Characters / Holby City

Present Characters - Regular

Ric Griffin

Actor(s): Hugh Quarshie

Consultant - General surgeon, the Clinical lead of AAU.

Tropes:

Jac Naylor

Actor(s): Rosie Marcel

Consultant - Locum consultant specialising in general surgery

Tropes:

Oliver Valentine

Actor(s): James Anderson

Specialist registrar, general surgery

Tropes:

Sacha Levy

Actor(s): Bob Barrett

Consultant general surgeon, clinical skills tutor

Tropes:

Henrik Hanssen

Actor(s): Guy Henry

Consultant general surgeon, chief executive officer

Tropes:

Dominic Copeland

Actor(s): David Ames

Core training year 2, general surgery

Tropes:

Zosia March

Actor(s): Camilla Arfwedson

Core training year 2, cardiothoracic surgery

Tropes:

Raf di Lucca

Actor(s): Joe McFadden

Specialist registrar, general surgery

Tropes:

Essie Harrison

Actor(s): Kaye Wragg

Staff nurse, transplant co-ordinator

Tropes:

Adrian Fletcher

Actor(s): Alex Walkinshaw

Ward manager (AAU)

Tropes:

Morven Digby

Actor(s): Eleanor Fanyinka

Foundation training year 2

Tropes:

Bernie Wolfe

Actor(s): Jemma Redgrave

Consultant general / trauma surgeon clinical lead (AAU)

Tropes:

Jasmine Burrows

Actor(s): Lucinda Dryzek

Foundation training year 1

Tropes:

Matteo Rossini

Actor(s): Christian Vit

Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, (Darwin)

Tropes:

Nina Karnik

Actor(s): Ayesha Dharker

Consultant general surgeon

Tropes:

Lofty Chiltern

Actor(s): Lee Mead

Staff nurse

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Damon Ford

Actor(s): David Ajao

Foundation training year 1

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Present Characters - Recurring and guest

Former Characters - Regular

Anton Meyer

Actor(s): George Irving

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Clinical Chairman

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• Ambiguously Jewish: In "You Can Choose Your Friends" He helps Victoria to console a Jewish patient after she receives a treif heart valve made from pig tissue, revealing that his father was Jewish while his mother was Christian (so not technically Jewish himself as he doesn't have a matrilineal link). He quotes from the Torah to encourage the patient to accept her situation, but never shows any signs of holding any sort of belief himself.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Meyer prides himself on his emotional detachment and excels at his job as a result, while his sister is shown to be much more openly tender-hearted and this leaves her vulnerable to exploitation by her husband.
• Hidden Heart of Gold: After he and Nick perform a caesarian on a plane while on a flight back from a conference, he doesn't accept the free flights and hotel in Paris offered as compensation. Instead, he sends the airline a bill for his services, which they initially balk at but do eventually cough up when Meyer gets his solicitors involved. He ends up donating the fee to charity, explaining to Nick that he wanted to make a point about the airline stocking planes with medical equipment without hiring people who are actually qualified to use it in an emergency, and warns Nick not to tell anyone about the donation.
  • On another occasion, he intercedes on Jazz's behalf when the hospital trust offer her an extremely paltry ex-gratia payment as compensation for being stabbed on the job, getting her a much more substantial payout, but denies he ever did anything when she thanks him for it.
• Immigrant Parents: His mother and father emigrated to Britain from Hungary. He doesn't say as much, but given his age and his Jewish heritage, one can assume that they left in flight from or immediately after The Holocaust. Given his comments to Nick below, he may not have been born in the UK himself either.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In "Chasing the Dragon", his sister, Hannah, is admitted with a rare heart condition that requires an immediate operation. They've been estranged for the past few years thanks to Greg, Hannah's narcissistic, controlling husband. Greg throws a fit at the idea of Meyer operating on Hannah, despite him being the only one being qualified to do so, because of his financial interest in Greg and Hannah's business. Meyer initially delegates to Nick but ultimately intervenes and saves Hannah's life. Having done so, he proceeds to

verbally eviscerate Greg for the way he's treated Hannah over the years:

Meyer: It was me. I operated on Hannah this afternoon. So is your solicitor going to speak to my solicitor?

Greg: He might very well.

Meyer: Well, it's a chance to make a bob or two, Greg. I'd hate to see you pass up an opportunity like that. You see, Hannah would have died if I hadn't intervened, but where does that leave you? More concerned about the money or keeping the wife alive? Tricky one.

Greg: You think you're so clever, don't you?

Meyer: Greg, compared to you, I'm Einstein. You know what she's been through. You know why she flunked out of medical school. You know she has a habit of picking up losers and that you are the last of a very long line. She's vulnerable, but then if she had any strength, she wouldn't have looked at you.

Greg: You've always been jealous. You can't stand anyone else looking after her.

Meyer: I've looked after you since the day you married her.

Greg: You get a tidy sum out of the restaurant.

Meyer: And I haven't touched it. It is in a bank, intact, just waiting for the moment when you completely foul up on my sister, which could be quite soon, because the lackey won't be working the way she has been. Tumour on the heart tends to slow people down, so what are you going to now, Greg? Can you get your hands dirty? Are you going to spend 12-15 hours slaving over a hot restaurant dealing with the waitresses rather than bedding them? You're a joke.

Greg: What you're forgetting is that Hannah is happy with me.

Meyer: I'm not forgetting it. I've always known it. Why do you think I was happy to allow things to go on as they are? Why did I tie the business down so tightly? To stop you running off with the profits. Yes, you're right, Greg, I'm sure she loves you. But you don't love her. Don't ever thank me for saving her - you know there's a strong chance you won't mean it.

• A Touch of Class, Ethnicity and Religion: As someone who doesn't come from a typical old-boy-network background associated with surgeons, he doesn't have much patience for the chip Nick's got on his shoulder.
  "Don't give me this self-pitying working-class garbage. You don't know what poverty is. I do."

Nick Jordan

Actor(s): Michael French

Consultant General Surgeon

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Jasmine "Jazz" Hopkins

Actor(s): Angela Griffin

Nurse Practitioner

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• Career Versus Man: Splits up with her fiancé, Carl, when she realises after an argument that she prioritises her job far higher than he does his.
• Convenient Miscarriage: Subverted. Jazz had already decided on an abortion, and is upset that the miscarriage robbed her of the ability to exercise her autonomy over her own body.
• Twofer Token Minority: Once participated in an interview in the hospital newsletter about her experience of being a Black woman working in the NHS.

Ray Sykes

Actor(s): Ian Curtis

Senior Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Kirstie Collins

Actor(s): Dawn McDaniel

Specialist Registrar, Cardiology

Tropes:

Ellie Sharpe

Actor(s): Julie Saunders

Theatre Sister

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Paul Ripley

Actor(s): Luke Mably

Ward Clerk

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• Dude, She's Like in a Coma: His only storyline involves him getting caught kissing a comatose patient and doing a runner.

Julie Fitzjohn

Actor(s): Nicola Stephenson

Ward Sister

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• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Runs after Meyer when decides to go on leave to plead with him to operate on Rosie because she knows he's the best there is.
• Oop North: From Rochdale in Greater Manchester.
• Single Mum Stripper: Briefly moonlights at a lapdancing club in Series 1 to make ends meet after she falls behind on her childminding payments.

Muriel McKendrick

Actor(s): Phyllis Logan

Consultant Cardiologist

Tropes:

Victoria Merrick

Actor(s): Lisa Faulkner

Senior House Officer, Paediatrics

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Karen Newburn

Actor(s): Sarah Preston

Ward Sister

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• Badass Longcoat: Owns a particularly fabulous ankle-length leather coat.
• Bifauxnen: Was once asked by a patient why she wears her hair so short if she isn't a lesbian. She just likes it that way.

Mike Barratt

Actor(s): Clive Mantle

Consultant General Surgeon

Tropes:

Danny Shaughnessy

Actor(s): Jeremy Edwards

Student Nurse

Tropes:

Kath Shaughnessy (née Fox)

Actor(s): Jan Pearson

Ward Sister

Tropes:

Tushara "Tash" Bandara

Actor(s): Thusitha Jayasundera

Specialist Registrar, General Surgery

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• Lesbian Jock: Not on a massive level, but she plays squash and supports QPR

Alex Adams

Actor(s): Jeremy Sheffield

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Sandy Harper

Actor(s): Laura Sadler

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Steve Waring

Actor(s): Peter de Jersey

Charge Nurse

Tropes:

Janice Taylor

Actor(s): Siobhan Redmond

Consultant Paediatrician

Tropes:

Keri McGrath

Actor(s): Anna Mountford

Staff Nurse, Paediatric Outreach Nurse

Tropes:

Stan Ashleigh

Actor(s): Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant

Tropes:

Liam Evans

Actor(s): Adrian Lewis Morgan

Charge Nurse

Tropes:

Alistair Taylor

Actor(s): Dominic Jephcott

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Tropes:

Sam Kennedy

Actor(s): Colette Brown

Senior House Officer, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Chrissie Williams

Actor(s): Tina Hobley

Consultant Nurse, Senior Ward Sister

Tropes:

Owen Davis

Actor(s): Mark Moraghan

Consultant Obstetrician

Tropes:

Mubbs Hussein

Actor(s): Ian Aspinall

Specialist Registrar, Obstetrics

Tropes:

Lisa Fox

Actor(s): Luisa Bradshaw-White

Clinical Matron

Tropes:

Jess Griffin

Actor(s): Verona Joseph

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Ben Saunders

Actor(s): David Paisley

Midwife

Tropes:

Diane Lloyd

Actor(s): Patricia Potter

Locum Consultant General Surgeon

Tropes:

Tom Campbell-Gore

Actor(s): Denis Lawson

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Tropes:

Ed Keating

Actor(s): Rocky Marshall

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Tricia Williams

Actor(s): Sharon Maughan

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Rosie Sattar

Actor(s): Kim Vithana

Midwife

Tropes:

Rosie Sattar

Actor(s): Kim Vithana

Midwife

Tropes:

Zubin Khan

Actor(s): Art Malik

Consultant Anaesthetist

Tropes:

Kelly Yorke

Actor(s): Rachael Leskovac

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Mickie Hendrie

Actor(s): Kelly Adamas

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Will Curtis

Actor(s): Noah Huntley

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Connie Beauchamp

Actor(s): Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Director of Surgery, Clinical Lead (Darwin)

Tropes:

Sean Thompson

Actor(s): Senior House Officer, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Mark Williams

Actor(s): Robert Powell

CEO, Holby City NHS Trust

Tropes:

Matt Parker

Actor(s): Adam Best

Pre-registration House Officer

Tropes:

Dean West

Actor(s): Paul Henshall

Pre-registration House Officer

Tropes:

Lola Griffin

Actor(s): Sharon D. Clarke

Consultant in Post-operative Care

Tropes:

Abra Durant

Actor(s): Ade Edmondson

Consultant General Surgeon

Tropes:

Elliot Hope

Actor(s): Paul Bradley

Professor of Medicine, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Clinical Lead (Darwin)

Tropes:

Joseph Byrne

Actor(s): Luke Roberts

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Sam Strachan

Actor(s): Tom Chambers

Specialist Registrar, General Surgery

Tropes:

Kyla Tyson

Actor(s): Rakie Ayola

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Dan Clifford

Actor(s): Peter Wingfield

Consultant General Surgeon

Tropes:

Maria Kendall

Actor(s): Phoebe Thomas

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Maddy Young

Actor(s): Nadine Lewington

Senior House Officer, General Surgery

Tropes:

Faye Morton

Actor(s): Patsy Kensit

Ward Sister

Tropes:

Stuart McElroy

Actor(s): Conor Mullen

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Locum)

Tropes:

Michael Spence

Actor(s): Hari Dhillon

Consultant General Surgeon

Tropes:

Linden Cullen

Actor(s): Duncan Pow

Consultant General Surgeon, Clinical Lead (AAU)

Tropes:

Daisha Anderson

Actor(s): Rebecca Grant

Ward Sister

Tropes:

Penny Valentine

Actor(s): Emma Catherwood

Foundation Training Year 2

Tropes:

Oliver Valentine

Actor(s): James Anderson

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Mary-Claire Carter

Actor(s): Niamh McGrady

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Greg Douglas

Actor(s): Edward MacLiam

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tropes:

Elizabeth Tait

Actor(s): La Charné Jolly

Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Antoine Malick

Actor(s): Jimmy Akingbola

Consultant General Surgeon, Clinical Skills Teacher

Tropes:

Dan Hamilton

Actor(s): Adam Astill

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,

Tropes:

Eddi McKee

Actor(s): Sarah-Jane Potts

Senior Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Chantelle Lane

Actor(s): Lauren Drummond

Senior Staff Nurse

Tropes:

Luc Hemingway

Actor(s): Joseph Millson

Specialist Registrar, General Surgery, Trauma/Vascular Research Fellow

Tropes:

Tara Lo

Actor(s): Jing Lusi

Foundation Training Year 1

Tropes:

Jonny Maconie

Actor(s): Michael Thomson

Clinical Nurse Manager (Darwin), Transplant Co-ordinator

Tropes:

Mo Effanga

Actor(s): Chizzy Akudolu

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Transplant Specialist

Tropes:

Arthur Digby

Actor(s): Rob Ostlere

Core Training Year 2, General Surgery

Tropes:

Gemma Wilde

Actor(s): Ty Glaser

Foundation Training Year 2

Tropes:

Harry Tressler

Actor(s): Jules Knight

Foundation Training Year 2

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Former Characters - Recurring and guest