List of Neighbours characters (2024)
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and airs on streaming channel Amazon Freevee. The following is a list of characters that first appear in the show in 2024, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Jason Herbison. Veronica McLain (Ellen Grimshaw), Alyssa Gavalas (Imogen Sage), Slade Westall (Charlie Di Stefano), Chelsea Murphy (Viva Bianca) and Sasha McLain (Sunny S. Walia) made their debuts in January. Felix Rodwell (James Beaufort) was introduced in February. Victor Stone (Craig Hall) and Amira Devkar (Maria Thattil) will arrive in May.
Veronica McLain
Veronica McLain | |||||
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Neighbours character | |||||
Portrayed by | Ellen Grimshaw | ||||
First appearance | 4 January 2024 | ||||
Last appearance | 1 February 2024 | ||||
Classification | Present; recurring | ||||
Introduced by | Jason Herbison | ||||
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Veronica McLain, played by
Veronica was revealed to be the main suspect in a storyline centric to the disappearance of
Kilkelly revealed that Veronica would continue her revenge campaign. This time Veronica threatens Nicolette and Isla's fathers, David Tanaka (Takaya Honda) and Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson).[6] Veronica is included in location filmed episodes featuring an undisclosed character death. Kilkelly added that Veronica follows Nicolette, David and Aaron to a holiday home. Veronica confronts Nicolette and accuses her of holidaying with Sasha. Nicolette is then tasked with convincing Veronica otherwise again.[7] Kilkelly branded Veronica a "new villain" and noted she "turns even nastier" as the her story progresses.[6]
Veronica leaves a series of keys around Nicolette's home. She incorrectly presumes the keys are from Sasha and goes to a hotel room to confront him. Inside she finds and empty room with lingerie left as a gift. Nicolette begins to suspect that Sasha is following her until she witnesses Veronica waiting in a car outside her home. Nicolette confronts Veronica who tells Nicolette she wants revenge for her breaking-up her marriage. She threatens to tell Nicolette's family she has tried to seduce her church attending husband, if she does not cooperate in finding Sasha. Nicolette explains to Veronica that she ceased contact with Sasha. When Veronica spends time with Nicolette's family, she decides to apologise fully for ruining the McLain's marriage. Nicolette explains that Sasha was flirting with her girlfriend, Kiri during Bible class. Nicolette claims that Sasha flirted with her too and decided to seduce him and expose him as a liar.
When Nicolette is distracted, Veronica takes her daughter Isla and leaves her alone outside of a police station. Nicolette accuses Veronica of abducting her child, but there is insufficient evidence for police to apprehend her. Jane Harris (Annie Jones) confronts Veronica but this causes her to become more hostile. Veronica tries to turn Isla's father, David against Nicolette. Veronica witnesses Nicolette and Sasha talking and presumes they are dating. Veronica follows Nicolette and her friends to a country side holiday resort. She breaks into their accommodation and confronts Nicolette. She convinces Veronica that she never had an affair with Sasha. Veronica is present when David is killed on the holiday trip. She later messages Nicolette offering her emotional support.
Alyssa Gavalas
Alyssa Gavalas, played by Imogen Sage, made her first appearance on 10 January 2024.
Alyssa meets Byron walking Trevor in the park and recognises him as her lost dog Bodie. She asks for Haz's details but Byron gives her his own telephone number. She contacts Byron but Haz refuses to speak to her. He later contacts Alyssa and pretends he does not have Trevor. Haz later contacts Alyssa to apologise and she requests that they meet up. Alyssa explains to Haz what the dog meant to her family and her son Max. Haz feels guilty and agrees to let Trevor to return to his former owners. Alyssa and Max collect Trevor and take him home. Trevor runs away from Alyssa's home and finds his way back to Haz. They recollect Trevor but Mackenzie becomes concerned and contacts Alyssa's husband, George Gavalas (Phil Hayden). He reveals that Trevor is not eating and is homesick and they agree to give Trevor back to Haz.
Slade Westall
Slade Westall | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Charlie Di Stefano |
First appearance | 17 January 2024 |
Last appearance | 2 April 2024 |
Classification | Former; recurring |
Introduced by | Jason Herbison |
Slade Westall, played by Charlie Di Stefano, made his first appearance on 17 January 2024.
Slade contacts Melanie via a dating app to arrange a fake date. Melanie waits alone at the Tram restaurant until closing. Slade taunts Melanie from his car while she walks home. His friends record Melanie's reaction. They drive the car towards Melanie and when she shouts at them, Slade throws gunge over Melanie.
Slade later kidnaps
Chelsea Murphy
Chelsea Murphy | |||||||
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Portrayed by | Viva Bianca | ||||||
First appearance | 18 January 2024 | ||||||
Classification | Present; recurring | ||||||
Introduced by | Jason Herbison | ||||||
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Chelsea Murphy, played by
Susannah Alexander from
Advance episode spoilers revealed that Chelsea would continue to be centric the show's dramas. This included taking advantage of a grieving Paul, installing herself as the manager of Lassiters and feuding with co-manager
Chelsea arrives to visit the Varga-Murphys and soon offers relationship advice to JJ regarding
Chelsea becomes jealous of Terese supporting Paul following his son, David's death. Chelsea breaks into Toadie Rebecchi's (Ryan Moloney) law firm office to retrieve files regarding Paul and Terese's divorce. Chelsea helps to plan David's funeral to support Paul, but this angers Leo Tanaka who accuses her of being a gold-digger. Paul's sister Lucy Robinson (Melissa Bell) is suspicious of Chelsea but she manages to get her on side. Chelsea promises Lucy that she will look after Paul and moves into the penthouse. She quickly convinces Paul to allow her to become the acting manager of Lassister's. Chelsea clashes with Krista and tries to deride her plans to host a promotional event. Chelsea makes an order of her perfume brand and bills Lassiters. Krista is annoyed and tells Terese about Chelsea's business transaction. Chelsea becomes annoyed when Terese consoles a grieving Paul. Terese later confronts Chelsea for her perfume deal and accuses her of taking advantage of Paul, which causes an argument. Chelsea enacts revenge by ensuring a memorial plaque dedicated to Terese's dead son is disposed of. Chelsea gets paranoid when she starts losing control of the hotel, and tries to sabotage Krista's Lassiters Longest Lie-In event by changing the staff rosters. The event is successful and Paul is impressed by Krista, which annoys Chelsea. She accesses Paul's will and tries to convince him to update it to exclude Terese but Paul is reluctant. Chelsea realises that Paul prioritises his family in his will and concocts a new scheme to become pregnant. Chelsea throws away her contraceptive pills and seduces Paul. Chelsea is annoyed when Lucy selects Krista to pitch her event ideas to Lassiters globally.
Sasha McLain
Sasha McLain, played by Sunny S. Walia, made his first appearance on 23 January 2024.
Nicolette visits Sasha asking for his help to stop Veronica's behaviour. Sasha presumes Nicolette wants to begin a romance, but she quickly corrects his assumption. She asks Sasha to inform Veronica that they never had an affair. Sasha claims that Nicolette had feelings for him which she eventually admits. Sasha fails to convince Veronica and she continues to harass Nicolette. Sasha visits Nicolette in Erinsborough but Veronica witnesses their meeting and presumes they are dating.
Felix Rodwell
Felix Rodwell | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | James Beaufort |
First appearance | 26 February 2024 |
Classification | Sadie Rodwell |
Felix Rodwell, played by James Beaufort, made his first appearance on 26 February 2024.
Andrew visits Felix in prison to discuss his parole and he asks Felix if he provided a sperm sample to Philippa Wade. Andrew explains that Philippa gave it to
Felix lies to JJ that someone is threatening him and he needs to pay them off. JJ agrees to keep the planned robbery a secret to protect Felix. JJ is shocked that Felix has enlisted Slade's help. Felix tells JJ he made an agreement with Slade to prevent him bullying JJ further. Cara makes a citizens arrest after noticing Slade in the street. JJ offers to be Slade's new accomplice in the robbery, but he refuses. Holly finds a detailed plan about the Eirini Rising development and tells Andrew that Felix is planning a robbery. Felix goes ahead with his robbery and accepts JJ's help. Andrew interrupts the robbery, JJ attempts to drive off but knocks a scaffolding down onto Andrew. Felix tries to escape but Andrew reports Felix to the police. He attempts to meet with Jools to abscond, but the police intercept and arrest Felix. JJ discovers that Felix is his biological father and Remi arranges a meeting with Felix in police custody. She asks Felix to deny all contact with JJ, which he agrees to.
Jeffrey Swan
Jeffrey Swan, played by Tim Potter, made his first appearance on 10 April 2024.
Jeffrey arrives at Lassiters to deliver an IT report to Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis). He refuses to hand the report over to acting manager Chelsea. She follows him to The Waterhole pub and questions him about the report. Jeffrey asks Chelsea to buy him lunch in exchange for his findings within the report. He tells Chelsea that he has discovered the door lock request came from her username and vows to tell Paul she is responsible for locking Krista in the sauna. Chelsea propositions Jeffrey and they have sex in an office in exchange for him doctoring the report. Jeffrey visits Chelsea at Lassiters wanting to begin a relationship with her. Chelsea is forced to play along to keep Jeffrey from telling Krista the truth. Chelsea agrees to meet up with him again but Krista sees Jeffrey leaving Chelsea's hotel room. Krista demands to be involved in their next meeting.
Wade Fernsby
Wade Fernsby, played by Stephen Phillips, made his first appearance on 17 April 2024.
Mackenzie arranges to meet with Wade, who tells her the cruel things that her boyfriend, Haz and his hacking gang did to him. Wade reveals it ruined his marriage, his wife lost her job and no one believed his innocence. Mackenzie tells Haz she has met with Wade and is disappointed that he could ruin someone else's life. Mackenzie arranges another meeting with Wade, but he secretly relishes in the fact he has been committing hacking crimes against Haz and his neighbours.
Victor Stone
Victor Stone, played by
Amira Devkar
Amira Devkar | |
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Neighbours character | |
Portrayed by | Haz Devkar |
Amira Devkar, played by Maria Thattil, will make her first appearance on 21 May 2024.[38] The character and Thattil's casting details were announced on 7 December 2023.[39] Thattil began filming her guest role during the same week.[39] Of her casting, Thattil explained that she sent in a self-taped audition for another character when the serial began casting for the new series, which the producers "loved" and she received a call back for Amira instead.[39] Thattil felt that she was joining the show at the right time and the opportunity was "so aligned to my deepest values". She continued: "I genuinely can't remember ever seeing a gay female South Asian Australian character on an Aussie TV show in my childhood and I always wonder how proper representation – beyond tokenism or exaggerated caricatures – would've changed some of my experiences with racism, homophobia, feeling like I didn't belong, wasn't normal or Australian enough. This role feels 'full circle' because it's giving me the chance to be the authentic representation that I, and wider Australia, has needed."[39]
Thattil's character is the older sister of
Others
Date(s) | Character | Actor | Circumstances |
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22 January | Max Gavalas | Jethro Cassar[43] | Max is the son of Haz Devkar .
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24 January | George Gavalas | Phil Hayden[44] | George is the husband of Haz Devkar had rescued and rehomed. George tells Mackenzie that Trevor is homesick and his family want to return the dog to Haz.
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25–30 January | Santo Oliveira | David Serafin[45] | Santo is a fruit supplier who provides stock for Dennis Dimato on Neighbours from 2015 to 2016.[45]
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27 February | Dinuka Ilangamage | Colin Masters[46] | Dinuka is a fellow inmate in prison with Felix Rodwell . He asks Felix why he is not more excited about the prospect of parole.
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13 March – | Jools Halliday | Eva Seymour[47] | Jools is Holly Hoyland because they are wearing the same dress. She later hears Holly asking Felix for a date and she confronts Holly. Jools picks up some cake and smears it into Holly's hair. Jools then discusses the robbery with Felix but JJ overhears. When Felix commits the robbery he arranges to meet Jools so they can abscond together. The police arrive at Jools' flat and force her to lead them to Felix and arrest him. She later agrees to meet with JJ, who she tells of Felix's motivation to escape fatherhood and encourages to let go of any idea of a relationship with him.
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27 March | Casey Dzesa | Georgia Barron[48] | Casey arrives at Harold's Café to install security cameras following a request made by Haz Devkar tells Casey he is not interested and sends her away.
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1 April | Jasmine Stewart | Frankie Mazzone[49] | A student at Dex Varga-Murphy a video depicting Jane Harris in a provocative situation.
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2 April | Charlie Braun | Luca Demicoli[50] | A student at Erinsborough High School, who makes reference to the video of Jane Harris, to the amusement of the other students, when she is covering his lesson. |
8 April | Officer Ava Lagney | Angela Johnson[51] | Police Officer Ava Lagney arrests Felix Rodwell for committing a robbery at the Eirini Rising building site.
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15 April | Selby Strain | Alexandra Cornish[52] | Selby visits Terese Willis' house to take promotional photographs of Karl Kennedy for the publicity campaign for Eirini Rising. |
Miles Wilcox | Victor Gralak[52] | Miles is interviewed by Terese Willis for the job of project manager at Eirini Rising. Paul Robinson informs Terese that Miles is unsuitable for the role. | |
18 April | PrOxxy | Maximillian Johnson[53] | PrOxxy is an old friend of Haz Devkar , who arranges to meet with PrOxxy in Erinsborough to confront him over a hacking scandal. Haz accuses PrOxxy of being the hacker but he assues Haz he is not. PrOxxy goes to Haz's house to attempt to locate the actual hacker, but leaves abruptly, telling Haz to have no further contact with him.
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External links
- Characters and cast at the Official Neighbours website