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 Pippa Black as Elle Robinson |
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| Portrayed by | Pippa Black | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005– | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 19 September 2005 Episode 4811 |
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| Last appearance | Late 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Elle Porky Skinny Princess |
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | October 1989 (Retconned to 1986) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 22 (due to SORAS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Editor of Erinsborough News/Entrepreneur | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | 22 Ramsay Street | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lucinda "Elle" Robinson is a fictional character on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours and is portrayed by Pippa Black.
History
Elle was born off-screen to mother Gail (Fiona Corke) and Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) in October 1989, a fraternal triplet along with identical brothers Cameron and Robert (both played by Adam Hunter). Gail divorced Paul whilst pregnant, and moved to Tasmania where she raised the children. It is inferred that Paul paid them occasional visits during Elle's youth.
Birthdate confusion
In episode 5566, Elle states that her birthday is May 30th. This is impossible, given that Gail had given birth in October 1989. It could be attributed to a slight concussion after Elle's car accident but her age is still suspect, being 19 years old when arriving in Ramsay Street in 2005 instead of 16.
Storylines
Arrival
In 2005, Elle lied to Gail about going to visit a friend in Byron Bay when in fact she headed for Erinsborough to see Paul. She first appeared at the Scarlet Bar and mingled with Connor O'Neill (Patrick Harvey), Ned (Daniel O'Connor) and Stuart Parker (Blair McDonough), Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) and Serena Bishop (Lara Sacher), all the while keeping her identity a secret. When the group reconvened to a hotel and made some mischief, Paul arrived on the scene and was shocked to see Elle, his daughter.
Elle was thrilled at the prospect of staying with her father at Number 22, but was quickly disappointed when she found out his girlfriend, Izzy Hoyland (Natalie Bassingthwaighte), was lodging with them. Elle and Izzy butted heads for a few weeks, during which Elle laced Izzy's food with drugs in order to convince Paul of her instability.
Plane Crash
Along with a number of Ramsay Street residents, Elle was involved the Lassiter's plane crash during a joyflight to Tasmania. She was one of many who were stranded in the ocean after the plane went down over the Bass Strait. Seeing Elle floundering in the water, Izzy managed to pull her to safety on a floating piece of debris; after that, the two stopped warring and began to accept each other as a kind of adopted family.
Ned Parker
A mutual attraction formed between Elle and Ned, and they soon started dating. Down the track he admitted he had feelings for another woman - Izzy.
In an attempt to get over Ned, a key moment for Elle was when she stripped completely naked in front of Ned's brother Stuart, only to be rejected by him because of his dedication to his hospitalised wife Sindi Watts (Marisa Warrington), despite him admitting later that he was tempted.
Dylan Timmins and Fake Illness
Dylan Timmins (Damien Bodie) was Paul's protege, and he and Elle were often teamed up or pitted against each other for business assignments for Lassiters. Despite the rivalry, Dylan and Elle developed feelings for each other. To Sky Mangel (Dylan's ex-girlfriend) and the Timmins family's dismay, and Paul and Izzy's delight, Dylan and Elle became a couple.
Sky revealed that she was pregnant with Dylan's child. Dylan promised Elle it wouldn't affect their relationship, but nevertheless he couldn't help but spend increasing amounts of time with his ex, leaving Elle with the fear that he would reunite with Sky. Desperate to keep him from straying, Elle concocted a plan with Paul's support: she would tell him she had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. It worked, and Dylan chose to stick by her. However, the news spread that Elle was sick and she received well-wishes from a fooled neighbourhood with tremendous guilt.
Cameron's Death and Reunited with Dylan
Elle admitted to her brother, Cameron (Adam Hunter),that she lied about her illness when he booked tickets for them both to go on the orient express. Cameron was disgusted and had an argument with Elle and Paul where he said they were both as bad as each other before storming out. Elle and Paul both wondered where he was because they hadn't heard from him. After Elle's brother Robert escaped from prison and was ran over she tried to ring Cameron but the phone that was in Robert's belonging's started ringing and both Elle and Paul realised it wasn't Robert that was run over it was Cameron. As it turned out Robert hadn't escaped from prison and was just hiding from the guards. Cameron was in a short coma and when he woke up he began to get better. But he admitted to Elle that he wasn't getting better and didn't want Paul to worry so said that he was feeling fine. After this Cameron was rushed into theatre for emergency surgery where he later died. Elle was distraught and Dylan came to visit her where she told him the truth that she lied about her illness so he would not get back together with Sky.
Tormenting Max Hoyland
Elle had feelings towards Max Hoyland (Stephen Lovatt) (Max was inadvertently responsible for Cameron's death). She began playing tricks on him, such as putting cardboard in place of football tickets and stealing his car. After stealing his car, Elle found out that Max hired an investigator to try and catch Elle red-handed. She ran up to the car and screamed at the investigator eventually making him produce a fake report showing that Elle was at a day spa instead of stealing Max's car. After the fake report was produced Max committed himself to a hospital and had a mental breakdown, he left Erinsborough on a bus. Elle felt guilty and unsuccessfully tried to cheer up the Hoylands, after Loris Timmins (Kate Fitzpatrick) invested in Lassiter's Hotel, Dylan tried to be spiteful by ruining her future plans for Lassiter's, but this sent them back into each other's arms. Elle was tormented by Boyd Hoyland (Kyal Marsh){Steph Scully] (Carla bonner) no longer whating anything to do with her. after he found out she was responsible for Max's mental breakdown.
Paul's Wedding and the Return of Max
When Paul married Lyn Scully (Janet Andrewartha) and shortly afterwards admitted to his bride that he cheated on her while they were engaged, Elle left Erinsborough to spend Christmas with her mother. When she returned the following year, she spotted Max in a shopping mall car park, with a woman and her children. She kept this information to herself for a short period, and she followed Max home one day. After telling Jenae. Jenae went to see Max told him that everyone missed him and wanted him to come home. He did and he returned back to Ramsay Street for a couple of months.
Tricking Paul and Paul's Brain Tumor
When her father tricked many residents of Ramsay Street into thinking Dylan and Carmella Cammeniti (Natalie Blair) slept together, Elle split up with Dylan. She later discovered the ploy, and schemed with Oliver Barnes (David Hoflin) to take control of Lassiters, her fathers company. When they succeeded, Elle kicked Paul out of their home on Ramsay Street and forced him to move in with Ned Parker (Daniel O'Connor). However, Paul was later diagnosed with a brain tumour and Elle took him back in when he recovered, although he suffered amnesia from the surgery and could not remember much from the past twenty-or-so years (not even his children or many of his ex-wives).
Oliver Barnes
Oliver and Elle got together, and she helped him search for his biological mother. The woman, Rebecca Napier, shocked the Robinson family by saying it was possible that Paul was Oliver's biological father - making him and Elle half-siblings. However, after a DNA test, it was dismissed.
Carmella and Oliver's Baby
Oliver discovered that his ex-girlfriend Carmella was pregnant with his child. Fearing that this would be a repeat of the past, Elle broke it off with him.
Lassiters
Elle quit her job as Lassiter's manager when Will Griggs (Christian Clark), the 51% shareholder of Lassiter's, demanded she fire Oliver or Paul. Instead, she resigned, giving 25% to Paul and 24% to Oliver. She signed up as a journalist for the Erinsborough News under Brad Jordan.
Dance Party Disaster and Riley Parker
Whilst scouting an illegal dance party with Riley Parker (Sweeney Young) for the Erinsborough News, Elle and Riley are trapped in the debris after the roof of the warehouse venue collapses. They are eventually found by the SES team, and Elle was rushed to hospital. After being released, Elle began to have horrific flashbacks of being trapped but refused to believe, even after experiencing two panic attacks, that she was suffering from post traumatic stress. In addition, she began to assosciate Riley with the disaster and this dampened the opportunity for a romantic relationship between them. Riley and Paul tried to help her deal with it but she pushed them away.
With some persuasion, Karl helped Elle fight her post traumatic stress. Elle then apologised to Riley for the way she treated him after the roof collapse, telling told him that whenever she saw his face it bought back the terrifying memories. Riley then asked her where that left them, and Elle confirmed that they were "just good friends".
Paul's Affair
Elle discovered that her father was having an affair with Kirsten Gannon (Nikola Dubois). She forced Kirsten to end it before Rebecca, Ned and Mickey found out. The secret eventually leaked and Oliver, appalled that Elle kept it hidden from himself and Rebecca, split up with her.
Owning the General Store and Death of Marco Silvani
Later on Elle and Marco Silvani paired up in a joint business to run the General Store. When Marco passed away from the injuries sustained during the bushfire in 2008, Carmella (his deathbed wife) decided to take over his half of the business, making "frenemies" Elle and Carmella partners in business.
Pete Ferguson
Whilst reporting on Pete Ferguson with Susan Kinski, the pair were kidnapped and held hostage by Ferguson. Being confined to a car all night triggered Elle's bad memories of the dance party. Ferguson wanted Paul Robinson to print his article in the paper, with the agreement that there be no police contact and the two women be set free and unharmed. In a moment of desperation, Paul instead printed a "wanted" notice on the Erinsborough News front page resulting in Ferguson holding Elle as bait. Steve, the man Ferguson was targeting, agreed to a tradeoff and went with Paul to face Ferguson. Elle was unharmed, but for weeks afterwards she held a grudge against Paul for valuing a headline over his terrified daughter.
Donna Freedman
Following the arrest of the corrupt Sgt. Freedman, Elle welcomed Donna into Number 22 and the two formed a strong friendship. At times Elle even stepped into the role of Donna's "legal" guardian. She has shown protective, motherly behaviour toward Donna much to Paul's surprise.
One night Elle witnessed Donna, Rachel and Bridget with used pregnancy tests, one of them positive. After questioning the upset girls she discovered to her relief that Donna was not pregnant, and eventually finds out that it is Bridget.
After Donna's family, including her manipulative and un-loving mother, Donna briefly moves out to stay with her mother against her own wishes. After several turns, Donna finally ended up living with elle again and elle drove her mother out of the street. They're really close and good friends. Elle has kept showing sometimes motherly instincts towards her, one time even grounding her.
Lucas Fitzgerald
Libby Kennedy
Elle had a soft spot for Lucas, but he was dating Libby. When Libby chose Dan. Elle and Lucas had a bit of a relationship but it's on and off. Elle and Lucas are now dating.
Car "Accident"
When Elle bought a "classic" car she went out to town with Donna. Lucas found this hilarious, calling the car a 'lemon' as he could hear that there were problems with the engine- Elle ignored Lucas. He later finds her and Donna stranded, with a flat tire and a broken engine, but rather than let Lucas help, Elle decides she can manage alone- causing her to chip a nail, and catch her shoe in a drain and break the heel. Lucas is highly amused- much to Elle's annoyance- but helps her get back to the coffee shop anyway. He insists that Elle should buy him dinner to say thank you, but- Elle being Elle- continues to play hard to get. Donna laughs at Elle and declares that Elle "loves him!"
Christmas
At Christmas Elle bought Lucas a stubby holder with rhinestones and Lucas gave her a 20 dollar note taped to his chest. On Christmas Eve Lucas and Elle kissed and ended up sleeping together. Lucas then has Christmas lunch with Elle, Paul, Donna and Ringo.
2009
Elle asked Lucas to move in after their relationship progressed. Lucas accepted and is now the 4th member of the Robinson household. Later in the year, Elle and Lucas discovered a locket under Harold's house. Inside was the name Anne Robinson, Elle's gradmother. Elle and Lucas then found a box with a key to a safety deposit box. Inside the safety deposit box was Helen Daniel's will.
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