Colleen Smart (also Stewart) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Lyn Collingwood.

[4] The actress filmed her final scenes a few months previously and the writer said viewers should have "a tissue box handy" for when they are broadcast.

Her main claim to fame was winning the 'Miss Groper Pageant' [...] Colleen is chronically bossy and is not above brow-beating those she cares about, especially her beloved son Lance Smart (Peter Vroom), whom she dotes on.

"[8] Whilst interviewed by media reporting website Digital Spy, Collingwood agreed that she shared traits with Colleen which were: "The Irishness and the old-fashioned thing and I guess everybody's a gossip to a certain extent.

[9] In 2006 she suggested that Colleen should go on a health kick, of this she states: "I had a vision of her and all her mates from the bowling club doing tai chi on the beach, the storyline seems to have come and gone though.

[3] Colleen was born in Summer Bay as the product of an affair between local businessman Gordon Stewart and Mavis Hickey.

Colleen is first seen in the general store where she is talking to Celia Stewart (Fiona Spence) and they become good friends and gossips.

Colleen tells Pippa Fletcher (Vanessa Downing) that Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson) has been sexually assaulted before she gets a chance to, which annoys those around her.

Colleen starts feuding with Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) and enjoys insulting Roo Stewart (Justine Clarke).

Floss McPhee (Sheila Kennelly) makes Colleen believe in horoscopes and she becomes convinced she shouldn't be with Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn).

He enlists Martin Dibble (Craig Thompson) to help him and they try to make it seem as if Donald is an alcoholic like Les so Colleen will be put off.

Justine Welles (Bree Desborough) helps Colleen team up with the locals to stop the Caravan park from being redeveloped.

Les (now played by Rob Steele) returns and Colleen takes him in, they decide to renew their vows again after they grow close once more.

Max Sutherland (Sebastian Elmaloglou) later uses Colleen's bank account to store money in from his book proceeds.

Colleen helps Sally after Flynn Saunders' (Joel McIlroy) death, actually managing to keep the news of his illness a secret.

Colleen refuses to accept Martha MacKenzie's (Jodi Gordon) relationship with Hugo Austin (Bernard Curry).

Colleen serves as Matron of Honour at Gina Austin (Sonia Todd) and John Palmer's (Shane Withington) wedding.

The River Boys come to Summer Bay and Brodie Upton (Guy Edmonds) gets on the wrong side of Colleen.

Colleen starts gossiping about Reverend Elijah Johnson's (Jay Laga'aia) relationship with Laura Carmody (Roxanne Wilson).

Colleen feels guilty about Elijah's departure from the Church and she attempts to save the local shelter to get him to reconsider.

Marilyn helps clean things up and she finds a winning lottery ticket, which she gives to Colleen, convincing her to spend the money wisely.

Lance invites his mother to move to Las Vegas with him, and Marilyn and Roo throw Colleen a farewell party before she departs for the airport.

[10] Holy Soap recall Colleen's most memorable moment as being: "Trying to cop off with Summer Bay legend Don Fisher, a.k.a.

[11] While discussing resident busybodies in soaps, Jackie Brygel of the Herald Sun wrote "Summer Bay's is none other than the frighteningly cheery Colleen, a woman who has clearly never, ever heard of the term mind your own business.

They stated that "while Coleen Smart has always been one of the Bay's funniest characters it's been great to see Lyn Collingwood, who plays her, being given a chance to show her dramatic side in the storyline centring on Colleen's gambling addiction.

"[16] In November 2021, three critics for The West Australian placed Colleen at number 49 in their feature on the "Top 50 heroes we love and villains we hate" from Home and Away.

Forever unintentionally causing trouble, Colleen's biggest faux pas was when she burnt down Ailsa's beloved dinner.