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Judith Ackroyd
Home and Away
Portrayed by	Anna Hruby
First appearance	21 October 1999 Episode 2729
Last appearance	21 November 2000 Episode 2957
Profile
Gender	Female
Occupation	School teacher, Principal
Residence	Switzerland
Relationships Romances Edward Dunglass Sr. Joel Nash Children Edward Dunglass (son)

Judith Ackroyd was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. Portrayed by actress Anna Hruby, she was a regular on the show from 1999 to 2000.

[edit] Character history

Judith arrived in Summer Bay in late 1999, taking over as principal of Summer Bay High after Donald Fisher decided to step down. Almost the first thing she heard on her arrival in the Bay was Mitch McColl and Hayley Smith discussing the fact that Don thought, because she had achieved a senior position at a young age, she had slept her way into the job. In fact they had misunderstood him but the comment coloured Judith's attitude towards Don for some time afterwards until he finally set her straight.

Judith was accompanied to the Bay by her son, Edward Dunglass. He was the result of an affair she had had some years previous with an older married lecturer, Edward Dunglass Snr. Edward Snr had died of Huntington's disease, meaning there was a fair chance Edward had inherited it. The fact caused Judith to be both very close to and very tolerant of Edward, who had a rather large rebellious streak.

Shortly after Judith had taken possession of the school laptop, Don arrived to ask her if it still contained a copy of his novel A Letter to Byron, since his housekeeper Colleen Smart had inadvertedly erased his back-up discs by placing them on a magnetic speaker. Judith reluctantly had to admit that she had already formatted the hard drive. Not wanting to see Don's work lost, Judith and Don spent the entire night sitting up and writing out the novel again at his place.

Around the same time, Judith blocked Gypsy Nash's appointment as school captain, feeling she wasn't an appropriate role model for the other pupils. Colleen, meanwhile, had mentioned the fact that Judith had spent the night at Don's place and Gypsy began spreading rumours around the school that they were having an affair-particularly worrying since Don was still married to Marilyn at the time. When Gypsy eventually admitted what she had done, Judith felt that her actions had vindicated her earlier decision.

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