Matt Bardock as
Jeff Collier •
Charles Dale as
Big Mac •
Sophia Di Martino as
Polly Emmerson •
Michael French as
Nick Jordan (from episode 4) •
Lucy Gaskell as
Kirsty Clements (from episode 36) •
Tristan Gemmill as
Adam Trueman •
Sam Grey as
Alice Chantrey (until episode 34) •
Jane Hazlegrove as
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon •
Gillian Kearney as
Jessica Harrison (until episode 23, episodes 34–35) •
Tony Marshall as
Noel Garcia •
Steven Miller as
Lenny Lyons (from episode 1) •
Suzanne Packer as
Tess Bateman •
Sunetra Sarker as
Zoe Hanna •
Will Sharpe as
Yuki Reid (from episode 1) •
Georgia Taylor as
Ruth Winters •
Derek Thompson as
Charlie Fairhead •
Ben Turner as
Jay Faldren Recurring characters •
Stephen Billington as Edward Thurlow (from episode 38) •
Robert Boulter as Kieron Fletcher (episodes 25–34) •
Tom Chadbon as
Henry Williams •
Paul Copley as Arthur Dixon (episodes 23–30) •
Raymond Coulthard as Matt Strong (episodes 25–34) •
Richard Dillane as Sean Anderson (episodes 13–20) • Danny Emes as Lucas Anderson (until episode 23) • Miffy Englefield as Amelia Anderson (until episode 23) • Gregory Foreman as
Louis Fairhead (episodes 12–25) • Evelyn Hoskins as Shona Wark (episodes 12–48) •
Michael Maloney as Howard Fairfox (episodes 26–32) •
Alec Newman as Robert Ludlow (episodes 36–48)
Guest characters •
Paul Bradley as
Elliot Hope (episode 24) •
Brenda Fricker as
Megan Roach (episodes 43–46) •
Mark Letheren as Ben Harding (episodes 3 and 25) • David Mallison as Eddie Lanchester (episodes 13–25) •
Joe McFadden as Alistair (episodes 1–13) •
Matthew Needham as
Toby De Silva (episode 3) •
Georgia Tennant as Heather Whitefield (episodes 1–2) •
Christine Tremarco as
Linda Andrews (episodes 20 and 23) ==Episodes==