She has been involved in storylines including battling a brain tumour, coping with blindness, incest, modelling and addictions to drugs, alcohol and spending.

[3] Flinker decided to leave Neighbours to return to school, having worked with various tutors while on set and attending special classes during filming breaks.

[5] In December 1990, Jodie Brockwell of TV Week reported that the character had been recast once more after producers decided Lucy would feature in the show on a permanent basis.

[1] Margaret Koppe of TV Radio Extra said Lucy was "a nice, normal little girl of nine" who looks up to her older sister Julie Robinson (Vikki Blanche), although she sometimes prefers "rough and tumble fun with her brothers.

But Lucy does have "a good side" to her curiosity; for instance she helps the police catch the culprit of a robbery that occurs at Clive Gibbons' (Geoff Paine) house.

[11] A Channel 5 writer described Lucy as a feisty character who is often embroiled in the dramas surrounding her corrupt brother, Paul (Stefan Dennis).

[13] On-screen Lucy faces the consequence of her ordeal and as Bell stated; "this is the incident that really shakes her, she realises that she could have killed someone, and that really makes her stop and think."

Bell told Victoria Ross from Inside Soap "She starts taking drugs and drinking heavily, but because it's Neighbours you won't see too much slurring or staggering about!

[22] During an interview with media reporting website Digital Spy, Bell was asked what it was like playing Lucy after two previous actresses had taken the role;[11] she replied: "It was really easy because I took over the character when she left boarding school and was grown up.

"[36] Lucy returns on 18 February 2020, as she comes to Erinsborough to check up on new general manager of Lassiters, Chloe Brennan (April Rose Pengilly).

[38] Bell told Inside Soap's Sarah Ellis that she was excited when she learned that Glen was returning and even more so when she found out that Huggett was reprising the role.

Lucy grows up to be a mischievous, yet intelligent little girl, who has great fun with her brothers, loves her grandmother and father, and enjoy plays with her dog Basil.

During her stay in hospital, Lucy meets Rick Hansen (Dominic McDonald), a fellow patient around her age and they become friends after a difficult start.

On the same day, Paul and his wife Gail renew their vows and Lucy meets her new step-cousins Todd (Kristian Schmid) and Katie Landers (Sally Jensen).

The truth is revealed when Todd tracks down Carolyn Woodhouse (Laura Christie), Lucy's classmate, who she agreed to take the blame for and urges her to confess.

During this time, she is constantly battling the unrequited affections of Todd's friend Josh Anderson (Jeremy Angerson), but she is more interested in Glen Donnelly, despite knowing that he is her half-brother.

At Christmas, Lucy, Josh and Brad go on holiday to the Gold Coast where she meets a new friend, Beth Brennan (Natalie Imbruglia) who returns to Ramsay Street with them.

He coaxes her back to Ramsay Street when he informs her of Julie's death the previous year, which Lucy is shocked to learn about as nobody had told her as her family could not get in contact with her.

A few weeks later, Lucy applies for a job on reception at the GP but Dr Karl turns her down due to her drinking problem it would not be good until she is clean.

Just before she leaves, Lucy hires her ex-boyfriend Brad's (now played by Kip Gamblin) wife, Terese Willis, to be the new general manager of Lassiters.

Lucy snaps at Paul when he says some insensitive things to her and she confides in Lauren about her failed relationship with a colleague and her negative pregnancy test.

Lucy also bonds with her grandniece, Isla Tanaka-Brennan (Mary Finn), and tells Nicolette Stone (Charlotte Chimes) about Glen and his ex-wife, Karen Constantine (Fiona Jarvis/Amanda LaBonte).

A writer for the BBC's Neighbours website said Lucy's most notable moments were "Receiving emergency surgery from Clive on the dining table at Number 26.

They wrote "Lucy – played by Melissa Bell – just drives me mad the way she always complains and is forever storming off after an argument with boyfriend Brad.

"[48] Zena Alli from What's on TV said that Bell had a "tough time" taking Lucy through her teenage phase noting "the rebel of Ramsay Street had an incestuous relationship with half-brother, Glen, was kidnapped, then broken-hearted soon after the ordeal.

[51] Ruth Deller of television website Lowculture gave Lucy a 3.5 out of 5 for her contribution to Neighbours, in a feature called "A guide to recognising your Ramsays and Robinsons".

[45] Deller said "Lucy's dramatic tenure(s) involved being one of the first of many Ramsay Street residents to fall down a drain and to experience temporary blindness (although she combined the two mishaps), getting sent away to boarding school, engaging in a spot of incest, modelling, marrying a rich older man and having a drugs problem".

[45] In 2010, to celebrate Neighbours' 25th anniversary Sky, a British satellite broadcasting company profiled 25 characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history.

[52] Lucy is in the list and describing her life in the show they state: "Janine Butcher, Tracy Barlow – you can't have a soap without an oft-recast daughter who swings between 'in control competent woman' and 'nutcase'.

Lucy is Neighbours entrant to the list: early on she was an adorable tyke with her puppy Bouncer; then she returned with drug and alcohol problems and a job as a stripper; and finally she became a businesswoman in the Rosemary Daniels mould for subsequent visits".