Stephanie Hoyland
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| First appearance | October 21, 1999 Episode 3419 |
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| Nickname(s) | Steph Stephie (by Lyn) |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 27 |
| Year of birth | 1 June 1979 |
| Occupation | Owner of Scarlet Bar |
| Family | Lyn Scully (mother) Joe Scully (father) Jack Scully (brother) Felicity Scully (sister) Michelle Scully (sister) Oscar Scully (brother) |
| Relationships | Max Hoyland (separated) |
| Children | Charlie Hoyland (son) Boyd Hoyland (stepson) Summer Hoyland (stepdaughter) |
| Relatives | Valda Sheergold (grandmother) Isabelle Hoyland (sister-in-law) Holly Hoyland (step-niece) Rosie Hoyland (mother-in-law) Bobby Hoyland (father-in-law) Janae Hoyland (stepdaughter-in-law) |
| Portrayed by | Carla Bonner |
Stephanie Josephine Hoyland (née Scully)is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She entered the series in 1999, originally played by Emma Roche, but replaced by Carla Bonner after only three weeks of filming (all scenes filmed with Roche were reshot with Bonner playing the part). Despite the departure of all four of her siblings and her parents, Steph remains a mainstay in the show.
[edit] Personal Interests
Steph was once an apprentice mechanic, working at Lou's Garage with Stuart Parker (Blair McDonough). She rides a motorbike and has extensive knowledge on how to repair it. She is an avid fan of Australian rules football, and supports Richmond Football Club. She has also made a partial tour of the Australian outback.
[edit] History
[edit] Motorbike Accident
Libby Kennedy (Kym Valentine) and Steph were involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred in the middle of the night. An enraged Brendan Bell drove into the motorbike, and the three of them were taken to the hospital. Brendan died shortly afterwards, and Steph came out of it with torn ligaments. Libby's injuries were more severe, and it was said that she may never have children. Steph was the only person that actually blamed herself for what happened to Libby, and became severely depressed. As a result, she was having nightmares about the accident. Shortly afterwards Steph threw out her biking leathers and announced that she was giving up her motorcycle.
[edit] Drew Kirk, Round One
At the same time Libby dumped Drew (Dan Paris). Steph asked Libby about her decision, and Libby said it was none of her business. This caused them to both fall out. Steph and Drew grew closer, and she fell deeper in love with him. Because she knew nothing could become of it, she started ignoring him, and he eventually got married to Libby. After Libby had her son, Drew died when riding on a horse. The stress took its toll on Steph badly.
[edit] Marc Lambert
Marc (David Karakai) was a wealthy man, whose parents took over the Lassiters' Hotel for a while. He was given the job of Assistant Manager. Steph and Marc were far from best of friends when they first met, but they eventually grew on each other and Steph started going out with him, and later got engaged. His mother kept trying to split them up by pretending she didn't like Steph, and Steph confronted her about it. At first Marc's mother, Chloe didn't tell her anything, but she eventually told her that she was trying to save Steph from Marc. Marc's mother explained that he didn't really love her, and he was trying to prove a point to his wealthy parents by wanting to marry her. Steph didn't believe this, and decided to go ahead with the marriage. While this was going on, Marc was getting closer to Steph's sister Flick (Holly Valance), and this is what stopped the wedding, right at the altar. Steph and Marc haven't spoken since, but she had fallen out with Flick for a while but managed to patch things up with her before she left Erinsborough.
[edit] Max Hoyland
Soon after the Hoyland family became reunited in Erinsborough, Summer (Marisa Siketa) became very close friends with many people, namely Drew, then Stuart after Drew's death. When Summer became less attached to Stuart, she became more fixated on Steph, and pictured her as an ideal stepmother. Because of this she tried her best to get her father and Steph together. Eventually, they got together, but this caused quite a few arguments, especially with Boyd (Kyal Marsh) thinking Steph was trying to replace Claire, Max's first wife who died a couple of years before.
[edit] Breast Cancer, Round One
Just as things were starting to become more stable, she found a lump in her breast while tending to a sore area while working as an apprentice mechanic. Over a matter of days the lump was found to be cancerous, and it was removed. She tried her best to hide this from Max, but he eventually found out. This was a distressing time for Steph, especially with the arrival of Izzy (Natalie Bassingthwaighte), Max's sister. She tried to befriend Steph, but was making their friendship seem more unlikely each time she tried. She once offered Steph a wig while her hair began falling out as a side effect of the chemotherapy.
[edit] Marriage
After her first bout of breast cancer, Steph proposed to Max, and in 2004, Stephanie Scully became Stephanie Hoyland when she married Max. She also became a stepmother to Boyd and Summer Hoyland. Steph and Max then tried for a baby of their own.
[edit] Beginning of Pregnancy
In 2005, Steph finally got pregnant after it seemed this wouldn't be possible, and after a failed adoption. While Izzy was in her most recent 'crazy phase', she as well as punched Steph in the stomach, and Steph, as can be expected, was worried that she could have lost the baby. Izzy, realising her error was genuinely sorry and very apologetic.
[edit] Breast Cancer and Drew Kirk, Round Two
In the last week of 2005, Steph started having dreams where she and the deceased Drew, the man she has always had a major liking for, were an item. She didn't know what these dreams meant, but after this, she found another lump in her breast and immediately knew the cancer had returned. She refused all treatment because of the baby, and her family were quite worried about her. She had a go at Boyd because he was trying to convince her that treatment would be the better option. She later 'kidnapped' Oscar (Ingo Dammer-Smith), her two-year-old brother, because he was at the time being looked after by Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) and Izzy Hoyland, and Steph felt her mother was being irresponsible by letting them look after Oscar. When she was found by Stuart, she had a fever, and was then sectioned, no thanks to Max and Stuart. It was later discovered that the fever was caused by a virus, and Steph was mentally and physically fit, with the exception of the cancer. On her return, she made it clear she didn't want Max there, even though it's his own house; saying how she could forgive Stuart for what he did, but could never forgive Max. Despite this, after many arguments, Steph and Max got back together, but Steph said she was still going to refuse treatment until 'Charlie' was born.
[edit] Charlie Hoyland
Steph's baby was carried to term, and she gave birth naturally to Charlie Hoyland (Aaron Aulsebrook-Walker) on Monday, March 20, 2006. Almost immediately after Charlie's birth, Steph started treatment for the breast cancer, and was told that she was rid of the cancer soon afterwards. Her mother Lyn (Janet Andrewartha) later found a gas leak in the Hoyland house with Charlie and Izzy in it, but both were fine afterwards.
[edit] Charlie's Christening
Lyn wanted Charlie to be baptised, but Steph didn't. This was the cause of quite a few arguments and even led Steph to disown Lyn for a period.
[edit] Baby Belt
In early 2006, Lyn presented Steph with a contract that she was rushed into signing, having not read it first. The contract gave Paul rights to Steph's Baby Belt idea, and Steph would get 5% of the profits. Lyn managed to convince Paul to give her 7%. Steph now invents other things, after her baby belt proved to be quite successful. However, another company accused them of contravening the patent they had taken out on their product 'tools for mum'. This led to Lyn having to sell the house and Paul having to sell 9% of Lassiters. The product is now null and void.
[edit] Max's disappearance and departure
In 2006, Max mistakenly ran over Cameron Robinson (Adam Hunter) thinking he was his evil twin brother Robert (Adam Hunter). Subsequently Cameron died from his injuries and his sister Elle (Pippa Black) decided to take revenge on Max. She orchestrated several events which made Max doubt his sanity to the point he checked himself into the local psychiatric ward. When Elle realised what she'd done she tried to confess to Max but he was too far gone and decided the only way to make things better was to disappear. This left wife Steph devastated, when local Salvation Army representative Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) revealed Max had been in touch only to say that Max wanted Steph get on with her life - this pushed her into the arms of her close friend Toadie (Ryan Moloney).
In 2007, Max returned to Erinsborough after being caught by Elle Robinson and Boyd's wife Janae (Eliza Taylor-Cotter). Things went tough for Steph and Max, but they both tried their best, including Max taking Steph on a hot air balloon ride. When it all seemed to go well, Max decided that things couldn't change back, and Max decided to take a job at an oil rig, and said goodbye to his family.
[edit] Toadfish Rebecchi
Part of the reason for Steph and Max's break-up was Steph's growing attraction to Toadie (who ironically had been attracted to Steph when she first moved to Erinsborough). When Max left town, Steph was shattered when she discovered that Toadie was dating another woman, Abby Stafford (Louise Crawford). In late February 2007, Steph saw Abby flirting with another man in the Scarlet Bar and confronted her, asking if she was cheating on Toadie. Abby told Steph to stay out of it. Steph informed Toadie of what she had seen and Toadie accused her of merely being jealous.
[edit] Family
[edit] Paternal line
- Pat Scully (grandfather)
- Joe Scully (father), married to Lyn O'Rourke (mother)
- Stephanie Scully, married to Max Hoyland
- Boyd Hoyland (stepson), married to Janae Timmins
- Summer Hoyland (stepdaughter)
- Charlie Hoyland (son)
- Jack Scully (brother)
- Felicity Scully (sister)
- Michelle Scully (sister)
- Oscar Scully (brother)
- Stephanie Scully, married to Max Hoyland
- Mick Scully (uncle), married to Di Scully
- Tom Scully (uncle)
- Joe Scully (father), married to Lyn O'Rourke (mother)
[edit] Maternal line
Names from paternal line not included, except where necessary to avoid gaps between generations.
- Valda Sheergold (grandmother), married to Charlie Cassidy (grandfather, deceased)
- Lyn O'Rourke (mother), married to Joe Scully (father)
- Connie Sheergold (aunt, deceased), married to Henry O'Rourke
- Marnie O'Rourke (second cousin)
- Beverley Sheergold (aunt, deceased)
