These are the soap stars nominated for a British Soap Award

The nominations are in!

Published 10th Apr 2018

It's that time of the year again, time to get voting for your favourite actors and actresses at the British Soap Awards 2018.

Last year some of the winners included John Middleton (who played Ashley Thomas in Emmerdale), Kym Marsh (aka Coronation Street's Michelle Connor), Lucy-Jo Hudson (who plays Rhiannon Davis in Doctors) and of course, Emmerdale which won best soap of the night.

Things have sure changed over the last 12 months and this year we have a whole new selection of nominees up to win the biggest gongs of the night.

Over the past year in soapland we've seen the horrific Bethany Platt sex ring storyline, Max Branning's revenge plan go wrong, Ross Barton's acid attack ordeal, Amy Barnes brutally murdered by her husband Ryan Knight and of course, Doctors.

Now it's your time to vote for the best actor, actress and soap!

We've rounded up all the nominees you can choose from...

Who's nominated for a British Soap Award?

British Soap Awards - Best Actor Nominations

Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan, Coronation Street)
Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)
Shayne Ward (Aidan Connor, Coronation Street)
Ashley Rice (Sid Vere, Doctors)
Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors)
Owen Brenman (Heston Carter, Doctors)
Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
Richard Blackwood (Vincent Hubbard, EastEnders)
Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Michael Parr (Ross Barton, Emmerdale)
Ryan Hawley (Robert Sugden, Emmerdale)
Gary Lucy (Luke Morgan, Hollyoaks)
Richard Linnell (Alfie Nightingale, Hollyoaks)
Theo Graham (Hunter McQueen, Hollyoaks)

British Soap Awards - Best Actress Nominations

Bhavna Limbachia (Rana Nazir, Coronation Street)
Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price, Coronation Street)
Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt, Coronation Street)
Bharti Patel (Ruhma Carter, Doctors)
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors)
Jan Pearson (Karen Hollins, Doctors)
Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)
Lacey Turner (Stacey Fowler, EastEnders)
Letitia Dean (Sharon Mitchell, EastEnders)
Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle, Emmerdale)
Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle, Emmerdale)
Natalie J Robb (Moira Dingle, Emmerdale)
Anna Passey (Sienna Blake, Hollyoaks)
Amy Conachan (Courtney Campbell, Hollyoaks)
Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik, Hollyoaks)

British Soap Awards - Best Soap Nominations

Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

At the moment the long list nominees are open but on Tuesday 25th April they'll close at 5pm. The shortlists - of five contestants - will then be revealed on Tuesday 1st May at 10am where you can vote for the second time. Voting for the second round will close on Friday 25th May at 9pm.

During the second round of voting more categories will be opening and some include best storyline, best newcomer, villain of the year, best young performance and scene of the year.

When do the British Soap Awards take place?

The British Soap Awards will be shown on ITV in June.

How do I get tickets for the British Soap Awards?

If you fancy getting dressed up and seeing some soap stars in real life you can actually buy tickets to be in the live audience!

Stay tuned though as the British Soap Awards will be making an announcement soon on how you can go to the event.

Who will present the British Soap Awards?

For the last 11 years Phillip Schofield has presented the British Soap Awards so hopefully we'll see him return this year.

You can vote for your British Soap Award winners here.

This article originally appeared on Closer Online by Eden-Olivia Lord.