Amy Williams (Neighbours)

Amy Williams (also Robinson) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Zoe Cramond.

The character was originally played by child actress Nicolette Minster in 1988, while Sheridan Compagnino took over the role for Amy's reappearance in 1992.

She is a qualified carpenter and Cramond hoped Amy would be a good role model for female viewers who wanted a similar occupation.

[2] Paul was unaware that he had fathered a child, until his former colleague Nina Williams (Leigh Morgan) brought Amy with her to Erinsborough.

[11] Cramond admitted to being "transfixed" by the character of Paul Robinson and told Russell Blackstock of The New Zealand Herald that it was "a bit surreal" playing his daughter and arguing with him.

She thought that Amy had "a lot of pain" to confront and added "because of her son she wants them to have a relationship and through that, without her even realising at first, she develops a connection with her dad again.

[13] Shortly after returning to Erinsborough, Amy befriended Sonya Rebecchi (Eve Morey) and arranged to do some work around her house.

[14] Amy's former husband Liam Barnett (James Beck) then admitted that he was in debt to a loan shark and believed Jimmy may have been kidnapped for ransom.

Cramond told an Inside Soap columnist, "She irrationally lashes out at him in the heat of the moment – Jimmy means the world to Amy, so she wants Liam to pay for what he's done.

[13] Amy and Kyle develop feelings for each other, but they miss the chance to be together due to his marital problems and the arrival of her former husband Liam.

[15] Kyle later dates Shay Daeng (Yasmin Kassim), but there is still a "spark" between him and Amy, which becomes clear to everyone when they compete in a pool competition.

[22] Amy's exit storyline sees her move to New York City on a permanent basis, so she can be with her son, Jimmy.

[22] She helps out Jimmy's girlfriend, who is the victim of domestic violence, and decides to fly out to New York after Christmas to check on the situation.

[22] Of the character's departure, series producer Jason Herbison explained: "2019 was a turbulent year for Amy and she ultimately makes the right decision for herself.

[24] On 7 May 2022, Dan Seddon of Digital Spy announced Cramond had reprised the role of Amy for the final episodes of Neighbours following its cancellation.

The "most memorable characters" from each decade were chosen to return and Executive producer Herbison explained that it ensured there was "something for everyone as Neighbours draws to a close.

Paul's wife, Gail (Fiona Corke), talks with Nina and tells her that Amy deserves to be told who her father is.

They try to earn some money by cleaning cars, but their day is cut short when Christina tells Amy that Nina wants her to come home.

Her cousin Daniel Robinson (Tim Phillipps) seeks her out and tries to make Amy stay, but she refuses to give Paul another chance and leaves.

Sheila Canning (Colette Mann) convinces Amy to enter a competition to find Victoria's Most Unique Tradie and she wins, beating Kyle.

Amy unintentionally throws out Nell Rebecchi's (Scarlett Anderson) favourite teddy bear and Kyle offers to help her retrieve it.

Jimmy goes missing and when Liam is questioned by the police, he reveals to Amy that he stole Toadie and Sonya's benefit fund and then trashed Harold's Cafe as he is in debt.

Amy befriends David Tanaka (Takaya Honda) and when she catches him logging onto a hospital computer, he admits that he is looking for his father.

When her ute is reversed into Leo's backpackers hostel, resulting in David and Piper Willis (Mavournee Hazel) being hospitalised, Amy is initially accused of being the driver, but Sonya later confesses.

Amy develops feelings for Toadie when she helps him to find Willow Somers's (Mieke Billing-Smith) biological father.

Amy meets Nick Petrides (Damien Fotiou) at church, and is initially unaware that he is the man who tried to kill Paul by faking a cancer diagnosis.

Gary Canning (Damien Richardson) catches Amy stealing from Flametree Retreat and insists that she confess to Paul, who persuades her to put the stolen goods in a charity bin.

Gary becomes increasingly insecure about the debt he owes Amy, and he takes on a driving job, which sees him moving stolen goods from the Robinson Pines site.

Amy finds Jimmy at the Backpackers and learns that he is protecting his girlfriend Maya Preston (Hannah Ogawa), who is being abused by her father.

"[31] A South Wales Echo also commented on her relationship troubles, saying "Amy's choice of potential partners has been dubious, and she adds another this week – Terese's villainous brother Nick.