Neighbours has announced a surprise return for Roxy Willis.
The character, who is played by Zima Anderson, appeared as a regular on the soap between 2019 and 2022, before returning as a guest for its final Channel 5 episodes.
The show has now confirmed that she will be returning to Erinsborough alongside Shane Ramsay (Peter O’Brien), who himself recently appeared for his son Max’s entrance storyline.
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Announcing the news, Neighbours wrote on social media: “Ramsay’s Return! Ahead of the show’s 40th anniversary, Shane will soon be heading back to Erinsborough for a much needed check in on son, Max.
“Meanwhile, another member of the Ramsay dynasty – Roxy Willis/Canning – is also set for a return! We can’t wait to welcome even more Ramsay’s back to the Street….”
Roxy initially left Ramsay Street to start a new life with husband Kyle Canning in Darwin, returning a few months later as the soap ended its run on Channel 5.
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Opening up at the time about her initial departure, Zima told Digital Spy: “I had done my three years. On Neighbours, you mainly sign up for three years. I’d promised myself that after the three years, I would challenge myself.
“You get so comfortable. Neighbours is the best school you could ever go to for acting. You never get an experience like that anywhere.”
“I learned so much, I laughed so much and I’d grown so much as a human, so I felt that I needed to challenge myself in another direction. I felt like it worked out as perfect timing,” she added.
“It was so hard to leave a place like that, because Neighbours is so incredible and fantastic. I love Roxy and she’ll always be with me, but it was a choice to go and learn somewhere else, because I’d learned so much already.”
