Coral Drouyn

Coral Drouyn née Coral O'Neil, (Doncaster, England) in 1945), also billed as Coral Kelly, is an English Australian actress, singer and screenwriter best known for her work in television, including Prisoner, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Pacific Drive and Home and Away.

Emigrating to Australia in the 1960s, Drouyn worked as a singer, whilst writing material for theatre restaurants. During her acting career, when she was billed as Coral Kelly, she appeared in the ill-fated soap opera Arcade as health studio receptionist Consuela McPhee.

Retiring from acting, Drouyn began writing for television, working as a scriptwriter for Grundy's on series such as The Restless Years, Prisoner and Neighbours. During her time on Prisoner, Drouyn worked her way up from freelance writer to in-house story editor, creating characters and stories before leaving the series prior to its 600th episode.

Drouyn subsequently was involved in the creation of Pacific Drive before performing story editor duties on Blue Heelers and Home and Away. Her book 'Big Screen, Small Screen', detailing the craft skills involved in screen-writing, was published in 1994.

Drouyn now works as a theatre critic.