Simone Buchanan i.e Donna Jackson

[sallyann]

I turned on Neighbours and was watching it and then Simone Buchanan appears and I couldn't place my finger on here but I knew I had seen her before! Then all of a sudden I screamed Donna Jackson at the screen. i couldn't believe it but I fished out the episodes I knew she was in and she looks not much different but more sophisticated. She didn't do much in S&D but nice to see people from it still on TV.

[James]

Did anyone see the episode last week which showed her date of birth on the divorce papers? They showed it as 1980 so either she was about 5 when she did S&D or they've knocked god knows how many years off her age

[sallyannj]

She does look really good but clearly they don't think she can pass as 28 lol its nice to see loads of sons and daughters cast around like simone and shannon and rowena in neighbours repeating on uktv at 5am onwards!!

[lillyivimia]

Such a great actress and from such a productive family! Simone's brother, Miles, appeared in earlier episodes as Darren Brooks, the strangely disturbing young man who befriended Angela in her coffee-shop business (can't remember what she named it now, was it something like The Den?). Their sister, Gemma, of course, was well known to Neighbours fans as Beth Ramsay. Does anyone else think that she and Simone look very similar? More like twins than sisters.

[dee16]

i didn't realise the actor that played miles was her brother.

Yes Simone and Gemma do look alike and they could be mistaken for twins.

[beryl]

Think the coffee shop was called the Terrace wasn't it?

[Chris Daly]

Oct 23, 2008 18:07:10 GMT -1 beryl said:

Think the coffee shop was called the Terrace wasn't it?

Yep - the coffee shop (and later restaurant after Phillipe got involved) was indeed called The Terrace.

[pavlovsdog]

Simone is back in Neighbours now and Beth returned briefly last year.