| Felicity Scully | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Holly Valance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stanley Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1999–2002, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 21 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 28 November 2002 27 July 2005 (cameo) |
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| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Sisters in the City | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home | New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student (1999–2001) Grease Monkeys Assistant (2000) Salesperson The Coffee Shop Assistant A Good Hair Day Salon Assistant (2002) Lassiter's Hotel Staff (2002–) |
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Felicity Jane "Flick" Scully is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Holly Valance. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 October 1999 and she departed on 28 November 2002.
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In 1999, the Scully family were created and introduced to Neighbours following the departure of the Martin family.[1] The character of Felicity was created along with her mother and father, Lyn (Janet Andrewartha) and Joe (Shane Connor) and her sisters Stephanie (Carla Bonner) and Michelle (Kate Keltie).[2] Felicity was said to be fifteen years old and "a devoted feminist" who has a "very active social conscience."[1] Holly Valance was cast as Felicity when she was sixteen. Valance had not done much auditioning prior to Neighbours, which became her first major television role.[3]
Valance departed Neighbours in 2002 to concentrate on her music career.[4] She filmed her final scenes in August of that year.[4] Valance said it took three takes to film her last scene.[4] Of her departure, she said "I've learnt so much. I kept telling myself I wasn't going to cry, it's so sad to be leaving. I've made such good friends and learnt so much. When I started, I didn't know a thing."[4] In March 2005, it was announced that Valance would be reprising her role as Felicity for the show's 20th anniversary episode.[5]
Felicity and her family move into Number 26 Ramsay Street minutes after the Martin family move out. Flick catches the attention of Paul McClain (Jansen Spencer), who lives next door, but ultimately pursues Billy Kennedy (Jesse Spencer), who lives at Number 28. Felicity gives up once she finds out Billy has unresolved issues in his on-off relationship with Anne Wilkinson (Brooke Satchwell). When Paul tries to kiss Felicity, she is unimpressed. Soon after settling into the area, Felicity later sees older boy Sean Edwards (Daniel Collopy) much to her father Joe's (Shane Connor) chagrin. Felicity and Sean begin sneaking around one day and when Sean is forced to hide and tries escape, Joe catches him and throws him out of the house. Later, when Sean's friends accompany them on a trip down the coast, Sean suggests that they sleep together. Felicity then realises Sean is not the one for her.
Felicity then develops a crush on the local postman, Pete Redman (Frank Raco). Paul and his friend Tad Reeves (Jonathon Dutton) soon play a practical joke by sending fake replies to love letters Felicity had left for Pete. Felicity soon uncovers this and is angry with her friends, but that subsides when Pete asks her to try out for his soccer team. Felicity arrives overdressed for the first session, but continues. Flick later asks Pete to join her and her family for a meal, but she discovers Pete is married.
When Erinsborough High's debutante ball arrives, Joel Samuels (Daniel MacPherson) agrees to be Felicity's date. The couple, opposed by Joe continue sneaking around. Joe manages to catch them one day and has a heated confrontation which results in him shoving and injuring Joel. This leads to Felicity moving out of home and in with Joel, driving a wedge between her and her parents. After Joel leaves for London to attend his friend Malcolm Kennedy's (Benjamin McNair) wedding to Catherine O'Brien (Radha Mitchell), Felicity stays on at Number 30 and manages to irritate Joel's housemates Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) and Dee Bliss (Madeleine West) with her lack of domestic skills and generally being irresponsible and untidy. On Felicity's 18th birthday, she receives news that Joel has decided to end their relationship.
While on a school trip, Tad is bitten by a scorpion and, convinved he is going to die, admits to Felicity that he has always had a crush on her. When Tad recovers, he and Felicity begin dating, but it ultimately goes nowhere. When Felicity is trapped in the pub cellar overnight with barman Matt Hancock (Stephen Hunt}), she accuses him of having engineered the situation and they argue. Matt later admits that he has had a crush on Felicity since he moved into Ramsay Street and she begins playing Priscilla Presley at his Elvis impersonation gigs. The two decide to be friends and put the whole thing behind them.
Felicity decides to work rather than start University and gets a job at Lassiter's Hotel. While working there, she meets Marc Lambert (David Karakai) and is instantly attracted to him. When Stephanie introduces her new boyfriend to the family, Felicity is shocked to see it is Marc. Despite this, Felicity and Marc flirt and begin secretly seeing each other. Steph and Marc get engaged and on the day of the wedding, Marc hesitates and tells Steph he cannot go through it. He looks over at Felicity, which gives their affair away. After the wedding party returns to the street, Steph and Felicity have a huge argument about the events that have transpired, resulting in Felicity fleeing Erinborough in the taxi Valda Sheergold (Joan Sydney) arrived in.
Stuart Parker (Blair McDonough) tracks Felicity down in Sydney and tries to persuade her to return. Marc also arrives in Sydney and tries to win her back, but she realises that he plans to take her on what would have been his and Steph's honeymoon. Felicity returns to Erinsborough and sees that things are still strained and leaves for several months to join Tad in America. Shortly after Felicity returns, she and Stuart begin a relationship. Felicity gets a job with the Lassiter's New York branch and Stuart proposes to her with his grandmother's ring and Felicity accepts. On the day of her departure, Felicity notices she is missing her ring and Stuart has to make a dash from the airport back to Ramsay Street to find it. With literally seconds remaining, Stuart makes it back to give the ring to Felicity. Several months later, Michelle flies out to join her and Stuart calls off the engagement.
Felicity makes a brief appearance in Annalise Hartman' (Kimberley Davies) documentary about Ramsay Street. She mentions that she meant to post the ring back to Stuart, but had to sell it due to bills. She then congratulates him on his new engagement to Sindi Watts (Marisa Warrington).
In 2005, four novellas based on characters from Neighbours were released.[6] The books were available to buy at some Australia Post outlets and on the internet.[6] Felicity and her sister, Michelle were the focus of one of the books entitled Sisters in the City.[6] It explains what happened after they both left Erinsborough and went to New York together.[6] Of the books, a spokeswoman said "It's different to what happens in the show; it's more like a fantasy of what happens, might have happened, in the show, they would take about an hour to read if you're a quick reader".[6]
For her portrayal of Felicity, Valance was nominated for the "Best New Female Talent" Logie Award in 2000.[7] In a feature on past Neighbours characters, telecommunications network Orange described Felicity's most memorable moment as "Falling in love with her sister Steph’s fiancé, Marc Lambert. The feeling was entirely mutual, and when Marc got to the altar with Steph, he was so busy ogling Flick he couldn’t say his vows."[8] Of Valance and her character, Michael Osborn of the BBC said "As Flick Scully in Neighbours, Valance spent far too much time flouncing around in that terrible school uniform with a butter-wouldn't-melt look in her eyes."[9]
In June 2002, Felicity came second in a poll run by Newsround to find viewer's favourite Neighbours character. She received 22.55% of the vote.[10]
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