Chrishell Stause to Join Amazon Freevee's Iconic Daily Drama "Neighbours"

Stause set to join the Daytime Emmy-nominated series as a guest star

New episodes on Amazon Freevee are released Monday-Thursday

LOS ANGELES, CA-May 29, 2024-Today, Amazon Freevee and Fremantle announced Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset, All My Children, Days of Our Lives) will be joining the iconic daily drama Neighbours as a series guest star. Stause is set to arrive in Australia in July to begin filming.

Stause will be playing a new character, Yasmine "Yas" Shields, a glamorous and successful businesswoman in pursuit of an exciting new opportunity. "I am honored and excited to join such a beloved and iconic show!" Stause shared. "Coming from the world of soaps in the U.S., 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!"

Neighbours recently earned two Daytime Emmy nominations, including 'Outstanding Drama Series'. This marked the show's first nomination in the U.S., which has already received multiple nominations and wins within the U.K. and Australia.

Neighbours Executive Producer, Jason Herbison said, "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 Stause has previously acted in U.S. daytime television sensations All My Children, The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives, receiving a nomination for a Daytime Emmy for 'Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series' in 2020. She has 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.

She has received an MTV TV & Movie Award 'Best Reality Star' and a People's Choice nomination for 'Favorite Reality Star' for her appearance in Selling Sunset. In 2023 she was recognized by Variety as one of the '40 Most Powerful Women in Reality TV' and by Us Weekly as one of the 'Top 10 Reality Stars of the Year.'

In February 2022, she released her debut memoir, Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work. Chrishell is committed to philanthropic endeavors and is a vocal advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights. In 2022, she married her partner, Australian musician G Flip.

The continuation of the long-running series - about the lives, loves, and challenges of the residents on Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia, a fictional suburb of Melbourne - picked up two years after the finale in 2022, which was watched by millions of adoring fans.

Neighbours releases new episodes daily, Monday-Thursday, at 7 a.m. BST, on Amazon Freevee in the UK and the U.S. The series streams on Prime Video in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Australia's Network 10 will retain first-run rights in Australia for the new chapter of the series. Previous seasons of Neighbours, as well as over 100 iconic episodes, are currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee.

Neighbours ran for more than three decades, garnering fans across the globe and launching the careers of many household names, such as Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, and Russell Crowe. Neighbours is produced by Fremantle. Jason Herbison, Neighbours' executive producer since 2013, will maintain his position on the exciting new chapter of Neighbours, with Andrew Thompson returning as producer.

About Amazon Freevee

Amazon Freevee is a streaming video service with thousands of premium movies and TV shows, including Originals and free ad-supported (FAST) Channels, available anytime, for free.

Expansive Catalog: Amazon Freevee offers viewers ambitious Originals including Emmy-nominated docu-comedy series Jury Duty; crime drama Bosch: Legacy; Emmy-winning court program Judy Justice; Daytime Emmy-nominated drama series Neighbours; reality competition series The Goat; comedy series Dinner with the Parents; ; thriller series Boat Story; rom-com Puppy Love; reality design series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis; spy thriller Alex Rider; court program Tribunal Justice; performance special Monumental: Ellie Goulding at Kew Gardens; the sports docuseries UNINTERRUPTED's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers and food competition series America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation. Combined with an always updating library of broadly appealing hit movies and TV shows across a wide selection of genres, and a catalog of more than 400 FAST Channels, including Judy Justice and Crime 360, Amazon Freevee delivers customers the content they would expect to see on a paid service.

Free: The entire catalog of content on the service is free. No paid subscriptions necessary.

Limited Ads: Amazon Freevee provides customers highly sought content supported by limited advertising.

Instant Access: Amazon Freevee is available as an app on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and within the Prime Video app. Amazon Freevee is available as an app on third party devices including Roku, Samsung smart TVs (2017-2021 models), Apple TV 4K, Apple TV HD, Comcast's Xfinity Flex, Xfinity X1, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA SHIELD and other Android TV devices, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, as well as LG Smart TVs (2018-2021 models). The app is also available on iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices.

To learn more about Amazon Freevee, visit www.amazon.com/freevee and follow @AmazonFreevee.

About Fremantle

Fremantle is a leading global distributor, creator and producer of some of the world's most successful content across Entertainment, Drama & Film, and Documentaries.

Amplifying local stories on a global scale, Fremantle produces and delivers premium, multi-genre IP across the 27 territories it operates in. Fremantle is a proudly independent group of content creators, and home to some of the biggest entertainment formats, compelling international dramas, award-winning films and high-quality documentaries.

From Got Talent to Neighbours, Password to Poor Things, Alice & Jack to America the Beautiful, The Lost Ones to Big Mood and Priscilla to House of Kardashian, our focus is simple - Fremantle creates and delivers irresistible entertainment.

Fremantle also represents a world-leading digital business, with more than 495 million fans and 300 billion views for its standout content across all platforms.

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, itself a division of the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann.

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