| Shauna Bradley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Kylie Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1999–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 16 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 18 July 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Russell Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shauna Bradley is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Kylie Watson. The actress received an audition for Home And Away in February 1999, but decided not to attend it as she did not think she would be successful. However, her agent persuaded her to go and she won the role of Shauna. As the part was her first acting job, Watson's agent booked her onto some acting classes and she began filming her first scenes in June. Watson made her first appearance as Shauna during the episode broadcast on 16 August 1999, Watson decided to leave Home and Away in 2001 and filmed her final scenes in June 2001, Shauna's final scenes aired on 5 October 2001. Watson returned for a brief stint in early 2002 and made her final appearance on 18 July 2002.
Shauna gained a natural skill for lifesaving and went on to compete in various competitions, before progressing to professional lifesaving. When she moved to Summer Bay, Shauna became the town's first resident lifesaver. The character was described as being confident, strong and athletic. Shauna developed relationships with Harry Reynolds (Justin Melvey) and Jude Lawson (Ben Steel), who she later became engaged to. During her time in the show, Shauna began an affair with a married man, learned she was adopted and discovered she had a serious heart condition. Watson earned a nomination for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Logie Awards for her portrayal of Shauna.