Evelyn MacGuire
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Philippa Northeast | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2013–2017 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 3 September 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 24 May 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Lucy Addario | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student Teacher's aide |
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| Home | Vietnam | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Ethan MacGuire |
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| Mother | Sarah Wilson |
| Brothers | Oscar MacGuire |
| Half-sisters | Denny Miller |
| Uncles | Zac MacGuire |
| Aunts | Hannah Wilson |
Evelyn "Evie" MacGuire is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Philippa Northeast. The actress was cast in the role after a successful audition and a callback, in which she was paired with various actors to find the right one to play Evelyn's brother. Northeast had to relocate from her home town of Melbourne to Sydney for filming. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 September 2013. Northeast left Home and Away in 2016, and her character made her departure on 24 May 2017.
Evelyn was introduced to the show along with her twin brother Oscar (Jake Speer) and their aunt Hannah Wilson (Cassie Howarth), creating a family for established character Zac MacGuire (Charlie Clausen). Evelyn is portrayed as being gentle, strong-willed, feisty and down-to-earth. She and her brother entered the show as part of a cult storyline. The twins were forced to join the cult by their father Ethan (Matt Minto) and they had differing opinions about living at the camp. Evelyn's early storylines focused on her rescue from the cult and later return.
A few months after settling into Summer Bay, Evelyn developed her first major relationship with Josh Barrett (Jackson Gallagher). The couple eventually broke up when Josh began using drugs. Following the break-up, Evelyn was paired with newcomer Tank Snelgrove (Reece Milne). Tank's influence on Evelyn caused her to rebel against her friends and family. The relationship also explored the topic of unprotected sex, a storyline that Northeast was glad to have the chance to take on. Evie and Josh later reunited and became engaged.
On 25 August 2013, it was announced that Philippa Northeast had joined the cast of Home and Away, alongside Jake Speer. Northeast was cast as Evelyn MacGuire, one of three new characters introduced to the show as relations of Zac MacGuire (Charlie Clausen). On the way to her audition for the role, Northeast found a dollar coin on the steps to the casting agent, which she took to be a sign of luck. She was surprised to learn that she had won the role and had to ask her agent if she joking. Northeast relocated from her home town of Melbourne to Sydney, where Home and Away is shot. She commented, "It was so excited to have landed the opportunity. It opened so many new doors for me, not only in a career sense, but also because I relocated my life and moved to a new city. During a callback, Northeast was paired with various actors to find Evelyn's twin brother Oscar. She and Speer were the first pairing and producers kept coming back to them as they realised that they had the right chemistry. Northeast made her first appearance as Evelyn on 3 September 2013.
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