Neighbours Scully family now – billionaire husband, suing show and career U-turn

Neighbours fans were delighted to see Steph and Flik Scully return to Ramsay Street for the soap’s final episodes in July.

Lots of Ramsay Street icons bid farewell to the beloved soap at the end of July – but with the hit TV series set to return on Amazon Freevee, some fan favourites, including Karl and Sue, will be making a comeback.

But as some characters return, not everyone has been confirmed just yet, and the tearful finale saw multiple people leave, including stars Carla Bonner and Holly Valance as their famous Scully family characters.

The Scully family are one of the street’s most famous clans, first arriving in Erinsborough in 1999 and becoming pivotal to a huge number of storylines.

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Away from the soap, the star’s lives have been just as interesting too, and here, Daily Star takes a closer look at where the Scully family stars are now.

Carla Bonner (Steph Scully)

Carla Bonner played Steph Scully between 1999-2010, becoming the longest remaining member of the family on Ramsay Street.

During her time on the soap, it is also reported that she started a sweet off-screen friendship with Libby Kennedy star Kym Valentine – with both their characters playing best friends in Neighbours too.

After storylines including her relationship with Max Hoyland, Carla left the soap and appeared in a number of TV series including Ready For This and Wentworth, as well as Celebrity Big Brother Australia in 2002.

However, she has since made a number of returns to Neighbours in 2013 and 2015, as well as appearing in the soap’s final episodes, which aired this week.

Away from acting, the star is also a novelist and released her first book Hook, Line and Sink Her in 2012, and the star is also a Spiritual Lifecoach, according to her Instagram page.

In her personal life, Carla has two children called Harley and Jhye, and lives with her musician partner Julien Piazzon.

Speaking about her romance, she told New Idea: “He’s a younger man, naughty 40, and he’s amazing.

“We’ve been together for around 15 months, and we make a really great team.”

Acting also seems to run in the family too, as Carla’s son Harley followed in his famous mum’s footsteps and joined Neighbours in 2013 as Josh Willis.

He has also appeared in Home And Away as Logan Bennett, before exiting the soap in 2021.

Holly Valance (Flick Scully)

Holly Valance starred as Felicity “Flick” Scully in Neighbours from the age of 15 in 1999 to 2002, making a brief appearance again in the soap in 2005, before returning for the soap’s finale.

However before her Neighbours fame, Holly worked as a model, telling the Daily Mail that she would earn on average £20,000 in her first year of work.

When she left Neighbours, Holly released the chart topping song Kiss Kiss, which came with a super sexy video, reaching No1 in both the UK and Australia.

Her follow up singles Down Boy, Naughty Girl and State of Mind also charted in the top 20, before she moved to Hollywood to focus again on acting, landing roles in series such as Entourage, Agatha Christie’s Marple and taking part in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Holly’s sister is also a famous star too, with Olympia Valance playing Paige Smith in Neighbours, as well as working as a model.

Holly currently lives in London with her billionaire entrepreneur husband Nick Candy and their two children, with Holly telling Daily Mail: “The wealth and the lifestyle were overwhelming initially.

“I was used to razzle dazzle and meeting lots of famous people, but I wasn’t used to super-yachts and private jets. It was like: Wow!”

She added: “Nick’s got to be the funniest person I’ve ever met in my life – he’s hysterical,” saying: “I do love being around him. We’re great mates.”

Shane Connor (Joe Scully)

Shane Connor played Scully family patriarch Joe Scully between 1999-2003 – after having previously starred in the soap as Phil Hoffman in 1991.

However, it was reported that Shane was sacked from the soap in 2003 following a number of complaints from the cast – with Shane later opening up about his decision to sue Grundy Television, the producers of Neighbours, for wrongful dismissal.

He later won the case and speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Shane said: “Going to court was one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to face.

“But I didn’t want to do it and was basically being forced into a corner. I gave every option not to, but when people are saying things about you for so long then they leave you no choice – you either fight or crawl away.

“I can’t tell my kids to stand up for themselves if I’m not prepared to.”

After leaving Neighbours, Shane has appeared in a number of films and TV series including Satisfaction, Wentworth and most recently The Twelve in 2022.

Away from the limelight, Shane Connor has three children and has been married twice – first to Karen Connor between 1987-1992 and then to Nell Feeney between 1994-1997.

Janet Andrewartha (Lynn Scully)

Janet Andrewartha played Scully family matriarch Lynn Scully between 1999-2006, before making a number of returns to the series between 2008-2019.

However Janet’s life could have taken a completely different path, as it is reported that she initially did not want to be an actor – and instead worked as a music teacher in a high school.

After taking a part-time course and then studying at drama school, she began her acting career and has since appeared in TV series including Seven Types of Ambiguity, Harrow and Safe Home, which is currently in the process of filming.

Away from acting, Janet tends to keep her personal life private and it is not known if the star is in a relationship, or if she has any children.

Kate Keltie (Michelle Scully)

Kate Keltie played youngest Scully family member Michelle between 1999-2003, before leaving the soap to appear in programmes including Blue Heelers.

However, it is reported that Katie has now made a career u-turn and has left acting behind for entirely new career paths.

After working in legal support for a law firm, Katie now works in recruitment, with her Twitter bio revealing that she works for the recruitment firm People 2 People.

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