| Martha Stewart | ||
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| Martha Stewart in 2019 | ||
| Occupation | Painter | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Relationships | Alf Stewart (husband) | |
| Family | Alf Stewart (husband) Roo Stewart (daughter) Martha MacKenzie (granddaughter) Lindsay MacKenzie-Harris (great-granddaughter; deceased) Kieran Baldivis (son) | |
| First Appearance | 25 January 1989 | |
| Portrayed by | Ailson Mulvaney (1989) Belinda Giblin (2018, 2019-present) | |
Martha Stewart (nee Baldivis) is the first wife of Alf Stewart and the mother of Roo Stewart. Martha left Alf and made Alf tell Roo that she has drowned and died.
Alf agrees to tell Roo that and Roo believes that Martha really died. Alf kept the truth about Martha from Roo for 33 years, until in 2018, Alf told the truth to Roo.
Martha and Alf fall in love again and they remarried in 2020.
Storylines[]
Martha appears in flashbacks to 1970 when Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) reads her diary entries from that year while searching for leads on her biological parents.
It is revealed that Martha knew that Alf’s sister, Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) was Bobby’s mother and subsequently had her adopted out to Al (George Leppard; Terence Donovan) and Doris Simpson.
In 2018, Alf tells Roo that Martha did not drown in 1985, as Roo had been led to believe, and is still alive and out there somewhere. Martha comes to Summer Bay House and meets Ryder Jackson, who asks if she wants to rent a caravan from Alf.
She leaves, but later returns and comes face-to-face with Alf and then Roo. Martha explains that a friend informed her Roo had come looking for her. Roo and Martha talk, but when Roo asks why Martha left her all those years ago, Martha tells her she is tired and leaves. Martha later reveals that she has borderline personality disorder.
She struggled to connect with Roo and could not face up to her condition, so she left. After seeking help and treatment, the guilt and fear stopped her from coming back, but she knew Roo would have a good life. Roo tells Martha that she gave Alf a hard time and had a daughter when she was sixteen, who she named after Martha.
Roo asks Martha to have dinner with Alf, but she fails to show up. The following day, Martha comes to Summer Bay House to leave her contact details for Roo and she apologises to Alf, before explaining why she left. Roo tells Martha that she needs to leave, as her presence is hurting Alf, but she will visit her.
Alf later calls Martha, but he later hangs up when she picks up the phone. The next day, she came to the Bay to see him. When Alf tells her that she can go home, Martha asked if did he call her to change ancient history, which he denies. Alf admits that he called because he misses her.
Martha and Alf continues to hang out and talk and when Martha was about to leave the Bay for good, Alf stops her, saying that if she leaves, she'll have another thing coming. Alf and Martha reconcile their relationship and went away for a couple of days. In 2020, Alf and Martha remarried and Martha moves back in Summer Bay with her husband and daughter.
Trivia[]
- Martha's second portrayer, Belinda Giblin, previously portrayed as Cynthia Ross on Home and Away in 1991.