The star of Home and Away, Ada Nicodemou, has stunned her fans by sharing a video from her very first TV acting role.
The adored actress spent three years (1994–1997) as Katerina Ioannou on Heartbreak High before joining the cast of Home and Away.
“Wow, this is what I found! This is my very first scene on #HeartbreakHigh 👣😱,” the user added.
Interesting trivia: Peta Toppano portrayed my mother in Heartbreak and #HomeandAway! ❤️
“I apologise for my poor acting; this was actually my very first acting scene.”
When Ada’s Katerina knocks on a door in the scene, Nick Poulos—played by a youthful Alex Dimitriades—opens it.
Wearing a Wheels & Dollbaby T-shirt, chunky boots, patterned tights, a short tartan skirt, and other iconic 1990s grunge-punk pieces, Katerina looks amazing.
“Well, hello there!” Nick exclaims after giving her a thorough examination.
She says, “I’m not sure if I’ve come to the right place.”
“Oh, I believe you have.” Says Nick.
With a small wink and a questioning expression, Katerina exclaims, “I’m looking for my mother.”
“Oh, yeah, then perhaps you haven’t,” Nick answers.
“She goes by Stella Iannou.” Before her mother, Peta Toppano, appears and embraces her daughter, Katerina asks inquisitively.
In the subsequent scene, Katerina asks her mother if she will ever return to her father while angrily slashing into her supper with a huge knife.
Many viewers of the show remembered the scenario from the throwback video, which was adored by the fans.
“I used to watch it as a teenager, and now I watch it again on Netflix with my teenage daughter 😍,” a fan commented.
“Very fantastic, I really enjoyed this show,” another person said.
“I ran home from school every afternoon to watch it.”
“Whoa! So young! One fan gushed.
“I was completely engrossed in you in this,” added one more fan.
“At the same time, it feels like three lifetimes ago and yesterday.”
Ada’s portrayal of Leah Patterson on Home and Away in 2000 was made possible by her popularity on Heartbreak High; she continues to play this part to this day.
Numerous more actors, such as Dimitriades, Abi Tucker, Kym Wilson, and Simon Baker of The Mentalist, got their start in acting from Heartbreak High.
In 2022, a reimagined adaptation of the series that was somewhat inspired by the original ran on Netflix.
“I adore this show a great deal. One fan questioned, “Any chance of a cameo on the new Heartbreak High?”
Another person said, “This is where Alex Dimitriades and I fell in love.”
A third said, “I’ve been watching the show again lately, and Kat is still my favourite character even after all these years!”
