[1] Her school teacher had suggested that she join an agency and she got the part of Hannah within a couple of months, after her first professional audition.

[1] In February 1999, Inside Soap reported that producers were going to give Hannah a makeover to make her appear more mature, before Ritters stepped in front of the cameras again.

[5] Hannah arrives with her parents for Todd Landers' (Kristian Schmid) funeral but the family are lost along some country roads.

Further drama ensues when neighbour Cameron Hudson (Benjamin Grant Mitchell) represents Chambers and he is cleared.

Michael then spikes Hannah's orange juice with Jim Robinson's (Alan Dale) vodka and is soon packed off to boarding school.

Hannah finds her life in danger when she and Beth Brennan are trapped in a burning cottage behind Lassiter's and are rescued by Brad Willis (Scott Michaelson).

Hannah experiences tragedy when Julie dies after falling from a tower while away on a murder mystery weekend with Philip and Debbie.

Philip begins dating again, seeing Molly Harrison (Robyn Hughan), a woman he met in the newsagency.

Hannah goes out of her way to break up Philip and Molly to the extent of spiking her dinner with chilli causing her to have a bad reaction to the mixture.

Hannah responds positively when Philip begins dating Jen Handley but the relationship lasts a short while.

Hannah decides she wants to spend time in France with her friend Claire Girard (Adele Schober) for six months.

However, when Paul obsesses over BMX riding, Hannah breaks up with him and takes an interest in John "Teabag" Teasdale (Nathan Phillips), much to Philip's chagrin.

"[7] In 2010, to celebrate Neighbours' 25th anniversary British satellite broadcasting company, Sky, profiled twenty-five characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history and Hannah was included in the list.