Sharyn Hodgson
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| Sharyn Hodgson | |
| Born | August 25, 1968 (age 38) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Notable roles | Carly Lucini in Home and Away, Jodie Turner in Big Sky |
Sharyn Hodgson (born 25 August 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Carly Lucini (née Morris) in the popular soap opera, Home and Away (1988 — 1991; 1997; 1998; 2000 & 2002).
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[edit] Career
Hodgson began a drama course with Phillip Street Drama School when she was 15. She spent four years studying there on Saturday mornings, which led to work with the Film and Television School appearing in films for students.
After completing her HSC, she worked in a retail store for a couple of months before auditioning for Seven Network's fledgling soap opera, Home and Away in 1987. She was successfully cast and became one of the original characters to appear in the programme, which initially aired in January 1988. She played Carly Morris, the foster daughter of Pippa and Tom Fletcher, who had suffered severe child abuse from her biological father. During her time on the show, Hodgson's troubled character weathered rape, alcoholism, an array of relationship and family problems, but finally found love with soldier Ben Lucini (Julian McMahon) in 1991, and left Summer Bay the same year to begin a family elsewhere.
Follwing this, Hodgson was one of several Home and Away cast-members to star in a stage musical about the soap, which toured the UK in 1991. Julian McMahon, Justine Clarke, Mouche Phillips and Adam Willits also starred.[1]
Since her initial on-screen departure, Hodgson has made numerous brief returns to the soap to visit her foster family or attend important events in the bay. She was last seen on-screen in 2002 when she returned to attend Summer Bay's disastrous centenary celebrations.
In between her stints in Home and Away, Hodgson has appeared in episodes of Blue Heelers, Police Rescue (1995), Wildside (1998) and Big Sky playing Jodie Turner (1997-1999).
[edit] Personal life
Hodgson dropped out of the limelight to become a mother and now lives on the south coast of Australia.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Home and Away musical", mook. URL last accessed on 2007-01-29.
- ^ "Summer Bay stars shine - Actors reunion on soap ", Telegraph. URL last accessed on 2007-01-29.
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