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Flynn Saunders
Flynn Saunders is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Joel McIlroy. The character was originally played by Martin Dingle-Wall from 2001 until 2002. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 13 July 2001 and departed following his death on 13 February 2006. Development Flynn was a doctor and social worker, who arrived in Summer Bay after leaving the city in search of his missing sister Ashley Saunders (Zoe Ella). When Flynn learns there is a job available at the local drop-in centre, he decided to take it and wait for his sister to pass through the town. Dingle-Wall told an ''Inside Soap'' writer, "Finding Ashley is number one on Flynn's agenda. She has a drug problem, and could have gone anywhere. But Flynn thinks she may have been heading for the Bay, and he's hoping to be there if, and when, she arrives." Shelley Sutherland (Paula Forrest), who ran the centre, was pleased to have Flynn working there. However, Flyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dingle-Wall
Martin Dingle-Wall is an Australian actor, producer and screenwriter. He originated the role of Flynn Saunders on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' in 2001. He departed the show in 2002. Dingle-Wall has appeared in '' Satisfaction'', '' Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'' and '' Cops: L.A.C''. Career For his portrayal of Flynn Saunders in ''Home and Away'', Dingle-Wall received a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent. In 2003, he appeared on stage as Kip Polson in an adaptation of the screenplay '' The Nothing Men''. He was picked for the Peugeot 307 SV campaign in 2004. Later in 2004, he took a part in a short movie for the BBC, ''Out of Water'', playing the lead. In 2005, appeared as Scott Allen in the television drama film ''Summer Solstice'', directed by Giles Foster, playing alongside Jacqueline Bisset, Honor Blackman, Jason Durr and Sinéad Cusack. In 2007, he appeared as Johnny Lake in and episode of the television series '' Satisfac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Ritchie
Katherine Leigh Ritchie is an Australian actress, radio presenter and children's author, she remains best known for her long-running role as original character Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera '' Home and Away'', for which she won two Gold Logie awards. She played the character for 20 years, appearing from the pilot episode in 1988 until 2008. Ritchie is currently part of Nova FM's national drive show, ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' with Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey. Prior to her retirement from '' Home and Away'', she shared with fellow original cast members Ray Meagher and Norman Coburn the record (recognised by Guinness World Records) for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series. After a five-year absence, Ritchie returned to ''Home and Away'' in 2013 for a short reprise of her role as Sally Fletcher to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the series. In addition to 20 years on ''Home and Away'', Ritchie has also hosted various television events and appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassie Turner
Cassandra "Cassie" Turner is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Sharni Vinson. She debuted on-screen during an episode that aired on 18 March 2005. Vinson originally auditioned for the role of Martha MacKenzie (Jodi Gordon), but later secured the role of Cassie. She admitted it was a challenge to portray a character six years her junior who was still attending school. Cassie's backstory reveals that she was abused as a child by her uncle. However, her characterisation is out of conjunction with the usual victims of such crimes. She is portrayed as "fiercely independent and headstrong" female who has a knack for "winning friends and influencing people". Cassie is popular with the serial's male characters, while her allure also broadened off-screen to male viewers. Cassie is given a foster family when Sally Fletcher ( Kate Ritchie) and Flynn Saunders (Joel McIlroy) take her into their home. Cassie has featured in vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Furze
Mark Furze (born 7 May 1986) is an Australian actor and musician. Career Furze starred in several productions by the Orange, New South Wales, Orange Theatre Company, playing the lead role in a version of ''Oliver!'' aged 10. His first TV appearance was in the children's television program ''Outriders (TV series), Outriders'', followed by a role in the film ''Balmain Boys''. At the age of 14 Furze was cast in ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats''. He appeared also in the movie ''Jessica (film), Jessica'' as the son of the main character. Furze was cast to play Ric Dalby in ''Home and Away'' from September 2004 until he left on 24 July 2008. He took part in ''It Takes Two (Australian television), It Takes Two'', a celebrity singing challenge, partnered with Rachael Beck. The pair came third overall. Furze appeared as a contestant on the 2007 UK TV show ''Soapstar Superstar'', filmed in Manchester, England, finishing third in the competition behind Emmerdale's Hayley Tamaddon and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ric Dalby
Eric "Ric" Dalby is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Mark Furze. He appeared in the series from 15 September 2004 until 24 July 2008. Furze was cast into the role after an audition and a screen test impressed producers. Furze said he was attracted to the role because of Ric's characterisation. Ric was initially portrayed as a bully of vulnerable people and held no respect for authority. Through his storylines, Ric transforms into one of the serial's "good guys" but his violent temper remained. Both Furze and interested media noted that Ric getting involved in fights became a dominant feature throughout his tenure. Ric's use of violence has been central to various plots which have led him into trouble. In one Ric faces a murder charge for a crime he did not commit. Ric later becomes embroiled in an illegal bare-knuckle boxing plot which endangers his life. Furze trained and carried out research for the storyline, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou (Greek: Άντα Νικοδήμου) (born 14 May 1977) is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent . She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial ''Heartbreak High'' as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in ''Police Rescue'' and '' Breakers''. In 2000, Nicodemou joined the cast in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' as Leah Patterson, which gives her the distinction of being the third longest actor in an Australian TV soap opera, coincidently behind fellow Home and Away cast members Ray Meagher and Lynne McGranger She hosted reality series ''Please Marry My Boy'' in 2012. Early life Nicodemou was born on 14 May 1977 in Carlton, New South Wales. Nicodemou's parents were both migrants, who met in Australia. Her Greek Cypriot family comes from Limassol. Nicodemou grew up in Minto along with her younger brother. Nicodemou attended The Grange Public School, and the Johnny Young Talent School, where she learned to sing, dance and act. Career Nicodemou bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Patterson
Leah Patterson (also Poulos and Patterson-Baker) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Ada Nicodemou. She made her screen debut during the episode broadcast on 22 March 2000. Leah is one of the longest featured characters in the serial's history and has been involved in storylines including the deaths of her husbands, her many relationships, surrogacy, suffering anxiety and the victim of racism. Nicodemou took a temporary break from ''Home and Away'' in late 2012, following the birth of her first child. She returned from her break on 19 June 2013. Casting In 1999, Nicodemou was approached by the producers of ''Home and Away'' with an offer of a six-month contract. Nicodemou was not required to audition and began filming in November that year. Before Leah appeared on-screen, Nicodemou had already been offered an extension to her contract. She had already spent four years in the cast of television programme ''Heartbreak High''. Nicodem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarissa House
''Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage'' is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation with increasing their standing in society leads to obsessive control of their daughter, Clarissa. It is considered one of the longest novels in the English language (based on estimated word count). It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. In 2015, the BBC ranked ''Clarissa'' 14th on its list of the 100 greatest British novels. In 2013 ''The Guardian'' included ''Clarissa'' among the 100 best novels written in English. Plot summary Robert Lovelace, a wealthy "libertine" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Hunter
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Hunter (also Walters and Sutherland) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Clarissa House. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 April 2003 and departed on 30 January 2007. The character died from injuries sustained in a car crash on 23 April 2007. Character development The serial's official website described Beth as an "open-minded" female who holds a "strong sense of personal morality and integrity". When characters get to know Beth she shows a "delicious sense of humour". Beth is portrayed as a country girl who did not see herself as "anything but a farmer's wife" whilst married to Jack Hunter (Ian Lind). Marriage and family mean everything to Beth and she also ignored her husband's affair to keep her family together. They also said that Beth's "world fell apart" when Jack died. One of Beth's main romances is with Tony Holden (Jon Sivewright). Sivewright said that both Beth and Tony h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn (born 6 March 1937) is an Australian former actor best known for his television serial and soap opera roles. He started his early career in theatre, film and television in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. Coburn became famous as High School headmaster Donald Fisher in the early years of soap opera '' Home and Away'', as one of 16 original cast members, he appeared from the pilot episode in 1988 until 2003, and reprised the character making brief sporadic returns between 2004 and 2007. Coburn retired in 2008, with the exception of a rare TV series appearance in 2019 with ''Home and Away'' co-star Debra Lawrence. Early life Coburn was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and trained with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in North Sydney, Australia, before travelling to Britain in the 1950s to pursue an acting career. He appeared briefly in iconic British TV shows such as ''Dixon of Dock Green'' and '' Coronation Street''. He quit acting for a ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Fisher (Home And Away)
Donald Fisher is a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera '' Home and Away'' played by actor Norman Coburn as a regular character, from the soap's inception in 1988 to 2003. He acts as the main antagonist in the show's pilot episode, willing to go to any lengths to ensure local teen Bobby Simpson is locked up, however his character soon softens. He spends almost his entire tenure on the show as the Principal of Summer Bay (at which he is given his iconic nickname "Flathead"), where he is stern but fair to all the students. Although departing as a main character in 2003, Coburn has since returned for brief appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Coburn's long-running portrayal of Fisher earned him a place in the 2002 Guinness World Records alongside castmates Ray Meagher and Kate Ritchie as the longest serving cast member of an Australian soap opera. Casting When actor Norman Coburn received the role of "money-grabbing politician" Donald Fisher, he thought it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (born 1980), also known as "Stephany", is a Hong Kong-born Australian actress. Early life and education Jacobsen was born in British Hong Kong. Her family moved to Australia when she was twelve years old. She is Chinese, Portuguese, Norwegian and English. She attended the University of Sydney, from which she graduated with a double-major Bachelor of Arts in English literature and philosophy. Career Jacobsen began her career in the SBS comedy series ''Pizza''. She later appeared in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', playing Charlotte Adams from 2001 to 2002, and in the Australian science fiction series ''Farscape'', as well as a number of TV commercials. In 2007, Jacobsen landed the role of Kendra Shaw in '' Battlestar Galactica: Razor'', a between-seasons television film of the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. She also played Sam Tyler's future girlfriend in the original pilot of the American television show ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
