Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that first appear in the show in 2022, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer Lucy Allan. (Jonas Khan) and (Garcia Brown) made their debut appearances in February. They were followed by (Angus Castle-Doughty), the brother of Tony (Nick Pickard) and Verity Hutchinson (Eva O'Hara). (Ashling O'Shea), a love interest for Shaq Qureshi (Omar Maalik), began appearing in March, and in April, Glynis Barber joined the cast as gangster . May marked the first appearance of (Anya Laurence), a foster child for Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams), and she was followed by her boyfriend, (Olly Rhodes), in June.