The ITV soap picked up the biggest award of the night and a number of other gongs
Coronation Street’s Sally Carman-Duttine, Luca Toolan and Harry Visinoni(Image: PA)
Coronation Street is bringing a collection of new silverware home to Manchester as the show scooped the top gong at the 2025 Inside Soap awards.
The ITV soap picked up the biggest award of the night, claiming the fan-voted title of best soap for the second year in a row.
It comes after ,ore than 90,000 fans voted for the magazine’s award ceremony which saw Corrie take home five accolades on Monday night.
Along with best soap, Corrie also claimed the best storyline award for Mason Radcliffe’s death and Abi Webster’s PTSD after witnessing the brutal attack.
Meanwhile, Jack P Shepherd won best comic performance for his portrayal of David Playy, with Vicky Myers, who plays Lisa Swain, claiming the awards for best actress and best partnership along with Alison King’s Carla Connor.
BBC’s EastEnders also took home five awards, including best exit, which was won by James Bye, who played Martin Fowler until he was killed off during the 40th anniversary live episode in February, and best actor which was won by Steve McFadden for playing Phil Mitchell.
Corrie’s Vicky Myers with the awards for Best Actress and Best Partnership(Image: Getty Images)
The best villain award was given to Navin Chowdhry for his portrayal of Nish Panesar, the calculating manipulative husband to Suki Panesar, played by Balvinder Sopal, who was killed by his son after being pushed off a balcony.
While Laura Doddington’s Nicola Mitchell won best newcomer, fans named EastEnders’ Heather Peace their soap superstar of 2025 for her portrayal of Eve Panesar-Unwin, calling her “a Northern powerhouse” and “an icon who has always fought for others”.
The ceremony saw ITV’s Emmerdale win the best family trophy with the Dingle clan claiming it for a fifth time – more than any other family in the history of the Inside Soap Awards – while teenager Amelia Flanagan was named best young performer for the fourth time.
Sarah Ellis, Inside Soap editor, said: “It’s been an incredible year of drama and the results in our best soap category were the closest they’ve ever been.”
Emmerdale’s Bradley Johnson, Lisa Riley and Karen Blick win the Best Family Award(Image: Getty Images)
Ellis added: “All of the soaps have shone brightly in 2025. The fact that this year’s trophies are so evenly spread just goes to show what a strong year the whole genre is having. There’s never been a more exciting time to be a soap fan!”
Fans named Casualty actor Michael Stevenson as the best drama star for his portrayal of the heroic paramedic Iain Dean while Neighbours’ Stefan Dennis picked best daytime star for his performance as villain Paul Robinson.
Inside Soap also awarded two outstanding achievement trophies this year, one to the cast and crew of Neighbours for delivering a year of drama ahead of the show coming to an end this December and another to Nick Pickard for his work playing Hollyoaks’ Tony Hutchinson for three decades.
The Inside Soap Awards 2025 winners – full list:
- Best soap – Coronation Street
- Best actress – Vicky Myers (Lisa Swain, Coronation Street)
- Best actor – Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, EastEnders)
- Best comic performance – Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)
- Best villain – Navin Chowdhry (Nish Panesar, EastEnders)
- Best young performer – Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor, Emmerdale)
- Best newcomer – Laura Doddington (Nicola Mitchell, EastEnders)
- Best exit – James Bye (Martin Fowler, EastEnders)Best family – The Dingles (Emmerdale)
- Best partnership – Alison King & Vicky Myers (Carla Connor & Lisa Swain, Coronation Street)
- Best storyline – Mason’s death & Abi’s PTSD (Coronation Street
- )Best showstopper – The limo crash disaster (Emmerdale)
- Best daytime star – Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson, Neighbours)
- Best drama star – Michael Stevenson (Iain Dean, Casualty)
- Soap superstar – Heather Peace (Eve Panesar-Unwin, EastEnders)
- Outstanding achievement (team) – Neighbours
- Outstanding achievement (solo) – Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)