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Natalie Nash
Natalie Nash is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Antoinette Byron. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 18 February 1998. Natalie was originally played by Angelica La Bozzetta until she quit the serial the same year. Byron was then cast in the role and she began appearing from the 1999 season premiere until her departure in 2000. Creation and casting In 1997, following Debra Lawrance's decision to quit her role as Pippa Ross, producers decided to introduce a new family to run the caravan park, because the household was seen as the "centerpiece of the show". They created the Nash family consisting of parents Natalie and Joel Nash, played by Angelica la Bozzetta and David Woodley respectively and children Gypsy (Kimberley Cooper) and Tom (Graeme Squires). The family come to Summer Bay from Hong Kong to start a new life. They made their debuts in the episode broadcast on 18 February 1998. La Bozzet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoinette Byron
Antoinette Byron (born 1 December 1962) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Natalie Nash on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. Career Byron made her acting debut in the Australian soap opera ''The Restless Years'' as Tracey Williams in 1977. She later played roles in series such as '' Bellamy'', '' Scales of Justice'', '' Special Squad'', ''The Henderson Kids'' and in soap operas such as ''Prisoner'', ''Starting Out'' and ''Neighbours''. She later portrayed the first Skye Chandler on the soap opera ''All My Children'' from 1986 to 1987 before been replaced by Robin Christopher. Byron then took a main role on the Fox short-lived sitcom ''Women in Prison''. Byron later was cast in the role of Natalie Nash on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', taking over from original actress Angelica la Bozzetta and debuted in the 1999 season premiere. She later appeared in ''Skirts'', ''Jake and the Fatman'', '' E Street'', ''Time Trax'', ''Melrose Plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Nash
Travis Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by actor Nic Testoni. He made his first appearance on 10 April 1995 and departed on 11 August 1999. Development Testoni began his career as a model, but he found working on ''Home and Away'' to be more enjoyable because he was acting alongside people of a similar age. He commented, "It's good fun on the set – it's more like a play group than anything!" His character Travis is introduced as a witness to the death of Laura Bonnetti (Claudia Buttazonni), who was playing chicken on the railway with Curtis Reed (Shane Ammann). With Curtis "struck dumb" by the incident, Travis speaks with the police. It emerges that Travis has lived in Summer Bay all his life, but he rarely ventures off his fishing boat to go into the town. Travis soon becomes a familiar face in the Bay, but instead of hanging out in the Diner, he is happiest when he is alone on his boat. Serene Coneeley of ''Inside Soap'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse McGregor
Jesse McGregor is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by actor Ben Unwin. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 May 1996. The actor departed in 2000, but returned in 2002 and departed once again on 26 July 2005. Casting Unwin originally auditioned for a separate role in the show but was unsuccessful. Producers decided to create the role of Jesse specifically for Unwin to portray. Jesse's original stint in the series lasted from 1996 until 2000, when the character was written out of the show following Jesse being sent to prison for burning down the local bait shop. He returned to the show in 2002. Development Daughter A few months after his introduction, it emerged that Jesse has a young daughter, Rachel (Kelly Glaister). She and her mother Kylie Burton (Roslyn Oades) arrive in Summer Bay following the death of Kylie's father, who was supporting the family. Kylie asks Jesse to find them some money quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peta Janossi
Peta Janossi is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', portrayed by Aleetza Wood. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 27 May 1999 and departed on 14 July 2000. Peta is a local girl who seemingly blends into the background until she is given a makeover by Hayley Smith (Bec Cartwright). She begins a relationship with Will Smith (Zac Drayson) but it does not last. Peta is discovered to be living with her brother David (Philip Edwards) and invents a cover story in which a homeless woman, Annie Matthews (Carole Skinner) poses as Peta's late grandmother. She is then fostered by Joel (David Woodley) and Natalie Nash (Antoinette Byron). Peta's final story arc revolves around her relationship with eccentric goth, Edward Dunglass ( Stephen James King) and her support of him in the wake of the discovery of his Huntington's disease. Casting Wood was studying drama at university when she auditioned for the role of Peta. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bree Desborough
Bree Bain (née Desborough; born 22 September 1979) is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Justine Welles in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. Early life Bain was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1979. Bree married a Canadian man named Cale Bain and they have two children. Career Bain began her acting career in 1995, making her debut in a guest appearance in medical series '' G.P.''. She made a guest appearance on '' Water Rats'' before landing her first major role on the soap opera ''Home and Away'', playing the part of Justine Welles for three years from 1997 to 2000. Desborough tackled several controversial storylines as Justine, including drug addiction and false imprisonment for battering a baby who later died. She is also known for her role as Shelley Southall on the short-lived drama series ''Always Greener'', for which she appeared from 2002 to 2003. In 2004, Desborough played a small role in the television mini-series ''Salem's Lot'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Welles
Justine Welles is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Bree Desborough. She made her first on-screen appearance on 5 June 1997 and departed on 7 April 2000. Casting The character of Justine was Desborough's first on-going television role. Justine was initially a guest character and Desborough began filming her first scenes in March 1997. She returned as a permanent cast member the following month. In January 2000, it was announced Desborough had decided to leave ''Home and Away''. Development Justine and her brother Aaron (Richie Gudgeon) spent time on the city streets and Justine developed an addiction to drugs. Aaron felt he could not help Justine with her drug habit and ran away to Summer Bay. In 1997, Justine arrives in the Bay to visit Aaron and she tells him she is drug-free and wants to make a fresh start. It soon becomes obvious that the story is not true and as Aaron tries to help his sister, she runs away. Justine later retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David D'Angelo
''Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1998, by order of appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer John Holmes. The 11th season of ''Home and Away'' began airing on the Seven Network on 12 January 1998. The first introduction of year was Will Smith, played by Zac Drayson. Several episodes later, the Nash family consisting of parents Joel and Natalie and their children Tom and Gypsy debuted. April saw the birth of Olivia Fraser Richards. September saw the first appearance of Byron Fisher and in the same month Bec Cartwright took on the role of Will's sister, Hayley. Scott Major guested as armed robber Murray in October. David D'Angelo arrived in November. Will Smith Will Smith, played by Zac Drayson, made his first on-screen appearance on 13 February 1998. Will was a regular on the show from 1998 to 2002 and continued to make frequent guest appearances until 2005. In 2010, it was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar O'Donnell
''Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1998, by order of appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer John Holmes. The 11th season of ''Home and Away'' began airing on the Seven Network on 12 January 1998. The first introduction of year was Will Smith, played by Zac Drayson. Several episodes later, the Nash family consisting of parents Joel and Natalie and their children Tom and Gypsy debuted. April saw the birth of Olivia Fraser Richards. September saw the first appearance of Byron Fisher and in the same month Bec Cartwright took on the role of Will's sister, Hayley. Scott Major guested as armed robber Murray in October. David D'Angelo arrived in November. Will Smith Will Smith, played by Zac Drayson, made his first on-screen appearance on 13 February 1998. Will was a regular on the show from 1998 to 2002 and continued to make frequent guest appearances until 2005. In 2010, it was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zac Drayson
Zac Drayson (born 14 January 1983) is an Australian actor. Career He is best known for the role of Will Smith, one of Irene Roberts' (Lynne McGranger) many foster children in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. He was a regular from 1998–2002 and made occasional guest appearances from 2003 to 2005. His character, Will, left Summer Bay after marrying the mother of his child Lily, Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Will later returned to the Bay on a number of occasions to see his friends and family. His first being when brother Nick ( Chris Egan) ran away as he was in trouble, he later returned after drifting apart from Gypsy. On this occasion Will hoped to win back his ex-girlfriend Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok) but she turned him down and told him to repair his rocky marriage. He also returned for his younger sister Hayley Lawson's (Bec Hewitt) wedding to Noah (Beau Brady Beau Brady (born 11 October 1981) is an Australian actor from Sydney, Australia. Biography Brady at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Smith (Home And Away)
William Smith is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Zac Drayson. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 February 1998. Will was a regular on the show from 1998 to 2002. He continued to make frequent guest appearances until 2005. In 2010, it was announced that the character and Drayson would be returning to the show. Will returned to the series as a guest with his daughter on 14 October 2010. On 7 February 2011, Will was finally revealed to have been the murderer of Penn Graham after a long running storyline. He left the series on 8 February 2011. Casting Drayson was originally cast in the role of Tom Nash, but at the last minute the show's producers thought he would be more suited to the "rougher" upcoming role of Will. Drayson played Will for four years from 1998. The character left Summer Bay after marrying Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Drayson made occasional guest appearances in the show from 2003 to 2005. In September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series '' Summerland'', portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in ''True Blood''. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series ''The Oath'' as Steve Hammond. In 2021 he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series ''Them'' as George Bell. Early life Kwanten was born one of three brothers in Terrigal, New South Wales. The boys were raised by mother Kris, a Lifeline op shop coordinator, and father Eddie Kwanten, a worker at NSW Maritime. Eddie is Dutch. Ryan's brothers are Mitchell, a musician, and Lloyd, a doctor. Ryan attended St Paul's Catholic College in Manly and later earned a degree in commerce from The University of Sydney. Career Kwanten began acting on the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinnie Patterson
Vincent "Vinnie" Patterson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Ryan Kwanten. He made his first on screen appearance on 14 July 1997 and departed on 1 March 2002. Development In 1999, Vinnie was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Vinnie is devastated by the diagnosis and is left terrified about his future. Kwanten told Jason Herbison of ''Inside Soap'' that the illness is probably the biggest thing that can happen to the male ego and that it would obviously affect Vinnie badly as he has a very big ego. The actor added "He is proud of his manhood and he thinks he's God's gift, so this is going to cut him down to size, so to speak." Storylines Vinnie is first seen riding a jet ski while Travis Nash (Nic Testoni) works on his boat and splashes him much to his annoyance. Vinnie lends the ski to Aaron Welles (Ritchie Gudgeon) and lands him in trouble when Travis assumes Aaron was the one speeding around. When Vinnie annoys Travis again, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |