Neighbours in huge announcement as Selling Sunset favourite to guest star

Australian soap Neighbours has landed a huge new guest star in the shape of Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause. The glamorous real estate agent has a strong soap background having previously appeared in the huge US daytime dramas All My Children and Days of Our Lives.

Chrishell will be playing a brand new character, Yasmine “Yas” Shields, a glamorous and successful businesswoman in pursuit of an exciting new opportunity. Speaking about her casting the star shared her excitement.

“I am honoured and excited to join such a beloved and iconic show!” she shared. “Coming from the world of soaps in the US, it’s back to my first love in the entertainment industry. They pitched me an idea for a character, and I was immediately excited to figure out a way to make it happen. Ramsay Street here I come!”

Unfortunately, fans will have to wait some time to see her on screens. She doesn't fly to Australia to shoot her scenes until July and with episodes filmed months in advance it could be the end of the year before she makes an appearance.

Neighbours Executive Producer, Jason Herbison teased what is ahead for her saying: “We are thrilled to welcome Chrishell to the cast of Neighbours. We created a character especially for her and we can’t wait for her to bring the storyline alive. Expect intrigue and surprises – and many implications for the residents of Ramsay Street.”

Chrishell's acting talents previously earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series in 2020 for an appearance on Days of Our Lives.

She has also appeared in the Netflix thriller, Staged Killer, Lifetime's A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story, and most recently, the Lifetime movie, You're Not Supposed to be Here, which was nominated for a GLAAD award in 2024.

Alongside her acting work, she has received an MTV TV & Movie Award for Best Reality Star and a People’s Choice nomination for Favorite Reality Star for Selling Sunset.

In 2023 she was recognised by Variety on the prestigious 40 Most Powerful Women in Reality TV and by Us Weekly as one of the Top 10 Reality Stars of the Year.

Not content with that she also turned to writing and in February 2022 she released her debut memoir, Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work.

Neighbours began showing in America when it was rebooted by Amazon Freevee following it's cancellation and it's first big US guest star was The O.C.'s Mischa Barton.

It recently earned it's first awards acknowedgements in the US when it was nominated two Daytime Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Series.

Over it's three decades on air it has already received multiple award nominations and wins within the UK and Australia. This year it has been nominated for a National Television Award for only the second time in eighteen years.

Neighbours streams from 7am, Monday to Thursday, on Amazon Freevee. Previous seasons of Neighbours, as well as many iconic episodes, are currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee.