Michelle Scully

Michelle Elizabeth Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kate Keltie.

In October 1999, the Scully family, consisting of parents Lyn (Janet Andrewartha) and Joe (Shane Connor) and siblings Stephanie (Carla Bonner), Felicity (Holly Valance) and Michelle were introduced to Neighbours.

[5] Keltie originally intended to leave in August, but later agreed to stay on until the end of year because of Valance's exit.

[7] In August 2003, Kylie Miller of The Age confirmed Keltie would be reprising her role for six weeks in October, with a view to a full-time return.

[8] Miller also reported that Ketlie would be returning around the same time as Michelle Ang, who plays her on-screen love rival Lori Lee.

[6] Speaking to Alison James of Soaplife, Keltie called Michelle a spoilt little princess, who can twist her parents round her finger.

"[10] She felt heavily burdened being the youngest member of the Scully family and hated it when Stephanie and Felicity fought, as she is "a sensitive soul.

[11] The return was part of an ongoing storyline which resulted in a protest and riot against the closing of Erinsborough High, which leads to Michelle and other former students joining.

[1] She called it a "pretty different experience" acting as Michelle as the character had previously been in high school during her initial stint.

She also told social media that Michelle was living with Felicity in New York, had gotten married and had given birth to a son named Joe.

Louise, unable to find Michelle, discovers some firecrackers and matches on the table and starts a fire in the Scully house.

When Patsy Edis (Anne Maloney) begins babysitting for Lou, Michelle is immediately suspicious and warns him about her, but he is dismissive.

When Connor O'Neill (Patrick Harvey), a friend of Michelle's brother Jack (Jay Bunyan) moves in with the Scullys there is an obvious attraction between the two.

Michelle becomes concerned when Connor begins spending a lot of time hanging around with Nina Tucker (Delta Goodrem).

Michelle receives news that she is accepted into the exchange programme, but on the day she is supposed to leave for New York, the insurance falls through.

After the couple spend the night together at Lassiter's, they get a shock in the hotel lobby when they see Lori and she is holding her and Connor's daughter Madeleine (Madison Lu).

After Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) spots her from a distance, Michelle is interviewed by Summer Hoyland (Jordy Lucas), her eldest sister Steph's former stepdaughter.

It's beautiful, touching and all done with the type of small-screen melodramatic pathos that the makers of Neighbours now do so well and so effortlessly that one wonders if they've developed some special software to write it (and I say that with love, guys, so please don't sue).

Baillie claimed that Michelle was a "weirdo" for casting spells on Paul and was "annoyingly self-righteous" and later "went all spoilt brat".