Dayna Jenkins

Dayna Jenkins-Kirkwood first appeared in March 2013, portrayed by Lucy Elliott.[1] To mark the show's 21st anniversary, 4 new young characters were introduced, with Dayna debuting alongside Harper Whitley (Ria Vandervis), Dallas Adams (Cameron Jones) and returning character, Henry Lee (Peter Huang).[2] Jasmine Cooper (Pearl McGlashan) was saved by Dayna at a dodgy gang party and the two soon became best friends. However Dayna's dangerous and naughty behaviour soon lead Jasmine to behave in a similar manner, much to the shock of her mother Wendy (Jacqueline Nairn). Dayna started to live with the Coopers but it soon became clear she was seriously troubled and was hospitalised in July after being diagnosed as mentally unstable (suffers from bipolar disorder), before leaving for a psychiatric unit. Dayna returned in December when her mother Jennifer was declared brain dead following a car crash. After Jennifer died, Dayna and her brother Kane (KJ Apa) moved in with the Cooper's and she began a relationship with Evan (Tyler Read). Danya began helping Murray Cooper, working at The IV after it burned down while she and Evan broke up after Evan decided to leave to go overseas in August 2014. In 2015 she begin to date bad boy Curtis Hannah and also it was revealed that she is the daughter of Jimmy Isaac after taking a DNA Test. In October 2015, Dayna found a new romance in new British doctor George Kirkwood. After months of dating, George proposed to Dayna, but George went back to England for a family wedding, and didn't contact Dayna, much to Dayna's anguish. When George returned, they settled their differences and was married on the final episode of 2015, when the original wedding between Boyd Rolleston and Harper Whitley was postpone due to, and unbeknownst to Dayna and George: Gareth Hutchins holding Shortland Street hostage.

In May 2016 George admits to Dayna that he is not a real doctor, having failed his final exam and using forged documentation. In order to protect George, Dayna helps George lie on the understanding George quits being a doctor. Dayna and George decide to leave Ferndale, despite being found out by Lucy Rickman. After an emotional goodbye, Lucy let her best friend go without being caught, and Dayna and George fled Ferndale on June 3, 2016.