<Tr> <Th> Aunts </Th> <Td> Kerry Webb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Max Sutherland </Td> </Tr> <P> Kirsty Sutherland is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Christie Hayes between 2000 and 2005 and again from 2008 to 2009 . Kirsty first appeared on - screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2000 and has been involved in one of the serial's most controversial storylines in which she knowingly started a relationship with a man who sexually assaulted her sister . Other notable plots include a baby swap plot, two miscarriages and a string of relationships including one with her supposed half - brother . Actress Hayes began playing the role at age thirteen and has quit the serial on two occasions, she made her original departure on 23 February 2005 . </P> <P> Actress Christie Hayes auditioned for the role when she was thirteen years old and secured it . In 2008 it was revealed that Hayes was returning to the serial and likened it to returning home when she stated: "It felt like coming home after I had moved out already, everything changed but was really still the same, it was refreshing and exciting ." </P>

Who plays kirsty sutherland in home and away