Acting Career
In 2000, Hayes was cast as Maria in the family adventure series Search for Treasure Island.
Later that year Hayes was cast in her biggest role to date as Kirsty Sutherland in the successful soap opera Home and Away, after turning down the role of Dani Sutherland (her character's older sister), because she was uncomfortable playing someone three years older than herself, Kirsty being 13 and Dani 16.
She was the first person to be cast in her on screen "Sutherland" family. She played both Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) and Laura DeGroot (the two characters were twin sisters separated at birth). Hayes, who was on the cover of TV Week more times in 2004 than any of her other castmates, left Home and Away in October 2004 in order to travel. Her final H&A appearance aired in February 2005.
After leaving the show she appeared in a Pepsi Light commercial in 2006 and made a guest appearance on the soap Blue Water High. She was also involved in the making of various films and television shows, including Room 101, Searching For Eva, The First Goodbye and Noir.
Christie plays the lead in I.D the film as Kate in 2011.
Hayes returned to Home and Away in May 2008, as a series regular remaining until October 2009.
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