| Serendipity Gottlieb | |||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Raelee Hill | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1994–1995 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 25 August 1994 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 September 1995 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stanley Walsh | ||||||||||
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Serendipity "Ren" Gottlieb is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Raelee Hill. Hill was spotted by the serial's casting director in a café, while she was on a break from filming another show. She was told to audition for the role, as she looked exactly how the producers had imagined Serendipity to look. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 25 August 1994. Serendipity was introduced as the sister of Mark Gottlieb (Bruce Samazan). Having been raised in a hippy commune, Serendipity retains her beliefs and is a "real bohemian". She moves in with Mark after returning to Australia from Amsterdam, where she worked as a nanny. During her time in the show she becomes good friends with Sam Kratz (Richard Grieve) and Annalise Hartman (Kimberley Davies), is almost beaten up by her boyfriend, becomes a designer and gets engaged to Luke Handley (Bernard Curry). Hill left the show after her contract was not renewed and her final scenes aired on 7 September 1995.