List of McLeod's Daughters characters

Claire was the oldest daughter of Jack McLeod and his wife Prudence Claire McLeod. She has three younger siblings, Adam McLeod, who was stillborn, Tess Silverman McLeod, and Jodi Fountain McLeod, whom Claire never knew was her sister.

Growing up on the farm, life was difficult for Claire. She missed Tess, who had taken off to the city with her mother when she was five years old. As a teenager, she was best friends with Alex Ryan and Stevie Hall, and she dropped out of school at the age of 15 to help her dad full-time with Drovers Run. In spite of her indifference towards him, Claire was always meant to marry Alex's younger brother Nick. This union was seen as important since it would merge Drover's Run with Killarney, the Ryan family property.

When Tess returned to Drovers after their father's death almost 20 years later, Claire found it difficult to bond with her. She expected that Tess would give up on the rural lifestyle soon and go back to the city. However, Tess decided to permanently stay at Drovers, and the two eventually became best friends. Along with Tess, Meg, Jodi and Becky, Claire ran Drover's Run more efficiently than anyone had expected, and consistently managed to keep the farm from going bankrupt.

One of her plans to expand the farm's finances was to start a breeding program. In 2001, Claire met Peter Johnston, a man who ran Australian Bloodlines and was hired to help Claire set up the program. Although they didn't like each other at first, they eventually began to bond and it wasn't long before they shared their first kiss. They started dating soon afterwards, and things seemed to be going alright for Claire, even when Tess moved back to the city to run a cafe. However, Claire found out from Becky not much later that Peter was actually married and had two daughters. After confronting him, Peter told her he'd leave his wife, and they tried to repair their relationship. Ultimately, however, Claire couldn't live with the thought of ripping apart a family, so she left Peter and told him to go back to his wife and daughters.

She ran into him again a few months later and the two shared a one-night stand, which Claire immediately regretted. She fell apart after discovering she was pregnant, but lied to Peter about the baby's paternity. Instead, Alex pretended he was the father of Claire's unborn baby.

This was the beginning of a very close relationship between Claire and Alex. Although they had been friends for years, it wasn't until Claire's pregnancy that they started to feel attracted to one other. Alex felt incredibly connected to Claire's baby, even though he wasn't the real father. After Claire gave birth to Charlotte Prudence, Alex was very protective of the little girl and considered himself her father. When Alex, Claire and Charlotte went to Melbourne on a business trip, they finally realized they had been in love with each other for a very long time and decided to give a real relationship a try.

After moving in together, Alex revealed to Nick that he planned on proposing to Claire. In the meantime, Claire, Tess and Charlotte went to town to pick up party supplies, and on their way back, after trying to avoid a brumby, they hit a pothole and ran into tree. With their car dangling precariously over the edge of a cliff, Claire was desperate to save her daughter, but her leg was caught under the steering wheel. Panicked, Claire asked Tess to get Charlotte out of the car and get her to safety. Tess was successful in removing herself and Charlotte from the car, but couldn't free Claire from the front seat. As Tess watched in horror, the car slid over the cliff and into the valley below.

Tess immediately ran for help, but by the time Alex and Nick arrived, Claire was already dead. The residents of Drovers Run were heartbroken, especially Alex, who had planned on proposing to Claire at a party that afternoon. After Claire's death, Tess continued to visualise her sister, but she realized eventually that she had to let her go. Claire's funeral was attended by many close friends and her family members, and she was buried at Drovers Run.

Claire was periodically mentioned by other characters throughout the rest of the series run.

Teresa Charlotte Silverman McLeod was born at Drover's Run in 1976 to John 'Jack' McLeod and his second wife, Ruth Silverman. She had an older half-sister, Claire Louise McLeod, and an older half-brother who died not long after birth, Adam John Mcleod, from her father's first marriage to Prudence 'Prue' McLeod. She also had one younger half-sister named Jodi Margaret Fountain McLeod from her father's affair with Meg Rivers-Dodge. The marriage between Tess's parents was very rocky from the beginning, and when Tess was five years old, Ruth left Jack and moved back to the city, taking Tess with her.

Tess never saw her father again, and only returned to Drover's Run twenty years later following his death. Tess and her sister Claire initially clashed over what to do with Drovers Run. Since Tess was not as emotionally attached to the farm as Claire, she considered selling her share and remaining in the city. Nonetheless, she and Claire eventually reconnected and Tess decided to stay at Drovers permanently. Ultimately, Tess learned to love living in the country and realized that Drover's Run was where she belonged.

While Claire was usually indifferent towards men, Tess was always very flirtatious. She was initially attracted to Alex Ryan in Season 1, but eventually discovered she had a deeper connection with his younger brother, Nick. Nonetheless, although they tried many times, they couldn't get their relationship to work. This was due to Tess's fear of commitment, as well as the perpetual interference of Nick's mother, Liz Ryan, who didn't think Tess was good enough for her son and sabotaged their relationship many times.

When Nick became involved with an old friend named Sally, Tess believed she had lost him for good. Soon after, she started dating local vet Dave Brewer and even became engaged to him. However, after experiencing a cancer scare, she realized Dave had not gotten over his late wife's death. She eventually broke up with Dave in order to give him time to grieve, which he had been delaying for far too long.

Soon after she had been cleared of cancer, tragedy struck again when Claire was killed in a car accident. With her sister gone, Tess was now the full-time owner of Drover's Run. In the months following Claire's death, she hired her old friend Stevie Hall to become the manager, and eventual part-owner of the farm. After Peter Johnston, Claire's ex, returned and filed for custody of their daughter Charlotte, Tess and Alex fought hard to keep her. In the end, however, Tess remembered what it was like for her to grow up without a sister, and let Peter get full custody of Charlotte. This way, Charlotte could grow up with her half-sisters, who were Peter's daughters from his marriage.

After four difficult years, Tess and Nick finally found their way back to each other and got married. They moved to Argentina not long after, and Tess gave birth to a daughter named Claire Ruth McLeod, named after both her late sister and late mother.

Jodi Margaret Fountain McLeod was born at Drover's Run in 1982 to Meg Rivers. Her father was eventually identified as Meg's first husband Kevin Fountain, although it was later revealed she was actually the daughter of Jack McLeod. After Meg and her husbaned separated, Meg became the housekeeper at Drover's Run and Jodi went to boarding school, where she met Kate Manfredi. After completing her finals at school, Jodi moved back to Drovers, where she began making plans to leave again and travel around the world. However, the results of her finals were so disappointing that her mother decided to punish Jodi. She demanded that Jodi stay at Drover's and work for a year in order to prove herself.

After living on Drover's for a year, Jodi met Alberto Borelli and instantly fell in love with him. Alberto however, had to join the army, but he returned a year later and proposed to Jodi. She accepted and they started planning their wedding. However, only 20 at the time of their wedding, Jodi felt she was too young to get married and have children, and she left Alberto at the altar. She had a small crush on Nick after this, but it soon faded as she realised they were only really good friends. She made plans to leave Drover's in 2004, but discovered she had come to love her home and didn't want to leave.

She soon met and fell in love with mechanic Luke Morgan and they had a passionate relationship, that unfortunately didn't always go well due to Luke's criminal past. After accepting an offer to deliver drugs. Luke was arrested and send to jail for two years. Heartbroken, Jodi swore off men, and thus so, took an instant dislike to Killarney's new overseer Rob Shelton. She was convinced he was gay, but after discovering he wasn't, Jodi was attracted to him.

When Jodi discovered that not Kevin, but Jack McLeod was her real father, she banished Meg out of her life and sought comfort with Rob, who helped her, but also told her family was the most important in your life, and she shouldn't try to pretend they didn't exist. Soon after this, Jodi discovered Rob was in the Witness Protection Program after discovering that his colleagues were dirty, and they killed his wife and son. Hitmen soon found Rob and he had to leave, once again leaving Jodi heartbroken. After finally picking up the pieces and trying to move on, Rob returned, now under his real name Matt Bosnich, and wanted to be with Jodi. After some hesitation, scared to get hurt again. Jodi returned her feelings for him and they started a relationship.

Their car soon got blown up by another hitman and Jodi and Matt were buried at a public cemetery, much against Kate's wishes, who wanted Jodi to be buried on Drover's Run. It was then revealed that Jodi and Matt didn't die, but wanted everyone to think they did, so they could escape and enter the Program once again. After saying goodbye to all her friends and family, Jodi and Matt left Drover's Run.

More than year later, Matt and Jodi returned, married and pregnant, cleared from all the hitmen, and wanted to raise her and Matt's baby at Drover's Run.

Dave came within an ace of marrying Tess McLeod before all their plans went awry. Dave returned to the area and inadvertently spikes a growing romance between Tess and Nick. It's always going to be a prickly triangle between these three, but despite this Dave grows to be one of Tess's greatest friends and confidantes. He's a friend to all of the Drovers' women, but must tread an especially delicate path with Kate Manfredi, who finds herself in desperate, unrequited love with him throughout the ups and downs of a busy year.

Ever friends to the girls on Drovers, relationships were strained during his initial relationship with Regan, who left him high and dry when she returned to the city. He was forced to look at his life and his personality failings when his vet student Catriona accused him of sexual harassment. His friendship with Kate took a dramatic turn when he discovered her melanoma and encouraged her to seek medical help. His personal demons were brought out into the open when troubled younger brother Patrick visited Drovers, dredging up memories of their father's tragic suicide. He leaves to run a veterinary clinic in Africa.

Stevie (former Stephanie), an old friend of Claire McLeod, first met while competing in rodeos and camp drafts. At first Tess couldn't stand Stevie. Tess thought Stevie was ignorant and stubborn. After the sudden death of Claire, Tess began to grow close friends with Stevie. Their friendship grew from Stevie and Tess's shared pain. Tess lost her sister, and Stevie a daughter named Rose, that she didn't get to raise. She had Rose at the age of fifteen with a man named Will, she was then kicked out of her parents house. Rose grew up with Stevie's sister Michelle, leading Rose to believe that Michelle was her mother and Stevie was her aunt. Eventually Rose found out and after a while everything was resolved. Stevie became a part owner of Drovers Run. Tess and asked Stevie to be her Maid of Honour and Nick asked Alex to be Best Man at their wedding. Stevie agreed on the one condition that she be called "The Best Woman". As Nick and Tess decided to move to Argentina, Stevie became the one in charge. She started to fall in love with Alex (a longtime mate), Fiona tricked Alex into a earlier wedding and Stevie was not able to stop it in time. Alex fines out about Fiona's lies. Alex realizes he is in love with Stevie. So Alex and Fiona settle for a divorce. Stevie and Alex have an argument over trust issues, so they decide to be neighbors only. One year later they became married and had a baby boy named Alexander "Xander" Hall(named after Alex).

Kate Maria Due Manfredi attended a Girls Boarding School along with her best friend Jodi Fountain McLeod. She dropped out of boarding school when she contracted glandular fever, leaving Jodi alone. She is also noted because of her Italian background and her Nonna who visited in 2005.

Kate Manfredi arrived at Drover's Run ready to apply for Jodi's farm hand job and reluctantly got it. After finding some type of string in the sheep wool she has to change her classification until Sandra Kinsella came in (being the one who tied it up) hides the evidence giving Kate no choice but to keep the classification. When Harry finds out he is furious and kicks Kate out of his shed and Kate immediately runs away but Jodi chases her and has proof that Sandra tied the gate up with bailing twine. As the girls prepare to go to the B & S ball Kate Manfredi is charmed by the local vet Dave Brewer and falls in love with him. When Stevie & Alex start a rodeo school Kate meets a guy named Paul. He develops a crush on her it and becomes more serious when he chases her around Drover's but Kate escapes knocking him out with her steering wheel holder. When Dave tells Kate that they are only friends she feels rejected. Then starts going out with local boy and Jodi's ex Craig Woodland although she didn't really like him. During Nick & Tess's joint Bucks & Hens night Kate is the main act as the stripper and impresses not only Craig but also Dave.

In 2005 Kate is torn between being the Farm Manager she always wanted to be at Kinsella's and The Farm Hand at Drover's. While working at Kinsella's she finds that not everybody respects her, especially the men. But not long after she returns to Drover's. Also Kate is shocked when the teacher she slept with (Mr Ponta) arrives and finds out he was just using her. Also she becomes very jealous when Tess's cousin Regan McLeod arrives and begins to go out with Dave and uncovers her plan to dig up Drover's. When Patrick Brewer (Dave's brother) drops in on Drover's Kate begins to fall for him and after getting to know him and a major incident she dumps him.

Kate has a scare when she gets hypothermia after staying outside all night after having no one to stay with. She also fall from a ladder and cracked a couple of ribs but the major problem was that she might have skin cancer. Her and Jodi then leave for Adelaide where Kate sees a specialist and is confirmed that she has skin cancer. After one day it was announced that they had got all of the cancer out and she was fine. When Patrick returns she has trouble getting used to him and is also the same with Regan when she returns. At Alex's & Fiona's wedding Kate & Patrick kissed and after a while they become a couple and her photos taken by Patrick enter a contest. After it is confirmed that Harry Ryan was murdered evidence piles up against Stevie and Kate is forced to dob her in, shocking all of Drover's. After a while Kate realises what she did and regrets everything. Towards the end of 2006 Patrick & Kate split up and Kate runs for Young Farmer Of The Year Award and also Jodi entered but did not make the short list, and Kate ends up winning. Dave also admits he is in love with Kate and as he is about to leave Kate bursts into tears but Dave turns around and Kate leaves with him and although Jodi says she's okay she is really a mess.

Kate is credited in the first 6 episodes although she does not appear. She returns for Jodi's funeral and is a complete mess until she finds out Jodi is not dead and she decides to stay rather than leave. Towards the middle of 2007 Kate & Grace are taken hostage by a man who is in financial debt and he ends up shooting Moira although she survives. Kate then finds love again in Riley's army friend Mitch (Callan Mulvey) and although she knows he is a crook agrees to leave with him but after he tries to shoot Riley he is arrested. During the final episode of 2007 Riley & Kate become a couple but the happiness is turned to unbelievable circumstances as he is involved in a terrible car accident. Kate is also promoted Overseer for Stevie while she goes off to have the baby.

Kate is having a hard time coping with the loss of Riley in the car accident. She is very determined to prove he is alive, but doesn't want any help from anyone. Kate left Drover's on 13 August 2008 to run a youth wayward farm.

Regan came back in Season 6. It emerged that two men had died in a mine while she was in charge. Even the court found her to have done nothing wrong but she still blamed herself for the accident. She arrives back at Drovers looking for Tess who is in Argentina with Nick. Jodi comforts her and gives her a room even though Kate doesn't trust her. Tayler Geddes comes looking for Regan. She is a daughter of one of the men that died. She tries to seek revenge on Regan but eventually becomes a working hand. Regan later leaves Drover's to follow her career in geology.

But in the last episode Meg and Jodi (who is very pregnant) comes back and Jodi ask Stevie if she, Matt and the baby can come back.

He had nowhere to go so he hid out in a tree house at Stevie's place. When Helen (Stevie's mum), found out she took Ben in. When Stevie found herself pregnant Ben was the first person she talked to. He stood by her as she was thrown out of home. As Stevie got older Ben was her best mate, supporting her in wild and rough times.