christie hayes played kirsty sutherland in home and away.
christie hayes played kirsty sutherland in home and away.
who plays kirsty sutherland in home and away?
christie hayes
one of miles' first relationships is with kirsty sutherland (christie hayes), which develops from a friendship. miles is left upset over his foster child jai fernandez (jordan rodrigues). his emotional state has an effect on kirsty and she kisses him. hayes told "tv week" that as kirsty's feelings "take over in the moment", miles is left surprised because he had been harbouring feelings for her too. hayes also said miles did not want to scare kirsty away and they agree to take their relationship slowly. hayes later said that miles and kirsty's relationship worked so well because "they talk about things and they're mature about their relationship." kirsty decides that she needs to raise money for her husband kane phillips' (sam atwell) trial. she secretly begins work as an escort behind miles' back. hayes' explained kirsty was "terrified" that miles would find out and hated lying to him, but "has no choice." when miles discovers the truth about kirsty's escorting, he feels "totally betrayed" and ends their relationship. however, when kirsty nearly sleeps with a client, miles comes to her aid. at this point leah patterson-baker (ada nicodemou) tries to kiss miles, as the two previously shared a connection. however, miles defends kirsty when he learns leah had argued with kirsty over her deceit. the state of their relationship remained troubled, though hayes correctly predicted the couple would reunite.
miles copeland (home and away)
kirsty's exit storyline aired in 2009. one of her final storylines is her miscarriage and subsequent breakdown of her relationship with miles copeland (josh quong tart) which leads her to run away from summer bay without telling him. this was out of character for kirsty to not tell miles, hayes branded the exit as selfish and during an interview why she did it, stating: "it's horrible! it's so selfish but i forgive it because i see kirsty in her right mind wouldn't have actually done that. she's emotionally detached and i think she thought at the time she was doing the best thing [...] she thinks that if she talked about it with miles, he'd try and talk her out of it and she might stay and then they'd be stuck going back and forth." however hayes still disapproved of the way it was handled stating: "i don't agree with what she did or how she did it but kirsty in her warped, grieving mind thinks it's best for everybody." paula forrest also returned as her on-screen mother shelley sutherland for her departure, hayes was delighted by this and stated: "that was fantastic! we both know our characters back to front and, even though she hasn't played shelley for a very long time, it was like no time had passed at all. leaving home and away was really an emotional time for me, so i loved having a mother figure there." hayes also praised her exit storyline citing it as realistic to just leave without being killed off or being part of a dramatic illness plot.
kirsty sutherland