The following is a list of characters that first appeared in theITVsoap operaCoronation Street in 1999, by order of first appearance.

Ian Bentley, played byJonathan Guy Lewis,^[1] first appeared on 29 January 1999. He is introduced as the fiancé ofSharon Gaskell (Tracie Bennett). Ian begins an affair with the recently widowedNatalie Barnes (Denise Welch). Sharon discovers the affair, but intends to marry Ian regardless, dismissing the affair as one last fling. However, during the service, Sharon calls Ian a liar and jilts him. Months later, after Sharon attempts suicide, she calls Ian and the pair decide to reconcile their relationship. When Sharon returns in 2021, she reveals toRita Tanner (Barbara Knox) that she and Ian have since parted ways due to Ian's infidelity.

The Reverend Jessica Lundy, portrayed by Olwen May, was a pastor who was best known for officiating at the weddingHayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh) andRoy Cropper (David Neilson), despite it being illegal due to Hayley being transsexual.Les Battersby (Bruce Jones) almost made the wedding a failure as he ran into the church and protested.

Jessica next appeared as the pastor to christen babyBethany Platt (Amy and Emily Walton); Hayley and Bethany's teenage motherSarah-Louise's (Tina O'Brien) best mateCandice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson) were godmothers and Roy was godfather. Bethany's uncleDavid (Jack P. Shepherd) was intending to be godfather, but he jealously did a runner from the church. The christening party was also ruined when Candice's mother Marion (Paula Simms) turned up and angrily dragged her daughter away, and David turned up in a police car as he was caught shoplifting.

Jessica's surname was credited in her first two appearances, but on her last appearance, her first name was revealed.

Nita Desai, played byRebecca Sarker, arrives in January as a new assistant at the Corner Shop, which her family later take over.

Nita managed the shop for Ravi when he bought it fromFred Elliott, living in the flat above. After just four months, Nita, craving independence, left the family business to climb the managerial ladder at Freshco supermarket. She spent a year as assistant manager at the Weatherfield branch before, in 2000, leaving the street for Inverness to run her own store.

Ravi Desai took over the management of the Corner Shop on Coronation Street in January 1999. Played by actorSaeed Jaffrey, Ravi left Weatherfield due to family issues later in the year, and sold his empire of corner shops in the area to his nephew,Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin). In June 2019 Dev receives a phone call and learns that Ravi is dying and he takes his children Aadi and Asha to see him in India. However, when Dev returns in August, he reveals Ravi is still alive and well.

Darren Dobbs is the father ofTyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) who appears in March 1999 to take his wifeJackie (Margi Clarke) home to Liverpool. Darren made a return in September 2018 to tie in with ex-wife Jackie's death among Darren's return he had revealed to Tyrone that he and Jackie weren't actually Tyrone's real parents.

Vikram Desai was played byChris Bisson. Vikram isDev Alahan's (Jimmi Harkishin) cousin and he used to own the shop with Dev and worked withSunita (Shobna Gulati). During his time inCoronation Street he datedLeanne Battersby (Jane Danson) andMaria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie). In 2000 he briefly datedCandice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson) but he later learns that she is under theage of consent. In 2002 he was forced to smuggle drugs in from abroad then again, but this time he askedSteve (Simon Gregson) andKaren McDonald (Suranne Jones) if they wanted a free holiday and they accepted. When they came back Steve discovered powder at the bottom of his suitcase and inside was drugs, and found out that Vikram had done it. Karen was horrified as well as Steve and he dumped the drugs in the canal and told Vikram to leaveWeatherfield for good, and if he comes back Steve said he will kill him. He now lives in India.

Vikram was mentioned when Sunita's aunts came to stay in 2010, after Dev said that they were even worse than him. In 2021, Vikram's name was seen amongAadi Alahan's (Adam Hussain)Xbox Live contacts.

Tom Ferguson, played by actorTom Wisdom, is the son ofDuggie Ferguson (John Bowe), who arrives later in the year. Tom is a hairdresser, and worked atAudrey Roberts' (Sue Nicholls) salon until he quit in January 2000 and left Weatherfield to get away from his father.

Boris Weaver was a butcher who worked forAshley Peacock (Steven Arnold) at Elliott and Sons butchers. Boris appeared for the first time in 1999 and appeared recurrently and made his last appearance at Christmas 2004, at Ashley's wedding toClaire Casey (Julia Haworth). From then on, Boris was still referred to and looked after the shop when Ashley was away. In later years bothKirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment) andGraeme Proctor (Craig Gazey) successively worked for Ashley at the shop, it is assumed that Boris was no longer an employee there.

Danny Hargreaves is played byRichard Standing between 1999 and 2001. A market trader, Danny meetsSally Webster (Sally Dynevor) at work and begins a relationship with her. Danny and Sally fell in love and got engaged, but he jilted her on their wedding day after discovering that Sally had a one-night stand with ex-husbandKevin (Michael Le Vell).

Beryl Hayden Peacock (alsoElliott) is the sister ofFred Elliott (John Savident). Beryl and her husband Sam had raised Fred's son,Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold), as their own. Beryl first appeared when Ashley asked her for the truth about his parentage and she was forced to tell Ashley that she was actually his aunt, not his mother. Beryl made her most recent appearance at Fred's funeral in October 2006.

Beryl did not attend Ashley's funeral when he died in a tram crash in December 2010.

Belinda Peach appears briefly at theFreshco's Summer Ball where she tries to wooAshley Peacock (Steven Arnold). Ashley is amused byFred Elliott's (John Savident) attempts to pair him with Belinda, despite him attending withMaxine Heavey (Tracy Shaw). Maxine gets annoyed by Belinda's overly friendly manner and pushes her in the direction ofCurly Watts (Kevin Kennedy). Played byMaxine Peake.

Doreen Heavey (alsoOuthwaite) is the mother ofMaxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw), played by actressPrunella Gee, who had three spells on the Street between 1999 and 2004; the third of these covering the period of her daughter's death at the hands ofRichard Hillman (Brian Capron) in early 2003, after which she moved back in with her ex-husband Derek, Maxine's father, in order to give their relationship another go. Doreen was last seen in November 2004 when she,Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and her grandsonJoshua (Benjamin Beresford) went to lay flowers on Maxine's grave on what would have been her 29th birthday. She told Ashley that she liked his new fiancéeClaire Casey (Julia Haworth) and gave him her blessing to marry Claire.

Derek Heavey is the father ofMaxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw), who had three spells on the Street between 1999 and 2003; the third of these covering the period of her daughter's death at the hands ofRichard Hillman (Brian Capron). His marriage to Maxine's mother,Doreen Heavey (Prunella Gee) wasn't a happy one and ended up leaving her for another woman in 2002. After Maxine's death, Derek and Doreen reconciled.

Vinny Sorrell, played byJames Gaddas, appeared for a period of 15 months between 1999 and 2000. He has an on/off relationship withNatalie Barnes (Denise Welch) throughout, and works alongside her atThe Rovers Return Inn as a barman and cellarman. Vinny departs Weatherfield in November 2000 after his affair with Natalie's sisterDebs Brownlow (Gabrielle Glaister) is revealed. Vinny moves to Southampton with Debs where she gets a new job. Unbeknownst to Vinny, Natalie is pregnant with his child and she gives birth to their daughter, Laura, off-screen in 2001. Gaddas had previously played Robert Prescott in 1989, the brother ofDawn Prescott (Louise Harrison).

Kathleen Gutteridge is the biological mother ofAshley Peacock (Steven Arnold). She is first mentioned whenFred Elliott (John Savident) reveals that he is Ashley's father. Fred tries to talk him out of finding her as it would hurt Ashley's adoptive mother, in reality his aunt,Beryl Peacock (Anny Tobin). Kathleen had abandoned Ashley when he was born and Fred gave him to his sister, Beryl and her husband Sam.

When Kathleen and Ashley eventually meet, Ashley is very bitter towards her. However, they are able to eventually reconcile and Kathleen attends Ashley's wedding toMaxine Heavey (Tracy Shaw). Fred tries to woo Kathleen again, but she turns him down.

Kieran Hargreaves is the brother ofDanny Hargreaves (Richard Standing). He appeared intermittently when he helped out on Danny's stall atWeatherfield Market and the brothers played 5-a-side football together.

Gwen Loveday (alsoDavies) is a machinist at Underworld, played by Annie Hulley for a period of eight months from 1999 to 2000. She wasJim McDonald's fiancé until he kicked her out after she scammed him of £35,000.

Douglas William "Duggie" Ferguson was played byJohn Bowe. An ex-rugby league player who went into the printing business, Duggie Ferguson first came to Coronation Street after tracking down his son Tom – who worked as a hairdresser forAudrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls). Tom blamed his father for his mother's death and did not want him around. Duggie was hurt by this and bought into a local development on Victoria Street to be close to Tom but there was no reconciliation and Tom left Weatherfield and moved to Leeds.

In late 1999 to early 2000, Duggie turned property developer and employedSteve McDonald (Simon Gregson) as foreman for the building of his Victoria Street complex – those who rented the commercial units includedSally Webster (Sally Dynevor) andDanny Hargreaves (Richard Standing), butcherFred Elliott (John Savident), andVikram Desai (Chris Bisson) and Steve, who started up their own mini-cab firm.

Early in 2000 Duggie started a relationship withDebs Brownlow (Gabrielle Glaister), sister of The Rovers landladyNatalie Barnes (Denise Welch). Debs came to Weatherfield to be near her sister after many years working on a cruise ship as a hairdresser. Debs helped Duggie overcome his emotional block concerning women and the couple were happy until Duggie started to develop another property and tried to forcibly evict tenants includingToyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) andPhil Simmonds (Jack Deam). Both felt that they had been treated badly, especially when Duggie employedVinny Sorrell (James Gaddas) to evict Phil from his home. Phil went to the press and the adverse report caused Duggie's financial downfall, forcing him to sell the home that he had shared with wife Laura.Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) bought Duggie's home for a quick sale before putting it back on the market and making a tidy profit. Duggie was forced to move in with Debs, hoping to use it as an office for his business contacts but Debs had a fling with Vinny – Natalie's lover and Duggie's employee. Duggie was furious when Vinny and Debs left town with £400 of rent money.

In December 2000, Natalie decided to sell and The Rovers came under threat by a chain who planned to turn it into a "fun pub" named the Boozy Newt. Duggie stepped in to help the Rovers avoid this but could not buy the place alone so Fred andMike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) invested in The Rovers with Duggie. Neither of the trio wanted to run the place so they employedLiz McDonald (Beverley Callard) to run it. Liz moved into The Rovers with resident barmaid Toyah but her reign as manager was short as, after numerous disagreements with the trio, and husband Jim being transferred to a prison in Leicester, she quit and left Weatherfield. Mike's new wife,Linda (Jacqueline Pirie), took the helm of The Rovers, but her heart was not in it and Duggie persuaded his partners to sell their shares to a 'mysterious owner' – Duggie snapped up their shares and became sole owner of the Rovers.

At the end of 2001, the social club at Duggie's beloved Weatherfield Rugby League club came up for sale. Looking to raise money quickly, Duggie auctioned The Rovers – to Fred Elliott – for £76,000, only to find he had been gazumped for the Rugby Club by fellow ex-professional Marty Flynn. With time and money on his hands, he formed a business partnership with local financial advisorRichard Hillman (Brian Capron). Together, the pair worked in converting an old house – "Oakhill" into luxury flats. Things quickly went sour, however, as Richard realised that Duggie and his men were ripping him off: cutting corners on the construction work and stealing valuable fixtures and fittings from the property. One night, Richard confronted him in the building and angrily declared that their deal was off. As Richard walked away, Duggie leaned over a bannister, which gave way under him and he plummeted two floors down. Duggie was critically injured and unconscious from the fall. Richard started to phone an ambulance, but then stopped upon dialing "99" on his phone. Reflecting on Duggie's dodgy intentions and the fact that he had taken him for a fool, Richard saw an opportunity to be rid of his unwanted business partner and decided to leave him to die. Richard rifled through Duggie's pockets, and took his keys to infiltrate his house – where he managed to decode his safe and steal his cash from the sale of The Rovers. Richard then left the house discreetly, and returned to the house to put the keys back in Duggie's pocket. Richard got a shock when Duggie was gone, but realised he had only crawled to another room and died of his injuries. After leaving his body at the house for the night, Richard returned the following morning with his fiancéGail Platt (Helen Worth) – who wanted to see the development. There, they discovered Duggie's body. Duggie's death soon became public knowledge around Weatherfield, and they arranged for his funeral a couple of weeks later; however, his sonTom never attended – as he was ostensibly too busy cutting hair on a cruise ship to attend his father's funeral.

Following the events of Duggie's death and funeral, Richard managed to cover-up his involvement in the incident for over a year. During that time, he sought to correct Duggie's mistakes on his development and went as far as to solely incriminate the deceased publican as being responsible for the situation he was in. Richard also discovered that Duggie was aware of plans to build a bail hostel near the flats, severely decreasing their potential value, but had not informed him. Richard's increasing financial woes as a result of the money he had ploughed into the development led to him killing his ex-wifePatricia (Annabelle Apsion) in May 2002 and Duggie's barmaidMaxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw) in January 2003. On 24 February 2003, over a year after Richard left Duggie for dead, his fiancé-turned-wife Gail would ultimately discover the truth behind her husband's homicidal nature. When Richard admits to killing Patricia and Maxine that night, Gail questioned his previous claims about Duggie's fate. In response, Richard confesses to leaving Duggie for dead and robbing all the money from his safe in order to put his business development forward – though he also states that Duggie is to blame for the predicament he was in, and that he deserved his fate. After Gail declared their marriage to be over, Richard left the house and became the most wanted man in the UK – once the truth about his crimes, including Duggie's demise, were exposed. Eventually in March 2003, Richard got his comeuppance when he planned to kill Gail and her children – abducting them and then driving them into the canal, only for his stepfamily to escape to safety whilst he himself drowned.

Candice Marie Islandos (alsoStowe) was played byNikki Sanderson. Candice first appeared in 1999 asSarah-Louise Platt's (Tina O'Brien) best friend from school. She attempted to get Sarah to smoke. She and Sarah were both thirteen at the time. Candice was one of the first people Sarah told of her pregnancy. While many of Sarah's friends turned against Sarah, Candice stuck by her throughout the pregnancy and birth of her daughterBethany Platt in 2000. Candice proved to be a good friend in times of crisis during Sarah's life, for example she andTodd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) were instrumental in Sarah being able to evade the clutches of her paedophile kidnapper Gary in July 2001. As they grew up Candice, Sarah and their friendMaria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie) began to turn the heads of the street's men and became increasingly popular with male viewers of the show.

Devendra "Dev" Alahan, played byJimmi Harkishin, made his first appearance on 10 November 1999. He is the ex-husband ofSunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati), and father toAmber Kalirai (Nikki Patel),Aadi Alahan (Zennon Ditchett/Adam Hussain) andAsha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey), although Amber is not Sunita's daughter. Dev has had many affairs, including ones withDeirdre (Anne Kirkbride) andTracy Barlow (Kate Ford), and a friendship withStella Price (Michelle Collins), whom Dev later develops feelings for. In 2012, Dev discovered that Sunita had been having anaffair withKarl Munro (John Michie), and attacked him, though Karl's partner Stella slapped Sunita. In March 2013, Sunita was trapped in a fire atThe Rovers Return Inn, which was started by Karl. Sunita would've made it, but Karl pulled out her oxygen tube and she suffered acardiac arrest and died.

Rebecca Hopkins was played by actressJill Halfpenny. Rebecca was introduced as a nurse in a abusive relationship and as the colleague ofMartin Platt (Sean Wilson), with the pair beginning an affair. Halfpenny liked the way that the romance was portrayed as she believed that it highlighted that the affair was not planned and that the pair really fell for each other.^[2] Martin plans to leave his wifeGail Platt (Helen Worth) for Rebecca, but he stalls when he finds out that their teenage daughter is pregnant. Rebecca and Martin continue their affair, but Rebecca becomes tired of waiting for Martin to leave his wife and she eventually leaves for a new job in Dubai in June 2000.^[3] Following Rebecca's departure, Martin admits the affair to Gail and their marriage breaks down. Halfpenny later returned for a short stint which aired in December of that year, which involved a brief reconciliation between Martin and Rebecca.^[4] Halfpenny enjoyed working on Coronation Street and did not mind that most of her scenes were with Wilson as they got on well together, and she believed that viewers enjoyed Rebecca's storyline.^[5]

Jerry Hopkins, portrayed by Ken Christiansen, was the abusive ex-husband ofRebecca Hopkins (Jill Halfpenny).

In December 1999,Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) befriended Rebecca when Jerry started domestically abusing her and refused to have children. Martin and his then wifeGail (Helen Worth) met Jerry at a Christmas party, and were appalled at how he treated her. Jerry's behaviour resulted in Martin and Rebecca sleeping together and, to save his marriage, Martin ignored Rebecca. Rebecca then came into work with a black eye, making Martin feel guilty. On New Year's Eve, Jerry found Martin and Rebecca talking to each other and accused them of having an affair, but Martin sent him away with a flea in his ear.

In January 2000, Jerry discovered that Martin and Rebecca were indeed having an affair and informed Gail of this but she didn't believe him. In April, Rebecca served Jerry with divorce papers, causing Jerry to visit her flat and blame Martin for his divorce. Martin, however, put Jerry in his place, and Jerry vowed revenge, but nothing ever happened.

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