Ruby Dobbs has appeared in 374 episodes of Coronation Street from 2012 to present, however the character would not receive an on-screen credit until Episode 8818 (15th January 2016).
The character has been portrayed by three actors:
- Grace Hanrahan in 24 episodes from Episode 7950 (9th September 2012) to Episode 8061 (13th February 2013).
- Macy Alabi in 318 episodes from Episode 7951 (10th September 2012) to Episode 10993 (30th June 2023).
- Billie Naylor in 33 episodes from Episode 11029 (11th August 2023) onwards.
The character was named as:
- Ruby Soames from September 2012 to April 2013
- Ruby Dobbs thereafter.
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2013 (Grace Hanrahan)
2013 (Macy Alabi)
2016
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023 (Macy Alabi)
2023 (Billie Naylor)
Statistics
| Year | Year total | Running total | No of consecutive appearances | No of consecutive absences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 16 |
| 2013 | 37 | 69 | 11 | 101 |
| 2014 | 15 | 84 | 2 | 67 |
| 2015 | 29 | 113 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 9 | 122 | 2 | 136 |
| 2017 | 17 | 139 | 3 | 84 |
| 2018 | 60 | 199 | 4 | 37 |
| 2019 | 42 | 241 | 5 | 64 |
| 2020 | 24 | 265 | 3 | 22 |
| 2021 | 23 | 288 | 3 | 52 |
| 2022 | 33 | 321 | 8 | 86 |
| 2023 | 44 | 365 | 8 | 57 |
| 2024 | 9 | 374 | 3 | 36 |
2012
Episode count: 32
(Uncredited appearances)
- Sun 9th Sep (2)
- Mon 10th Sep (1)
- Wed 12th Sep
- Fri 14th Sep (1)
- Wed 19th Sep
- Fri 21st Sep (1)
- Fri 21st Sep (2)
- Mon 24th Sep (1)
- Mon 24th Sep (2)
- Wed 26th Sep
- Fri 28th Sep (1)
- Fri 28th Sep (2)
- Mon 1st Oct (1)
- Mon 1st Oct (2)
- Wed 3rd Oct
- Fri 5th Oct (2)
- Fri 2nd Nov (1)
- Mon 12th Nov (1)
- Thu 15th Nov
- Fri 16th Nov (1)
- Mon 19th Nov (1)
- Wed 21st Nov
- Fri 23rd Nov (1)
- Fri 23rd Nov (2)
- Mon 26th Nov
- Wed 28th Nov
- Fri 30th Nov (1)
- Sun 2nd Dec (2)
- Mon 17th Dec (1)
- Wed 19th Dec
- Thu 20th Dec
- Mon 31st Dec (1)
2013
Episode count: 37
(Uncredited appearances)
- Fri 18th Jan (1)
- Mon 21st Jan (1)
- Mon 21st Jan (2)
- Wed 23rd Jan
- Fri 25th Jan (2)
- Wed 30th Jan
- Fri 1st Feb (1)
- Fri 1st Feb (2)
- Mon 4th Feb (1)
- Mon 4th Feb (2)
- Wed 6th Feb
- Fri 8th Feb (1)
- Fri 8th Feb (2)
- Mon 11th Feb (1)
- Mon 11th Feb (2)
- Wed 13th Feb
- Mon 18th Mar (1)
- Mon 18th Mar (2)
- Sun 24th Mar (1&2)
- Mon 25th Mar (1)
- Wed 27th Mar
- Fri 29th Mar (1)
- Fri 29th Mar (2)
- Mon 1st Apr (1)
- Wed 3rd Apr
- Fri 5th Apr (1)
- Fri 12th Apr (2)
- Mon 15th Apr (2)
- Mon 29th Apr (1)
- Mon 29th Apr (2)
- Fri 20th Sep (1)
- Mon 23rd Sep (1)
- Fri 27th Sep (1)
- Fri 18th Oct (2)
- Sun 22nd Dec
- Wed 25th Dec
2014
Episode count: 15
2015
Episode count: 29
(Uncredited appearances)
- Mon 17th Aug (1)
- Mon 17th Aug (2)
- Wed 19th Aug
- Thu 20th Aug
- Fri 21st Aug (1)
- Fri 21st Aug (2)
- Mon 24th Aug (1)
- Wed 26th Aug
- Mon 31st Aug (1)
- Wed 2nd Sep
- Fri 4th Sep (2)
- Thu 10th Sep
- Wed 7th Oct
- Fri 9th Oct
- Wed 14th Oct
- Fri 23rd Oct (1)
- Mon 26th Oct (1)
- Thu 29th Oct
- Thu 5th Nov
- Fri 6th Nov (1)
- Thu 26th Nov
- Fri 27th Nov (1)
- Fri 27th Nov (2)
- Thu 17th Dec
- Fri 18th Dec
- Thu 24th Dec
- Fri 25th Dec
- Mon 28th Dec (1)
- Thu 31st Dec
2016
Episode count: 9
- Fri 15th Jan (2)
- Fri 29th Jan (2) (Uncredited)
- Wed 3rd Feb (Uncredited)
- Mon 11th Apr (1) (Uncredited)
- Mon 11th Apr (2) (Uncredited)
- Fri 21st Oct (1)
- Fri 21st Oct (2)
- Mon 12th Dec (1)
- Mon 12th Dec (2)
2017
Episode count: 17
2018
Episode count: 60
- Mon 15th Jan (1)
- Mon 15th Jan (2)
- Wed 17th Jan (1)
- Wed 17th Jan (2)
- Mon 12th Feb (1)
- Mon 12th Feb (2)
- Mon 26th Feb (1)
- Mon 26th Feb (2)
- Fri 2nd Mar (1)
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- Mon 5th Mar (1)
- Wed 7th Mar (2)
- Fri 9th Mar (1)
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- Wed 14th Mar (1)
- Fri 16th Mar (2)
- Wed 21st Mar (1)
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- Thu 22nd Mar
- Thu 29th Mar
- Fri 30th Mar (1)
- Wed 11th Apr (2)
- Mon 21st May (1&2)
- Wed 23rd May (1)
- Wed 23rd May (2)
- Mon 11th Jun (2)
- Tue 19th Jun (1&2)
- Fri 6th Jul (2)
- Mon 23rd Jul (1)
- Wed 25th Jul (1)
- Wed 25th Jul (2)
- Mon 13th Aug (1)
- Mon 27th Aug (2)
- Wed 29th Aug (2)
- Mon 3rd Sep (1)
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- Wed 5th Sep (1)
- Wed 5th Sep (2)
- Wed 12th Sep (2)
- Fri 14th Sep (2)
- Wed 26th Sep (1)
- Wed 26th Sep (2)
- Mon 22nd Oct (2)
- Wed 31st Oct (2)
- Wed 7th Nov (1)
- Wed 7th Nov (2)
- Fri 23rd Nov (1)
- Fri 30th Nov (1)
- Fri 30th Nov (2)
- Wed 5th Dec (1)
- Wed 5th Dec (2)
- Mon 17th Dec (1)
- Mon 17th Dec (2)
- Wed 19th Dec (1)
- Mon 24th Dec (1&2)
- Tue 25th Dec (1&2)
2019
Episode count: 42
- Wed 23rd Jan (2)
- Mon 28th Jan (1)
- Wed 30th Jan (1)
- Wed 30th Jan (2)
- Mon 11th Feb (1)
- Mon 11th Feb (2)
- Mon 18th Feb (2)
- Wed 20th Feb
- Fri 8th Mar (2)
- Mon 11th Mar (1)
- Mon 11th Mar (2)
- Fri 5th Apr (1&2)
- Fri 21st Jun (1&2)
- Fri 12th Jul (1)
- Mon 15th Jul (2)
- Mon 22nd Jul (2)
- Wed 14th Aug (2)
- Fri 30th Aug (2)
- Mon 2nd Sep (1)
- Mon 2nd Sep (2)
- Wed 4th Sep (2)
- Mon 23rd Sep (1)
- Fri 27th Sep (1&2)
- Mon 30th Sep (2)
- Wed 30th Oct (1)
- Wed 30th Oct (2)
- Thu 31st Oct
- Fri 1st Nov (2)
- Wed 27th Nov (1)
- Wed 27th Nov (2)
- Fri 29th Nov (1)
- Mon 2nd Dec (1)
- Mon 2nd Dec (2)
- Fri 20th Dec (1)
- Mon 23rd Dec (2)
- Tue 24th Dec
- Wed 25th Dec (1)
- Thu 26th Dec
- Fri 27th Dec
2020
Episode count: 24
- Wed 1st Jan (2)
- Fri 3rd Jan (2)
- Mon 6th Jan (1)
- Wed 8th Jan (1)
- Mon 13th Jan (2)
- Fri 17th Jan (1)
- Mon 20th Jan (1)
- Mon 20th Jan (2)
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- Fri 24th Jan (1)
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- Fri 7th Feb (1)
- Mon 10th Feb (2)
- Wed 12th Feb (1)
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- Mon 17th Feb (1)
- Mon 17th Feb (2)
- Wed 19th Feb (2)
- Wed 4th Mar (1)
- Mon 16th Mar (1)
- Mon 16th Mar (2)
- Wed 25th Mar (1)
- Mon 18th May
2021
Episode count: 23
- Mon 5th Apr (2)
- Mon 26th Apr (1)
- Mon 26th Apr (2)
- Tue 29th Jun (1)
- Mon 5th Jul (2)
- Fri 23rd Jul (1)
- Mon 2nd Aug (2)
- Wed 4th Aug (1)
- Fri 13th Aug (2)
- Mon 16th Aug (1)
- Mon 16th Aug (2)
- Fri 20th Aug (1&2)
- Mon 6th Sep (1)
- Tue 9th Nov (1)
- Wed 10th Nov (1) (Voice only)
- Wed 10th Nov (2)
- Mon 13th Dec
- Tue 14th Dec
- Sat 25th Dec (1&2)
- Sun 26th Dec
- Mon 27th Dec (1)
2022
Episode count: 33
- Wed 19th Jan (1)
- Wed 26th Jan (1)
- Mon 28th Feb (2)
- Mon 4th Apr (2)
- Fri 20th May (1)
- Wed 25th May (2)
- Wed 6th Jul (1&2)
- Fri 8th Jul (1&2)
- Wed 13th Jul (1)
- Fri 22nd Jul (1&2) (Voice only in 10697)
- Mon 25th Jul (1&2)
- Fri 4th Nov (2)
- Wed 9th Nov (1&2)
- Fri 11th Nov (1)
- Mon 14th Nov (2)
- Thu 24th Nov (1)
- Sun 27th Nov (1&2)
- Wed 7th Dec (2)
- Fri 9th Dec (1)
- Wed 21st Dec (1&2)
- Fri 23rd Dec (1&2)
- Sun 25th Dec (1&2)
- Mon 26th Dec (1&2)
2023
Episode count: 44
- Wed 18th Jan (1&2)
- Thu 26th Jan (1&2)
- Mon 30th Jan (2)
- Fri 10th Feb (2)
- Fri 10th Mar (2)
- Mon 13th Mar (1)
- Fri 17th Mar (1&2)
- Fri 24th Mar (2)
- Fri 14th Apr (2)
- Wed 10th May (2)
- Fri 12th May (1&2)
- Mon 22nd May (1&2)
- Mon 29th May
- Tue 30th May
- Fri 30th Jun (1)
- Fri 11th Aug (1&2)
- Mon 14th Aug (1&2)
- Wed 16th Aug (1&2)
- Fri 18th Aug (1&2)
- Fri 1st Sep (2)
- Mon 4th Sep (1&2)
- Wed 6th Sep (1&2)
- Thu 7th Sep (2)
- Mon 11th Sep (1)
- Wed 13th Sep (1)
- Wed 27th Sep (1)
- Wed 6th Dec (1)
- Fri 8th Dec (1&2)
- Mon 11th Dec (1)
- Fri 15th Dec (1&2)
- Wed 20th Dec (2)