belinda giblin was playing alf's wife martha in the tv series home and away from 2018.
belinda giblin was playing alf's wife martha in the tv series home and away from 2018.
who is playing alf's wife martha in the tv series home and away from 2018?
belinda giblin
martha stewart made her first appearance on 25 january 1989, played by alison mulvaney. martha was introduced as alf stewart's (ray meagher) first wife through a series of flashbacks. the character was reintroduced on 27 march 2018, and the role was recast to belinda giblin, who previously played cynthia ross in 1991. meagher told simon timblick of the "radio times" that he may have suggested giblin for the role, saying "when it was first mentioned to me they were thinking about bringing martha back, they hadn't started looking and i said belinda would be terrific. i don't know whether they looked any further, it was the perfect choice." martha has the longest gap between appearances of any character on "home and away".
list of home and away characters (1989)
decades later, when he thinks he is going to die following an explosion, alf tells roo that martha did not drown in 1985, as roo had been led to believe, and is still alive. martha comes to summer bay house and meets ryder jackson, who asks if she wants to rent a caravan from alf. she leaves, but later returns and comes face-to-face with alf and then roo. martha explains that a friend informed her roo had come looking for her. roo and martha talk, but when roo asks why martha left her all those years ago, martha tells her she is tired and leaves. martha later reveals that she has borderline personality disorder. she struggled to connect with roo and could not face up to her condition, so she left. after seeking help and treatment, the guilt and fear stopped her from coming back, but she knew roo would have a good life. roo tells martha that she gave alf a hard time and had a daughter when she was sixteen, who she named after martha. roo asks martha to have dinner with alf, but she fails to show up. the following day, martha comes to summer bay house to leave her contact details for roo and she apologises to alf, before explaining why she left. roo tells martha that she needs to leave, as her presence is hurting alf, but she will visit her.
list of home and away characters (1989)