Andrea Somers is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Madeleine West. West had previously played the role of Dee Bliss, who disappeared after a car crash into the ocean after marrying Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney). West originally reported that she was returning to Neighbours as Dee Bliss, but it was later revealed she was playing the conniving Andrea Somers, who comes to Erinsborough to scam Toadie by pretending to be Dee. West stated that returning to the sets was a homecoming for her and she was thrilled to be invited back to the cast. Andrea made her first appearance on 20 January 2017 and her first stint ended on 23 March. Andrea is initially credited as Dee Bliss and is depicted as calm, polite and charismatic. As her identity of Andrea Somers is revealed, her character increasingly becomes impatient, insecure, restless and easily agitated. West returned to filming for a short stint at the end of 2017 and again in mid 2018. For these scenes, she was not credited as either Andrea Somers or Dee Bliss, but as a special appearance, leading viewers to question whether it was really Dee. Andrea returns when Toadie discovers that he is the father of Andrea's son, Hugo (John Turner). Producers later introduced Andrea's mother, Heather Schilling (Kerry Armstrong), who was acting as a nanny for Toadie's children and in an attempt to unite Toadie and Andrea. Whilst in rehabilitation in 2019, Andrea gives full custody of Hugo to Toadie and tells Toadie's wife that a man approached her and called her Karen, suggesting that Dee is still alive. West reprised the role of Dee Bliss later in 2019. Andrea manipulates the possibility of Dee being alive to try and get Toadie to fall for her. The storyline leads to a confrontation between Andrea and Dee. Andrea and Heather are sent to prison, but West once again returned as Andrea in 2020 in a storyline focusing on Andrea taking back her son. West finished filming in early 2020 and her final scenes as Andrea aired on 25 June. Creation When producers approached West and proposed that she portrayed Andrea Somers, West did not hesitate to return. Although she had been asked to return multiple times, she could previously not, due to family commitments. The creation of Andrea helped to close off all loose ends related to Dee's death. West