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Longlist was announced today:

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

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

Best Soap
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

This first round stage of voting will close at 5pm on Tuesday, April 24. Second round voting – when the shortlists are revealed – will open at 10am on Tuesday, May 1 and close at 9pm on Friday, May 25.

Snatch that nomination Letitia Dean