Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2019, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Natalie Watkins (Cassie Bradley), an acquaintance of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), in January, followed by the birth of Bertie Osbourne, the son of Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn) and Andrea Abruzzi (Luca Malacrino) a hairdresser who applies for a job at Trim Up North. Jan Lozinski (Piotr Baumann), a builder working for Gary Windass (Mikey North), first appears in March, followed by Alina Pop (Ruxandra Porojnicu), a love interest for Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), in April. The Bailey family - consisting of brothers James Bailey (Nathan Graham) and Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell), their father Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) and mother Aggie Bailey (Lorna Laidlaw) - are introduced in June, as well as Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson), the daughter of Rick Neelan (Greg Wood). Ray Crosby (Mark Frost) arrives in July, as well as Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove), the mother of Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) and Paul Foreman (Peter Ash). Gary's client Derek Milligan (Craige Els) first appeared in August. Bernie's ex-boyfriend Kel Hinchley (Joseph Alessi) and Hope Stape's (Isabella Flanagan) teaching assistant Jade Rowan (Lottie Henshall) arrive in September. Gemma's quadruplets Aled, Bryn, Carys and Llio Winter-Brown are born in October. Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher), the long-lost niece of Roy Cropper (David Neilson), arrived in November, as well as Grace Vickers (Kate Spencer). Additionally, multiple other characters appear throughout the year.