Home and Away
Weekdays 7:00 PM on Seven Network
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Todd Lasance
Aden Jeffries
Todd Lasance was born in the town of Medowie, just outside Newcastle on the New South Wales Central Coast. Before getting into acting, his passion was sport, playing baseball, soccer, cricket, softball, footy and tennis for 12 years throughout his school life. Lasance has appeared in many Asutralian TV programs including McLeods Daughters, Blue Water High, All Saints, Blackjack, Blue Heelers and more recently on Home And Away as bad-boy Aden Jefferies. He made his Home And Away debut on August 4, 2005 in what was initially a recurring role as part of a brief story arc. Late 2007 saw him return as Aden Jefferies permanently, officially being named as a main cast member in October. He first appeared in the show's opening credits in 2008.moreless -
Ray Meagher
Alf Stewart
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Luke Jacobz
Angelo Rosetta
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Charlotte Best
Annie Campbell
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Jessica Tovey
Belle Taylor
Besides a small guest appearance on Wicked Science, winning the role of Belle on Home and Away was Jessica Tovey's first professional television role. A talented student, she received extremely high marks in her final school exams, giving her the opportunity to study medicine and law at university. She declined tertiary study to pursue an acting career and was involved in many drama productions with the Newtown Little Theatre Company before securing the role in Home and Away.moreless -
Esther Anderson
Charlie Buckton
Esther began her career as a model, based in Japan for six years. It was here whilst doing commercials that she decided to become an actress, resulting in her return to Melbourne to begin acting courses. Esther had the chance to audition for Home and Away after a year's stint in the local Victorian show postcards. Her audition was successful and she now appears regularly on the show.moreless -
Lyn Collingwood
Colleen Smart
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Lincoln Lewis
Geoff Campbell
Lincoln Lewis is an Australian TV and film actor best known for his portrayal of Geoff Campbell in the Australian soap, Home and Away from 2007 to 2010. The son of legendary Australian rugby league football player Walter James "Wally" Lewis, Lincoln has appeared in films such as Aquamarine, Voodoo Lagoon and Tomorrow When the War Began.moreless -
Lynne McGranger
Irene Roberts
Born in the Sydney suburb of Paddington, Lynne McGranger was a primary school teacher before decided to pursue her acting career. -
Jordan Rodrigues
Jai Fernandez
Jordan Rodrigues is an Australian actor best known for his roles as Jai Fernandez in Home and Away and Christian Reed in Dance Academy. -
Christie Hayes
Kirsty Phillips
Prior to joining the cast of Home and Away as Kirsty Sutherland, Christie was living on the Central Coast and attending school. This is Christie's first on going role on a television series. She was involved in the television series, The Search For Treasure Island' where she played a storm princess called Maria. Christie has also done various television commercials, and at the age of 9 was flown to New Zealand for a German yoghurt commercial. She also did Employment National Ads, a P&O cruise ad and a Potato Nuggets ad. Her Home and Away character, Kirsty Sutherland came to the Bay with her family who have moved from the city. Her parents Rhys (Michael Beckley) and Shelley (Paula Forrest) want their children to have a better lifestyle and decide to move to Summer Bay. Kirsty has two sisters, one a twin - Jade (Kate Garven) and the older sister Dani (Tammin Sursok). Like all kids, this has been a difficult time for Kirsty and her sisters, having to leave all their friends behind and move to a place where everybody knows your business and the pace is that little bit slower. "I think Kirsty is feisty and I like that in her. I think she is a bit more immature than I am - it is nice to play someone different - she is very cool", she says of her character. And what does Christie think about joining the show and having an instant on screen family? "I love working on Home and Away. It is like a little family. It has been so much easier now that I know Tammin and Kate so well - it feels like we have known each other for so long - we have become really close", she says. Christie had to travel from the Central Coast each time she had to audition for the part. "I was so excited when I heard I got the part. It was a long audition process by it has paid off. Mum was the one that told me I got the part and I immediately rang my best friend to tell her the news." Christie now studies by correspondence and enjoys subjects such as English, performing arts - music and of course drama. In the future, Christie would love to be a director. When she's not acting up a storm, she's behind the scenes watching the show's different directors and checking out different shots.moreless -
Ada Nicodemou
Leah Patterson-Baker
Ada Nicodemou is an Australian television actress best known for her role as Leah Patterson on the long-running soap, Home and Away. As a kid, Ada went through phases but says that she always wanted to be famous and successful in whatever she did. She joined the 'Johnny Young Talent School' and a dance show group called 'Kids Unlimited' which eventually led her to hiring an agent. Her first big television audition at age 13 was ironically for a part on Home and Away. Despite losing out on the role to Laura Vasquez, she did some 'extra' work on the show, which gave her the opportunity to learn about the behind-the-scenes workings of a television series. 'I remember watching Home and Away and I really wanted to join the show. Mum drove me to the auditions and there were so many girls there. I did go for a role, but missed out. I was very happy for Laura but do remember having to sit behind her in the classroom as an extra and wishing I was in her spot. So now that I am here, I really feel like I have gone the full circle and am back where I belong,' she says. At 15, she auditioned for Heartbreak High and in March of the following year, when she was about to turn 16, they called her in for a 12 week guest stint. This short stint turned into a three year role where she played a character called Katarina. During this time, Ada also had a role on Police Rescue, as she had agreed take up a role on the show before she was asked to become a regular on Heartbreak High. Ada promised herself, when taking up the role on Heartbreak High, that she would complete her studies. Ada decided to study by correspondence in her last year of High School (Year 12), and balanced the two - studying scripts with studying for her final exams. Ada deferred her tertiary studies for a year whilst she finished Heartbreak High. At 19, Ada studied Tourism at TAFE, where she had to organise events for clients and product placement. In July 1999, at 21 years of age, she returned to television and took up the role as Fiona in Breakers. She then took a short break from the show to do a cameo role in the film The Matrix starring Keanu Reaves. In late 1999, she flew up to the Gold Coast to take up a role in the American television show Beast Masters, where she played a water nymph. After that role, she joined Home and Away, which she was really looking forward to. 'I was basically making up for lost time, I have wanted to be apart of this production for a long time and I love being with the show,' she says. Ada plays Leah Poulos, the Australian born daughter of Greek parents. Leah is proud of her heritage and devoted to her family. Since finishing school she has worked in her father's restaurant and developed into an accomplished chef. Leah is passionate about life and she will cry at the smallest injustice in life and boy can she talk! But she is also a good listener and will always provide a shoulder to lean on. Leah came to Summer Bay alone and has nowhere else to go. She falls for Vinnie (Ryan Kwanten) who she tames, after being known as a ladies man. Viewers watched the wedding of the year between Vinnie and Leah and then celebrated with them as the birth of baby VJ into the world and cried with her when Vinnie went to Jail, paying for his father's crime of fraud. Now they watch her bringing up baby VJ on his own and dealing with the fact that he is deaf. 'I think she is very sweet and funny. She comes from a very strict Greek family and has a great set of morals that I think she has instilled in Vinnie as well. I really enjoy playing Leah because I can understand her thought processes,' she says. Ada lives at home with her family which consists of her mum and younger brother. In her spare time she likes going to the movies and spending time with friends, dancing and keeping fit by enjoying the great outdoors and walking everywhere. One thing that does distinguish her from her character is that she not a cook. 'I am about the worst cook in the world. Mum has always done the cooking and she is brilliant so I have always left it up to her, but hopefully I may pick up a couple of tips through Leah.' She says. To top it all off, Ada was nominated for the highest achievement in an actor's career - a Gold Logie at the TV Week Logie Awards last year and was nominated once again this year.moreless -
Jodi Gordon
Martha Mackenzie
Jodi Gordon is an Australian model and actress. She moved from Queensland to Sydney in 2004 where she auditioned for and won the role of Martha MacKenzie in the popular Australian soap Home and Away. Martha is the granddaughter of the longest-serving cast member Alf Stewart, played by Ray Meagher. On May 7, 2006, she received a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talentmoreless -
Josh Quong Tart
Miles Copeland
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Tessa James
Nicole Franklin
Tessa James is a young Australian actress, first seen in the soap "Neighbours" in 2006 as a mysterious blind girl with close connections to many of the main characters of the show. Tessa currently attends high school at Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne and participates in drama classes at St Martins, also in Melbourne. Her role on "Neighbours" was short-lived, but she is expected to make a return to the show in the near future.moreless -
Amy Mathews
Rachel Armstrong
Amy Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has lived most of her life in Sydney, New South Wales. Amy went to America to accept a scholarship at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. On her return to Australia, she enrolled in a two-year course at the Actors' Centre in Surry Hills. Amy has had various roles in the theatre with the Bell Shakespeare Company and has had guest roles in television in All Saints, Blue Heelers (live), Head Start and Always Greener. Amy also played Mel in Love Bytes. Home and Away fans will have seen Amy a few years ago when she played a nurse in the series. When she was offered the role of Dr Rachel Armstrong in Home and Away, Amy was truly excited. "To have full time work as an actor is a dream come true! It's just amazing to do what I love every day," Amy says "It's hard work", says Amy, "but I'm loving it! I love working with Ada (Nicodemou) and Chris (Hemsworth). They're not only great actors, but lots of fun!" Amy has so far shared most of her scenes with Chris, who plays Kim Hyde, whose life was saved by Rachel after a drug-induced coma.moreless -
Luke Mitchell
Romeo Smith
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Rebecca Breeds
Ruby Buckton
Rebecca Breeds, born 1987, is an Australian actress from Sydney, best known for her roles as Ruby Buckton on soap Home and Away and Cassie Cometti on teen drama Blue Water High.
She attended Sutherland Shire Christian School and St. Andrew's Cathedral School.moreless -
Sonia Todd
Gina Austin
A graduate of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sonia Todd is an film and television actress who can boast roles in iconis Australian films such as Strictly Ballroom and Shine, as well as numerous appearances in miniseries and TV programs.moreless -
David Jones-Roberts
Xavier Austin
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Kate Ritchie
Sally Keating/Fletcher/Saunders
Through her role on Home And Away, television viewers have watched Kate grow up in Summer Bay. She filmed the pilot of the show in 1987 and has been in the series ever since, in the role of Sally Fletcher. At only 22 years of age Kate could be called a veteran of television having been involved with Home & Away for 15 years. Before Home And Away, Kate had a role in the mini-series Cyclone Tracy. During her time on Home And Away, Kate combined her long-term role as Sally with her education, completing the HSC in 1997. Kate studied through a program called 'Pathways' that allowed her to study for the HSC over three years, so she could continue her role on Home And Away. She was very pleased with her overall result. On finishing her studies, Kate says, 'It was hard to combine both school and working on Home and Away, but it was something I felt I had to do for my own self worth. I am glad I persevered as it allows me to keep my options open for life after Home And Away. I was so relieved when it was all over and I could finally use all of my energy on Home And Away.' Kate joins veteran actors Ray Meagher and Norman Coburn (Fisher) in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest serving actors on an Australian drama series. After leaving Home And Away, Kate focused her attention on her radio show and took on a role in the hit series Underbelly. When Kate manages to find time she likes to catch up on the latest movies and eat out with friends, although she does love to cook. She has singing lessons once a week and even has her Scuba diving licence - both of these being something that she would like to have more time to pursue. Her family consists of her parents, two younger sisters and a younger brother.moreless -
Bernard Curry
Hugo Austin
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Sam Atwell
Kane Phillips
Born on the 6th April, 1979 in Nambour, Sam went to Indonesia for 6 years and then the family headed back to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. Sam has always had a passion for acting and pursued speech and drama courses throughout school. He actually did some work with Channel Seven at the end of primary school, Children's TV for UNICEF and also completed a short film made for television. Throughout high school Sam says that he had a great drama teacher from grade 8 who helped him gain a part in Bell Shakespeare, Richard III. In grade 11, with the help of teachers and other students Sam formed a theatre company through the school. The theatre company produced plays such as 'Property of the Clan', 'All Stops out' and 'Dags'. Sam was also credited being the first drama captain in his school's history. Sam attended the Queensland University of Technology where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Acting before moving to Sydney at age 20. His credits include 'City Loop' an independent film completed while at Uni, 'The Wayne Manifesto', 'All Saints' and the Hal McElroy film 'Mr Reliable'. Sam just finished a film called 'Acting Out' with Lara Cox before returning to Home and Away to take up the role of Kane Phillips again. In his spare time, Sam loves going to the movies, reading, writing and is trying to produce a short film this year as well as working on his own theatre and film company. He has produced his own plays including Savage/Love which he co produced and starred in alongside former Home and Awayer Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen and Leah Pappin.moreless -
Matylda Buczko
Mink Carpenter
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Jon Sivewright
Tony Holden
Jon worked in mines in the far North West of Western Australia and was a fire fighter in Perth for 12 years before moving to Sydney in 2003 to pursue acting. He was accepted at the Actor's Centre in Surry Hills where he completed a two and a half year course and went on to do television commercials before landing guest spots on shows such as All Saints. An AFL fan and a mad supporter of his home team, the Fremantle Dockers, Jon is also a keen surfer and plays the guitar. In Home and Away, Jon plays Tony Holden who moves to Summer Bay with his two sons Jack (Paul O'Brien) a cop and Lucas (Rhys Wakefield) a student, to take up the role of the school's new Physical Education teacher.moreless -
Jordan Patrick Smith
Damo Nicholls
Jordan Patrick Smith is a Scottish-born Australian actor who's most notable role is Andrew Robinson in the Australian soap Neighbours. His family decided to immigrate to Australia after a family visit when Jordan was a child. -
Ashleigh Cummings
Ali Edmonds
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John O'Brien
Tarquin Pearce
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Paul Willson
Mr Heckles
Played "Paul" in more than fifty episodes of Cheers and was a series regular on It's Garry Shandling's Show. After college in the 'Sixties he returned to his San Francisco home and took up the craft of improvisation with The Pitschel Players, who even today have a cult following in such far-flung spots as Belize and nowhere else. For the last 24 years Paul has been a member of the Hollywood improv group Off The Wall. He has been in millions of movies and TV shows, hence the nickname, "Big Liar." He is too young to die, but too old to die young.moreless -
Anna Lee
Mrs De Groot
An expatriate Brit in Hollywood renowned for her patriotism - she raised the Union Flag daily outside her house and dressed as Britannia on St. George's Day - Anna Lee went to America at the end of the 30s after making a small mark in British films such as the 1937 version of "King Solomon's Mines". She never had an equivalent success in California, but got plenty of work all the same. Although she once described herself as "an old-fashioned Winston Churchill Conservative", she got into trouble in the days of Senator McCarthy and found herself, if not actually blacklisted, at least "greylisted"; the work might have dried up if it hadn't been for her friendship with the legendary director John Ford, who had cast her in "How Green Was My Valley" in 1941 and kept on finding roles for her right up to his last movie. Her several husbands included the director Robert Stevenson ("Mary Poppins") and she was working in a TV soap virtually up to her death, when she was past 90.moreless
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