Former Neighbours, E Street star on death of husband, her new career and new man
WITH a new love and an unlikely new career on the Gold Coast, former Neighbours and E Street star Melissa Bell is looking to the future after the devastating death of her husband.
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WITH a new career and a new love, ’90s TV star Melissa Bell is looking to the future after the devastating death of her husband.
The former Neighbours and E Street actor recently acquired her real estate licence and has set-up an office for Absolute Residential on the Gold Coast.
“It is really exciting,” Bell told Confidential, having studied for six months to get the qualification.
“I didn’t have any other formal qualifications so this is a big thing for me to achieve this.”
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The 45-year-old mother of four became a solo parent when her husband, Gary Dickinson, died of a heart attack in February 2016.
The couple had three children together — Jonathan, 17, Isabella, 14, and William, 10 — and Bell has a 22-year-old son, Dylan, from a previous relationship.
Confidential understands Bell has begun dating financial strategist Grant Thompson, although she wouldn’t comment about the relationship when asked.
“I’d prefer to keep that private,” said Bell, who most recently appeared in the local film Occupation.
Real estate and acting are her two passions.
“I’ve always loved buying properties and renovating them,” she explained at the Gold Coast’s The Star Residences, which she is working with.
“I did a lot of that with my late husband. We were passionate about real estate.”
Coincidentally, another former E Street cast member, Bruce Samazan, went into real estate after the end of the show and Bell reached out to him for advice when she decided to get her real estate licence.
“It has been something I’ve been thinking about for years, actually,” she explained.
“It is only really now that I had the time to focus and do it, especially with losing my husband and all of that.
“So it was trying to look towards the future and pick something that I am passionate about that is also people-orientated.”
Bell’s other acting credits include Paradise Beach, GP, Home And Away and Water Rats.