 She played Carly Morris, the foster daughter of Pippa and Tom Fletcher, Carly had suffered severe child abuse from her biological father.During her time on the show, Hodgson's troubled character weathered rape, alcoholism, and an array of relationship and family problems, which were all chronicled with a tie-in novel, Sharyn also portrayed Carly's twin sister Samantha Morris.She eventually finds love with Army soldier Ben Lucini portrayed by (Julian McMahon) in 1991, and leaves Summer Bay the same year to begin a family elsewhere.