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Gemma Reeves (played by Kathryn Beck) is the cousin of Toadie and Georgia, who arrives in Erinsborough to start fresh after an incident back home.

Biography[]

Gemma is a member fo the Rebecchi-Reeves family and growing up, was close friends with Georgia, and often treated each other like sisters.

Backstory[]

Gemma had a bright future ahead of her as a dancer and was destined for the spotlight, but a hip injury forced her to retire and she retrained as a teacher. It is later revealed that Gemma was engaged and in-love. He broke up with her and she orchestrated a quad bike accident to severely injure herself in order to guilty him into staying with her, but it didn't work and he ended up leaving her as her mental state began to decline.

2013-2014[]

Gemma comes to Erinsborough and bumps into Kyle, who spilled her coffee, he offers to buy her another and she at first, thinks he's flirting with her. When he sets the record straight that he has a girlfriend, she gets angry and storms out. Gemma then goes to see her cousin Georgia who introduces her to her boyfriend, Kyle. They awkwardly keep the secret from Georgia and pretend to be strangers.

Gemma settles into Ramsay and stays with the Rebecchi's while starting to become obsessed and territorial over Georgia. Gemma also gets a job at Erinsborough High thanks to Georgia's recommendation, although Susan is cautious when she gets a bad reference from Gemma's old school. Gemma says the headteacher just didn't like her and Susan gives her the benefit of the doubt. At school, Gemma gives preferential treatment to the boys while marking down the girls and it becomes noticed by Imogen. She also continues to taunt Josie and Amber while even giving

Callum higher grades than Bailey just because he's family. Gemma wants to separate Georgia from everyone else and suggests they rent a vacant house from Ramsay Street to move in together, but when Georgia asks Kyle to live with them, Gemma pulls the plug on the move. Soon after, Kyle and Georgia get engaged and Gemma tries to sabotage the whole celebration, even faking a flare-up of her hip injury to distract from the event and Toadie starts to become suspicious.

Around this time, Bailey starts to become infatuated with Gemma and she starts leading him on, showing him a much more "friendly" behaviour than she does with her other students. Imogen sees Bailey and Gemma holding hands at lunch and reports them to Susan, who tells Gemma that she needs to move Bailey out of his class and she needs to drop him as a tutor.

Gemma suggests she and Bailey meet in secrets. While at the Rebecchi's house, Gemma asks him to hack Kate's laptop in order to find out dirt she can use against her. A smitten Bailey agrees and Gemma finds an email detailing Kate's affair with Kyle. While at a surprise engagement party for Kyle and Georgia, Gemma plans the printed-off email into a collection of congratulations message and the affair is revealed.

Bailey feels guilty at what he's done and wants them to come clean. Gemma threatens to tell everyone it was his idea and therefore get him arrested, saying how he is "obsessed" with her. Now scared, he goes to Susan to tell the truth about the situation and Gemma's laptop is taken into custody which reveals Kate's email history. She is suspended but pins the blame on Kate when Georgia asks her about it.

Gemma, paranoid that her lies are catching up with her, convinces Georgia to go on a spontaneous trip out of town. While at the cabin, Gemma hides Georgia's phone and causes the car to break, trapping them there and isolating Gemma. Georgia tells Gemma she wants to go home and she finds her missing phone in her handbag. She finds out that Gemma was the one who hacked Kate's email and confronts her, in a struggle the gas cooker accidentally gets switched on and Gemma pushes Georgia, who gets knocked unconscious. Gemma quickly leaves.

She re-appears days later and leaves Georgia's car that she stole parked outside of the hospital. She then texts Bailey to meet her and they rendezvous back at Sony'as nursery. She explains her side of the story to him but when he suggests something may be wrong with her mentally, she snaps and leaves. Georgia is at the reception when Gemma bursts in with a hand injury and asks her for help. She tries to reconcile with Georgia but Kyle and Kate are there and it sends Gemma over the edge. Officer Turner arrives and takes Gemma away at Georgia's request.

Gemma is released from psychiatric care and given pills to help her mood. She thinks she can resume her life as it was but Toadie informs her she will be going back to live with her mother. Georgia comes to make amends with Gemma, they take small steps and Georgia says it's best if they spend some time apart.

Memorable info[]

Family []

Father - Barry Reeves

Mother - Coral Reeves

Adoptive BrotherTad Reeves (Wayne Reeves)

Aunt Angie Rebecchi

Cousins"Stonefish" RebecchiShane RebecchiToadfish Rebecchi (Jarod Rebecchi), Georgia Brooks

Second CousinNell Rebecchi

Appearances[]

2013 

  1. Episode 6746 - 7 October 2013
  2. Episode 6747 - 8 October 2013
  3. Episode 6748 - 9 October 2013
  4. Episode 6751 - 14 October 2013
  5. Episode 6752 - 15 October 2013
  6. Episode 6753 - 16 October 2013
  7. Episode 6756 - 21 October 2013
  8. Episode 6757 - 22 October 2013
  9. Episode 6761 - 28 October 2013
  10. Episode 6762 - 29 October 2013
  11. Episode 6763 - 30 October 2013
  12. Episode 6764 - 31 October 2013
  13. Episode 6771 - 11 November 2013
  14. Episode 6772 - 12 November 2013
  15. Episode 6773 - 13 November 2013
  16. Episode 6774 - 14 November 2013
  17. Episode 6775 - 15 November 2013
  18. Episode 6779 - 21 November 2013
  19. Episode 6780 - 22 November 2013
  20. Episode 6781 - 25 November 2013
  21. Episode 6782 - 26 November 2013
  22. Episode 6786 - 2 December 2013
  23. Episode 6787 - 3 December 2013
  24. Episode 6790 - 6 December 2013

2014

  1. Episode 6793 - 8 January 2014
  2. Episode 6794 - 9 January 2014
  3. Episode 6795 - 10 January 2014

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