While Bec is the high-achieving success story of the group, her personal life is a wretched jumble of mistakes, regrets and broken hearts.
Suffering this much pain has made Bec an expert at distancing herself from her old friends and detaching herself from potentially complicated situations. This troubled young woman is much more vulnerable than she lets on, but is certainly not the ice queen she sometimes comes across as. Bec is a loyal friend and always brutally honest, even if honesty is not the best policy.
One thing that hasn't changed about Bec is her stunning beauty. She still has the ability to bring any crowd to a standstill when she walks in a room. Some people find her presence unnerving, but most of her friends simply appreciate her good looks and forgive her any faults.
Bec is trying to right past wrongs and move forward in her life, but as she's discovering, it's not an easy task. She fled Manly nine years ago and went to live in Melbourne, barely keeping in touch or visiting anyone, until the reunion. A job opening at a local hospital in Manly may offer Bec a permanent and new beginning in her hometown.
Her closest friends are Gabby, Poppy and Stavva and she was the 'first love' of Jarrod O'Donnell, although she left him abruptly, just after Gabby's 21st birthday. In Melbourne she was dating Stephen Mulroney but since discovering that he's still involved with his wife Angela, everything is up in the air.
Renai Caruso plays Bec Quilter
Renai Caruso graduated with a BA in Fine Arts Acting from the Queensland University of Technology in 2006, but her career commenced in the late Nineties with roles in Neighbours, State Coroner, Inside Out, Guinevere Jones, Ocean Girl III, Flat Agenda and, most recently, Monarch Cove.
Renai has appeared in the feature films What I Have Written, Soul Trade, Unfinished Sky and Daybreakers, alongside Ethan Hawke, William Dafoe and Sam Neill. She also starred in the short films Cassolette, The Shed and The Weight Of Sunken Treasure.
While at the Queensland University of Technology, Renai appeared in a number of theatre productions including We Will Rock You, Terrain, Terrain, Terrain, Camille, Lion In The Streets, Our Country's Good and Once In A Lifetime. Since graduating, she has worked with the Tap Gallery in the production Crestfall.
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