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Lauren Turner (née Carpenter) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 16 February 1993. Sarah Vandenbergh was the first actress to portray Lauren. She decided to leave the serial when she was told that Lauren would not feature prominently in storylines anymore and departed on 2 March 1994. However, on 4 November 2012, it was announced Lauren would be returning to ''Neighbours''. Kate Kendall took over the role and made her first appearance as Lauren on 7 February 2013. Lauren is the "vivacious" daughter of Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver). Vandenbergh described her as being happy, headstrong and into horses. She also thought that just by looking at the character you knew she was a girl next door type. Lauren's major storylines during her first stint in the show saw her have an affair with Brad Willis (Scott Michaelson), join a religious cult and begin a casual relationship with Wayne Duncan (Jonathon Sammy-Lee). Upon her return in 2013, Lauren brought her family with her and Kendall stated that they would have secrets. ==Casting== Vandenbergh joined the cast of ''Neighbours'' in 1993 to play the "vivacious" daughter of Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver). It was her first major television role and she relocated from Sydney to Melbourne for filming.〔Monroe 1994, p.276.〕 Vandenbergh told Sue Malins of ''Soaplife'' that her workload was gruelling and she had a crazy work schedule during her time on the show.〔 The actress said it was tough for the younger cast members who had come straight from school, but as she was twenty, she could deal with it.〔 Vandenbergh decided to leave ''Neighbours'' because of a decision made by production staff that Lauren would not feature prominently in storylines.〔 After Lauren had been used to play central stories out such as sexually transmitted diseases, they planned to give her a "quieter time" working in the coffee shop. Vandenbergh told Mary Fletcher from ''Woman's Own'', "I didn't want that, after so much had happened, I wasn't going to hang around in the background. And you can only go so far with a job before you stop learning anything new." In May 1996, Vandenbergh revealed to the ''Daily Mirror's'' Fiona Parker that another reason she chose to leave ''Neighbours'' was because nobody was letting her be anyone else except Lauren. She admitted that she hated the press writing about her during her time in the show, although said added that she had no regrets about appearing in ''Neighbours'' as it was a great experience for her.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauren Carpenter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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