Emmeline Hawthorne is a New Zealand-born actress who is known for her role as Anne Greenlaw on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. An acclaimed stage and screen actress, she played Hannah Priest in the television series Jackson's Wharf, Bane in Xena: Warrior Princess and the lead role of Theresa in the 2003 feature Orphans and Angels. She is the daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Hawthorne and sister of Sophia Hawthorne.