Kylie then left the Aussie soap in 1988 to pursue a successful music career in the charts. Having turned 52 herself earlier this month, Kylie wished her long-time friend Jason Donovan a happy birthday as he celebrated turning the same age recently. Anne Haddy played Helen Daniels on the long-running soap, Neighbours. She's the undisputed Queen of Pop with a career spanning close to three decades and 49 albums if you include remixes and live recordings. 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The comments below have not been moderated. She shared a clip from Neighbours to Instagram Stories too, of Jason's character Scott trying to get a kiss of his girlfriend Charlene, played by Kylie. Stefan Dennis, 57, is the only original cast member still on the show playing Paul Robinson. Between the years of 1990 and 1998, Kylie released three albums, Rhythm Of Love, Let's Get To It, and Impossible Princess which was later renamed to Kylie Minogue following the tragic death of Princess Diana. To the big screen: Guy Pearce had a four-year stint as Mike in Neighbours before hitting the big time (right). Her debut album Kylie spent a year in UK charts including several weeks at number one, going Gold in the US. Now 72, she has appeared in various other shows and stage productions since leaving the soap but thanks to her long-enduring appeal, she'll always be now known as Madge. She spoke about it openly after having surgery and undergoing chemotherapy, which she was widely praised for and resumed the tour in November 2006. The pair are two of the most iconic characters from Neighbours, both leaving the show to pursue successful pop careers. Confidential, Memento and The Hurt Locker. Is that ginger beer? In 1999, her first ever wax figurine at Madame Tussauds in New York City was unveiled sharing an uncanny resemble to the the pop diva. By Sophie Goulopoulos For Daily Mail Australia she reflected to 60 Minutes in 2014 about her very first scene. Jason may not have been quite so lucky with his recording career but he too topped the charts in the eighties for the songs - Nothing Can Divide Us, Too Many Broken Hearts and Sealed With a Kiss. Pictured recently. Until February, characters were introduced by the soap's creator and executive producer, Reg Watson.Thereafter, they were introduced by his successor, Don Battye. He appeared in 869 episodes and was the head of one of the show's most popular families. The pop icon shared a throwback photo from her 1980s heyday, taken on the set of soap opera Neighbours. Kylie Minogue first found fame fresh out of highschool on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours as the feisty, quick-tempered tomboy Charlene Robinson. The first episode, on which the now-47-year-old appeared, aired on April 17 1986 and her character's on-again, off-again romance with Jason Donovan's character Scott Robinson culminated with a wedding with a combined audience of 20 million across Australia and the UK. Guy will return to the big screen alongside Kylie in the new hit, Flammable Children. He also appeared in a documentary celebrating the anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite. 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