| 1 | Ellen | O'Farrell | A hypnotherapist. |
| | Patrick | Scott | A surveyor. |
| | | Pascoe | A teacher. |
| | Julia Margaret | Robinson | Ellen's close friend. |
| | Mary | | Ellen's great-aunt. |
| | Jon | | An engineer. Ellen's ex- boyfriend. |
| | Jack | | Patrick's son. |
| 2 | Andy | | A young banker. Ellen's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Edward | | A high school teacher. Ellen's boy-friend. |
| | Saskia | | Patrick's ex-live-in partner. Aka: Deborah Vanderberg. |
| | Colleen | | Patrick's wife. |
| 4 | William | | Julia's husband. |
| | Eddie | Masters | A butcher. |
| | Cheryl | | A chemist. |
| | Milton | Erickson | A famous hypnotist. |
| | Giles | | A one-legged boy. |
| | Touche | | A school fencing champion. |
| 5 | Madeline | | Ellen's friend. |
| | Carmel | | Julia's friend. |
| | Rosie | | Ellen's client. |
| | Ian | Ronan | Rosie's fiance. |
| | Flynn | Halliday | An old school hypnotherapist. Ellen's mentor. |
| 6 | Sam | | Patrick's friend. Aka: Stinky. |
| | Mary-Kate | | A barrister. |
| | Cameron | Diaz | A former American actress. |
| | Anne | O'Farrell | Ellen's mother. |
| | Melanie | | Anne's friend. Ellen's godmother. Aka: Mel. |
| | Phillipa | | Ellen's godmother. Aka: Pip. |
| | Diane | Keaton | An American film actress, director and producer. |
| | Maureen | Scott | Patrick's mother. |
| 7 | Chris | Craig | A boy in the Caravan Park. |
| | George | | Patrick's father. |
| | Simon | | A website designer. Patrick's brother. |
| | Danny | | A young hypnotherapist. |
| 8 | Harriet | | Jon's sister. |
| 9 | Luisa | Bell | Ellen's new client. |
| 10 | Clara | | Saskia's mother. |
| 12 | Joe | | Rosie's ex-boyfriend. |
| 13 | David | Greenfield | An Orthopedic surgeon. Ellen's father. |
| | Jeff | | Saskia's neighbor. |
| | Alfred | Boyle | An accountant. Ellen's new client. |
| 14 | Marlene | Adams | A hypnotherapist. |
| | Millie | | Colleen's mother. |
| | Frank | | Millie's husband. |
| | Jason | Hood | Ellen's classmate. |
| 15 | Pam | | Alfred's classmate. |
| | | Bourke | A pre-school teacher. |
| 16 | Liam | | A boy who was born in 1970 and died in 1980. |
| | Bill | Taylor | Founder and editor of Fast Compay Magazine. |
| | Tammy | | Saskia's good friend. |
| | Lance | | Saskia's acquaintance. |
| 18 | Isabella | | Madeline's daughter. |
| | Callum | | David's older son. |
| | Lachlan | | Callum's brother. |
| | Jane | | David's wife. |
| 19 | Ethan | | Jack's friend. |
| | Patricia | Bradbury | Julia's mother. |
| | Lena | Peterson | A lecturer in the Computer Engineering Division. |
| 20 | Steve | | Saskia's acquaintance. |
| | Jemima | | The name Jack wants to call his unborn sister. |
| | Lisa | Hamilton | A journalist. |
| 23 | Nina | | Saskia's officemate. |
| 24 | Kate | | Lance's wife. |
| | Malcolm | | Saskia's friend who sent a get-well-soon card. |
| | Ever | Knievel | Had a world record for the most broken bones. |
| 26 | Enrique | Penalosa | A former mayor of Bogota, Columbia. |
| | Janet | | Saskia's new neighbor. |
| | Peter | | Janet's husband. |
| | Sally | | An aide who brought Saskia's breakfast. |
| 27 | Grace Lily | Scott | Ellen's daughter. Aka: Gracie. |
| | Harry | | Madeline's son. |
| 28 | Toby | | Janet's brother. |
