Charlotte Adams (Home and Away)
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Charlotte Elizabeth Adams is a fictional character
in the Australia
n soap opera
Home and Away
, portrayed by actress Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
. She first appeared during th episode airing on 10 September 2001 and departed following her death on 3 September 2002.
(Ben Steel
) who has been seriously injured in a motorcycle crash. Flynn Saunders
(Martin Dingle-Wall
) is on hand to help her in surgery and they are both able to save Jude's life. Charlotte soon becomes friends with Jude's teenage brother Noah
(Beau Brady
) and Seb Miller
(Mitch Firth
) who is living with them.
Charlotte's boyfriend Dr. Steve Kent lives in the city and she hardly gets to spend any time with him. When he does visit, Steve frequently suggests that Charlotte moves to the city with him and put her grandmother Gladys (Moya O'Sullivan) into a care home, which Charlotte refuses to do. Steve proposes and Charlotte accepts. On the night of the proposal, things take a horrible turn and when Noah, Jude and Hayley Smith
(Bec Cartwright) return home they find a bruised Charlotte crying on the stairs. Charlotte then breaks up with Steve and later makes the agonising decision to commit Gladys to a home after she develops Alzheimer's and causes a fire.
Charlotte moves in with Sally Fletcher
(Kate Ritchie
). On the night of the school formal, Charlotte is called out to a car crash which involves Alex Poulos
(Danny Raco
), Brodie Hanson
(Susie Rugg
) and Miles Alcott (Steven Rooke
). Charlotte and the paramedics battle to save Miles, but ultimately fail and he dies at the scene.
Following, a post-HSC
party, Charlotte and Jude begin dating. Charlotte later discovers she is pregnant with twins and turns to Flynn for support, much to Jude's anger as he feels that another one of his girlfriends feels more comfortable talking to Flynn. Jude then explains that his ex-girlfriend Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson
) had made a pass at Flynn several months earlier. Charlotte assures Jude she will never let him and down and he moves in with her at Sally's.
Charlotte wakes up one morning to find her morning sickness
has eased and she goes into hospital to have ultrasound only to find she has miscarried and is left devastated. Rhys
(Michael Beckley
and Shelley Sutherland
(Paula Forrest
), who had miscarried a son 15 years earlier, help Jude and Charlotte through their difficult time and arrange a memorial on the beach for the twist.
Shauna returns to Summer Bay and Charlotte worries if Jude will remain faithful. Jude later admits he still love Shauna and tells Charlotte he is leaving with her to go to Melbourne
. Charlotte falls in into a depression and start self-prescribing. Sally and Flynn intervene before things get worse.
When her superior at Northern Districts, Dr. Carlingford verbally chastises her one time too many, Charlotte resigns and decides to leave Summer Bay. Prior to her departure, Charlotte learns she has inherity a large sum of money from a patient who has died in her care.
Mav Patterson (Clayton Williams) convinces Charlotte to invest in an Vietnam orphanage and leave the Bay with him.
On the day of Charlotte's departure, she goes for a final swim in the ocean. However she is pulled under by a rip and is rescued by lifeguard Josh West
(Daniel Collopy
) During her last few seconds of consciousness, Charlotte sees a vision of Jude underwater. She is then resuscitated and hospitalised. After being admitted, Charlotte begins asking for Jude. Jude returns from Melbourne almost immediately and spends time with Charlotte who soon dies after suffering complications. Charlotte's death has an effect on several other people; Josh who blames himself for not putting up the right flags and resigns as a lifeguard, and Jade Sutherland
(Kate Garven
) who decides to "live for the moment".
Following Charlotte's memorial service, Jude discovers she has not updated her will, leaving him as the sole beneficiary of her money.
Jude decides to invest the money in the orphanage as he feels it is what Charlotte would have wanted.
Character (arts)
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in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, portrayed by actress Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
Stephanie Jacobsen is an Australian actress.-Personal life:Jacobsen was born in Hong Kong, then a British crown colony...
. She first appeared during th episode airing on 10 September 2001 and departed following her death on 3 September 2002.
Storylines
Charlotte is first seen as a trainee doctor at Northern Districts hospital. Her first emergency is to treat her neighbour Jude LawsonJude Lawson
Jude Lawson is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by actor Ben Steel. He first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 30 October 2000 and departed on 18 July 2002.-Storylines:...
(Ben Steel
Ben Steel
Ben Steel is an Australian actor and director who is most known for his regular role of Jude Lawson in Australian soap Home & Away.-Early life and acting training:...
) who has been seriously injured in a motorcycle crash. Flynn Saunders
Flynn Saunders
Dr Flynn Saunders is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Joel McIlroy. The character was originally played by Martin Dingle-Wall from 2001 until 2002. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 July 2001....
(Martin Dingle-Wall
Martin Dingle-Wall
Martin Dingle-Wall is an Australian actor, best known for being the first to play the role of Flynn Saunders on the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2002...
) is on hand to help her in surgery and they are both able to save Jude's life. Charlotte soon becomes friends with Jude's teenage brother Noah
Noah Lawson
Noah Lawson is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Beau Brady. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 6 September 2000.-Characterization:...
(Beau Brady
Beau Brady
Beau Brady is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Noah Lawson on the drama Home and Away.-Biography:Brady was educated at Oakhill College in Castle Hill, Sydney....
) and Seb Miller
Seb Miller
Sebastian "Seb" Miller is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Mitch Firth between 2001 and 2004....
(Mitch Firth
Mitch Firth
Mitch Firth is an Australian actor best known for his role as Seb Miller in the TV drama series Home and Away.-TV:* Home And Away ... as Seb Miller* All Saints ... Cameron...
) who is living with them.
Charlotte's boyfriend Dr. Steve Kent lives in the city and she hardly gets to spend any time with him. When he does visit, Steve frequently suggests that Charlotte moves to the city with him and put her grandmother Gladys (Moya O'Sullivan) into a care home, which Charlotte refuses to do. Steve proposes and Charlotte accepts. On the night of the proposal, things take a horrible turn and when Noah, Jude and Hayley Smith
Hayley Smith (Home and Away)
Hayley Rose Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was portrayed from September 1998 to September 2005 by actress Bec Cartwright and from September to November 2005 by Ella Scott Lynch, after Cartwright left the show for personal...
(Bec Cartwright) return home they find a bruised Charlotte crying on the stairs. Charlotte then breaks up with Steve and later makes the agonising decision to commit Gladys to a home after she develops Alzheimer's and causes a fire.
Charlotte moves in with Sally Fletcher
Sally Fletcher
Sally Louise Fletcher is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Kate Ritchie...
(Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie
Katherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...
). On the night of the school formal, Charlotte is called out to a car crash which involves Alex Poulos
Alex Poulos
Alexi "Alex" Poulos is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by Danny Raco. He made his first on screen appearance on 26 February 2001 and departed in 2004...
(Danny Raco
Danny Raco
Danny Raco is an Australian actor and director, known for his television work.Raco was born in Rome, Italy. He got his start playing Marco Vialli on the teenage soap opera Heartbreak High from 1998 to 1999. In 2001, he joined the cast of a primetime soap opera, Home and Away, playing Alex Poulos...
), Brodie Hanson
Brodie Hanson
Brodie Hanson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character was portrayed by actress Susie Rugg between 2000 and 2002 before returning for a short stint in 2004....
(Susie Rugg
Susie Rugg
Susie Rugg is an Australian actress best known for her role as Brodie Hanson in the TV series Home And Away.Susie was born and raised in Sydney, Australia.-Television:* Fallers .... as Nic* The Surgeon .... as Cathy Handel...
) and Miles Alcott (Steven Rooke
Steven Rooke
Steven Rooke is an Australian actor best known as his role as Terry in the 2006 movie Footy Legends.-Tv roles:-External links:...
). Charlotte and the paramedics battle to save Miles, but ultimately fail and he dies at the scene.
Following, a post-HSC
Higher School Certificate
The Higher School Certificate, or HSC, is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete senior high school level studies in New South Wales, Australia. It was first introduced in 1967, with the last major revision coming into effect in 2001. It is currently...
party, Charlotte and Jude begin dating. Charlotte later discovers she is pregnant with twins and turns to Flynn for support, much to Jude's anger as he feels that another one of his girlfriends feels more comfortable talking to Flynn. Jude then explains that his ex-girlfriend Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson
Kylie Watson
Kylie Watson is an Australian actress, interior designer and model. She is best known for playing lifeguard Shauna Bradley in Australian soap Home and Away between 1999 and 2002. She is now a successful interior designer....
) had made a pass at Flynn several months earlier. Charlotte assures Jude she will never let him and down and he moves in with her at Sally's.
Charlotte wakes up one morning to find her morning sickness
Morning sickness
Morning sickness, also called nausea gravidarum, nausea, vomiting of pregnancy , or pregnancy sickness is a condition that affects more than half of all pregnant women. Related to increased oestrogen levels, a similar form of nausea is also seen in some women who use hormonal contraception or...
has eased and she goes into hospital to have ultrasound only to find she has miscarried and is left devastated. Rhys
Rhys Sutherland
Rhys Sutherland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actor Michael Beckley from 2000 to late 2004....
(Michael Beckley
Michael Beckley
Michael Beckley is an Australian actor. He played Rhys Sutherland in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away. He has also appeared in Water Rats, Farscape and A Country Practice. He appeared in Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre in London as Ernst Ludwig and as part of the Mamma Mia...
and Shelley Sutherland
Shelley Sutherland
Michelle "Shelley" Sutherland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Paula Forrest from 2000-2002, 2003, 2004, 2009....
(Paula Forrest
Paula Forrest
Paula Forrest is an Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Shelley Sutherland on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away...
), who had miscarried a son 15 years earlier, help Jude and Charlotte through their difficult time and arrange a memorial on the beach for the twist.
Shauna returns to Summer Bay and Charlotte worries if Jude will remain faithful. Jude later admits he still love Shauna and tells Charlotte he is leaving with her to go to Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. Charlotte falls in into a depression and start self-prescribing. Sally and Flynn intervene before things get worse.
When her superior at Northern Districts, Dr. Carlingford verbally chastises her one time too many, Charlotte resigns and decides to leave Summer Bay. Prior to her departure, Charlotte learns she has inherity a large sum of money from a patient who has died in her care.
Mav Patterson (Clayton Williams) convinces Charlotte to invest in an Vietnam orphanage and leave the Bay with him.
On the day of Charlotte's departure, she goes for a final swim in the ocean. However she is pulled under by a rip and is rescued by lifeguard Josh West
Josh West (Home and Away)
Joshua "Josh" West is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Daniel Collopy. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 21 November 2001. The character departed in 2003, but made several reappearances later that year...
(Daniel Collopy
Daniel Collopy
Daniel Collopy is an Australian actor. His first television role was the character of Sean Edwards in the long-running Australian soap Neighbours. Following this Collopy was offered a regular role in another long-running Australian soap Home and Away where he played Josh West from 2001 until 2003...
) During her last few seconds of consciousness, Charlotte sees a vision of Jude underwater. She is then resuscitated and hospitalised. After being admitted, Charlotte begins asking for Jude. Jude returns from Melbourne almost immediately and spends time with Charlotte who soon dies after suffering complications. Charlotte's death has an effect on several other people; Josh who blames himself for not putting up the right flags and resigns as a lifeguard, and Jade Sutherland
Jade Sutherland
Jade Sutherland is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Kate Garven from 2000 to 2004....
(Kate Garven
Kate Garven
Kate Garven is an Australian actress best known as Jade Sutherland on the television series Home and Away, playing the role from 2000 to 2004.She grew up in the Hills Area with her family on an Acreage....
) who decides to "live for the moment".
Following Charlotte's memorial service, Jude discovers she has not updated her will, leaving him as the sole beneficiary of her money.
Jude decides to invest the money in the orphanage as he feels it is what Charlotte would have wanted.