Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou)

[Pantherboy]

Nowtolove.com.au article:


Home and Away spoilers: Leah's paranoia puts Justin's life on the line
Knife's edge.

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebri...l-justin-79306

Wild-eyed and manic with paranoia, Leah is a woman on the edge in Home and Away. Standing in the Diner, trembling with a knife in hand, she threatens to do the unthinkable: kill her future husband, Justin. Can he stop her?

For weeks, Leah's (Ada Nicodemou) trauma has slowly taken hold of her as she grapples to deal with the aftermath of being kidnapped and left to die in a warehouse by cult Vita Nova.

She and Justin (James Stewart) barely made it out alive, and now, nightmares have caused paranoia and delusion. It wasn't noticed at first ? a secret she kept well hidden ? but now, her behaviour could cost a life.

After spying on Justin at the garage, Leah's skewed reality leads her to believe he's working for the cult that kidnapped them. Riddled with fear, she packs a bag and urges Theo (Matt Evans) to leave with her. When he tries to reason with her, she bolts!

"She starts to hallucinate," Ada says. "Because of her sleep deprivation, she mishears a phone call and misunderstands certain signals as well."

In a desperate bid to help, Justin follows his fianc?e to the Diner where she has barricaded herself in. But his forceful entry does little to help Leah, who grabs a knife and lunges at him.

"She goes into a psychosis and isn't really aware of her behaviour," Ada says. "It's an intense storyline to play."

Back home, Theo calls Bree (Juliet Godwin) for help. When they arrive at the Diner, they're horrified by the scene unfolding before them. Can they stop Leah before she strikes?



And:

Home and Away's Leah Patterson to endanger Justin Morgan in shocking scenes
Leah is having a hard time after her kidnapping ordeal.

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hom...angers-justin/

[Pantherboy]

Nowtolove.com.au article:



Home and Away spoilers: Justin and Leah confront their future as a couple
?We can?t be together'

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebri...n-trauma-79789

Back in Summer Bay after her stay at a mental health clinic, Leah is ready to move on slowly from her trauma. But to her fianc? Justin's dismay, she wants to do it without him.

In Home And Away this week, Marilyn (Emily Symons) receives a call from Leah (Ada Nicodemou). She's coming home, but asks if she can stay with her and Alf (Ray Meagher) ? and that doesn't want Justin (James Stewart) to know where she is.

"Leah is still quite cautious," Ada, 46, tells TV WEEK. "She can't go back to that house, because that's where the nightmares began. She also pulled a knife on the man she loves. Until she's completely healed, she doesn't trust herself in his presence."

Knowing how much Justin is hurting, Alf struggles to keep Leah's secret. But when they're at the surf club together, he decides to tell his mate the truth. And although he warns him against visiting, Alf's words send Justin running to the caravan park.

"Justin pines for Leah and thinks about her non-stop," James, 48, explains. "He understands, but her psychosis has caused him great distress."

When Justin arrives on the doorstep uninvited, Leah allows him inside to talk ? although she's angry with both him and Alf for disregarding her feelings.

Over coffee, Leah reflects on her time in the clinic and her need to go slow. Justin urges her to come home, pleading that it will work out. But the pressure is too much and Leah snaps, "There is no us!" ? at least not until she's better.

Can the once happy couple find their way back to each other?



And the DS article:

Home and Away's Justin to pay an emotional visit to Leah after mental health storyline
Can he convince her to return home?

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hom...lth-storyline/

[Rowdy12]

Looking forward to Valerie coming to find Leah.

Valerie is very nice

[Pantherboy]

DS article:


Home and Away to air major update on Justin and Leah's wedding
Will they make it?

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hom...-leah-wedding/

Home and Away spoilers follow for Australian-pace episodes, which some UK viewers may prefer to avoid.

Home and Away viewers will see a further twist in the romance between Justin and Leah.

In scenes airing next week for viewers in Australia (those in the UK will have to wait until mid-April), Leah comes back to Summer Bay after receiving professional treatment for her mental health.

Still grappling with the trauma of being kidnapped by cult Vita Nova, Leah had a breakdown, holding Justin at knifepoint.

As she returns to the Bay, it seems Justin is still set on getting married, but Leah is not so sure.

"Leah is still cautious ? everything has to move slowly," Leah star Ada Nicodemou told TV Week. "What's to say she won't snap again?"

Leah decides to ask Valerie, her new friend from the mental health clinic, for advice.

Valerie, who has started dating Leah's nephew Theo, urges her friend not to miss her chance to be happy.

"Val has lived with her own trauma for some time, but found a sense of purpose in wanting to help Leah renavigate life in Summer Bay," Valerie actress Courtney Clarke explained.

After listening to Val's words, Leah finds Justin on the beach and tells him she's ready. "I can't wait to be your wife!" she tells her fianc?.

The wedding is back on, with the pair celebrating the moment with a kiss and sharing the news with their friends. Will their happiness last?

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.45pm on Channel 5, with repeat screenings at 6pm on 5STAR and first look screenings at 6.30pm on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video in the UK.

In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.

[Rowdy12]

So when Leah finds out that old Val is a druggo with Theo , she will off back to rehab again because she brought her into the house..

We really need a shark attack and preferably when Leah is swimming way off shore.

[Pantherboy]

Nowtolove.com.au article:


Home and Away spoilers: Leah and Justin tie the knot in a Summer Bay wedding for the ages
Now and forever.

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/lifesty...-leah-wedding/

It?s been a rocky road to the altar for Summer Bay favourite Leah, but finally her wedding day has arrived.

Leah (Ada Nicodemou) has taken things slowly with Justin (James Stewart) to make sure it?s true love and that, this time, it?s forever. And it takes only a single glance at her husband-to-be for Leah to know it?s all been worth it.

?She loves this man and can?t believe her luck to be there and to be marrying him after everything they?ve been through,? Ada, 46, tells TV WEEK.

?How patient he?s been with her, the beautiful man he is, how they?ve stuck together through a lot? they do really love and support each other and it?s great to see that joy and celebrate their love.?

TV WEEK can exclusively reveal Leah is escorted to the wedding by none other than Summer Bay stalwart Alf (Ray Meagher). And with John (Shane Withington) overcoming any pre-wedding jitters about his abilities as a celebrant, it?s a day filled with surprises for the bride.

Justin has organised everything, and for once, Leah is happy to just let go and enjoy the ride.

?I don?t know if you?re aware of it, but Leah is a bit of a control freak,? Ada says with a laugh. ?But she decided in the lead-up to the wedding to give over all control to Justin, so she has no idea about anything to do with it.

?She knows what she?s wearing, but no idea where the venue is, who?s coming, about the food ? anything!?

That leads to some stress early in the day when Leah learns some much-loved friends and family might not be able to make it. But what she finds when she arrives at the mystery location soon brings tears of joy.

?Alf takes her to the wedding, Justin surprises her with a beautiful song, and there are unexpected guests,? Ada says. ?It?s a beautiful, joyous day.?

On screen, that is, with Ada revealing the filming of the wedding in the NSW Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, coincided with two super-hot and fly-filled days.

?It was filmed at this gorgeous winery, every shot is magical,? Ada enthuses. ?And my wedding dress by Velani Couture, who have designed some of my Logies? dresses through the years, was perfect ? simple, elegant and beautiful.

?But the problem is that when you?re wearing anything corseted in the heat for two days straight, 16 hours a day, it gets a little uncomfortable! I?m not going to lie ? as beautiful as the dress is, I was happy to see the end of it by the end of the second day!?

That aside, it?s a day Leah has long dreamed of and the wedding she hopes will be the start of a long and happy life with Justin.

?This is it for her,? Ada says. ?For a long time, she was adamant she wasn?t going to get married again. As much as she loves Justin, she didn?t feel they needed to do that.

?But after the awful year they?ve had ? and also for Leah, who hasn?t had a lot of luck in the marriage department prior to this ? it just feels right.?

For both Leah and Ada.

?When it was suggested they would marry I said to the writers, ?I want it to be nice. I don?t want something awful to happen,?? she says.

?I think we just need to see a really lovely Home And Away wedding ? something joyous and about love? and it is!?

[Pantherboy]

Daily Telegraph article:


"Australian soap star Ada Nicodemou and Sydney businessman Adam Rigby go ?separate ways?
Home and Away star Ada Nicodemou has quietly parted ways with her partner of eight years.


Home and Away star Ada Nicodemou has quietly parted ways with her partner of eight years.

The much loved soap star is understood to have split from Sydney businessman Adam Rigby at the end of last year.

?Everything is amicable,? a source close to the couple said. ?They remain friends but decided to go their separate ways.?

Rigby?s social media still features images of himself with Nicodemou?s son, Johnas, from her previous marriage.

Nicodemou, 46, is one of the most recognisable faces on Australian television.

She has played Leah on Home and Away for more than 20 years and before that was known for her work as Katerina on the original Heartbreak High.

Nicodemou and Rigby went public with their relationship after meeting at a work function in 2016.

The actor however has always been extremely protective and private about her personal life. She did not comment when contacted by Confidential.

It comes meanwhile after it was confirmed Nicodemou?s on-screen love interest James Stewart recently split from his wife, former Home and Away star Sarah Roberts.

Sources say Nicodemou and Stewart are friends and have been a strong support for each other over their mutual breakup.

On air, the couple?s relationship has gone to the next level with recent episodes featuring Leah and Justin (Stewart) getting married.



And:

Ada Nicodemou has split from her long-term partner Adam Rigby after eight years together.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...Home-Away.html

[Pantherboy]

I was wondering if this was coming, after it was announced in quick succession that they had both recently split from their partners..

Daily Telegraph (subscriber only) article:


"Home and Away couple Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart?s real-life romance
Home and Away fan favourites Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart?s five-year on-screen love story has blossomed into a real-life romance.


Home and Away stars Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart?s five-year on-screen love story has blossomed into a real-life romance.

The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the couple?s fairytale TV relationship has extended off-screen, with the pair now quietly dating.

The news comes after it was revealed that Nicodemou, 46, secretly parted ways with Sydney businessman Adam Rigby at the end of last year, and that Stewart has divorced from his ex-wife, fellow actress Sarah Roberts.

Prior to that he dated Australian actress Jessica Marais, with whom he has a daughter named Scout.

Nicodemou was married to Chrys Xipolitas for nine years but are believed to have split briefly in 2010, before reconciling and welcoming a son named Johnas in August 2012.

Rumours of a romance first came to light late last year when Nicodemou and Stewart were spotted kissing at a Seven Network Christmas party.

Most recently they were seen at the movies, holding hands and showing public displays of affection with one another.

?They weren?t really hiding it,? one onlooker told The Sunday Telegraph.

?They were holding hands and he touched her bottom numerous times.

?There was nothing platonic about it.?

The Sunday Telegraph approached both Stewart and Nicodemou for comment on Saturday however their agents did not respond.

According to someone close to both of them, given they had both recently come out of long-term relationships they have done their best to keep the relationship under wraps.

?They knew the spotlight would be on them if the secret got out,? they said.

?Fans of Home and Away are going to go crazy over this romance. They are such a loved on-screen couple on the soapie.?

Nicodemou and Stewart?s Summer Bay characters Leah Patterson and Justin Morgan tied the knot in March at a winery in Sydney?s Hunter Valley, after being one of the longest-running unmarried TV couples on Australian screens.

Both their social media pages are flooded with messages from fans talking about their palpable chemistry.

?Time for Ada and James to get together in real life,? one follower wrote. "



And:

Home and Away's Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart rumoured to be dating
Hopefully they don't have the same run of bad luck as Leah and Justin do.

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/home-...223011299.html


EXCLUSIVE Home and Away star James Stewart's real-life romance with Ada Nicodemou is revealed - as he is pictured checking into a hotel after split from Sarah Roberts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...h-Roberts.html

[lizann]

why would the clinic discuss valerie with another patient in leah

[Pantherboy]

Nowtolove.com.au article:


Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart?s love-life is the talk of the town ? and Summer Bay
The 'Home And Away' cast are divided over their new romance.

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebri...james-stewart/

They?ve been spotted taking their burgeoning romance to the next level ? introducing their kids Scout, 12, and Jonas, 11, to each other on a cute family date at Sydney?s Luna Park.

But while Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart are happily falling for one another, news of their romance is said to have rocked the cast of Summer Bay.

MAKING WAVES
An insider confides it?s all anyone can talk about, with fellow castmates worried the relationship could spell disaster for the couple and the TV show!

?The cast are shocked that Ada has fallen for James. She was against him even joining Home And Away when he first started on the show back in 2016, but now she?s done a complete 180. She?s insisting to everyone that he?s not the guy she thought he once was and that he?s really changed,? a close friend of the Aussie actress, who turns 47 this week, exclusively tells Woman?s Day.

Ada and James were caught kissing on Anzac Day, with friends revealing they?ve been quietly seeing each other recently after falling for each other while playing married lovers on Home And Away.

But so concerned are some of the long-running cast members about the fledgling romance that they?ve warned Ada off James, 48, who has a reputation for wooing his co-stars, with the father-of-one meeting and dating both Isabella Giovinazzo and ex-wife Sarah Roberts on the iconic soap.

And while James has remained a steadfast part of the show over the years, both Sarah and Isabella sadly left Summer Bay after their romances fizzled out.

According to our source, Ada?s longtime friends and castmates Ray Meagher, Emily Symons and Lynne McGranger are feeling protective of the single mother-of-one but are reluctant to get too involved
in the drama.

?Most people are just worried about Ada. Ray and Lynne aren?t the kind of people to get involved in someone else?s business and will be keeping their heads down, but they will have raised their concerns with her,? adds the source.

The friend adds that what has surprised everyone is the fact that Ada and James? ex-wife Sarah, 39, were close friends when they starred on the show.

?Sarah and Ada shared a dressing room when she was on Home And Away and they were really good friends. Ada knew all about the ups and downs Sarah and James experienced while they were together ? everyone did ? which makes it all the more strange that Ada would even want to be dating him.?

HEADED FOR DISASTER?
Last month, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Sarah bravely revealed that she and James had secretly got divorced, after rumours of a split started circulating when they were both seen out solo without their wedding rings.

In the interview she hinted that she wasn?t able to ?grow? in the marriage, with sources confirming that she ?lost? herself within the relationship.

?Even if it all works out between Ada and James, it?s at best awkward for everyone else on set because they will be privy to their relationship, and at worst, if they break up, it could be the messiest split
in soap history!?



Also:

Home and Away co-stars are not happy about Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart's shock new romance with many of the cast said to be 'worried' about the actress

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...t-romance.html