| Mona McKay | |||||||||
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| Shortland Street character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Judy Rankin | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Jason Daniel (2008) Steven Zanoski (2010, 2011) |
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| Duration | 2008, 2010, 2011 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 16 September 2008 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 17 October 2011 | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||
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Mona McKay was the opinionated mother of Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie). She arrived after learning her daughter in law Justine Jones (Lucy Wigmore) had died and quickly got on the bad side of granddaughter Sophie (Kimberley Crossman). Sophie discovered Mona had cancer and she departed shortly after. She returned in 2010 to attend Sophie's marriage to Kieran Mitchell (Adam Rickitt) but was disgusted to learn Callum was living with Rachel (Angela Bloomfield), the accused killer of Morgan (Bonnie Soper). Mona's cancer was revealed to be extremely serious and it was removed via surgery. She departed after realising she was in the way of Callum's happiness. She returned again in 2011 in an attempt to get Callum to pay for an expensive retirement home and quickly clashed with his young girlfriend Jill (Natalie Medlock). She nearly got robbed by conman Derek Hurlihy (David Weatherley) and ended up leaving to live with her other son, Gordon.
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