BROOKE FREEMAN

Played by Beth Allen, 2008 to 2014 A wannabe femme fatale, definite bunny boiler and all-round complex character, the manipulative doctor used her sex appeal to get what she wanted – and what she wanted most was a rich husband. After working her way through Chris, head surgeon Ethan Pierce, CEO Callum MacKay and TK, two-faced Brooke struggled with the arrival of her alcoholic mother Annette and then her batty half-sister Bree Hamilton, who tried to kill her. She eventually married fellow doctor Boyd Rolleston, but left him to further her career in Washington DC.