| Mackenzie Hargreaves | |||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Georgie Stone | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2019–2024 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 30 August 2019 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 17 September 2024 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jason Herbison | ||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Neighbours: Erinsborough High (2019) | ||||||||||
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Mackenzie Hargreaves is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Georgie Stone. She made her first appearance on 30 August 2019. Mackenzie is the soap's first transgender character, added to the series after Stone wrote to executive producer Jason Herbison to pitch the character. She arrives as a new student at Erinsborough High School and is connected to the established Rebecchi family, who she knew prior to her gender transition. Following her initial guest storyline, Mackenzie was a central character in spin-off series Neighbours: Erinsborough High before being promoted to the regular cast of Neighbours in 2020. She remained with the series until its finale episode, broadcast on 28 July 2022, and reprised the role when the series resumed on 18 September 2023. Her exit aired on 17 September 2024.
Following an initial focus on her transgender identity, Mackenzie's later storylines aimed to treat the character similarly to other female soap characters. The character is portrayed as ambitious and desiring "fairy tale" experiences where she is fully treated as a woman. Her relationship with Hendrix Greyson (Ben Turland) leads to marriage after he is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition; he dies shortly after the wedding, leaving Mackenzie a widow. Subsequently, she enters into a relationship with Haz Devkar (Shiv Palekar). The character and the soap's use of transgender storylines were positively received, though Mackenzie's "self-righteous" stage and her lack of a happy ending following Hendrix's death received some criticism.