Evelyn "Evie" MacGuire is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Philippa Northeast.

The actress was cast in the role after a successful audition and a callback, in which she was paired with various actors to find the right one to play Evelyn's brother.

Evelyn was introduced to the show along with her twin brother Oscar (Jake Speer) and their aunt Hannah Wilson (Cassie Howarth), creating a family for established character Zac MacGuire (Charlie Clausen).

The twins were forced to join the cult by their father Ethan (Matt Minto) and they had differing opinions about living at the camp.

A few months after settling into Summer Bay, produces developed Evie's first major relationship with Josh Barrett (Jackson Gallagher).

After Josh goes to prison for killing Charlotte King (Erika Heynatz), producers established a romantic relationship between Evie and Matt Page (Alec Snow), and they departed the serial together.

[2] On the way to her audition for the role, Northeast found a dollar coin on the steps to the casting agent, which she took to be a sign of luck.

But she thought that it would also be challenging due to Evie's irrational nature, adding "she's a truth teller, which is hard to swallow, but she's a good mate in the end.

[9] Evie is the niece of Zac MacGuire and Hannah Wilson, and the twin sister of Oscar (Jake Speer).

[5] The official website stated that in their fictional backstory, Evie and Oscar created their own place to escape to when they were younger, before becoming "a formidable force" when they reached their teenage years.

[5] Northeast revealed that she did not get much time to work on forming a bond with Speer before filming began, but they later developed "a very sibling-like relationship".

After Hannah informed Zac that the twins and their father Ethan (Matt Minto) had seemingly been brainwashed, he visited them at the retreat they had moved to.

[4] Evie was happy to be at the camp, and Northeast told Jessica Grubb of TV Week that she was prepared to do anything the cult asked her to do, as she wanted to keep her family together, while Oscar chose to rebel.

[5] When Zac finally realised the truth about the cult, he asked the Braxton brothers to help rescue Oscar and Evelyn.

[13] Spencer Harrington (Andrew Morley) later joined Sanctuary Lodge in an attempt to gain control of his bipolar disorder and Evie befriended him.

[14] After the cult leader, Murray Granger (Christopher Stollery), announced that they would be taking part in a "discovery weekend", Evie and Spencer realised that they would be forced into getting married.

[15] Ethan locked them all in a shipping container and Speer said it was a "terrifying and confusing" time for them all, as they wondered how long it would take for them to be rescued.

[18] Gallagher told an Inside Soap writer that there was a lot of support for a relationship between Evie and Josh from viewers who wanted to know what it would look like.

When Maddy realised that Oscar thought it was the start of a proper relationship between them, she had to tell him that it just part of her plan to get back at Evie and Josh.

After his one-night stand with Maddy, Josh felt instant regret and tried to apologise to a "devastated" Evie, who refused to listen to him.

[24] Northeast explained to Stephen Downie of TV Week that Evie did not feel ready to have sex with Josh and was worried that she somehow pushed him into seeking comfort with Maddy.

[33] Of that moment, Northeast stated "Evie has no regrets about having sex with Tank, but she's left aware that it was a very stupid idea not to use protection.

[27] Days later, Tank left a bomb threat for his father Greg (Paul Gleeson), leading to the evacuation of the school.

[37] Hannah later urged the family to get tested for the BRCA gene to see if they had a higher chance of developing cancer.

[36] While attending a hospital fundraiser at the Caravan Park, a fight between Andy and Tank caused a gas explosion that tore through the party.

She's so angry – it seems like a cruel joke that another family member could die in such a short period of time.

"[39] In an interview with Kerry Harvey of Stuff.co.nz, Northeast revealed that the cast had agreed that Evie was now a "bigger curse" than Leah, who has been widowed twice.

[40] Weeks after Oscar and Hannah's deaths, Evie also learned that Josh had been responsible for killing Charlotte King (Erika Heynatz).

[39] Evie then set out to prove to her friend Mason Morgan (Orpheus Pledger) that Oscar was watching over her by driving recklessly.

[24] A reporter for the Sunday Mail observed "the penny drops for Evelyn that falling for a chap called Tank may be quite romantic but it's not going to lead to a rosy future.