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Guest Character Profiles > Mia Silvani Petra Yared

When Marco Silvani and his business partner Carmella Cammeniti held a Christmas cocktail party at his apartment, one of the guests was his big sister, Mia. Though happy to meet Carmella, she quickly made it clear that he wasn't relationship material, so single, and pregnant, Carmella would have to back off if she had any romantic intentions. But, the next morning, after Marco and Carmella had slept together for the first time, Mia was horrified to see her brother's new woman walk out into the kitchen, dressed only in a shirt that she had bought for him. Over breakfast, Mia found an opportunity to be alone with Carmella and warned her that Marco wasn't ready to move on from his ex-wife, Marisa - who also happened to be Mia's best friend. When Marco joined them, he quickly picked up on the tension, and Mia explained that she had been warning Carmella not to take advantage of her brother, only for Marco to break the news that it was he who had been doing all the chasing and there was nothing for Mia to worry about. Later that day, Marco met up with Mia at the bar and warned her to stop believing that he would ever get back together with Marisa, and to start treating Carmella with some respect.

A few weeks later, Carmella had given birth to a daughter, Chloe and ended her relationship with Marco, anxious that she had to concentrate on being a mum for the time being. Heartbroken, Marco then decided to leave town and took a job on a winery in Western Australia, leaving Mia to help Carmella run the business, as well as taking care of the fruit and veg deliveries for the Silvani business that Marco was responsible for. When Mia called by Carmella's apartment one day to collect the accounts, she met Chloe's dad and Carmella's ex, Oliver Barnes. Having heard a lot about Oliver, Mia admitted that she was surprised to meet him and find that he wasn't the weak, spineless pretty boy she'd envisaged, and it wasn't long before the pair were flirting. Mia then let slip to Oliver about Marco's failed marriage to Marisa, and her belief that they were still in love with each other and he would break Carmella's heart. With Oliver clear about his agenda to protect Carmella, and Mia clear that she wanted her brother and best friend back together, it looked like a new relationship was about to get off the ground.

However, as Mia continued to pester Marco about his break-up with Marisa, he finally admitted the truth - he was infertile, and had left his wife because he knew how much she wanted a family. Mia quickly backed off, surprising Oliver as she began to say that maybe Marco and Carmella were good together. Suspicious Oliver then decided to find out the truth and looked up Marisa's number on Mia's phone, but was spotted and she almost walked out, believing that he was only using her to get Marco out of Carmella's life. Oliver talked her round, and made her see that he just wanted Carmella, and in turn Chloe, to have the best in life, and was worried that Marco might be about to break her heart. Having convinced Mia that his interest in her was genuine, the pair ended up having sex in a hotel room, but decided that it might be best to keep their relationship a secret for the time being, worried that it could cause more harm than good.

Trivia Notes
• Petra Yared previously appeared in 1996 as Georgia 'George' Brown

Biography by Steve

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