Angie Rebecchi

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Angie Rebecchi
First appearance 1995
Last appearance 2006
Statistics
Spouse Kevin Rebecchi
Children Shane Rebecchi
Stonefish Rebecchi
Toadfish Rebecchi
Relatives Coral Reeves (sister)
Tad Reeves (adoptive nephew)
Gemma Reeves (niece)
Portrayed by Lesley Baker

Angie Rebecchi is a fictional character on the popular Australian Soap Neighbours, portrayed by Lesley Baker. The character first appeared in 1995—1996. Angie has since made guest returns in 2002; 2003; 2004; and 2006. She made a cameo in 2005 in Annalise Hartman's documentary about Ramsay Street.

Loud, brash and larger than life, but with a sensitive nature, Angie Rebecchi is the proud wife of Big Kev and mother of three sons, Shane, Kevin Jr. (Stonefish) and Jarrod (Toadfish).

Angie first appeared in 1995, moving from the rougher district of West Warratah to join Stonie at No. 32 Ramsay Street. She was impressed to have neighbours such as Karl and Susan Kennedy - a doctor and a teacher. Enthusiastic about her new home, Angie threw herself into community projects, most notably the local drama society where she proudly landed the part of "The Mud Pie" in the ill-fated play A Nightmare in Erinsborough. Fiercely proud of her family, Angie was forever telling her new neighbours all about her husband, building him up to be a powerful, rough, burly truck driver. Thus, it was with great surprise that the residents greeted the thin, wiry Big Kev when he finally pulled up in Ramsay Street in his truck. Angie - in full "Mud Pie" garb - was ecstatic to finally get to show her husband off to the neighbours, and it was her who carried Kev into their new home.

Angie's new found happiness in Ramsay Street was to be short lived. The shame they felt when Shane was exposed as the thief who had been stealing from the neighbours, caused Angie and Kev took their boys to move back to West Warratah. The Rebecchis continued to be fixtures on Ramsey Street, as Stonie and Toadie were still students at Erinsborough High, and Stonie had started seeing Ramsay Street resident Cody Willis. And it wasn't long before Angie was back in the thick of Erinsborough activity - she got a job at the Coffee Shop in the Lassiter's Complex, where she proved to be an instant hit with the customers, dispensing daily doses of advice, gossip and laughs.

When Stonie moved in with Mal Kennedy and Danni Stark at No. 32, Angie started feeling lonely at home on her own. Kev was always on the road, Toadie had been sent to Tindara to live with his Auntie Coral, and Shane was in jail again so Angie invited herself to stay with Stonie, Mal and Danni at No. 32. Although her visit was only supposed to last a few nights, Angie put off leaving for as long as she could. Mal and Danni soon tired of her presence at No. 32, and when Angie sewed up the holes in Danni's jeans, she and Mal told Stonie that Angie would have to go. However, Angie slowly won them two of them over.

Angie plotted with Danni's mother, Cheryl to hold a party for Danni's 19th Birthday at No. 22, but they decided to gather everyone together at No. 24 first so as to surprise them at No. 22 later. Mal and Danni were thrilled when Cheryl told them they could have the use of No. 22 for the night to celebrate Danni's birthday, and shortly after they got there, they had stripped off and jumped in the spa. But the couple were stunned when they suddenly heard half of Ramsay Street inside the house, and they were forced to race across the street half-naked to avoid the crowd of neighbours. Angie felt responsible for this, and made it up to them by giving Mal and Danni a voucher for a night at the plush Hyatt Hotel in the city. Shortly afterwards, Mal and Danni decided to move back to their respective homes, leaving Angie and Stonie back at no, 32. Big Kev and Toadie soon joined them for the holidays, but Toadie ended up causing his parents more grief by running away with Billy Kennedy. After they were caught spraying graffiti on a road sign by the police and taken home, Angie and Kev decided that Toadie would have to go back to his aunt's for another school term because he was causing so much trouble in Erinsborough. Kev soon left once more for the road.

When Mark Gottlieb landed a job as a TV chef in Sydney, Angie was immediately keen on taking over his lease on the Coffee Shop for herself, and she was delighted when he agreed to sell it to her. But disappointment followed for Angie when Big Kev called to tell her would be unable to get home for her birthday, and as Stonie was bed-ridden with flu, Angie was forced to spend a miserable birthday alone. However, Cheryl and Lou Carpenter cheered her up with an impromptu drinks celebration at No. 22 to mark the occasion. Big Kev called that night to wish her a Happy Birthday.

After taking up golf with Cheryl, Angie began to develop a complex about the way she dressed as she spent more and more time around the more glamorous Cheryl. The final straw came for Angie when the residents of Ramsay Street all attended the Melbourne Cup and Cheryl impressed all with her outfit, while Angie felt frumpy and awkward. Angie decided to do something about her clothes and started sneaking into Cheryl's back yard to take a peek at the clothes labels Cheryl bought. An embarrassed Angie was caught by Danni, and she was forced to admit that she was taking note of the labels on Cheryl's clothes because of her discomfort since Melbourne Cup Day. Danni offered to help Angie in finding a style to suit her and promised not to tell anyone she had caught her snooping around Cheryl's clothesline. However, Cheryl was shocked when Angie showed off her new image because it was so obviously modelled on Cheryl herself. Cheryl convinced Angie that she didn't need to change her image, because everyone loved her as she was, and Angie realised that she had been foolish, and pulled her colourful tracksuits and jumpers out of the closet once again.

Her sister Coral returned with Toadie when it became clear that he had become too much hard work for her up in Tindara, and she announced to Angie that she was unable to handle him any longer. Angie was furious with Toadie for failing to improve on his behaviour whilst living in the countryside. Toadie tried to make amends with his mother, and cooked Angie and Coral a fancy breakfast the next morning, and announcing his commitment to school work if Angie would agree to let him stay this time. Angie agreed on condition that Toadie would be sent to his father if he stepped out of line one more time. Thus began one of the longest and most successful runs of a character in the history of Neighbours.Angie was amazed when it was discovered that Toadie had an above average IQ of 135 - and was effectively a genius. Angie was also unashamedly proud when Stonie won a place at Eden Hills University and became the first Rebecchi to go to University.

Angie decided to try her hand at investing in the stock market and called upon Philip Martin's services to advise her on where to place her savings of $5,000. Angie was upset when Philip told her he had lost the money she had given him to invest, but after Philip saw that Angie accepted losing the money was a strong possibility when investing it in the stock market, he revealed he had just been testing her to see her feelings on the matter. Angie was relieved, and agreed to Philip's real proposal - investing the $5,000 in Digit Mining. Philip's choice proved to be a huge success - and Angie made a massive profit when the company's shares increased by 600%.

Angie found herself in the position of being tempted to stray from her marriage to Big Kev after she fell for Mick Anderson, the possum catcher she had hired to rid No. 32 of some unwelcome visitors. Angie and Mick very quickly realised they were very similar people, and Mick invited Angie to join him for a picnic at Lassiters Lake one afternoon. Angie was flattered by the attention Mick was giving her in Kev's absence and decided to take him up on his offer. During the picnic, Angie tripped and fell into Mick's arms, and they nearly kissed. However, Angie's relationship with Mick finally culminated in a kiss one night after Mick walked Angie home from the Coffee Shop. Hannah Martin had witnessed the kiss and told Toadie about it the next day. Despite her fondness and affection for Mick, Angie chose to stay with Big Kev and travelled up north to see Big Kev, where they agreed that they needed to be closer to each other. When Angie returned to Erinsborough, she announced to Stonie and Toadie that she had decided to move up to Port Keats to open a road house and be near Big Kev. Stonie was keen to move up north with Angie since he had recently split up with his girlfriend, Catherine O'Brien and needed to get away. Toadie, however, was less pleased with his mother's decision.

Only weeks before they were due to leave, tragedy struck Ramsay Street when Cheryl was knocked down and killed. Angie was devastated to lose her good friend, and delivered a touching eulogy to Cheryl at her graveside in which she fondly remembered how much she had looked up to Cheryl and thanked God for having known her.

On their last day in Erinsborough, Toadie announced that he didn't want to go up north with her and Stonie. All of Toadie's friends were in Erinsborough, and he hated the idea of having to leave them all behind after settling in so well. Although it hurt Angie to have to leave Toadie behind, she understood his feelings, and after arranging for him to stay with the Kennedy family. In the time he spent with the Kennedy's, Toadie went from teenage delinquent to successful lawyer, and came to regard the Kennedy's as family. Angie has expressed her gratefulness the the Kennedys for helping in raising her beloved son.

Angie returned to Erinsborough in 2002 along with Kev for a 30th wedding anniversary dinner with Toadie, who threw a surprise party for them. However, Toadie soon started to notice some signs of tension between his parents. Angie made it clear that she longed for a holiday away from the roadhouse and Kev. During this time they stayed at No. 30 with Toadie and his housemate, Stuart Parker. The cracks in their marriage were starting to show and Toadie decided to try and solve the problem by discussing his parents' marital problems on his radio phone-in show. When Kev and Angie heard their problems being discussed by their son live on air, they stormed down to the station to confront him. But Toadie ended up turning the faders up so that all and sundry could hear their arguing across Erinsborough.

While all of this arguing was going on, Kev overheard the lottery results on the radio, and realised that they were the numbers Angie always played. Kev slyly questioned Angie as to the family's birthdays and realised that they were the same as the winning lottery numbers. He kept the news of Angie's lottery win to himself, and changed his attitude towards Angie, bieng overly nice to her while he tried to retrieve the winning ticket which she kept hidden in her bra. Kev apologised to Angie for his behaviour, and begged her to give him a second chance. Angie forgave him, and the two slipped away to the bedroom. Here, Kev managed to take the ticket from Angie's bra and collected the winnings for himself. He then left with the lottery money leaving Angie a note telling her he'd see her in Rio.

Big Kev's consience soon caught up with him and a few days later he returned and apologised to Angie. He was shocked when Angie then proceeded to run with the money herself, leaving a note which simply said "Gone Fishin'". She too returned soon afterwards having used the money to buy a camper van for the couple to travel across Australia on a second honeymoon. Although Kev was initially against the idea, he came to realise the holiday was just what he and Angie needed to get their marriage back on track, and he apologised to her for the way he had been treating her. And as they set off on their travels a few days later, Kev and Angie proved that they still had plenty of bickering to keep them going as they argued over what travel routes to take.

After their tour of Australia came to an end, Angie settled back into life running the ever-busy roadhouse in Colac, although she did find time to hold the annual "Rebecchi Round-Up" family get together where, in 2003, she got to meet - and approve of - Toadie's girlfriend Dee for the first time. She was thrilled when a few months later, Toadie and Dee got engaged, and no sooner had Toadie called her with the good news than Angie was back on Ramsay Street to "help" with the wedding preparations. Within an hour of her arrival, Angie was listing ideas involving doves and circus performers, much to the horror of both Dee and Toadie. They told her to back off, which devastated Angie who had made Big Kev sell the camper van to give Toadie and Dee something towards the wedding costs. And when Toadie discovered the sacrifice she had made he felt terrible and insisted on having his mum playing a central part.

Angie's returned again in 2003 - this time along with Angie and Stonie - to attend Toadie's wedding to Dee. But tragedy struck after the wedding reception when Toadie and Dee lost control of their car and veered off a cliff, plunging into the water. After hearing word, Angie, Kev and the Kennedys raced to the scene. Angie tried to comfort her son, but Toadie was in denial and instead of grieving for Dee, thanked Angie for a wonderful day - a moment which caused Angie to break down in tears. There was little they could do and they were forced to simply leave Toadie to get over the horrific ordeal in his own time.

Angie would return very soon. Toadie did not cope with Dee's death and his housemate, Connor O’Neill called on Angie to come down and try and sort Toadie out after he started to become aggressive and lashed out at his boss Tim Collins. At first, Toadie was more happy to see Angie because it meant he could enjoy her cooking and pampering, but when Angie suggested Toadie start moving on, he was furious with her and told her she could go back to Colac if she was going to behave like that. Meanwhile, Angie secured Toadie his job and persuaded him for suing his best friend Stu Parker, who had failed to repair the breaks on Dee's car. Angie was a massive help in Toadie overcoming the death of Dee.

Angie's next return was in 2004 when Stuart called her to tell her that Toadie had gone missing. After Stuart and Connor explained that Toadie was distraught about Sindi Watts' revelation that she had briefly worked as a lapdancer, Angie stormed over to the Kennedy house to have it out with Sindi. But she quickly realised that something like that wouldn't have made Toadie disappear suddenly and she started to agree with Stuart that something was fishy. She was reassured, however, when Sgt. Joanna Douglas produced Toadie's credit card transactions to her, proving that he was safe given he had used it several times since leaving town.

Before Angie prepared to return to Colac, meanwhile, she insisted on nephew Stingray Timmins accompanying her, firmly believing that it was high time his mum and dad stopped shirking their responsibility. But Stingray was determined to stay in Ramsay Street and Susan, who had taken him under her wing since his arrival, agreed. Angie was furious with Susan, however, for what she saw as a desperate attempt to fill the void in her life since Karl had left her, and a bitter argument erupted between the two. It was only when Susan reminded Angie that she hadn't had a problem with her caring for Toadie that she calmed down and started to see reason. They eventually came to agree that Stingray wouldn't benefit from returning to Colac and Susan offered to act as his guardian and let him live with her and Sindi at No.28.

Angie was back again in 2006 after a row with Big Kev. She moved in at no. 30, much to the annoyance of Connor and Toadie. During her stay, she helped Harold Bishop and Lou Carpenter at the Coffee shop, where Paul Robinson was attempting to put them out of business. She also fueded with old nemesis Janelle Timmins - her sister-in-law - over an alleged exchange between Angie and Kim Timmins years earlier. This culminated in a boxing match. Angie, trained by Connor, easily defeated Janelle. It later emerged that Janelle had resented Angie for taking Kev away from her. The two put their differences aside. Connor and Toadie, growing weary of Angie, brought Big Kev down and forced them to settle their problems. It emerged that, once more, Angie was lonely at the road house and had wished to retire with Kev. After much arbitration for Toadie and Connor, she agreed to go on the road with Kev and the two left happliy.

She and Kev returned again in 2006 for Janelle and Kim's second wedding.


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