Victoria Anderton | |
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Shortland Street character | |
Portrayed by | Laura Thompson |
Duration | 2015–2016 |
First appearance | 11 March 2015 |
Last appearance | 5 July 2016 |
Introduced by | Simon Bennett |
Classification | Former; regular |
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Occupation | Surgeon |
Jimmy Isaac | |||||
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Shortland Street character | |||||
Portrayed by | Joel Tobeck | ||||
Duration | 2015–2016 | ||||
First appearance | 24 March 2015 | ||||
Last appearance | 3 March 2016 | ||||
Introduced by | Simon Bennett | ||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||
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Occupation | Singer Songwriter Bar Manager |
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Sons | Kane Jenkins |
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Daughters |
Dayna Jenkins Stevie Isaac |
Pixie Hannah | |||||||||
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Shortland Street character | |||||||||
Portrayed by | Thomasin McKenzie | ||||||||
First appearance | 25 March 2015 | ||||||||
Last appearance | 24 August 2015 | ||||||||
Introduced by | Simon Bennett | ||||||||
Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||
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Father | Mo Hannah |
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Mother | Margaret Hannah |
Brothers |
Curtis Hannah Jack Hannah |
Aunts | Kiri Hannah |
Alex Dean | |||
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Shortland Street character | |||
Portrayed by | Richard Osbourne | ||
First appearance | 2 April 2015 | ||
Last appearance | 3 August 2015 | ||
Introduced by | Simon Bennett | ||
Classification | Former; regular | ||
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Occupation | Physiotherapist | ||
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Sisters | Clementine Dean |
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Mo Hannah | |||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | Jarod Rawiri | ||||||||||||
Duration | 2015– | ||||||||||||
First appearance | 10 April 2015 | ||||||||||||
Introduced by | Simon Bennett | ||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||
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Father | Rocky Hannah |
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Sisters | Kiri Hannah |
Wife |
Margaret Hannah (1994–2017) Kate Nathan (2018–) |
Sons |
Curtis Hannah Jack Hannah |
Daughters | Pixie Hannah |
Nephews | Leroy Raumati |
Curtis Hannah | |||||||
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Shortland Street character | |||||||
Portrayed by | Jayden Daniels | ||||||
Duration | 2015– | ||||||
First appearance | 4 May 2015 | ||||||
Introduced by | Simon Bennett | ||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||
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Occupation | Bartender Underground cage fighter Drug dealer Orderly |
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Shortland Street is an New Zealand television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 25 May 1992 and currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2015 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the shows executive producer Simon Bennett. The 24th season of Shortland Street began airing on 19 January 2015 and concluded on 15 December 2015.
Victoria "Tor" Anderton, played by Laura Thompson, made her first appearance on 11 March 2015.
She arrived to Shortland Street Hospital as part of a surgical exchange program and reconnected with old-colleague, Boyd Rolleston (Sam Bunkall). Victoria's father tragically died and after initial sparks with Garrett Whitley (Spencer Falls), Victoria developed feelings for married father Mo Hannah (Jarod Rawiri) after treating his daughter Pixie Hannah Thomasin McKenzie). It was revealed that Victoria shot Drew McCaskill (Ben Barrington). After framing Mo's wife Margaret for the attempted murder of Drew on top of her actual fraud, Victoria starts a relationship with Mo. Much to the dislike of Mo's son Curtis Hannah (Jayden Daniels). When Margaret Hannah (Debbie Newby-Ward) returns, Victoria tries to kill Margaret by blowing up her caravan while in the midst of faking a pregnancy to keep Mo in a relationship, and she fails. Victoria attempts to get Curtis sent to prison by drugging his food. When Curtis passes a routine drug test which the help of his brother Jack, Victoria's plans begin to unravel. Jack and his friend Blue Nathan (Tash Keddy) side with Curtis. Ali Karim (Take Williams-Accra), who at the time was staying with the Hannahs revealed that Victoria hadn't gone to work at Central as she claimed to have done while the Hannahs were visiting Margaret. She took a syringe full of Drew's blood from a discarded blood bag. She injected it onto Curtis' hospital scrubs. Harper Whitley (Ria Vandervis) becomes suspicious of Victoria and confronts her. Victoria is angry and tells Harper that Drew deserved it. After admitting her crimes to Mo, Victoria takes off in a car to avoid arrest. Coming across two children, Victoria swerves and crashes into a tree, succumbing to her injuries upon admittance to hospital and dies.
Jimmy Isaac, played by Joel Tobeck, made his first appearance on 24 March 2015. Jimmy is Tobeck's second role on the show, having previously portrayed Craig Develter from 1995 to 1996.
Murray Cooper (Matt Chamberlain) contacts Jimmy and is given permission to foster his son Kane Jenkins (KJ Apa). The following year, Jimmy makes contact with Kane and suspiciously transfers him a large sum of money before arriving to Ferndale to claim it. After finishing his career as a musician, Jimmy begins work at The I.V. and begins a romance with Kane's foster sister, Bella Durville (Amelia Reid-Meredith), leaving her pregnant. Kane's sister Dayna Jenkins (Lucy Elliott) is shocked to discover Jimmy was her father too after a paternity test. Jimmy and Bella break up following Jimmy having an affair. Bella gives birth to the their daughter, Stevie Isaac (Biance Murray), and Jimmy commits to being the best father he can. He is then offered the opportunity to pick up his music career and declines it to spend time with his daughter. Bella soon convinces Jimmy to take the job and he departs Ferndale.