Sharon Davies
| Sharon Davies | |||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jessica Muschamp | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1988–1990 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 29 July 1988 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 June 1990 | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Don Battye | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Coffee Shop assistant Student |
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| Home | New Zealand | ||||||||||
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| Father | Gordon Davies |
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| Mother | Katherine Davies |
| Brothers | Bill Davies |
| Sisters | Bronwyn Davies |
| Aunts | Edith Chubb |
Sharon Davies is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jessica Muschamp. She made her first appearance on 29 July 1988. Sharon is the younger sister of Bronwyn Davies (Rachel Friend). During her time in Neighbours, Sharon's storylines included setting fire to the coffee shop, a love triangle with Lucy Robinson (Sasha Close) and Nick Page (Mark Stevens), pushing Lucy into a swimming pool and developing an eating disorder. The character was axed in 1990 as part of a cast and she made her final appearance on 7 June 1990.
While completing her VCE in 1988, Muschamp successfully auditioned for the part of Sharon Davies on Neighbours. Muschamp said she thought the audition would be a good experience and that she did not expect to get the role. During her time with Neighbours, Muschamp said she "had a ball" working with the other members of the cast. In 1990, during a cast exodus, producers decided to send the character to New Zealand. By that time, everyone around Sharon had gone – her boyfriend, her sister and her aunt. Of this, Muschamp said "I think the producers felt her character had come to a natural conclusion, so she went off to stay with relatives." Of the process, which saw characters leave, Muschamp explained "They had the head-shots of all the different characters lined up above the mirrors and as people left, they'd turn them upside down, I remember dreading the day my head got turned". Muschamp left the series in May of that year and she struggled to find work following her departure. She added "Neighbours was a double-edged sword, in many ways it opened a lot of doors but in other ways people thought I couldn't do anything else".
Sharon is described as a "impetuous, laid back character." She is bubbly, but tactless. Sharon often insults people, but she does not mean to and she can be a little thoughtless. Muschamp explained that she is not like Sharon at all, but that she likes her character. She said "She has a lot of boyfriends, more than me! – a different once every week." She added "Sharon comes from a dusty isolated town and wants to come to the bright lights of the city."Woman magazine called Sharon a "naughty teenager". One of the character's biggest storylines saw her trying to lose weight by dieting. Muschamp said the storyline was created after she decided to lose weight herself. When she was asked if the producers had asked her to lose weight, Muschamp said "Not at all. I was always a chubby teenager. Then after I left school, when I was already in Neighbours, I put on more weight. I decided to lose it and so they put Sharon dieting into the storyline."
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