Paula Forrest

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Paula Forrest
Born (1965-07-14) 14 July 1965 (age 59)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–2014

Paula Forrest (born 14 July, c. 1965) an Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Shelley Sutherland on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away

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In Home and Away (1988), Forrest played the part of Shelley who was the wife of Rhys, played by Michael Beckley and mother to Dani, played by Tammin Sursok, Jade, played by Kate Garven and Kirsty, played by Christie Hayes who lived in the Caravan Park and worked as a social worker. [1] Shelley was a loveable character who fought long and hard for her family and friends alike. Until late 2002 when her world was torn apart by the discovery of her husband's affair and later on in 2003 the fact that Jade was not her real daughter and had in fact been switched at birth. Paula featured in a Home and Away special, called Home and Away: Secrets and the City.

Her character made a brief return to Home and Away in 2009. [2]

Note : Paula Forrest is the patronym of the novel The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London (1916).

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Police Rescue Katie BaldwinSeason 2, episode 4
1993 G.P. Gabrielle HendersonSeason 5, episode 13
1995–96 Spellbinder Mrs. GibsonSeason 1 (recurring, 8 episodes)
1997 Murder Call Susan FrickbergeSeason 1, episode 10
1999 Water Rats Dr. Fiona Hall JonesSeason 4, episode 18
2000–02
2003–04,
2009
Home and Away Shelley Sutherland Seasons 13–15 (main role, 85 episodes)
Seasons 16–17, 22 (recurring, 15 episodes)
2002 Home and Away: Secrets and the City Special (main role)
2003 Home and Away: Hearts Divided Special (guest role)
2008 Double Trouble Audition JudgeSeason 1, episodes 10 & 11 (uncredited)
2014 Love Child HelenSeason 1, episode 2
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Love in Limbo Miss Cornish
1993 Blackfellas Policewoman
1996Watching(unknown/undisclosed role)Short

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References

  1. Andrew Mercado (2004). Super Aussie Soaps: Behind the Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows. Pluto Press. p. 264. ISBN   978-1-86403-191-1.
  2. Farewell Kirsty Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine