Hannah Wilson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera, Home and Away, played by Cassie Howarth.

She was introduced as part of established character Zac MacGuire's (Charlie Clausen) extended family.

She arrives in Summer Bay with newfound responsibility of looking after her dead sister's children Oscar (Jake Speer) and Evelyn MacGuire (Philippa Northeast).

Her early storylines focused mainly on the MacGuire family and Hannah shared a brief relationship with brother-in-law Zac.

Writers continued to involve Hannah in romantic themed stories when she develops feelings for her married colleague Nate Cooper (Kyle Pryor).

Their attraction causes a feud between Hannah and Nate's mentally unstable wife Sophie Taylor (Bridgette Sneddon).

The scenes formed the 2014 series finale and Hannah was left with life changing injuries after two of her vertebrae were crushed leaving her paralysed.

[2] Hannah is the youngest daughter of a well off family and as such, has enjoyed all the privileges financial security and parental support can provide.

But that doesn’t mean she’s cruised through her life… on the contrary, Hannah has always been determined to ‘make it on her own’.Hannah is characterised as being "a free spirit".

[1] The character is described on the show's official website as striving to be an independent female despite coming from a wealthy background.

[3] Hannah is left with the responsibility of caring for her deceased sister's children Oscar (Jake Speer) and Evelyn MacGuire (Philippa Northeast).

Howarth told a Yahoo!7 reporter that "Hannah has to now struggle to stay selfless and responsible, to make sure the twins have the life their mother wanted for them.

"[2] Zac initially thinks Hannah is over reacting, but decides to go and see Ethan and his children at the camp.

The town provides a community atmosphere which Hannah embraces and Howarth added that her character wants to share this with Oscar and Evelyn.

But Zac struggled to be around Hannah and she began spending time with Andy Barrett (Tai Hara) and an attraction develops between them.

[7] Clausen told Rebecca Lake from TV Week that "Zac never thought Hannah would be looking elsewhere for romance or that anyone else had come on the scene.

Hannah's actions leave Andy in debt and endanger his brother, Josh Barrett's (Jackson Gallagher) life.

He also warned that the unpredictable nature of the drug dealers leave those closest to him, including Hannah, at risk.

[11] Howarth told Kerry Harvey from TV Guide that Hannah and Andy have complete opposite personas but "balance each other well".

"[12] Following Hannah's recovery and reuse of her legs, producers decided to create a series of new relationship problems for the duo to work through.

Writers used the opportunity to introduce the character into her colleague Nate Cooper's (Kyle Pryor) storylines.

Pryor told Stephen Downie from TV Week that "it's a spur of the moment thing" as Nate too had been in denial.

Howarth believes that it was her character's fault, and Hannah is left with the task of saving Nate's life.

[19] The pair kiss again, Pryor says a "good connection" had been developed between the two and it is hard for Nate to resist temptation.

[21] When the show returned in 2015, Hannah is seriously injured in the accident and is impaled by a piece of metal which lodges in her spine.

Hannah works alongside Chris Harrington (Johnny Ruffo) on a charity fund-raiser and they become better acquainted.

Howarth told a TV Week reporter that Hannah had not contemplated romance with Chris because she considered them only as friends.

Ivana Frost (Tegan Martin) pays a visit to Summer Bay, but Chris feels he must prove he has moved onto a more successful life and convinces Hannah to pose as his girlfriend.

She initially appeared to be fine, but she later collapsed with internal bleeding and died[35] Howarth later posted a message on her social media account, saying she was "forever grateful" for her time on the show.

[35] An Inside Soap reporter included Hannah and Andy's romance in their "best bits of August [2014]" feature.