Sally Fletcher

Sally Louise Fletcher (born Keating) is the longest-serving fictional character in the Australian soap Home and Away, portrayed by actress Kate Ritchie.

Character
Sally Fletcher has been on the show since the pilot. Sally’s parents were killed in a boating accident when she was only three years old and Sally lived with her grandmother for a short time, but her foster mother, Pippa Ross (Debra Lawrance), is the only mother she has ever known.

When Pippa moved to Queensland, Sally felt that she needed to go with her, but as her friends were in Summer Bay and she had just begun her archaeology course at university, she decided to stay.

Sally went to Ireland for a holiday and returned with a Fiance-Kieran. Kieran started flirting with other women and it was not until the wedding that Sally discovered this. Sally dumped Kieran and was left heartbroken. After this Sally developed the condition OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive disorder). Sally soon recovered from this with the help of her friends.

Later Sally went out with and eventually married Flynn Saunders. Sally was unable to have children due to her ovarian cancer but with help of surrogate mother Leah, Sally had a little girl called Pippa. Sally and Flynn later became Ric Dalby's foster parents after his dad died and then became foster parents again to Cassie Turner after her granny died. Sally's life was threatened several times by the summer bay stalker, who left Sally for dead after pulling a ladder from beneath her. Soon afterwards while Sally was recovering in hospital the stalker tried killing her again by tampering with the machines,luckily Sally was saved by Flynn. Eventually Sally was kidnapped by the stalker where it was revealed Zoe Mcallister/Eve jacobson was the stalker.Sally escaped from her wrath just in time as the building she was being held hostage in exploded.

Sally's life met another hiccup due to the arrival of a student called Diesel. He grew an obsession for Sally and when Sally rejected him, he kissed her in front of another teacher. An innocent Sally was suspended after Diesel lied to the school board that they were having an affair. Diesel framed Sally so it would look like just that. As a result of Diesel's lies Sally was struck off and almost lost her foster children(local authorities thought she was unfit to look after children). Diesel lies were finally exposed when Sally found Diesel holding baby Pippa. Diesel threatened to hurt her if Sally didn't say she loved him. Diesel was eventually arrested and Sally was reinstated as a teacher.

Life didn't stay simple for Sally for long after Flynn was diagnosed with cancer. Sally spent the next few months trying to fulfill his life-long wishes. Sally was left heartbroken following Flynn's death but soon got her life back to normal.

Sally was once a conscientious, serious person, but as she matured and achieved fulfillment in life, she has become a mother figure and role model and is an integral part of the Summer Bay community, both to other characters and to viewers. In 2005, Pippa bought the Summer Bay Caravan Park for Sally and her family.

In the last episode for 2006, Sally was stabbed by a gang member who was ordered to do so by his brother. She nearly died, but miraculously made a full recovery in the first episodes of 2007.

Sally is currently the new Principal of Summer Bay High School and is a history teacher. Sally has recently begun a relationship with fellow teacher Brad Armstrong (Chris Sadrinna), following the death of Flynn Saunders (Joel McIlroy), in February 2006. She also has two foster children, Ric Dalby (Mark Furze) and Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson). Her best friend Leah was the surrogate mother. She waited until the wedding until turning Brad away, at the worst possible time. Sally has very strong friendships with Brad's sister Rachel Armstrong and Leah Baker. Before the wedding she started to "sense omens" telling her not to get married, revealing she is still hanging onto Flynn long after his death. Because of this, Brad left town (at least for the time being).

At this stage, it is not known how Sally will leave Summer Bay or whether she will die, early next year. She will not be killed off it has been reported now, The door is being left open for her to return if she wished. Rumours are that something from Sally's past will come back to haunt her before she leaves, including an old enemy

porn controversy
in 2005 a sex tape surfaced on the internet feturing kate richie

Family Tree

 * Pippa King (adoptive mother), married to Tom Fletcher (adoptive father, deceased), Michael Ross (deceased), and Ian Routledge
 * Christopher Fletcher (adoptive brother)
 * Dale Ross (adoptive half-brother, deceased)
 * Sally Fletcher married to Flynn Saunders (deceased)
 * Cassie Turner(adoptive daughter) Ric Dalby (adoptive son)
 * Pippa Saunders (Daughter)