Tiffany Pratt

Tiffany Pratt (also Marinovich and Warner) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who was portrayed by Alison James between 1995 and 1998.

The character first appeared in early 1995 as a potential love interest for Chris Warner (Michael Galvin).

The character starred in a dramatic storyline in mid-1998 when she fell from a high rise building after trying to talk down a man on the roof.

She stated, "It took me a long time to decide to leave Shortland Street because it isn't easy to walk away from something you love.

So it took me a long time to wrestle with the idea that saying no to work wasn't unwise, and that if you actually want to grow and develop as an actor you do have to stop and move on.

Manipulative nurse Carla Crozier (Elizabeth Easther) started to blackmail Tiffany and she soon got back together with Billy and the two got engaged.

The two divorced and Tiffany started a relationship with Johnny Marinovich (Stelios Yiakmis) but broke up with him when she believed he was a child molester.

"[4] Tiffany was created as a love interest for established character, Chris Warner (Michael Galvin), though there was a purposeful chemistry between the two, producers left an ambiguity over whether the two would get together.

[1] Shortly into the characters arrival to the show, James predicted the two would eventually date, stating; "The problem is what they're willing to admit to each other.

[5] During her time on the show, Tiffany proved to be one of the most favoured characters, with James receiving the most fan mail out of the cast.