Kelly Watson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away portrayed by Katrina Hobbs.

She recalled that it was heartbreaking but credited the story with a "terrific response" from viewers in the Australian outback, where she believed attitudes towards the illness were changing.

[4] Kelly is first seen at Northern Districts Hospital treating Nelson McFarlane (Laurence Bruels), who has been badly burned in the recent bushfire.

When Kelly decides to move to Summer Bay to be closer to work, she and Steven rent Travis' house.

Dodge kidnaps Kelly in order to lure Steven into a final showdown and he leaves her tied up in the boot of his car.

News travels around town and Ailsa Stewart (Judy Nunn), although supportive, refuses to let Kelly treat her son Duncan (Lewis Devaney) when he suffers a cut.

Kelly later finds herself in the unexpected position of mother figure when Stephanie Mboto (Fleur Beaupert) the younger sister of Travis' late girlfriend arrives in Summer Bay.

Ailsa is annoyed and threatens to sue should anything go wrong with Alf's surgery until Pippa Ross (Debra Lawrence) points out that Kelly should never have been put in that situation.

Kelly's parents Murray (Ron Graham) and Carol (Rona Coleman) arrive, much to her shock and announce they are divorcing.

Travis then proposes directly which she accepts but Kelly feels that living in a country town like Summer Bay is not for her so she decides to take a job in the city.

"[6] An Inside Soap reporter stated "tall, dark and smart, she's the dishiest doc on the box, setting pulses racing all over Summer Bay!