« About Hannah

Since childhood Hannah has been acting and performing - she loves it.

This early interest has assisted her in developing an instinctive talent for the art. Memorising long lines of dialogue for example, comes naturally.

At age ten, she was chosen with one other girl to perform solo singing at the climax of the Variety Show, which featured national and international celebrities and was broadcast live. More recently she was featured in a popular ANZ commercial in Sydney, and played the role of Marilee in Disney's Legend of the Seeker.

Hannah is also an excellent dancer, and has practiced yoga consistently for the past eight years. Between the ages of five to fifteen she studied ballet, and continues creative dance as a hobby today. She studied singing along with speech and drama through to grade eight with the Trinity College of London.

In 1998 Hannah was awarded the Trinity College Teachers Diploma and over four years ran her own speech and drama classes for children.

More recently, Hannah spent time in Sydney to gain further experience in the industry. It was very inspiring and she had regular work in a variety of film and TV projects, as well as receiving personal training from actor Anthony Wong (Matrix Trilogy, Little Fish) in the Ivana Chubbuck technique.

She is now back in Auckland, loving being home and looking forward to the new opportunities that await her. In her own words:

"Acting is something I've always done and will always do. Its not a job, its a joy. Wherever it leads me - I'm loving the journey."  -  Hannah Janes