Finn Connelly

Dr. Finbar "Finn" Connelly (né Burton) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. Born onscreen, Finn was originally played by an uncredited baby actor in 1993 before Lukas Whiting took over the role in 2016.
== Creation and casting ==
The character of Finn was introduced in 1993 during a plot in which "robo nurse" Carrie Burton
 (Lisa Crittenden) fell pregnant after receiving 3 different sperm 
donations from central characters. This was billed as a "whodunit" with 
nurse Steve Mills (Andrew Binns), Guy Warner (Craig Parker), Dr. Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) and Dr. Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) all potentially being the father.[1]
 The character made his first appearance on 11 October 1993, when Carrie
 gave birth to him and his triplet siblings. The birth was used as a 
storyline to write off the character of Carrie,[1]
 and she departed with her triplets on 11 November 1993. The character 
was reintroduced under a different name in 2016 in a storyline that saw 
him billed as "the new Dr. Love" and raised questions on his relation to
 Chris Warner.[2] Australian actor Lukas Whiting was cast in the role.[2][3][4][5] Whiting appreciated being able to work alongside Galvin [Chris Warner] and Angela Bloomfield
 [Rachel McKenna], noting his storylines allowed him to "make good 
friends with some of the younger cast as well as some of the older."[3] Finn made his reappearance on 28 March 2016.
== Storylines ==
Desperate to have children but with no stable partner in her life, Shortland Street clinic's head of nursing Carrie Burton (Lisa Crittenden) accepted sperm donations from nurse Steve Mills (Andrew Binns), Guy Warner (Craig Parker), Dr. Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) and Dr. Chris Warner (Michael Galvin); refusing to disclose whose sperm she used. She fell pregnant and married Steve's father Declan Kennedy (Kevin J. Wilson). Carrie gave birth to triplets during good friend Meredith Fleming's
 (Stephanie Wilkin) leaving party and named them, Finbar, Frank, and 
Sarah. Declan proved to be a useless father and ended up fleeing the 
country to escape criminal associates he had, leaving Steve to be a 
surrogate parent. It turned out Sarah had a hole in her heart and came 
close to death during surgery. Carrie decided to flee Ferndale after 
receiving threats from Declan's criminal past, taking her triplets with 
her and leaving Steve (who had decided the children were likely his) 
heart broken. Several months later Steve was devastated to realise Chris
 had discovered he was the father and had been visiting Carrie and the 
triplets in Australia. This caused a rivalry between the two that 
ultimately lead to Steve driving off the road and dying in an explosion.
 In November 1995 Chris visited Carrie and the triplets so that he could
 introduce his father Bruce (Ken Blackburn) to them before he succumbed to terminal cancer.
In 2016, Shortland Street CEO Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield)
 hired Finn Connelly as the newest surgeon at the hospital and he 
instantly turned heads for his playboy ways, landing the title "Dr. 
Love". On his first day on the job, Finn shockingly introduced himself 
to Chris as one of his long lost triplets. After his mother died, he had
 decided to get to know his father. After initially clashing with 
Rachel, Finn moved in with the Warner's and entered a love triangle, 
when he began to date Esther Samuels (Ngahuia Piripi) much to the annoyance of her recent ex-boyfriend Curtis Hannah
 (Jayden Daniels). Finn and Esther's relationship was rocky, due to 
Esther's financial problems which she was embarrassed about. After 
taking a break in the relationship, Finn and Esther got back together. 
Finn's sister Sass Connelly
 arrived in Ferndale in September and Finn wasn't happy about her 
landing a permanent job in the hospital. Sass has since been causing 
trouble in Finn and Esther's relationship, with her being jealous of 
Esther spending time with her brother.
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