New research has revealed the hardest working soap stars of 2021 and two Emmerdale icons have bagged the top spot.
OLBG has analysed historical TV data to discover how many episodes each actor has been in, highlighting the hardest working actor of 2021 and of all time.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street lead the way with the hardest working actors of 2021, filling up the top 10 spaces, leaving no room for the cast of Hollyoaks or Eastenders.
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Both Coronation Street and Emmerdale film more episodes weekly than Eastenders, which will factor towards their stars featuring in more episodes.
In joint first place, Emmerdale’s resident landlady, Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) appeared in 128 episodes in 2021, alongside Gaby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) who appeared in the same number of episodes.
Soap rival Coronation Street also bagged the top spot as it was revealed Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs also appeared in 128 episodes last year.
Making up the top five was Claire King, who plays Emmerdale's Kim Tate, with 118 episode under her belt.
Lawrence Robb (Mackenzie Boyd) and Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla) also made the top ten, with Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle) coming in at number 16.
Here is the full list of the hardest working soap stars in 2021:
1 - Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street, appeared in 128 episodes last year.
2 - Lucy Pargeter, who portrays Chas Dingle in Emmerdale, appeared in 128 episodes in 2021.
3 - Rosie Bentham, who plays Gabby Thomas in Emmerdale, appeared in 128 episodes last year.
4 - Claire King, who plays Kim Tate in Emmerdale, appeared in 118 episodes in 2021.
5 - Sally Carman, who portrays Abi Franklin in Coronation Street, appeared in 117 episodes.
6 - Lawrence Robb, who plays Mackenzie Boyd in Emmerdale, appeared in 113 episodes.
7 - Mollie Gallagher, who plays Nina Lucas in Coronation Street, appeared in 111 episodes.
8 - Jane Danson, who portrays Leanne Battersby in Coronation Street, appeared in 108 episodes.
9 - Michael Le Vell, who plays Kevin Webster in Coronation Street, appeared in 107 episodes.
10 - Paige Sandhu, who plays Meena Jutla in Emmerdale, appeared in 105 episodes.
11 - Sally Ann Matthews, who portrays Jenny Connor in Coronation Street, appeared in 105 episodes.
12 - Nicola Wheeler, who plays Nicola King in Emmerdale, appeared in 104 episodes.
13 - Jennie McAlpine, who portrays Fiz Stape in Coronation Street, appeared in 102 episodes.
14 - Kevin Mathurin, who plays Charles Anderson in Emmerdale, appeared in 101 episodes.
15 - Danny Dyer, who portrayed Mick Carter in Eastenders, appeared in 99 episodes.
16 - Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale, appeared in 99 episodes.
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