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Kathy Carpenter
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Tina Bursill
Duration 2014, 2016
First appearance 10 March 2014
Last appearance 2 December 2016
Introduced by Richard Jasek (2014)
Jason Herbison (2016)
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Businesswoman
Home Queensland
Sienna Matthews
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Sarah Roberts
First appearance 21 March 2014
Last appearance 22 May 2014
Introduced by Richard Jasek
Spin-off
appearances
Brennan on the Run
Classification Former; recurring
Will Dempier
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Christian Heath
First appearance 8 April 2014
Last appearance 3 June 2014
Introduced by Richard Jasek
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Nurse
Ethan Smith
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Matthew Little
First appearance 27 May 2014
Last appearance 18 July 2014
Introduced by Jason Herbison
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Home Adelaide
Dakota Davies
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Sheree Murphy
First appearance 19 September 2014
Last appearance 14 October 2014
Introduced by Jason Herbison
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Businesswoman
Rain Taylor
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Airlie Dodds
First appearance 29 October 2014
Last appearance 27 November 2014
Introduced by Jason Herbison
Classification Former; recurring
Gary Canning
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Damien Richardson
Duration 2014–
First appearance 7 November 2014
Introduced by Jason Herbison
Spin-off
appearances
Summer Stories (2016)
Classification Current; regular
Profile
Occupation Handyman
Cleaner
Home 26 Ramsay Street

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the soap in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the shows executive producer Richard Jasek, or by his successor Jason Herbison. The 30th season of Neighbours began airing from 6 January 2014.Kathy Carpenter, Sienna Matthews and Naomi Canning made their debut appearances in March. Will Dempier and Daniel Robinson arrived in April, while Ethan Smith began appearing in May. Paige Smith made her debut in June, while Nate Kinski arrived in August. Dakota Davies was introduced in September. October saw the debut of Rain Taylor, while Gary Canning, Ezra Hanley and Erin Rogers arrived in November.

Katherine "Kathy" Alice Carpenter, played by Tina Bursill, made her first screen appearance on 10 March 2014. Bursill's casting was announced on 22 November 2013, while Kathy has previously been mentioned in the series. A Neighbours spokesperson confirmed that Bursill began filming her scenes in early 2014. Kathy is the former wife of established character Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver). Bursill and Oliver previously worked with each other in the 1970s and Bursill commented "While it has been a long time between takes, it was lovely to work with Tom again and also a lot of new faces." In May 2014, Calen MacKenzie, who plays Kathy's on-screen grandson Bailey, confirmed Bursill had reprised her role as Kathy for a second guest stint. Kathy returned on 18 July 2014. Bursill reprised the role again in 2016, and returned on 4 November.

Kathy comes to Ramsay Street to visit her daughter Lauren (Kate Kendall). Kathy is the only other person who knew Lauren had been pregnant with Brad Willis's (Kip Gamblin) child and she helped her daughter to hide the pregnancy. Executive producer Jason Herbison commented that during her visit, Kathy would deliver news that will rock the Turner and Willis households, setting the stage for "some major fireworks throughout the year." Bursill later said that Kathy would shock Lauren when she reveals her child is alive and added "Kathy had been trying to protect her daughter by concealing the truth." Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy also reported that Kathy would clash with Lou.


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