Curtis Reed is a fictional character

Character (arts)

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 from the Australian Channel Seven

Seven Network

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 soap opera

Soap opera

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 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...

, played by Shane Ammann

Shane Ammann

Shane Allen Ammann, born 8 October 1979 in Switzerland is an Australian Television actor most famous for his role as Curtis Reed in Home and Away from 1994 until he decided to leave the series in 1997. Amman also starred in short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach.-External links:...

. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 16 September 1994 and departed on 15 April 1997.

Character development

Ammann left the serial in 1997 at a time many other cast members decided to quit their roles.

Curtis has a romance with Selina Cook (Tempany Deckert

Tempany Deckert

Tempany Deckert is an Australian actress and author. She is best known for her role on popular soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:...

). Ammann was forced to take leave from the show when he contracted chicken pox, upon his return it was suspected he had glandular fever. Producers forced co-star Deckert to have a blood test after they shared many kissing scenes. Upon on their return the amount of intimate scenes between the two was intentionally reduced.

Storylines

Curtis arrives in Summer Bay along with his adopted sister, Shannon Reed

Shannon Reed

Shannon Reed is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Isla Fisher. She made her first on screen appearance on 16 September 1994. She departed on 6 August 1997.- Character development :Shannon was bisexual...

 (Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher

Isla Lang Fisher is an actress and author. She began acting on Australian television, on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away...

) after their adoptive mother Elizabeth dies. Curtis and Shannon are fostered by the Ross and Stewart families respectively. One evening, Alf returns home early and catches Curtis and Shannon kissing passionately on the couch. The pair quickly explain that they are not really related and have been a couple for several years. However, Curtis and Shannon eventually split but remain friends. Curtis befriends Jack Wilson

Jack Wilson (Home and Away)

Jack Wilson is a fictional character portrayed by Daniel Amalm in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He made his first appearence on 4 April 1994 and departed on 8 May 1996...

) (Daniel Amalm

Daniel Amalm

Daniel Amalm is an Australian actor and musician.-Early life:Daniel's mother is Maltese and his father is Swedish. Daniel's Father introduced Daniel to Guitar from an early age...

) and they get into various scrapes.

When Italian exchage student, Laura Bonnetti (Claudia Buttanozzi) arrives to stay with the Stewarts, Curtis is smitten with her and so is Jack but Laura prefers Curtis and they begin dating and Laura leads Curtis astray. Ailsa and Curtis' friends are unimpressed with Laura's rebellious ways but their opinions falls on deaf ears. One night, Laura seeking a thrill, dares Curtis to cross a railway line in front of an oncoming train, Curtis backs out but Laura goes ahead and is instantly killed by the train. Following Laura's death, Curtis sinks into depression and begin drowning his sorrows in alcohol, which he uses Ailsa's credit card to order. His destructive behaviour culminates in him trashing a classroom. Travis Nash

Travis Nash

Travis Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Nic Testoni. He made his first on screen appearance on 10 April 1995 and departed on 11 August 1999.-Backstory:...

 (Nic Testoni

Nic Testoni

Nicolas John Testoni is an Australian actor and producer most notable for his Logie Award winning role of Travis Nash in Home and Away from 1995 to 1999. Testoni wrote the film Mr. Patterns depicting the life of Geoffrey Bardon, which was released by his production company "Reel World Productions"...

), a witness to Laura's death, helps Curtis beat his alcoholism and sympathises as his girlfriend had died several years previously.

Curtis then begins a relationship with Selina who has been attracted to him since he first arrived in the bay. Nelson McFarlane (Laurence Bruels), Selina's old flame returns to town and Curtis is worried that she will go back to him but Nelson later dates 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...

) and Curtis and Selina remain together. Curtis' relationship with Selina does not last very long and they break up after Selina feels she has outgrown him.

Curtis begin dating Chloe Richards, who is beating a speed addiction. Curtis helps her through it and they began a relationship. When Chloe is raped one night while walking home along the beach, Curtis supports her but several months later both agree to a mutual breakup.

After falling out with the Stewarts and leaving home to move in at Travis' place, Curtis decides to pursue a surfing career. During this, Jenna Evans appears and he is taken aback due to Jenna's uncanny resemblance to Laura who had died two years previous. After breaking up with Casey Mitchell

Casey Mitchell

Casey Mitchell is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Rebecca Croft. She made her first appearence on 10 July 1996 and departed on 14 November 1997.-Storylines:...

 (Rebecca Croft), He becomes involved with Jenna. When Sean Graham (Anthony Engelman) comes looking for Jenna, he reveals he is her husband and warns Curtis to stay away. It transpires that Jenna's real name is Lisa and she changed her name and fled to Summer Bay to escape Sean's abusive nature. Sean drags Jenna home with him but she flees to her parents. Curtis refuses to give up on Jenna and she stands up to Sean and he leaves. Curtis then leaves the bay to pursue a career in the professional surfing circuit and Jenna agrees to go with him.

Reception

Rachel Browne of the The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald is an Australian tabloid newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. In the 6 months to September 2005, The Sun-Herald had a circulation of 515,000...

branded Curtis as "the new stud of Summer Bay High", after he romanced both Chloe and Casey.