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injury, so it’s completely lifealtering for her. She begins to feel that she is totally alone and that no-one in the Bay gets what she’s going through.

“With a lot of the grief and sadness she is experiencing, I think she just needs to sit on it for a little bit in order to start to overcome it, whereas everyone else is trying to put a lid on it.

“Everyone is trying to walk on eggshells around her, whereas Raffy just wants to go back to how things used to be – but that’s never going to happen.”

Having joined the show aged just 13, Olivia hails from a prominent acting family – her grandfather is The Sullivans star Reg Gorman, while her mother Kate Gorman and grandmother Judith Roberts both appeared in shows such as Neighbours and Blue Heelers.

Moving to Sydney from her hometown of Melbourne after landing the part of Raffy, Olivia has wasted no time forging her own path in the industry.

“I’m so grateful to be able to be on the show and we have such a brilliant family here,” she says. “Everyone has each other’s back, which is lovely. There’s no competition. We’re all just here for what we’re here for.

“Emily [Symons, who plays Raffy’s foster mum Marilyn] is like my second mum, for sure. Shane [Withington, who plays John Palmer] is so lovely, too, and they all guide me. I’m so lucky to have them.”

Meanwhile, Olivia reveals we will see a very different side to Raffy in the coming months, as the teen struggles to come to terms with her condition.

“She spirals a lot,” she says. “I’ve always found her to be very strong, independent and hard-working and now everything changes.”