Bianca Scott is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Lisa Gormley.

Gormley had recently graduated from NIDA when she secured the role of Bianca, who was introduced as the sister of fellow new character April Scott (Rhiannon Fish).

She arrives in Summer Bay to "nurse a broken heart" after her fiancé, Prince Vittorio Seca (Richard Brancatisano) is unfaithful to her.

Initially, Bianca does not find happiness with Liam as the serial implemented a "love-triangle storyline", which sees Vittorio return in hope of a reconciliation.

The serial introduced an issue lead storyline for Bianca, in which she becomes drunk and is sexually assaulted by a mystery assailant.

Other storylines included a friendship with Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper) and an attraction to local "bad boy" Heath Braxton (Dan Ewing).

Their son died of sudden infant death syndrome, causing Bianca to turn to drugs to block out the pain.

Some critics from publications such as TV Week and Holy Soap praised Bianca's introduction – stating that she "made an impression" and "impact" on Home and Away.

[2] Gormley had just graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art and the serial quickly signed her up to appear as Bianca.

However, she's also the product of an Aussie mum who knew how to keep her daughter's arrogance in check with undercutting humour and a healthy dose of reality.

Gormley had fun portraying the character from the one-dimensional state of a "feisty blonde Italian" girl to showing why Bianca wants to live in Summer Bay.

Bianca wants to gain control of her love life, so she enjoys a "bit of cat and mouse fun" with Liam.

[2] Gormley and Whitehead told The Morning Show that Bianca doesn't fall for the "Liam Murphy charm" quite so easily.

The development was described as the start of a "love-triangle storyline", which sees him arrive and attempt to win Bianca back, who in turn romancing Liam.

Whitehead said that upon Liam's return to the serial he introduces a new girlfriend Nina Bailey (Clare Bowen) to Bianca.

[18] Whitehead said the scenes that follow were a "cool" moment in which Liam puts Bianca "on the back of a Harley and riding off into the sunset".

[22] Television journal TV Week noted that is a common reaction to go "on a bender to numb the pain" of losing a partner.

[24] Bianca remembers the real identity of her attacker who is revealed to be guest character, Dean O'Mara (Rick Donald) and soon breaks up with Liam.

Gormley and Cooper predicted that viewers would like Bianca and Gypsy's double act because they "had so much fun" filming the storyline.

The plot features an ensemble of the serial's characters as they fabricate the scene of a car accident which leaves Liam seriously injured.

The storyline plays out as Bianca's police officer friend Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) and her secret lover Darryl Braxton (Steve Peacocke) crash into Liam.

[33] On 10 October 2013, Gormley's agent Mark Morrissey revealed that she would leave Australia following the expiration of her contract in December 2013.

[38] In June 2016, it was announced that Gormley had agreed to reprise the role, alongside Ewing at Heath, for a short stint later in the year.

The family move into the Braxton house and Bianca clashes with Heath's mother, Cheryl (Suzi Dougherty).

Bianca is demoted when she defies the department to make a statement about Zac MacGuire (Charlie Clausen), who was being accused of sexual harassment by a student.

When Bianca learns that Heath fathered a child when he had a one-night stand with Jess Lockwood (Georgia Chara), she struggles to accept his son, Harley.

[46] They opined that she "made an impression straight away" and branded her most memorable moment as "arriving on a moped and in a racy red dress".

[48] A columnist of the Daily Record said "whoever said the course of true love runs smooth had clearly never paid a visit to Summer Bay" and seen Bianca's Liam/Vittorio dilemma.

[49] A writer of The Sun-Herald observed the beginning of Bianca and Liam's relationship as being "blissfully removed" from the serial's usual drama.

They correctly predicted that happiness "does not make for good soap fodder and the lovebirds can only avoid the Summer Bay vortex for so long.