Sally Louise Fletcher (also Copeland, Keating and Saunders) is a
fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away,
played by Kate Ritchie. She made her first screen appearance during
the serial's pilot episode, which was broadcast on 17 January 1988.
Sally became the longest running original female cast member. She
departed on 3 April 2008. Ritchie earned various awards and
nominations for her portrayal of Sally. In February 2013, it was
announced that Ritchie would be reprising her role. Sally returned
during the episode broadcast on 15 July 2013 with her daughter. They
departed on 5 September 2013.Ritchie auditioned for the role of Sally
in front of executive producer John Holmes in 1987. Her audition scene
was all about strawberry jam and Sally's imaginary friend Milco.
Ritchie told Jason Herbison of British magazine All About Soap that
she could remember reading Sally's scenes for Holmes, before
auditioning for the director who recorded it on video. She added "I
remember when my mum told me I got the part of Sally. I didn't want
her to tell anyone because I was really embarrassed." Holmes revealed
Ritchie had stood out among the other actresses auditioning for the
role. He said "Actors always choose themselves for a role and in this
case Kate Ritchie shone head and shoulders above all the rest." During
flashbacks to the character's childhood, Sally was played by Chloe
Shelsher.In 2008, Ritchie said of her role, "I well and truly know the
girl that is Sally Fletcher. If only I had realised earlier she wasn't
my enemy, she wasn't the embarrassing little sister always trying to
spoil my fun but, in fact, the best friend I ever had....In my Logie
acceptance speech last year I said Home and Away had always been my
constant and the same goes for Sally. We have spent the past 20 years
side by side....Sally is a good person. She is the true meaning of the
word good, often a quality that goes unnoticed and is most definitely
underrated. Sounds crazy, but it is true."
fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away,
played by Kate Ritchie. She made her first screen appearance during
the serial's pilot episode, which was broadcast on 17 January 1988.
Sally became the longest running original female cast member. She
departed on 3 April 2008. Ritchie earned various awards and
nominations for her portrayal of Sally. In February 2013, it was
announced that Ritchie would be reprising her role. Sally returned
during the episode broadcast on 15 July 2013 with her daughter. They
departed on 5 September 2013.Ritchie auditioned for the role of Sally
in front of executive producer John Holmes in 1987. Her audition scene
was all about strawberry jam and Sally's imaginary friend Milco.
Ritchie told Jason Herbison of British magazine All About Soap that
she could remember reading Sally's scenes for Holmes, before
auditioning for the director who recorded it on video. She added "I
remember when my mum told me I got the part of Sally. I didn't want
her to tell anyone because I was really embarrassed." Holmes revealed
Ritchie had stood out among the other actresses auditioning for the
role. He said "Actors always choose themselves for a role and in this
case Kate Ritchie shone head and shoulders above all the rest." During
flashbacks to the character's childhood, Sally was played by Chloe
Shelsher.In 2008, Ritchie said of her role, "I well and truly know the
girl that is Sally Fletcher. If only I had realised earlier she wasn't
my enemy, she wasn't the embarrassing little sister always trying to
spoil my fun but, in fact, the best friend I ever had....In my Logie
acceptance speech last year I said Home and Away had always been my
constant and the same goes for Sally. We have spent the past 20 years
side by side....Sally is a good person. She is the true meaning of the
word good, often a quality that goes unnoticed and is most definitely
underrated. Sounds crazy, but it is true."
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