These are the current main characters in the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, as can be seen on the episodes being shown in Australia. The show is shown at different paces in other countries. As such, character lists may differ in the episodes in those countries. For information on past characters, see List of Home and Away characters.
| Current characters in Australia | ||
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| Character | First episode |
Year |
| Alf Stewart | Pilot | 1988- |
| Sally Fletcher | Pilot | 1988-2008 |
| Colleen Smart | 0036* | 1988-1989, 1997, 1999- |
| Martha MacKenzie | 0169* | 1988-1989, 2005- |
| Irene Roberts | 0887 | 1992- |
| Leah Patterson-Baker | 2793* | 2000- |
| Matilda Hunter | 3658 | 2004- |
| Ric Dalby | 3818* | 2004- |
| Cassie Turner | 3920 | 2005-2008 |
| Aden Jefferies | 4019 | 2005, 2006, 2007- |
| Tony Holden | 4020 | 2005- |
| Jack Holden | 4020 | 2005- |
| Lucas Holden | 4020 | 2005-2008 |
| Rachel Armstrong | 4101 | 2006- |
| Belle Taylor | 4115 | 2006- |
| Drew Curtis | 4225 | 2006- |
| Annie Campbell | 4443 | 2007- |
| Geoff Campbell | 4443 | 2007- |
| Roman Harris | 4554 | 2007- |
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Characters
Baker Family
The Baker family consists of Leah, her nephew Drew Curtis, and niece (by marriage) Belle Taylor.
- Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou)
Tenure: 2000-
Lives at: 6 James Street
Marital status: Vinnie Patterson (2001, dissolved 2005 following Vinnie's legal death declaration), Dan Baker (Home and Away) (2005-)
Parents: Theo and Helen Poulos
Siblings: Dimitri, Chris, and Alex
Children: VJ and Pippa
Leah, daughter of Cypriot-born Theo and Helen Poulos, and sister to Demetrii, Alex and Chris, arrived in Summer Bay in episode 2793, 2000, as a runaway bride trying to get out of an arranged marriage. She soon found real love with local bad boy Vinnie Patterson (Ryan Kwanten), and in 2001 they were married. That same year, Leah gave birth to Vinnie "V.J." Patterson Jr (Cooper Scott). Things, however, took a turn for the worse when Vinnie went to jail to pay for his father's fraud crimes.
- As Vinnie was apparently killed by a fire, Leah fell in love with Jesse McGregor (Ben Unwin). They became a couple, but after she became a surrogate mother for Flynn (Joel McIlroy) and Sally Saunders, Jesse and Leah broke up. After Peter Baker (Nicholas Bishop) told her that Vinnie was alive (albeit under a new identity in the Witness Protection Programme, as a result of having testified against a dangerous criminal), Leah went to drastic lengths to be with him, but fell in love with Dan Baker (Tim Campbell). In mid 2005, the couple got married. In the 2005 season finale, Leah found out that Dan had started gambling again and was devastated. They broke up, even though she was pregnant with his child. In early 2006, Dan and Leah patched things up and got back together. However, Leah then kissed Dan's brother Peter in a moment of weakness, and after an accident in which she fell into the sea, she caught pneumonia and lost the baby. When Dan discovered that she and Peter had kissed, they had a period of separation, though Leah and Dan are now back together.
- Andrew 'Drew' Curtis (Bob Morley)
Tenure: 2006-
Lives at: 6 James Street
Parents: Peter Baker and Jazz Curtis
Drew Curtis arrived in Summer Bay on 2006-07-06 and was soon revealed to be the long-lost son of Peter Baker (Nicholas Bishop). Drew formed a relationship with the feisty Belle Taylor (Jessica Tovey) (on rebound from her old flame Ric Dalby), much to the disapproval of guardian and uncle Dan Baker (Tim Campbell) and Belle's mother Amanda Baker (Holly Brisley). Sick of the restrictions of their parents and the false accusations of Drew being the Summer Bay firebug, they briefly fled town. Having come to a compromise, Drew become infatuated with none other than Amanda. After a brief romance, the whole town found out, and despite Drew's claims he loved Amanda, he realised she was just using him. Drew has since realised he still loves Belle. - Susan "Belle" Taylor (Jessica Tovey)
Tenure: 2006-
Lives at: The Beach House
Parents: Amanda Baker
Siblings: Ryan
Belle mysteriously arrived in Summer Bay in 2006 and quickly caught the eye of Ric Dalby (Mark Furze), making an enemy of Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson) in the process. Her constant presence in their relationship put them under a lot of strain, which Belle took advantage of in an attempt to steal Ric away from Cassie. Her scheming paid off and Belle quickly snatched Ric up for herself.
- She continued to create havoc in the bay causing a fierce rivalry between herself, Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans) and Cassie. She has managed to, in her short time in the Bay, to have already broken up both Cassie and Ric and Matilda and Lucas Holden (Rhys Wakefield) despite her unflattering personality. Belle received her comeuppance when one spiteful remark upset Matilda so much that she gave Belle an almighty slap around the face, much to the amusement of Cassie.
- Belle's purpose for coming to the Bay was to find her mother; and in April 2006 it was revealed that Amanda Baker (Holly Brisley), a woman she despised, was her mother. Belle become involved with Drew Curtis (Bobby Morley) but alas Drew fell for her mother. She seemed to have found a soul-mate in Lucas. Lucas and Belle's relationship ended when she fell for Drew again but their relationship has been on the rocks ever since Amanda and Peter's wedding backfired. Despite Belle's attitude towards Amanda's sister Kelli Vale (Alexa Ashton), also known as her aunty, Belle will make enemies with her in the future.
Campbell family
Siblings Geoff and Annie make up the Campbell family.
Tenure: 2007-
Lives at: The Hunter-Holden House
Parents: Jim and Tania Campbell
Siblings: Annie Campbell
Geoff first appeared, along with his sister Annie Campbell in episode 4443, when the Campbell siblings found Martha Mackenzie asleep in their barn.
- Annie Campbell (Charlotte Best)
Tenure: 2007-
Lives at: The Beach House
Parents: Jim and Tania Campbell
Siblings: Geoff Campbell
Annie first appeared, along with her brother Geoff Campbell in episode 4443, when the Campbell siblings found Martha Mackenzie asleep in their barn. She is a caring young teenager. she has made friends with Lucas Holden (Rhys Wakefield), who has been helping her learn how to read. She cares about her Pop dearly, but she is also afraid that he is losing it after firing a shot gun at Aden Jefferies. Annie has been cared for by long-term resident Irene Roberts and has also struck up a friendship with Belle Taylor, though she sometimes judges the teenages for being rather promiscuous. Her strict religious upbringing from her pop Bruce Campbell means she is a very exaggerated christian. Her and Geoff are orphaned after their parents died on a head-on collision at Yabbie Creek.
Holden family
Tony Holden and his sons Jack and Lucas arrived in Summer Bay in 2005.
- Anthony 'Tony' Holden (Jon Sivewright)
Tenure: 2005-
Lives at: 33 Saxon Avenue
Marital status: Kate Holden (deceased)
Children: Jack and Lucas
Tony arrived in Summer Bay in 2005, in episode 4020, with his sons, police officer Jack and teenager Lucas, moving in next door to the Hunter family. He then began a relationship with Beth Hunter (his wife, Kate, died as the result of a road accident 14 years previously) and the Holdens eventually moved in with her and her children. Tony was the Physical Education teacher at Summer Bay High, until, due to staff cutbacks, Brad Armstrong (Chris Sadrinna) had to let him go. But he wasn't out of a job for long, with a position opening up at the Gym, when Kim Hyde (Chris Hemsworth) was accused of sexual assault. - Jack Anthony Holden (Paul O'Brien)
Tenure: 2005-
Lives at: 31 Saxon Avenue
Marital status: Martha MacKenzie (2006, divorced 2007)Sam (2007)
Parents: Tony and Kate Holden
Siblings: Lucas
Jack and his family moved to Summer Bay in 2005 because he shot a teenage girl while on duty as a police officer. He married Martha MacKenzie (Jodi Gordon) in 2006, but they later separated, due to his work. To make matters worse, he was beaten up by an accomplice of Dennis Gillen, which made him temporarily unable to walk. Whilst in rehab, he met Sam, who helped Jack to eventually walk again. Their relationship bloomed, with Jack bonding with her son. But when Jack dug a little deeper he found out that she was on the run from a drug dealing husband, thus bringing her to Summer Bay. Now they are married and are living together with Rachel and Sam's son Rory. - Lucas Anthony Holden (Rhys Wakefield)
Tenure: 2005-
Lives at: 33 Saxon Avenue
Parents: Tony and Kate Holden
Siblings: Jack
Lucas moved with his family, brother Jack and dad Tony, to Summer Bay in 2005. He soon found love with Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans), his next door neighbour, and the night of Colleen's play they shared their first kiss, witnessed by the whole of Summer Bay. Their relationship fell apart when Lucas became friends with Belle Taylor (Jessica Tovey), who had single handedly split up her best friends Ric and Cassie. The two broke up and Lucas seemingly went off the rails. He got involved with the 'wrong crowd', and lashed out at those closest to him; resulting in Lucas punching his father, Tony! Lucas cleaned up his act when he realized he was rebelling because he was having difficulty accepting Beth Hunter as his 'mother'. Lucas looked after Matilda following the explosion and took tentative steps at a reconciliation. This was blown apart when Lee, the girl found in his bed and who he claimed he did not sleep with, returned and announced to everyone that she was pregnant with Lucas' baby. This turned out not to be true even though Lucas let everyone believe it was to protect Lee. When Matilda's self esteem issues lead her to 'counselling camp' she sought solace in the arms of Dean. Lucas couldn't accept this, and tried desperately to break them up, eventually finding out Dean was gay! He and Matilda decided that they just wanted to be friends, and was then in a brief relationship with Belle.
Stewart Family
Alf Stewart has been in Home and Away since the first episode. His long-lost grandchildren Ric Dalby and Martha MacKenzie (previously Holden) joined him in 2004 and 2005 respectively.
- Alfred "Alf" Stewart (Ray Meagher)
Tenure: 1988-
Lives at: Summer Bay House
Marital status: Martha Stewart (died 1985), Ailsa Stewart (1988, died 2000)
'Siblings: Debra, Morag, Barbara and Celia
Children: Owen Dalby, Roo and Duncan
Alf is one of only two characters to have been in Home and Away from the first episode. - Martha MacKenzie (Jodi Gordon)
Tenure: 1989, 2005-
Lives at: Diner Flat
Marital status: Jack Holden (2006, divorced 2007)
Parents: Brett Macklin and Roo Stewart (biological)
Siblings: Macca (adoptive)
Martha is the granddaughter of Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), adoptive sister of Michael – known to all as "Macca" and cousin to Ric Dalby (Mark Furze). Martha is a fiesty tomboy but also likes to be treated like a lady from time to time. She joined the cast in 2005. Initially she clashed with Jack Holden (Paul O'Brien) and Martha played a trick on him which left him in hospital. However, this only brought them closer together and they eventually married in 2006. They separated after a few months, after Martha became fed up over Jack putting his job above her. Ironically, she started dating one of Jack's colleagues and long-time friends, Ash Nader, and was eventually made aware that he has a wife and kids of his own. She decided to stay with him, but after a while realised that she would just be better of without him. However, she then found out that she was pregnant with his child, and decided to have an abortion. Martha began to go off the rails, mainly due to her new boyfriend Cam, who has been convincing her day by day that she is better off without her family and has now started Martha pole dancing. However, when Cam nearly killed Martha in a fire, she broke up with him. Recently, she has been dating about her her old enemy Jonah, but he broke it off with her when her found out that she still has feelings for Jack. - Eric "Ric" Dalby (Mark Furze)
Tenure: 2004-
Lives at: Summer Bay House
Parents: Owen and Maggie Dalby
Ric made his first appearance in the 3818th episode in 2004. He is currently dating Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans) after a long relationship with Cassie and a relationship with Belle Taylor which lasted a few months. Matilda and Ric had a falling out about the fact that he went to jail and Matilda thought that he was guilty of murdering Rocco. He was later let out of prison and now him and Matilda are back on track.
Other characters
Adults
- Rachel Armstrong (Amy Matthews)
Tenure: 2006-
Lives at: The Pad
Marital status: Kim Hyde (2006, separated)
Parents: Robert and Elaine Armstrong
SiblingsBrad Armstrong & Tamsyn Armstrong
Dr. Rachel Armstrong first appeared in the first episode of 2006, 4101. She married Kim Hyde in 2006. Her brother Brad Armstrong (Chris Sadrinna) was principal of Summer Bay High. - Sally Fletcher (Kate Ritchie)
Tenure: 1988-
Lives at: Summer Bay House
Marital status: Flynn Saunders (2003, died 2006)
Parents: Tom and Pippa Fletcher (adoptive parents)
Siblings: Christopher, Dale (adoptive)
Children: Pippa Saunders
Sally is one of only two characters to have been in Home and Away from the first episode. She was married to Flynn Saunders who died from cancer and has a daughter Pippa (named after her foster mum Pippa) from which her friend Leah Poulos Patterson Baker (Ada Nicodemou) was surrogate mum to as Sally could not have the baby in her womb (Pippa is still Sally's biological daughter). Currently she is in a relationship with Rachel's brother Brad Armstrong (Chris Sadrinna). She is currently fostering two teenagers, Cassie and Ric. At the end of 2006, Sally was stabbed by Rocco Cooper, a young boy whom she had taken in to live with her. He was being pressured by his brother to "eliminate" Sally because she had convinced Rocco to leave Johnny's gang. Sally is recovered now, and her adoptive son Ric has recently been released from jail after being found not guilty of Rocco's murder. It was proved that Johnny arranged someone to kill Rocco because he was mad at him for abandoning him and the gang. Brad broke up with Sally after she left him at the altar. - Roman Harris (Conrad Coleby)
Tenure: 2007-
Lives at: Unknown
Marital status: Divorced
Parents:
Siblings: One of seven children.
Roman appeared in episode 4554, late 2007. He learnt from Leah that she was selling her half of the diner. Roman was interested and started a trial period. Irene didn't like him, but loved his food. - Irene Roberts (Jacqui Phillips) (1991), (Lynne McGranger) (1992-)
Tenure: 1991
Lives at: The Beach House
Marital Status: Murdoch Roberts (died 1995)
Siblings: Wendy McFarlane
Children: Nathan, Finlay, Damian and Paul
In the continuing tradition of the show, Irene has been a foster mother to kids in Summer Bay, such as Selina Cook, Chloe Richards and Joey Rainbow, to the Smith kids (Will, Hayley, and Nick), and Tasha Andrews and Belle Taylor in recent years. She rebuilt a relationship with her own estranged birth kids, Damian (who later became a priest), Finlay and Nathan (in prison until the early 2000s, when he reformed) in the early-mid 1990s after having them be taken away from her due to her alcoholism. She famously was a surrogate mother for Finlay, despite being a little too old! Irene has had the odd romantic relationship, such as Ken Smith, Paris Burnett and, most recently, Barry Hyde. Irene was once married to Murdoch Roberts (Fin, Damian and Nathan's father), who was murdered by Dodge in 1995 at Nathan's request. Irene first appeared in episode 887. - Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood)
Tenure: 1988-1989, 1997, 1999-
Lives at: The Caravan Park
Marital Status: Les Smart (divorced)
Children: Lance Smart and Maureen Evans
Colleen has been in Summer Bay for years, as the mother of original character Lance Smart, a son of whom she is very proud. She first appeared in 1988, in episode 36. But it wasn't until 1999 that Colleen made a big impression on the Bay as the official town gossip (although she was one of Celia's gossiping mates in the early years of Home And Away). Colleen’s claim to fame is that she won the 'Miss Groper Pageant' in 1959 and years after the event she reorganised it and forced Tasha into the competition. Colleen once suffered a gambling addiction and was forced to go to “Gamblers Anonymous” classes by Shelley Sutherland. However, during her first class, Colleen said that it was Shelly who had the addiction. She currently works at the Diner and previously was a receptionist at Flynn’s surgery.
Summer Bay High Students
- Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans)
Tenure: 2004-
Lives at: 33 Saxon Avenue
Parents: Jack and Beth Hunter
Siblings: Scott, Kit, Robbie and Henry
Matilda came to Summer Bay in early 2004 in episode 3658 with her twin brother Henry, furious that she had to move in with her mother, Beth, and soon-to-be-stepfather Rhys. She had several romances, first with Ric Dalby (Mark Furze), then Diesel Williams, and then Lucas Holden (Rhys Wakefield). Her continuing close relationship with Ric caused some friction with Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson). She went through a number of traumas living in the Bay including being run over (by her brother Robbie), drugged and almost raped by evil Callan and abducted and held hostage by the strange Terry Rawlings. Initially happy with Lucas, his friendship with Belle Taylor (Jessica Tovey) (the destroyer of Ric and Cassie's relationship) put their relationship in trouble. Eventually, like Ric and Cassie, the pair broke up. Despite their break up Matilda hoped they could work things out, but was devastated when she caught Lucas in bed with another girl. However, it was just a misunderstanding, and she has made peace with Lucas and cemented their friendship.
As the youngest member of the Hunter family (Henry is 7 minutes older) Matilda likes to be the centre of attention and is quite the little actress, yet hates the way her family treats her as a little girl rather than the young woman she has grown into. Matilda suffered horrific burns during the explosion at Jack and Martha's wedding, resulting in Matilda's body issues to come back. She developed an eating disorder and self loathing, much to the concern of her mother Beth and best friends Ric and Cassie. She was eventually admitted to hospital with bulimia and on Rachel's recommendation went to a retreat for teens with problems. She found solace in the arms of Dean, with whom she had a brief relationship with until it was revealed that he was gay. When best friend Cassie cheated on Ric with Macca, Matilda and Cassie had a falling out, in turn leading to Cassie leaving town with Macca, to live in the city. Matilda realised it was her first love, Ric who she truly loved. When Ric admitted he had feelings for Matilda they decided to give a shot and are now very much in love. Matilda is the last of her on-screen family still featured in the show, with Beth, Scott, Kit, Robbie, Henry & the Sutherlands having all departed.
Tenure: 2005, 2007-
Lives at: 12 Burrawong Road
Parents: Larry Jefferies.
Marital status: Single
Siblings: Sean Jefferies.
Aden first appeared as a student at Summer Bay High in 2005, Episode 4019 on a recurring role. And soon after he began dating Cassie Turner. Their relationship ended after Ric Dalby (Cassie's foster brother and Ex-Boyfriend) was beaten up and almost killed by Aden's older brother, Sean. Aden has since returned to the bay as the actor is now a main cast member. He began bullying Geoff Campbell. He has since had a brief fling with Tamsyn Armstrong.
- Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson)
Tenure: 2005-2008
Lives at: Summer Bay House
Sally's foster daughter. In and out of love with Jules (2007) who is friends with Andrew (Drew) Curtis (Bob Morley). Fell in love with Henk in mid 2007 and has an on/off relationship with him in the city.
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| Current characters | Annie Campbell · Geoff Campbell · Drew Curtis · Sally Fletcher · Roman Harris · Jack Holden · Lucas Holden · Tony Holden · Aden Jefferies · Martha MacKenzie · Irene Roberts · Colleen Smart · Alf Stewart · Belle Taylor · Cassie Turner |
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