List of Summer Heights High characters
This page is a list of characters in the Australian television series Summer Heights High.
Main characters
Ja'mie King
Ja'mie King (pronounced "Ja-may") is a 16-year-old, Year 11 schoolgirl. Ja'mie featured in Lilley's previous series,
In the new series, Ja'mie is on an exchange program to Summer Heights High, a government school. She swaps schools with another student from Summer Heights, Chantelle Kwong, who will be going to Ja'mie's school, Hillford. The aim of the program is to show students from public and private schools that the schools each other attend are no different from each other, and a good education can be received from both. However, upon arriving at Summer Heights, Ja'mie assumes that the school would be full of "bogans", "sluts", and the facilities would be "crap".
Ja'mie immediately makes friends with the most popular girls in Summer Heights High. It becomes obvious however, that her friendship is not genuine when her so-called friends discover a poster she has made of them calling them "povo skanks". Her
During the show, Ja'mie falls in love with Year 7 student Sebastian, and decides to go out with him. However, the relationship only lasts a short amount of time as Ja'mie steals Sebastian's mobile phone and finds out a girl named Madeline has been texting him to sit with him in English class. Ja'mie dumps him and claims he made her "question my hotness".
Later on in the show, Ja'mie and her friends form a student representative council, and decide to organise a Year 11
As a compromise, Ja'mie is offered to hold the formal in the school's staff room, with no DJ and cheap, hand-made decorations. She invites Tamsin to the formal, a
Mr. G
Helen "Greg" Gregson, aka Mr G is a 36-year-old drama teacher at the school. Mr G not only believes that he is an incredibly talented and well liked teacher, but also that his students share his intense passion for drama and performance. His
Jonah Takalua
Jonah Takalua is a 13-year-old school boy with a Tongan accent, who is in Year 8 at Summer Heights High - his third school after being expelled from two others for acts of vandalism. He causes trouble at the school by treating his teachers with disrespect and bullying younger students. His most hated teacher appears to be Ms. Wheatley, his English teacher. There is constant conflict between the two characters and as a result he is at serious risk of being expelled.
Jonah also has difficulties learning, and attends "Gumnut Cottage", a remedial English class for students at Summer Heights High who have reading difficulties. After threatening Ms. Wheatley, Jonah is expelled from Summer Heights High. He is seen to be very calm and relaxed on the last day of term, not wanting to "punk" (i.e. prank) any other students as though his character has changed and become more mature. However, in the closing scene his graffiti tag *dick*tation appears at numerous locations around the school, and this is seen as his final revenge.
Secondary Cast
Summer Heights High Staff
- David Lennie as Doug Peterson, social officer.
- Kristy Barnes-Cullen as Sarah Wheatley, English teacher.
- Elida Brereton as Margaret Murray, school principal.
- Stanley Roach as Rodney Parsons, science teacher and assistant to Mr. G.
- Caren Ruck as Meredith Cotton, Head of Drama.
- Maude Davey as Jan Palmer, remedial reading teacher who runs Gumnut Cottage.
- Scott Louder as Paul Cameron, Head of Senior School.
Summer Heights High Students
- Kelly Dingeldei as Candice, a dancer and singer playing Jessica in Mr. G's musical. She is also the female voice on the "Naughty Girl" CD, released March 2008.
- Coby Ramsden as Annabel, Mr G bases his production on her after she dies from an ecstasy overdose.
- Asolima Tauati as Leon, Jonah's best friend.
- Iro Utaifeau as Joseph, Jonah's friend.
- Zach Fa'atoe as Thomas, Jonah's friend.
- Ofa Palu as Ofa the salofa, the female in Jonah's group.
- Danny Alsabbagh as Toby, one of Mr. G's Special Education students.
- Jessica Featherby as Holly, Ja'mie's 'emo' friend.
- Kristie Coade as Jess, Ja'mie's 'skanky' friend.
- Alicia Banit as Kaitlyn, Ja'mie's 'dumb' friend.
- Nicole Joy Tan as Bec, Ja'mie's 'Asian' friend.
- Sally Kingsford as Ashley, the 'fugly' girl.
- Ashley Mclerie as Keiran, Jonah's breakdancing nemesis.
- Jansen Perrone as Sebastian, Ja'mie's romantic interest.
- David Venn as Matthew, the former star of Mr. G's musical.
- Brigid Gallacher as Tamsin Walker, the school lesbian and Ja'mie's initial date for the formal.
- Maria as school student Julie, seen in Mr G’s Drama class scene
- Ruberia as school student julie’s Best friend, Martha also seen in Mr G’s drama class scene
Parents
- Tovia Matiasi as Rocky Takalua, Jonahs father.
- Jhyll Teplin as Jhyll King, Ja'mie's South-African born mother.
References
- ^ "Chris Lilley Scales New Heights". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.