Lucas Holden
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Rhys Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005–2008 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 5 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 14 February 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Julie McGauran | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student at Summer Bay High (2005–2007) University student (2008) Writer |
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| Home | United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Tony Holden |
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| Mother | Kate Holden |
| Stepmother | Rachel Armstrong |
| Brothers | Jack Holden |
| Half-brothers | Harry Holden |
| Aunts | Gina Austin |
| First cousins |
Hugo Austin Xavier Austin Brendan Austin |
Lucas Anthony Holden is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Rhys Wakefield. He made his first appearance on 5 August 2005. Lucas was the youngest member of the Holden family. He left the Bay in 2008.
Lucas arrives in Summer Bay with his father Tony (Jon Sivewright) and brother Jack (Paul O'Brien). He quickly makes friends with Ric Dalby (Mark Furze), Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson) and Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans). When Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) puts on a production of "Rex and Summer" at the Surf Club, Lucas and Matilda star opposite each other in the leads and fall for each other. Their every attempt to kiss is interrupted but they finally manage to kiss during the play. Lucas and Matilda's relationship is stable until Lucas goes off the rails, trashing Jack's car in a game of Dare and then paintballing Amanda Vale (Holly Brisley). After receiving an offer on their houses from Josh West's (Daniel Collopy) Project 56 scheme, Tony and Matilda's mother Beth (Clarissa House) decide to move in together, meaning that Matilda and Lucas would be living together. Problems begin to arise in Lucas and Matilda relationship due to Lucas developing friendship with new girl Belle which Matilda disapproved of, the two split up and Lucas went on a road of self-destruction by getting involved in vandalism in the bay. After Jack scare tactic by having him brought to the police station for his act of vandalism in Barry Hyde home, Lucas shares his troubles with Beth saying that since she has moved into the family has made him realise how much he missed his decreased mother and by accepting Beth into a mothering role he worried he would forget about his real mom. Beth reassure Lucas that no-one will ever replace his mom and things calm down.
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