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Home and Away's newcomer Courtney Miller has been on the show before

She's a Sumer Bay local! - by Jackie Brygel
  • 26 Nov 2018

Wielding a crossbow, Courtney Miller certainly makes a memorable first impression this week as Colby’s (Tim Franklin) long-lost half-sister Bella.

But if Courtney already looks a little familiar to eagle-eyed Home and Away fans, there’s a reason for it. The actress played a brooding extra in the weeknight series many years back – and she couldn’t be more thrilled to have now landed a major role in the hugely popular show.

“I was about 15 when I was first an extra,” says Courtney. "That was really my introduction to screen acting and how a set worked.

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“I was very nervous and my mum used to come with me. As soon as I got on set, I forgot how a normal person walked! But it was extremely exciting.

“My role was that of a ‘mean girl’ who was bullying one of the other characters at the time.

“I can remember seeing Emily [Symons, who plays Marilyn] and Shane [Withington, who plays John] and I was definitely a bit starstruck. At that stage, I was very new to the whole acting thing.”

Since then, the hard-working Sydney-sider has not only studied drama part-time at NIDA, but completed a science psychology degree at Macquarie University. And she is now undertaking a postgraduate diploma in rehabilitation counselling at Sydney University.

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“The aim is to help people with disabilities, both physical and mental, to get back into the workforce,” she says.

“Helping people has always been a part of my life and I think that’s one of the reasons I love acting – because I get to empathise with a character. I really love playing Bella, because she is ultimately a troubled child due to her upbringing, and I wanted to bring some truth to that.”

Certainly, while acting is Courtney’s true passion, she says she will “always have a foot in the door of the psychology side of me, because I feel that is a part of me, too.”

For the full story, and more Home And Away exclusives, see this weeks issue of New Idea - on sale now! 

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