Caroline Alessi
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Gillian Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1990–1992 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 18 January 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 11 May 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Don Battye | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Assistant Manager of The Robinson Corporation and Lassiter's Hotel (1990–1992) Hotel manager (1992–) |
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| Home | Milan | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Frank Alessi |
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| Mother | Margaret Alessi |
| Sisters | Christina Alessi |
| Grandfathers | Benito Alessi Sr. |
| Uncles | Benito Alessi |
| Nephews | Andrew Robinson |
| First cousins | Lindsay Steiner Marco Alessi Rick Alessi |
Caroline Alessi is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Gillian Blakeney. She made her first on-screen appearance on 18 January 1990 and remained until 11 May 1992. Caroline's twin sister, Christina was played by Gillian's real-life twin, Gayle Blakeney.
Lorna Cooper of MSN TV compared Caroline and Christina stating that Caroline was the more career-minded and confident twin, in contrast to Christina who was quiet.
Career minded and confident, Caroline Alessi was the younger of twins (sister Christina was born nine minutes before her) born to second generation Italian immigrant Frank Alessi and his Australian wife, Margaret. The identical twins were always very close and grew up as best friends as well as sisters. As teenagers, they would play pranks that only twins can, like swapping classes to fool teachers and tricking boyfriends.
But while Christina was always more reserved and less driven, Caroline was far more outgoing and confident and more academically successful at school. Upon completion of her HSC, Caroline started working in big restaurants and hotels. But after the twins witnessed a murder in 1990, they were placed under the witness protection programme, and advised to pose as the one person – Linda Giles – as an extra precaution. The twins moved into No. 22 Ramsay Street, not far from their parents home. Caroline landed a job as Paul Robinson's number two at The Robinson Corporation, and assistant manager of Lassiter's Hotel, under the guise of Linda, while Chrissie stayed indoors as much as possible to avoid the twins being seen together in public. However, as Chrissie began to tire of hiding out all day, Caroline agreed to let her act as Linda from time to time, leading to bewilderment on Paul's part when 'Linda' would suddenly become useless around the office. After Caroline failed to realise Christina was posing as Linda one day, she walked in on her and Paul at the office, and the twins were forced to reveal the truth to Paul. The murderer they were hiding from was caught soon after, and Caroline was finally free to devote her full attention to the job at Lassiter's.
Paul moved into No. 22 with the twins after they figured it would do no harm to have a man around the house, and as the girls got to know him better, both realised they were attracted to him. At first, the twins battled for his affections, but eventually agreed on a 'hand's off' pact to avoid any tension between them. Instead, Caroline started dating Paul's father, Jim, who was 20 years her senior. The relationship caused so much controversy among the neighbours that they agreed to cool things off, and Caroline began dating student doctor, Adam Willis, from No. 28 instead. But Adam was always struggling to make ends meet with the expenses of life as a medical student, and as a result, found himself feeling beneath Caroline who was used to a few more luxuries. The couple eventually split, but remained good friends.
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