Narelle Smart
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| Portrayed by | Amanda Newman-Phillips | ||||||
| First appearance | 25 March 1988 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 5 October 1988 | ||||||
| Introduced by | Alan Bateman | ||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||
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| Occupation | Shop assistant | ||||||
| Home | Queensland | ||||||
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| Father | Roy Smart |
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| Uncles | Les Smart |
| First cousins | Lance Smart |
Narelle Smart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Amanda Newman-Phillips. Narelle debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 March 1988, but left the show just over six months later.
Narelle is described as the "Home and Away dreamer, a dizzy 20-year-old blonde who plotted on leaving her home town of Yabbie Creek, to become a rich and famous popstar".
Narelle's first in-screen kiss is with fellow character Steven Matheson (Adam Willits), at the age of seventeen, Steven is three years younger than Narelle. As the age difference was reflected off-screen too, it made everyone involved in the scenes nervous. Willits said "I'd go for an older woman, if Steven can, I certainly can." While discussing the scenes he added "In the script he had this plan to get Narelle to kiss me, because he has done a survey and he's a pretty hot kisser. It wasn't as though they were in love though." Newman-Phillips describes the filming of the storyline stating: "Narelle seduces Steven and when it came to the kissing scene we were both very nervous. It was the first for both of us and we just couldn't get the scene right, so we did some extra rehearsing. The kiss only lasted a minute, but in the end it took us a couple of hours to get it perfect for the cameras." Whilst interviewed by TV Week, Willits stated: "When you consider rehearsals and retakes, we kissed a hell of a lot. It was great. She gave me all the pointers". While Newman-Phillips said "Adam's a sweetie, after all the fuss had died down it was great fun."
Newman-Phillips was contracted as a guest cast member. Of her Narelle's exit from the series, the actress told a reporter from TV Life that "Narelle left in search of a guy. It was left open ended. Now I think they want me back so I could be returning to the show around March." She added that it would have been great to reprise her role, something which has never happened.
Narelle arrives at the Summer Bay House asking to audition for Frank Morgan's (Alex Papps) band. Narelle is the cousin of Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) helps her to get ready and she start her audition by dancing around Frank's living room and singing for him. Bobby thinks Narelle is better suited to stripping so Frank told her that she could not join the band, but should pursue a career in dancing. Narelle tells Bobby that she should dress more feminine in order to impress Frank, who Narelle thinks is attractive.
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