Sky Mangel

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Sky Mangel
Stephanie McIntosh as Sky Mangel
First appearance	February 1, 1989 Episode 888
Information
Nickname(s)	Skyblue (by Joe Mangel)
Gender	Female
Age	19
Year of birth	1987
Occupation	Graphic Designer
Family	Kerry Bishop (mother) (deceased) Eric Jensen (father) Joe Mangel (adoptive father)
Children	Kerry Mangel, Jr. (daughter)
Relatives	Harold Bishop (grandfather) David Bishop (uncle) (deceased) Liljana Bishop (aunt) (missing, presumed deceased) Serena Bishop (cousin) (missing, presumed deceased)
Portrayed by	Stephanie McIntosh

Sky Olivia Mangel (née Bishop) is a character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Miranda Fryer from the character's first appearance in 1989 until her departure in 1991, and by Stephanie McIntosh since 2003. The character is leaving the show in 2007.^[1]

Contents 1 Character 2 Family tree 2.1 Maternal line 2.2 Paternal line 3 References

[edit] Character

Sky was born in 1987 to Kerry Bishop and Eric Jensen. Eric left them when he wanted to continue being a hippy, whereas Kerry wanted to settle down.

In 1989, Kerry brought Sky to Erinsborough, to meet her grandfather Harold , who was initially shocked by Kerry's reappearance but was thrilled to have them both around. Sky gained a father and brother in Joe and Toby Mangel when, Kerry married Joe that year. Tragedy the occurred a year later when Kerry was killed by a stray gunshot while protesting against duck hunters. Sky later gained a mother figure in the form of her stepfather's new wife, Melanie. Joe and Melanie later divorced and Sky was once again left without a mother figure.

In 2003, Sky decided to contact that her grandfather Harold. He and Sky clashed several times, the first when he thought she was a burglar and when Harold thought Sky was smoking marijuana. Eventually these issues were resolved and they have developed a loving relationship.

Sky had a hard time settling in at Erinsborough High as she has a tendency to be 'radical' and 'alternative'. She soon developed a friendship with Boyd Hoyland (Kyal Marsh), who was smitten with her often following her lead blindly (even to the point of getting dreadlocks). Their friendship eventually developed into a romance, and Sky and Boyd eventually lost their virginity to each other.

Sky was also involved with Neighbours' first openly lesbian character, Lana Crawford. Lana and Sky became friends at school in mid 2004. One day Lana kissed Sky. Lana was bullied a lot but Sky always stuck up for her. After the clash with the school had calmed down, Lana and Sky agreed to forget about what happened. Unfortunately their relationship had been growing so much that Lana could not stand any more of it and asked Sky out, which Sky declined. Sky and Lana's relationship ended when Lana moved to Canada, although they still keep in touch and write a comic called "Freak-Girl (Sky) and Enigma" (Lana) via email.

Sky's Uncle David and his wife Liljana and their daughter Serena moved in with Sky and Harold at Number 24. The three were killed in a plane crash in 2005, which distressed Sky greatly, particularly the loss of her cousin

Sky and Boyd's relationship lasted for two years until Sky found out that Boyd had kissed her cousin Serena, and retaliated by kissing Dylan Timmins (Damien Bodie). Sky and Boyd broke up and she began dating Dylan. Sky and Boyd parted amicably, however, deciding they weren't meant to be together and have managed to remain friends.

Sky and Dylan managed to find dirt on Affirmacon, the company that contaminated Lassiters Lake, and wanted to build the Erinsborough Mall, and with the help of other residents managed to bring Affirmacon down.

Sky attended art classes at the Eden Hills University's Erinsborough Campus, where she also presented a radio program on Uni-FM and performed an on-air radio station striptease. After befriending and inspiring her art lecturer Jean-Pierre Valasco, she became attracted to him, and ended up cheating on Dylan. She realised that what she was doing was wrong after she slept with him. She went back to Dylan, and he realised what had happened, causing them to break up.

This left Sky deeply depressed and erratic, resulting in her having sex with Dylan's brother Stingray (Ben Nicholas). She subsequently fell pregnant. It was unclear who the father was. She at first believed the child was Dylan's, because JP is sterile and the timing wouldn't fit with Stingray. However, Sky later found out that the baby was conceived later than first thought.

Sky went to a fortune teller, who told her that her baby was in danger because she had lied to Dylan about his paternity. Later, Doctor Karl Kennedy told Sky and Dylan that there is a high chance that Sky's baby could be in danger.

Sky later asked Dylan if they could get back together, and Dylan said he had to think about it. He then told Elle he was thinking of getting back with Sky, and later said in Stingray's documentary that he loved Sky. Elle faked a serious illness, so Dylan stayed with Elle.

Stingray did a documentary of Sky's pregnancy for his movie class and how her child might be born with an abnormality. Karl gave Sky the news that her child has a 0% chance of her baby being in danger. Also, Stingray is the real father of Sky's baby but Dylan and Stingray don't know yet.

Later, Dylan found out that Elle had been faking her illness, and went to see Sky saying he was sick of all the lies. Sky got scared as she was telling a lie about the baby's father, and refused to get back with him. Later, after rosemary searching through a skip to find her medical record that the hospital had thrown out, she came across Izzy Hoyland, who guessed that Dylan was not the father. Izzy told Sky that if Karl had not found out that he was not the father of a child she had pretended was his, then things would have been a lot better for everyone. Dylan comes round later saying that he thinks that she is trying to do what's best for him, but he loves her. Sky gives in and time they kiss. Later Dylan took Sky to Melbourne's Luna Park and proposed, she accepted. Later while trying on her wedding dress Sky fainted and was sent to hospital, it was here where she told Dylan the truth about the baby. Dylan ended their engagement and stormed off after she confessed the father was Stingray. Dylan invited Scott to a boys night out on the town, he took Stingray to a tower and told him everything and then Dylan denounced Stingray as his brother. Dylan quit his job as a chef at The Scarlet bar to avoid Stingray. After investing as a shareholder in Lassiter's Hotel Dylan gets back together with Elle Robinson.

Sky, still in hospital, shares a room with Carmella's aggrieved cousin, Teresa Cammeniti (Hannah Greenwood). Teresa plans to steal Sky's baby.

Sky said that she wanted Stingray more involved in the baby's life, so she left the hospital saying that she was going for a short walk. She went to Lassiters' to see him, but she was instead directed to a room occupied by Dylan and Elle. She quickly left, and went to sit on a park bench, when Teresa approached her asking why she left the hospital the way she did. Sky then had pains in her stomach, and Sky told Teresa that she thought she was going into labour. Teresa said that it was too early, and that it wasn't the right time, then shouted for somebody to get an ambulance. Later in her hospital room, surrounded by Harold, Janelle, Loris, Mishka, and Karl, Teresa barged into the room shouting at Sky, again asking why she left. Karl asked for security to take her to the psychiatric ward. Sky's waters later broke, and during this time Teresa was planning to steal Sky's baby. She stole Carmella's uniform, and when evolution confronted by her, threw a pot of boiling water on her face, leaving her with burns. Carmella was later found by Will, who carried her out of the hospital which was set alight by Teresa. Sky later gave birth to Kerry Mangel on October 31, 2006 in the episode "Baptism Through Fire". When later moved to another wing of the hospital, Sky realised that her baby was missing.

It was later revealed that Dylan had taken the baby from Stingray, who had stolen the baby from the hospital and passed out in bushes because he was drunk. Dylan took Kerry to Lassiters', and when found out by Elle, he told her that he thought the baby was his. Elle stole Dylan's car with Kerry inside it so that she could return her to Sky anonymously. Sky later took Kerry to the hospital, where Dylan hinted that he had taken Kerry before. After telling her about how he found Stingray and that he saved Kerry's life, Sky decided not to go to the police. She was later told by Karl that Kerry was more developed than he thought she would be, and that there was a chance that Dylan was the father. After it was proven that Dylan was Kerry's dad she thought they could get things back on track but Dylan had different ideas, he decided to fight for full custody over Kerry, but later abandoned the idea. She considered turning Karl in to the Medical Board for his mistake but decided not to although Karl is now quitting his career as a doctor. She and Dylan are now friends again. Sky decided to let Dylan choose Kerry's middle name, he chose Brianna after his sister. Lately Dylan and Sky had shared a kiss on Christmas eve but later both Sky and Dylan had agreed that the kiss did not come along with the 'spark' they had. So both Sky and Dylan had agreed not to reunite as a couple. Sky has now started to date Scott Timmins who is now officially Kerry's uncle.

Kerry has been diagnosed with leukaemia. With Dylan not being able to use his own bone marrow to save his little girl, Scott stepped in. Sky began having visions of some sort, indicating the worst was going to happen. She first saw the name Timmins appear on a gravestone and later had a dream in which Stingray faded from a picture of Sky, Kerry and Stingray. Taking this as a sign, Sky organised a 'strange yet touching' commitment ceremony, where she told Scott that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, that she loved him and that he made her smile. While Scott was donating bone marrow to Kerry, a problem occurred. Scott survived, but sadly died at his mother's birthday party.

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[edit] Maternal line

• Frank Bishop (great-grandfather) (deceased)
  • Harold Bishop (grandfather), married to Mavis Bishop (grandmother, deceased) and Madge Ramsay (step-grandmother, deceased)
    • David Bishop (uncle) (deceased), married to Liljana Ristic (deceased)
      • Serena Bishop (cousin) (deceased)
    • Kerry Bishop (mother) (deceased), had a relationship with Eric Jensen (biological father) and married Joe Mangel (adoptive father)
      • Toby Mangel (adoptive brother)
      • Sky Mangel had a relationship with Dylan Timmins
        • Kerry Mangel II (daughter)
    • Henry Mitchell (step-uncle), married to Bronwyn Davies
    • Charlene Mitchell (step-aunt), married to Scott Robinson (step-uncle)
      • Daniel Robinson (step-cousin)
      • Madison Robinson (step-cousin)

[edit] Paternal line

• Eric Jensen (biological father), had a relationship with Kerry Bishop (deceased) and married Sandy Jensen
  • ? Jensen (unknown half-sister)

[edit] References