Villains in soap operas are often praised, with many soap awards ceremonies including a category for "Best Villain" or "Best Bad Boy". Many viewer polls on who is the best villain have also taken place.
Names removed due to no sources being available (or sources need to be found) edit
- Brookside
- Terry Gibson
- Bold and Beautiful
- Neighbours
- Coronation Street
- Family Affairs
- Home and Away
- Scott Phillips
- Sarah Lewis
- Saul Bennett
- Hollyoaks
- Emmerdale
- Passions
- Another World
- Blaine
- All My Children
- Laurel Banning
- Ava Benton
- Babe Carey
- Krystal Carey
- JR Chandler
- Kendall Hart Slater
- Braden Lavery
- Claudette Montgomery
- Karen Parker
- Cynthia Preston
- Sybil Thorne
- As the World Turns
- Natalie Bannon Hughes
- Scott Eldridge
- Barbara Ryan
- Lucinda Walsh
- Days of our Lives
- Lois Banks
- Bart Beiderbecke
- Kristen Blake
- Eric Brady (I)
- Jonah Carver
- Kellam Chandler
- Harper Deveraux
- Andre DiMera
- EJ DiMera
- Marlena Evans (only under possession and mind control)
- Samantha Evans
- Jake Kositchek
- Paul Mendez
- Julie Olson Williams
- Celeste Perrault
- Curtis Reed
- Trent Robbins
- Wilhelm Rolf
- Willow Stark
- Ernesto Toscano
- Ava Vitali
- Martino Vitali
- Larry Welch
- Cal Winters
- EastEnders
- General Hospital
- Lorenzo Alcazar
- Mikkos Cassadine
- Stavros Cassadine
- Franco
- Theo Hoffman
- Jerry Jacks
- Sam McCall
- Javier Ruiz
- Manny Ruiz
- Frank Smith
- Anthony Zacchara
- Guiding Light
- Annie Dutton
- Stanley Norris
- Bradley Raines
- Carmen Santos
- Ben Warren
- One Life to Live
- The Young and the Restless
- Roger and Annie Wilkes
- Alex
- Colin Atkinson
- Isabella Braña Williams
- Daisy Carter
- Ryder Callahan
- Sarah Carter
- David Chow
- Rose Deville
- Primrose Deville
- Tom Fisher
- Ralph Hunnicutt
- Sasha Green
- Diane Jenkins
- Blake Joseph[citation needed]
- Cameron Kirsten
- Leanna Love
- Mari Jo Mason
- Tucker McCall
- Meggie McClaine
- Tricia McNeil
- Tawny Moore
- Skye Newman
- Walter Palin
- Clint Radison
- Deacon Sharpe
- Grace Turner
- Adam Wilson
- Jana Hawkes
- Veronica Landers
- Lisa Mansfield
Removed due to source not making any mention of villainy edit
- All My Children
- Alexander Cambias Sr.[1]
- The Archers
- Owen King[2]
- EastEnders
- Harry Gold[3] (ref compares Harry to Archie, using the words "villain" and "evil" for Archie, but not specifically for Harry)
Removed because they are "bad" but not "villainous" edit
- As the World Turns
- EastEnders
Refs edit
- ^ Goldstein, Toby (2 May 2009). "Scopin' the soaps". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas: The World Company. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Aaronovitch, David (2 January 2005). "Ambridge agony". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Green, Kris (15 June 2010). "Exclusive: First Look: Harry Gold joins 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Garvinwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Lauren's rehab romance?". All About Soap (300). Hearst Magazines UK: 9. 6–19 July 2013.
Former Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas is on his way to Walford, playing sexy bad boy Jake Stone.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Robertson, Colin (4 July 2013). "EastEnders Jake Stone seduces Lauren Branning in new plot". The Sun. News Group Newspapers. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ Ribeiro, Kay (14–20 December 2013). "Battle of the bad boys". Heat (761): 110.