| Zoe Davis | |||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Ally Fowler | ||||
| First appearance | 20 January 1986 | ||||
| Last appearance | 3 September 1986 | ||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
| Introduced by | Reg Watson | ||||
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Zoe Davis is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Ally Fowler. The actress was initially approached in 1985 about a role in the serial shortly before it was cancelled by Channel 7. When it was picked up by Network Ten, the role came up again. Fowler chose to put off a planned overseas trip to join the cast for a year. Fowler did not want to be typecast and felt that a year was just long enough. She began filming in the first week of December 1985 when production stated up again. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 January 1986.
The character is portrayed as "a very vivacious 20-year-old romantic".[1] She is streetwise and a "loveable liar". Writer James Oram called Zoe "fickle" and "blunt", while Josephine Monroe said she had a "devil-may-care" attitude. Zoe was introduced as an old friend of established character Daphne Lawrence (Elaine Smith), with whom she opts to stay with while she is in Erinsborough. Zoe longs for true love and producers developed a controversial relationship with older neighbour Jim Robinson (Alan Dale), which does not go down well with his family. Following a miscarriage, the couple break up. Fowler chose not to extend her contract with the show and she departed on 3 September 1986.