Cody Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, originally played by Amelia Frid.

[4] Cody earned a scholarship to study in America and she "jumped at the chance" to leave Erinsborough.

[2][4] Upon her return, Cody was a "determined young woman" and she once wore a fake moustache, so she could play on the men's cricket team.

[5] A Sunday World columnist observed that "as well as sporting a more glamorous image, Cody is also a much more fun-loving young one.

[7] Ian Williams, who played Cody's eldest brother Adam Willis, was also due to depart.

Frid made her on-screen departure on 30 July 1991,[1] as Cody leaves for America on a student exchange trip.

[1][10] Peta Brady was a full-time student at Sydney University when she won the role of Cody.

[8] A spokesperson told Malin: "A certain amount of dramatic licence has been taken to bring her back into year 12 at the school.

However Cody swears off men, after revealing that her American boyfriend broke up with her to date her best friend.

[4] Cody tries hard to establish her relationship with her family, but her "bizarre" mood swings alarm her parents.

[10] Doug (Terence Donovan) and Pam (Sue Jones) also find it hard to understand why Cody is steering clear of her "male admirers", Rick Alessi (Dan Falzon) and Michael Martin (Troy Beckwith).

[10] Inside Soap said "Both feel lonely and isolated after returning to their families after a long time away and initially they vow to stay just good friends.

[10] In her book, Neighbours: the first 10 years, Josephine Monroe said that Cody and Rick were "made for each other" because they shared the same sense of humour and they were ambitious.

[2] It is later revealed that Cody had secretly married Drew Grover (Christopher Kirby) while she was in America.

[11] Kirby told Caron James from TV Week that he believed the marriage story was credible, despite accusations that it was far-fetched.

[11] However, Drew asks Cody for a divorce because he wants to be a politician and a mixed race marriage might ruin his political aspirations.

[5] Months before the storyline was due to air in the United Kingdom, the Dunblane massacre occurred and the BBC were urged not to show the scenes, which had been labelled "inappropriate and insensitive.

Cody turns up the next day suffering from smoke inhalation and carrying a cat she rescued.

Cody is stunned when Drew arrives in Ramsay Street and tries to stop him revealing the truth about their marriage.

Cody gets a job as a receptionist at Karl Kennedy's (Alan Fletcher) surgery and moves in with Mark Gottlieb (Bruce Samazan).

They later decide to be friends and Cody begins dating her college tutor, Adrian Ewart (Jeremy Kewley).

Stonefish and Malcolm Kennedy (Benjamin McNair) buy a used car from a pair of drug dealers.

A writer for the BBC's Neighbours website said Cody's most notable moment was "Being shot and killed.

[17] While played by Frid, Sue Malins of the Daily Mirror called Cody "one of Neighbours most tedious teenies".

[18] When she was caught up in the bus fire, Malins commented "She survives, however, and her brush with death makes her a very different person.

Well, it's an ill wind..."[18] When the episode in which a condom is found in Cody's bag aired in the UK, Malins' colleague Pauline Wallin thought it would lead to the serial's younger viewers asking embarrassing questions about contraception.

[3] Kate Langbroek of The Age called Cody was the "resident intellectual" and added "don't be fooled by that grunge exterior.

[15] In 2020, Adam Beresford writing for HuffPost opined that Cody, Melissa, Todd and Josh formed one of the "show's best teen groups".