| Georgia Brooks | |||||||||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Saskia Hampele | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2012–2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 5 October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 4 April 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Richard Jasek (2012) Jason Herbison (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Neighbours vs Zombies (2014) | ||||||||||||||||
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Georgia Brooks is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Saskia Hampele. The actress was travelling through Kakadu with her boyfriend when she received a call from her agent about a regular role on Neighbours. Hampele was then asked to film an audition for the show and she said that she could not turn down the opportunity to play Georgia. She also believed that she was meant to get the part because the character was originally called Daisy, a nickname her boyfriend and friends call her. Hampele made her first screen appearance as Georgia during the episode broadcast on 5 October 2012. Hampele decided to leave the show in 2015 to pursue new acting opportunities, and Georgia made her departure in May of that year. She later returned for guest appearances in August 2015 and April 2016.
Georgia was introduced to Neighbours as the cousin of established character Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) and she soon moved in with him and his partner, Sonya (Eve Morey). Georgia is a graduate nurse from the country. Hampele stated that she is a positive person, while writers for TV Week and Soap World described her as being "bubbly" and "vivacious". When Georgia's childhood sweetheart, Scotty Boland (Rhys Uhlich), was introduced, she began questioning their relationship after developing feelings for Kyle Canning (Chris Milligan). After Georgia learned that Scotty was gay, she went on a downward spiral and briefly lost her job at the hospital due to a drugs scandal. Georgia later became engaged to Kyle, developed a singing career, had a miscarriage and a cancer scare.