Morag Bellingham

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Morag Bellingham
Cornelia Frances as Morag Bellingham
First appearance	1988 Episode 102
Last appearance	Present
Statistics
Gender	Female
Age	65
Occupation	Judge/Lawyer
Title	Mrs
Family	Alf Stewart (brother) Celia Stewart (sister) Barbara Stewart (sister)
Spouse	Richard Bellingham (divorced)
Children	Bobby Simpson (daughter, deceased)
Relatives	Duncan Stewart (nephew) Ruth Stewart (niece) Ric Dalby (great nephew) Martha McKenzie (great niece)
Portrayed by	Cornelia Frances

Hon. Morag Bellingham, QC (nee Stewart) is a fictional character on the Australian television soap opera series Home & Away. The character is played by actress Cornelia Frances.

[edit] Before the Bay

Morag was a high court judge. She has two sisters, Celia and Barbara, and brother Alfred Stewart. During her early life, Morag had an affair with her sister's husband, Donald Fisher, and gave birth to daughter Bobby Simpson.

[edit] History

Morag was first seen on Home And Away 18 years ago as a lawyer, but moved to the city shortly after her arrival. When it was revealed that Bobby was Morag's daughter, Bobby and Morag hated each other and after Morag's plane crashed into the sea, Bobby wanted to tell her how much she hated her when she came out of her coma. After Bobby's death in 1993, She returned to try and get custody of Bobby's adoptive son Sam, but Ailsa Stewart foiled her plan. Morag eventually became a judge and presided over the trial of Kane Phillips for his sexual assault of Dani Sutherland in 2001. Morag began making more regular appearances in Summer Bay again in 2002, and eventually moved back to the town. During her most recent stay in Summer Bay, Morag has worked to stop Project 56, found out her friend Barry Hyde was a murderer, and feared her niece Martha was dead after she was lost in a helicopter accident. Morag is now a regular cast member, but is not in the opening credits as she is a recurring character. Morag lives with Sally Fletcher, Alf Stewart, Cassie Turner, Pippa Saunders and Ric Dalby.

In about May 2006, Morag left Summer Bay to clear her head after she was charged with obstructing the police investigation. She left for 3 weeks, but returned when she needed her files that were stolen from her office. One of those was Barry Hyde's, who was later found out to be the killer of Josh West (Daniel Collopoly). Morag defended him in court and even put up his bail money. She recently came back after Martha was found alive in the helicopter crash, but went back to the city to work with Barry Hyde on his case.

In late August 2006, Barry's son Kim was wrongfully accused of sexual assault and Morag was first on the scene to defend him and girlfriend Rachel Armstrong. Kim is tormented by Tara's lies and decided to leave Summer Bay.

More recent, Morag defended past resident Robbie Hunter on his murder charges and Brad Armstrong in his drug and assault charges made by evil Johnny Cooper. Morag also is becoming very curious of Martha's new boyfriend Ash as she thinks he has something to hide.

[edit] Family tree

• Celia Stewart (sister)
• Morag Stewart, married Richard Bellingham and had a relationship with Donald Fisher
  • Bobby Simpson (daughter, deceased), married to Frank Morgan and Greg Marshall
    • Sam Marshall (adoptive grandson)
• Barbara Stewart (sister), married to Donald Fisher
  • Alan Fisher (nephew, deceased), had a relationship with Anna Miller (deceased)
    • Seb Miller (great-nephew)
  • Rebecca Fisher (niece), married to Travis Nash
• Alfred Stewart (brother), married to Martha Stewart (deceased) and Ailsa Hogan (deceased), and had a relationship with Viv Standish (deceased)
  • Owen Dalby (nephew, deceased), married to Maggie Dalby
    • Eric Dalby (great nephew)
  • Ruth Stewart (niece), had a relationship with Brett Macklin
    • Martha McKenzie (great-niece), married to Jack Holden
  • Duncan Stewart (nephew)