Christie Ayrna Lynne Hayes is an Australian actress, known for her work on the television series ''

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'' as Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) who she played from June 2000 to February 2005, and again from May 2008 to October 2009. Since 2022 she has co-hosted the Dan & Christie Breakfast radio show. Hayes is the sister of actress Katherine Hayes.

Personal life

Hayes is the second of four girls in her family. She grew up in North Nowra. She played the

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, and learned to read music at age 8. At 21, Hayes married actor/director Greg Hatton in 2008 in the Southern Highlands.

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purchased the rights to their wedding story for $30,000. Guests at the wedding included ''Home and Away'' cast members and actor Joel Edgerton. After five years of marriage, Hayes and Hatton separated then eventually divorced. Hayes met wine broker Daniel White a few months later. Hayes gave birth to their first child, a son, in October 2014. On 24 April 2015, Hayes announced on '' The Morning Show'' that she was pregnant again. Hayes gave birth to a second son in September 2015. In April 2019, Hayes announced she and White had separated. Hayes announced her engagement to radio announcer Justin Coombes-Pearce in January 2020. The couple decided to elope and were married on 12 May 2021.

Career

Christie Hayes began acting when she was 8 years old after first being approached to become a model. She preferred acting to modelling and spent her childhood in theatre, performing in over 20 plays at her local drama club. She attended the McDonald College for Performing Arts in Strathfield and majored in drama. In 2000, Hayes was cast as Maria in the family adventure series '' Search for Treasure Island'', a Grundy Production filmed in Spain and on shown Channel 7. Later that year Hayes was cast as Kirsty Sutherland in the successful soap opera, ''

'' on Channel 7, after turning down the role of Dani Sutherland (her character's older sister), because she was uncomfortable playing someone three years older than herself, Kirsty being 13 and Dani 16. She was the first person to be cast in her on-screen "Sutherland" family. She played both Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) and Laura DeGroot (the two characters were

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sisters separated at birth). Hayes, who was on the cover of TV Week more times in 2004 than any of her other castmates, left ''Home and Away'' in October 2004 in order to travel. Her final ''H&A'' appearance aired in February 2005. After leaving the show she appeared as the face of the Pepsi Light campaign in Summer 2006 and made a guest appearance on the soap '' Blue Water High''. She was also involved in the making of various films and television shows, including ''Room 101'', ''Searching For Eva'', ''The First Goodbye'' and ''Noir''. Hayes played the lead in I.D the film as Kate in 2011. Hayes returned to ''Home and Away'' in May 2008, in a recurring role until October 2009. She is also a model and has been the face of Miki House,

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and Jeans for Genes. In January 2017, Hayes commenced working on breakfast radio at

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. She joined the cast of soap opera ''

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'' in 2019 in a guest role.

Charity work

In 2003, at age 16, Youth Week elected her as youth ambassador of Australia for encouraging youth across Australia to realise their creativity.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Christie Australian child actresses Australian radio personalities Australian women radio presenters Australian soap opera actresses Australian people of Irish descent Living people 1986 births People from Nowra