Christie Hayes

Christie Ayrna Lynne Hayes is an Australian actress, known for her work on the television series Home and Away as Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) who she played from June 2000 to February 2005, and again from May 2008 to October 2009.

Hayes co-hosted Hobart’s number 1 breakfast show, Dan & Christie on hit100.9 from 2022 until the show was cancelled in 2026.

Personal life Hayes is the second of four girls in her family and is the sister to actress Katherine Hayes. She grew up in North Nowra. She played the flute, and learned to read music at age 8.

At 21, Hayes married actor/director Greg Hatton in 2008 in the Southern Highlands. OK! purchased the rights to their wedding story for $30,000. Guests at the wedding included Home and Away cast members and actor Joel Edgerton. After five years of marriage, Hayes and Hatton separated then eventually divorced.

Hayes met wine broker Daniel White a few months later. Hayes gave birth to their first child, a son, in October 2014. On 24 April 2015, Hayes announced on The Morning Show that she was pregnant again. Hayes gave birth to a second son in September 2015. In April 2019, Hayes announced she and White had separated.

Hayes announced her engagement to radio announcer Justin Coombes-Pearce in January 2020. The couple decided to elope and were married on 12 May 2021.

Career

Christie Hayes began acting when she was 8 years old after first being approached to become a model. She preferred acting to modelling and spent her childhood in theatre, performing in over 20 plays at her local drama club. She attended the McDonald College for Performing Arts in Strathfield and majored in drama.

In 2000, Hayes was cast as Maria in the family adventure series Search for Treasure Island, a Grundy Production filmed in Spain and shown on Channel 7.

Later that year Hayes was cast as Kirsty Sutherland in the successful soap opera, Home and Away on Channel 7, after turning down the role of Dani Sutherland (her character's older sister), because she was uncomfortable playing someone three years older than herself, Kirsty being 13 and Dani 16.

She was the first person to be cast in her on-screen "Sutherland" family. She played both Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) and Laura DeGroot (the two characters were twin sisters separated at birth). Hayes, who was on the cover of TV Week more times in 2004 than any of her other castmates, left Home and Away in October 2004 in order to travel. Her final H&A appearance aired in February 2005.

After leaving the show she appeared as the face of the Pepsi Light campaign in Summer 2006 and made a guest appearance on the soap Blue Water High. She was also involved in the making of various films and television shows, including Room 101, Searching For Eva, The First Goodbye and Noir.

Hayes played the lead in I.D the film as Kate in 2011.

Hayes returned to Home and Away in May 2008, in a recurring role until October 2009. She is also a model and has been the face of Miki House, Pepsi and Jeans for Genes.

In January 2017, Hayes commenced working on breakfast radio at I98FM in Wollongong. She joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in 2019 in a guest role.

Hayes co-hosted the Dan and Christie breakfast radio show on hit100.9 Hobart from 2022 until 2026. The show was cancelled as part of a Southern Cross Media Group restructure, with 300 jobs being axed. Prior to the axing, the show was Hobart’s number one breakfast radio show, with 21.2% of Hobart radio listeners tuning in at the most recent radio survey.

Charity work In 2003, at age 16, Youth Week elected her as youth ambassador of Australia for encouraging youth across Australia to realise their creativity.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Room 101 Short film 2009 Burden Jill Johnson Short film 2011 I.D Kate Film 2019 Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking Ellen – Casting Director Short film 2020 I'm Still Here Ellen Short film 2020 Out Here on My Own Ellen Short film 2021 Willow!!!! Ellen Short film 2022 Muted Trisha Cox Short film 2023 Hired Ellen Short film 2023 Finally Me Coach Green Feature film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995–97 Ocean Girl Pretty kid TV series, 2 episodes 1998 Water Rats Little girl TV series, 3 episodes 1999 Blue Heelers Kid TV series, 1 episode 2000 Search for Treasure Island Maria TV series, 14 episodes 2000–05; 2008–09 Home and Away Kirsty Sutherland/Phillips / Laura De Groot TV series, main cast 2002 Home and Away: Secrets and the City Kirsty Sutherland TV special 2003 Home and Away: Hearts Divided Kirsty Sutherland TV special 2008 Blue Water High Melanie TV series, 1 episode 2019 Neighbours Ebony Buttrose TV series, 9 episodes TBA Charli & Jude Jude TV series

Radio Year Title Role Notes 2022—26 Dan & Christie Breakfast Radio Show Co-host Hit 100.9 FM