Paula Forrest (born 14 July, c. 1965) an Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Shelley Sutherland on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away

In Home and Away (1988), Forrest played the part of Shelley who was the wife of Rhys, played by Michael Beckley and mother to Dani, played by Tammin Sursok, Jade, played by Kate Garven and Kirsty, played by Christie Hayes who lived in the Caravan Park and worked as a social worker. Shelley was a loveable character who fought long and hard for her family and friends alike. Until late 2002 when her world was torn apart by the discovery of her husband's affair and later on in 2003 the fact that Jade was not her real daughter and had in fact been switched at birth. Paula featured in a Home and Away special, called Home and Away: Secrets and the City.

Her character made a brief return to Home and Away in 2009.

Note : Paula Forrest is the patronym of the novel The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London (1916).

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Police RescueKatie BaldwinSeason 2, episode 4
1993G.P.Gabrielle HendersonSeason 5, episode 13
1995–96SpellbinderMrs. GibsonSeason 1 (recurring, 8 episodes)
1997Murder CallSusan FrickbergeSeason 1, episode 10
1999Water RatsDr. Fiona Hall JonesSeason 4, episode 18
2000–02 2003–04, 2009Home and AwayShelley SutherlandSeasons 13–15 (main role, 85 episodes) Seasons 16–17, 22 (recurring, 15 episodes)
2002Home and Away: Secrets and the CitySpecial (main role)
2003Home and Away: Hearts DividedSpecial (guest role)
2008Double TroubleAudition JudgeSeason 1, episodes 10 & 11 (uncredited)
2014Love ChildHelenSeason 1, episode 2
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Love in LimboMiss Cornish
1993BlackfellasPolicewoman
1996Watching(unknown/undisclosed role)Short

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