
With its friendly characters, batshit storylines and year-round sunshine, Neighbours has become a TV institution, both in Australia and here in the UK.
However, the sun has now officially set on Ramsay Street after 37 years.
With social media currently awash with Neighbours nostalgia, we’ve been thinking about all the residents who’ve called Ramsay Street home over last three decades.
While some legendary characters we all remember from our childhoods – Susan and Karl Kennedy, Toadie Rebecchi and Paul Robinson – remain on the show to this day, there’s many who’ve left Erinsborough behind to have varying degrees of fame and success.
Of course a certain Kylie Minogue has done rather well out of her stint as Charlene Mitchell, but what happened to the actors who played the likes of Drew Kirk, Carmella Cammeniti and Joel Samuels?


After the series finished, he landed a role in Chicago Fire, opposite former Mr Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney. As of 2020, Jesse was continuing to play Lt. Matthew Casey in the firefighter drama, with his part also crossing over into sister series Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med.


She returned to acting in 2004, with minor roles in US series such as CSI: Miami, Entourage, CSI: NY and Moonlight, was well as having a recurring role in the first two seasons of Prison Break as Nika Volek.
2010 saw her return to the UK, with a role on Agatha Christie's Marple, while the following year, she was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, finishing in fourth place.
Most recently, she was a judge and mentor on TLC series Shopaholic Showdown.
She married British property developer, Nick Candy and the couple have two children.
Her half-sister, Olympia Valance, also followed in her footsteps by joining Neighbours as Paige Smith in 2014.


After the case was settled, she made a guest appearance on the show in 2014, with her on-screen son Ben – played by Felix Mallard who remained on the Street with grandparents Karl and Susan.
After welcoming her second child in March 2016, Kym said she was taking time off from acting to be a full time mum.


Daniel went on to land a role in The Bill, playing PC Cameron Tate between 2003 and 2004. He later appeared in a British-Australian cross-over drama Tripping Over in 2005 with former co-star Neighbours Brooke Satchwell.
Having returned to Australia, he hosted the first series of The X Factor down under, and went on to land a regular role in cop drama City Homicide, playing Simon Joyner between 2007 and 2010.
He also served as one of the hosts on the Australian version of Strictly Come Dancing between 2008 and 2014.
In 2017, Daniel began appearing in British/American drama Strike Back as Samuel Wyatt, and the following year he had a minor role in Disney film A Wrinkle In Time.


In 2010, she served as a guest judge on The X Factor, and was the catalyst for contestant Ablisa's infamous punch-up, when one of them asked who she was.
Her character Beth has been mentioned on a number of occasions in recent years, following the return of her husband Brad Willis to Ramsay Street in 2013. It was revealed the couple had divorced off-screen, shortly after they left in 1994.


The following year, her appeared in the West End version of High School Musical, playing Jack Scott.
Since returning to Australia, he has returned to Neighbours, appearing in online spin-offs Neighbours vs Zombies and Neighbourshood, where he went behind the scenes of the show in 2016.


From 2013 to 2016, she had a recurring role in the series Please Like Me, while she later appeared un US drama APB and For The People.


She subsequently moved to the UK, and landed a regular role in the relaunched series of Crossroads, playing Betty Waddell in 2003. Anne was later cast in another British soap in 2006, when she joined the cast of Emmerdale, playing Lily Butterfield, the sister of long-standing character Edna Birch. She made her last appearance in the Dales in 2009.
The following year, it was announced she would be joining a touring production of Calendar Girls, and in 2012, she also appeared in a production of Steel Magnolias opposite Mischa Barton.
Anne made a surprise return to Neighbours in 2015, as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations. She reprised the role of Madge, but she was only a figment of husband Harold's imagination.


Melissa left in 1996 to take up a role in another soap, E Street, and went on to act in another, entitled Paradise Beach. She also had a minor role in Home And Away in 1996.
Fast forward to 2013, and Melissa made a surprise return to 'Neighbours' as Lucy, and has continued to make guest appearances ever since – most recently in 2021 – while fans have been calling for a more permanent return.
Melissa sadly mourned the loss of her husband, Gary Dickinson, in 2016, after he suffered a heart attack.


She has since moved to the US where she has appeared in a handful of TV series and small films. Her biggest came in 2014, when she was cast in a recurring role in Crossbones, playing Rose Dryden.
Natalie is now married to former Neighbours co-star David Hoflin, after they began a relationship on the show in 2008 when their characters started dating. They have one son together, who was born in 2016.


He made a fleeting return to Neighbours in 2005, featuring in a number of Steph Scully's dreams, shortly before she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time.
Dan now works as a photographer and videographer and has his own award-winning business, Esperance.


After leaving the role behind in 2011, she moved to the US and starred in the short-lived aviation drama Pan Am. She made her big screen debut in Richard Curtis' 2013 rom-com About Time, but her breakthrough role was as Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf Of Wall Street, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
She has since starred in a number of films, including Focus, The Legend Of Tarzan and Suicide Squad, in which she played Harley Quinn – a role she reprised in spin-off Birds Of Prey.
She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar in 2017 for her role as ice skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, picking up a second Academy Award nod in the Best Supporting Actress category for playing Sharon Tate in Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. She is now ranked among the highest-paid actresses in the world.
Margot kept her feet on the ground after hitting the big time, spending time living in a houseshare in Clapham in London, where she met British husband Tom Ackerly, who she married in December 2016.


She also made a cameo appearance in a Skype call during Neighbours' 30th anniversary in 2015, returning for a longer stint five years later as part of the 35th celebrations in 2020.


Now back living in Melbourne, she is remarried and a mum-of-one.
She has also returned to Ramsay Street twice in recent years, most recently appearing in 2016, when Sarah revealed she had terminal cancer and left her son in the care of Karl and Susan Kennedy.


He went on to appear as Mick MacDonald on our very own Heartbeat, before moving back to Oz, where he starred on drama series Sea Patrol.
In 2010, he also took part in the Australian version of Strictly Come Dancing, but was eliminated second.
He had a guest role in rival Aussie soap Home And Away in 2017, and a year later he reprised his role as Stuart in Neighbours for one episode where he was reunited with best mate Toadie.


He has released six UK top 40 albums, and had a number one in 1991 with Any Dream Will Do, following his role in stage show Joseph And The Technicolor Dream Coat.
He appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011, partnering Kristina Rihanoff, and served as a judge on ITV talent show Superstar in 2012.
Jason continues to tour and perform music, and has reunited on stage with former co-star Kylie Minogue on a number of occasions in recent years.
His daughter, Jemma Donovan, is currently appearing in Neighbours in the role of Harlow Robinson.


Elsewhere, she has served as a host on So You Think You Can Dance? Australia, and as a judge on the Oz version of The X Factor from 2011 to 2014, later stepping in for disgraced judge Natalia Kills on the New Zealand version in 2015.
In 2017, she was a contestant on Australia's I'm A Celebrity, finishing in third place.
A year later, she returned to the role of Izzy for a six-week guest stint, which saw the character ask former flame Karl Kennedy to be a sperm donor.


After leaving Neighbours, she also appeared in other Australian series including All Saints, City Homicide and Mr & Mrs Murder.


She went on to have nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits in Australia, selling over eight million albums globally. Her last album, Wings Of The Wild hit number one down under in 2016.
Delta also reprised her role as Nina as part of Neighbours' 30th anniversary in 2015, and later that year she took on the role of Grizabella in a Australian version of musical Cats.
In 2018, she played the role of Olivia Newton-John in a Australian mini-series based on the Grease star's life.
Elsewhere, she's also had high-profile relationships with Brian McFadden and Nick Jonas.


The following year saw him return to acting in the Toni Collette film Mental, and in 2016, he made his US TV debut, appearing in Grease: Live as Leo Balmudo, alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough.
In 2018, Sam appeared as a David Beckham impersonator in the US TV series Friends From College.


In the years since, she's appeared on I'm A Celebrity in 2005, but walked out of the jungle when she hurt her shoulder during a Bush Tucker Trial. Two years later, she appeared on Australia's Dancing With The Stars.
As of early 2017, Kimberley was married with three children and had minor roles in a number of Aussie TV dramas.


The same year saw her enter the Oz version of The X Factor' and after making it through to the live shows, she finished fifth in the competition.
Two years later, she released her debut EP In Transit.


He made a cameo appearance during the soap's 30th birthday episodes in 2015, with his character catching up with old friend Paul Robinson. He later returned in 2020 for the 35th anniversary.
Meanwhile, Elaine went on to appear in The Flying Doctors, Home And Away, A Country Practice and All Saints after her character was killed off in 1988.
She now works as a drama teacher at a secondary school in Sydney and is mum to two children.

