SHE is an accomplished actor with international acclaim. Just don't mention the other ''a'' word … ''Angel'' from Home and Away.

Melissa George has blasted Australian media for referring to the teenage role she had on the soapie 20 years ago, saying it has caused her so much stress she is unlikely to return here.

''I love this city so much,'' she said of Sydney. ''And I want to come home a lot but the stress that this has created in me is not worthy of my health.

''I think it will be the last time [I visit and work here] for a while, to be honest, because I just get too upset coming home.''