Christie Ayrna Lynne Hayes is an Australian actress, known for her work on the television series Home and Away as Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) who she played from June 2000 to February 2005, and again from May 2008 to October 2009.

[citation needed] Guests at the wedding included Home and Away cast members and actor Joel Edgerton.

She preferred acting to modelling and spent her childhood in theatre, performing in over 20 plays at her local drama club.

In 2000, Hayes was cast as Maria in the family adventure series Search for Treasure Island, a Grundy Production filmed in Spain and on shown Channel 7.

She played both Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) and Laura DeGroot (the two characters were twin sisters separated at birth).

Hayes, who was on the cover of TV Week more times in 2004 than any of her other castmates, left Home and Away in October 2004 in order to travel.

She was also involved in the making of various films and television shows, including Room 101, Searching For Eva, The First Goodbye and Noir.