Zoë Ventoura: Summer Bay's Newest Recruit!

The Gorgeous Star Has Returned From Hollywood And Is Headed To Home And Away

- Jackie Brygel

As she walked onto the set of Home and Away for the first time last week, former Packed to the Rafters’ favourite Zoë Ventoura couldn’t help but smile. Joining the cast of the iconic week-night drama felt just like coming home. And in more ways than one for the talented actress, who has been based in Los Angeles for six years with her husband, Australian actor Daniel MacPherson.

On hand to introduce Zoë to her new Home and Away co-stars was none other than her former Rafters castmate James Stewart, who now plays town resident Justin Morgan. And that’s something Zoë – who will set up home in the Bay as emergency doctor Alex Neilson – couldn’t be happier about.

“It’s really wonderful,” she reflects warmly. “Obviously, the whole cast of Rafters feels like an extended family. We’re all kind of scattered across the globe now, but every time we catch up or see each other at events or at work, it just feels like we’re seeing a long-lost relative. It’s like no time has passed at all.

“To have Jimmy on set is really cool, and I know that I can certainly ask him any questions. I know I can call on him.”