Anne Kahu  Anne Kahu (also Brownlee and Greenlaw) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera "Shortland Street" who was portrayed by Emmeline Hawthorne from late 2001 until early 2004. The character was killed off in the 2003 cliffhanger. The soap went through a major revamp in 2000 with one of the intentions being a more community based cast with strong family ties. It was decided that the family of Judy Brownlee would be expanded to achieve this. The character of Anne was created to fulfill the role. Emmeline Hawthorne, whose mother, Elizabeth had previously starred prominently, was cast as the role. The character was killed off in the 2003 cliffhanger. Anne arrived after getting a job as a nurse at Shortland Street, where her adoptive brother, Geoff (Andrew Laing), worked as a doctor. She grew attracted to older man, Victor Kahu (Calvin Tuteao), who was in a steady relationship. Anne decided to locate her adoptive mother and in the process of finding her identity, began dating a newly single Victor. However Anne slowly started to grow attracted to Victor's son, Nelson (Quinton Hita). Anne eventually discovered her boss Judy (Donogh Rees) was her biological mother and the eventually bonded. Anne and Victor got engaged and the two married in a beautiful Spring wedding. The two decided to adopt Tama (David Wikaira-Paul) and Shannon's (Amber Cureen) child, but it died shortly after birth and a devastated Anne began an affair with Nelson. Victor found out and the marriage was over and so too was the affair. Anne grew close to Rex Treherne (Raymond Hawthorne) only to discover he was her father. As the year ended, Anne attended the opening of one of Rex's new buildings, only to be caught in the wreckage when the building collapsed suddenly. She was crushed by a large piece of rubble and it was revealed she had died. Upon the soap opera's revamp in 2000, part of the producers plan was to present a more community based setting with steady family links between characters. It was decided to introduce a daughter for Judy whom she had adopted out at birth, the character of Anne was created to serve this purpose. Upon her arrival Anne initially gets on the bad side of Judy with Hawthorne stating; "I come along very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, with a whole lot of ideas about how the old people shouldn’t be on the sleeping pills...