List of Neighbours characters (2023)
JJ Varga-Murphy
JJ Varga-Murphy | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Riley Bryant |
Duration | 2023–present |
First appearance | 18 September 2023 |
Classification | Sadie Rodwell |
JJ Varga-Murphy, played by Riley Bryant, made his first appearance on 18 September 2023. JJ is part of a new family that were introduced called the Varga-Murphys. He was joined by his parents
JJ drives into Ramsay Street with his family after recommending renting
Cara Varga-Murphy
Cara Varga-Murphy | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Dex Varga-Murphy |
Cara Varga-Murphy, played by
Cara and her family drive into Ramsay Street. She and Remi Varga-Murphy discuss plans to build a new house, however she remains unemployed until Remi convinces
Remi Varga-Murphy
Remi Varga-Murphy | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Naomi Rukavina |
Duration | 2023–present |
First appearance | 18 September 2023 |
Classification | Dex Varga-Murphy |
Remi Varga-Murphy, played by Naomi Rukavina, made her first appearance on 18 September 2023. Rukavina's character and casting details were announced on 22 June 2023. Remi is part of a new family that was introduced called the Varga-Murphy's. Remi was introduced with her wife
Remi and her family drive into Ramsay Street. She meets the neighbours and then helps
Dex Varga-Murphy
Dex Varga-Murphy | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Marley Williams |
Duration | 2023–present |
First appearance | 18 September 2023 |
Classification | Chelsea Murphy |
Dexter "Dex" Varga-Murphy, played by Marley Williams, made his first appearance on 18 September 2023. Williams' character and casting details were announced alongside the other Varga-Murphys on 22 June 2023. Dex is Williams' first television role.
Reece Sinclair
Reece Sinclair, played by Mischa Barton, made her first appearance on 18 September 2023.[4] The character and Barton's casting details were announced on 17 April 2023. Reece is the first new character to be announced following the revival of the serial.[5] Reece is American and her arrival in town is "far from what it appears to be".[5] Of her casting, Barton stated: "I'm excited to be part of this iconic show's next chapter, and I'm really looking forward to being back in Australia, a place I know and love! I think the character of Reece is going to be a great role for me to explore and play with."[5] Executive producer Jason Herbison described Reece as "dynamic and unpredictable" and believed the show's viewers in Australia and around the world would love her.[5] Barton later admitted that she had never watched the show, but she was familiar with it thanks to Kylie Minogue (who played Charlene Robinson). She also revealed that producers approached her about the role of Reece, and she thought the character was "a very good fit".[4] Reece appeared for a ten-week guest stint, which concluded on 23 November. Posts from the Neighbours social media accounts suggested that she could return in the future.[6]
Haz Devkar
Haz Devkar | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Amira Devkar |
Hari "Haz" Devkar, played by
Writers quickly positioned Haz as a potential love interest for Mackenzie. She is a widow, following the death of her husband, Hendrix Greyson (Ben Turland). This occurred two years prior to meeting Haz but writers portrayed her as willing to move on.[11] Stone told Asyia Iftikhar from PinkNews that "the budding relationship between Mackenzie and Haz, that is gonna be really cool." She added that some of her "favourite moments" occurred whilst filming with Palekar.[12]
In the backstage video series Ramsay Street Revelations, Stone revealed that it was an "incredibly big deal" for Mackenzie to be exploring romance again.
Before his first on-screen appearance, Haz moved to Erinsborough to take over the lease of Harold's, and answered a housemate wanted ad placed by Mackenzie for
Trevor
Trevor | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Bodhi |
Duration | 2023–present |
First appearance | 20 September 2023 |
Classification | Haz Devkar |
Trevor, played by Bodhi, made his first appearance on 20 September 2023.
In 2024, writers created a new storyline for Trevor in which his original owner, Alyssa Gavalas (Imogen Sage) is introduced.
Trevor is a rescue dog owned by Haz. He brings Trevor into work at
Eden Shaw
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Portrayed by | Costa D'Angelo | ||||||
Duration | 2023–2024 | ||||||
First appearance | 16 October 2023 | ||||||
Last appearance | 12 February 2024 | ||||||
Classification | Present; recurring | ||||||
Introduced by | Jason Herbison | ||||||
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Eden Shaw, played by Costa D'Angelo, made his first appearance on 16 October 2023.
Peter Hart and Dan Laurie from OK! branded Eden a "bad boy" type character. They revealed that Eden would play "a key part" in the show's flashback week. The week consists of special flashback episodes which reveal what occurred during the show's absence from television.
Eden meets Mackenzie in The Waterhole and flirts with her. Eden then receives a job at
It is revealed that one year ago, Eden cheated on Holly with Krista. When Melanie pushed Krista in the pool and she hit her head, Eden blackmailed Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) into keeping her death a secret. However, Krista survives the incident and is left in a controlling relationship with Eden. Holly and her friends eventually track Eden to a deceased estate, where Krista is found. Eden is arrested by the police.
Upon his release from prison, Eden confronts Krista and her new boyfriend Leo Tanaka (Tim Kano) and reveals he knows about her pregnancy. Eden and Leo begin fighting, David Tanaka (Takaya Honda) lunges at Eden to defend his brother. Eden and David subsequently fall off a cliff. David insists that Eden is saved first and David dies. Eden has surgery and survives the ordeal. Eden refuses to reveal how he knew about Krista's whereabouts to police. Paul later visits Eden and threatens him and it is revealed Paul informed Eden about Krista's pregnancy and holiday plans, which inadvertently caused David's death. Eden escapes from hospital despite being weak from surgery. He visits Melanie and holds her hostage with a scalpel. The police surround Eden and a siege ensues but Toadie enters the house, attacks Eden and frees Melanie. Eden is then rearrested and taken away.
Krista Sinclair
Krista Sinclair | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Majella Davis |
Duration | 2023–present |
First appearance | 13 November 2023 |
Classification | Lassiters Hotel |
Father | Conrad Sinclair[26] |
Half-sisters | Reece Sinclair |
Daughters | Hope Sinclair |
Krista Sinclair,[27] played by Majella Davis, made her first appearance on 13 November 2023. Krista is the half-sister of Reece Sinclair (Mischa Barton). Krista was involved in a mystery storyline prior to her debut. Barton revealed on 2 October 2023, that the main reason for Reece being in Erinsborough was to track down her sister.[28] After Krista was revealed to have survived her apparent death on-screen on 21 November, official Neighbours social media accounts confirmed that Davis was continuing in the role. Davis revealed on Instagram that she had been hired on a year-long contract.[29] Davis was added to the show's opening titles from 27 November 2023.[30] Davis had previously auditioned for the roles of Chloe Brennan and Nicolette Stone but was unsuccessful.[31]
It was later revealed that Krista is friends with the characters
Davis explained in the online series Ramsay Street Revelations that Krista was her first "official big gig". Of describing Krista, Davis said that she is "a very outgoing person. She's very fun and eccentric and she loves life. She loves the party vibe."[34] Davis also explained that she was unaware of the connection between her and Barton's characters until she noticed that Barton's character's surname was the same as Krista's. Krista has been told that she has to "take on the family business, go into the family line and she does not want to, so she has taken a little journey down to Ramsay Street to evade her family." Davis promised "lots of ups and downs for Krista, but there's great redemption".[34]
On her return to Erinsborough,
A year later, Holly finds Krista inside an abandoned house with Eden. Krista is taken to hospital in Erinsborough, where she is reunited with Reece. Reece is forced to return to the United States after their father, Conrad, suffers a stroke, before Reece's boyfriend,
Krista agrees to look after Leo's daughter,
Krista goes on holiday with Leo, David,
Others
Date(s) | Character | Actor | Circumstances |
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21 September | Mary Ryan | Carissa McPherson[35] | A lady who is helped by Remi Varga-Murphy and Karl Kennedy when she begins to choke on her food whilst having dinner in The Waterhole .
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2 October–12 March 2024 | Billie Alessio | Georgia Walters[36] | A lady who online dating app. They begin dating and go to the beach together. Billie's jumper is chewed by Haz's dog, Trevor , and when Billie asks Haz who he would save in the event of a fire, Haz reveals that he would rescue Trevor before Billie. After Billie locks Trevor out of the house, she breaks up with Haz. Months later, she participates in the Lassiters Lie-In competition and is disqualified for adding laxatives to Haz's food.
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12 October–3 January 2024 | Noah Dawes | Zane Ciarma[37] | A school boy who bullies Krista Sinclair notices they are drinking alcohol and orders them to leave.
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12 October | Pete Dawes | Gabriel Egan[37] | Noah Dawes' father, who apologises to school principal Jane Harris on his son's behalf. He explains that he thinks his punishment is too harsh and later sends an email threatening to reduce the school's attendance. |
Monique Fallon | Lily Mooney[37] | A woman who Reece Sinclair recognises from a distance. | |
18 October | Sandy Phillips | Juliana Begue[38] | A Lassiters Hotel housekeeper, who sorts through the lost property with Katrina Marshall .
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23 October | Garrett Wilkins | Scott Reid[39] | A man who attends a tour of Erinsborough High School. |
Antonia Hammond | Katie Weston[39] | A woman who attends a tour of Erinsborough High School. | |
James Douglas | Andy Steuart[39] | Terese Willis' architect, who tours Erinsborough High School, a proposed development location. | |
23 October–6 November | Tess Carmichael | Anica Calida[39] | The manager of the Sinclair group, the main investors in Byron Stone , who is an ex-escort. Tess then tells Reece that her father, Conrad, has ordered her to return home, however Reece convinces him to let her stay.
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25 October | Tina Marin | Paris Valentino[40] | A worker at the Byron Stone that Reece visited her. Off-screen, Tina is fired for incompetence, but Paul rehires her in return for her father, Anthony , voting in favour for Paul's ex-wife's proposal at the council.
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25 October 2023-27 March 2024 | Penny Shrewster | Jessica Husband[40] | A Chelsea Murphy . Following her departure, Chelsea suggests Penny may have trapped Krista in the hotel's sauna as revenge for her firing, leading to the death of her unborn baby.
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1 November-15 November | Hudson Greene | Nikita Chronis[41] | A mechanic at Krista Sinclair 's car.
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1 November | Theo Kaloudis | Lawrence Hawkins[41] | An Byron Stone leaning against his car. Reece explains that her missing sister, Krista, used to own the car. She then buys it off him for $5000.
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9 November | Ted Munce | David Simes[42] | A Byron Stone that he does not recognise a photo of Reece's sister, Krista.
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16 November | Senior Sergeant Thompson | Damien Aylward[43] | A police officer who interrogates Krista Sinclair .
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20 November | Gillian Byrne | Sally Cheng[44] | An Erinsborough councillor who attends Terese Willis and Jane Harris' proposal of combining a school and aged care facility together. |
Anthony Marin | Gregory Caine[44] | A conservative Erinsborough councillor who attends Terese Willis and Jane Harris' proposal of combining a school and aged care facility together. It is later revealed that Paul Robinson bribed Anthony to swing the vote in the proposal's favour in return for giving his daughter, Tina, her job back. | |
4 December | Neil Martello | Steven Oktaras[45] | A security guard paid by Marty Muggleton, Neil accidentally knocks Melanie Pearson down the stairs. Oktaras previously played Scott Triffett in 2021 and 2022.
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20–21 December | Tamara Daine | Jodie Dry[46] | An old client of Byron Stone who previously used his escorting services. Tamara attempts to rehire Byron and he agrees to go on holiday with her. Byron's sister, Nicolette Stone, encourages Tamara to drop Byron because he has just broken up with Reece Sinclair .
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External links
- Characters and cast at the Official Neighbours website