1. Zoe Hanna is a fictional character in BBC's medical drama Casualty, portrayed by Sunetra Sarker.
65 Facts About Zoe Hanna
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Zoe Hanna first appeared in the series twenty-two episode "Take a Cup of Kindness", broadcast on 29 December 2007.
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Sarker chose to take a temporary break from the show in 2014 and Zoe departed from the show in the series 28 episode "A Life Less Lived", broadcast on 23 August 2014.
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Zoe Hanna returned in the series 29 episode "Return to Sender", broadcast on 25 October 2014.
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Zoe Hanna appeared in the nineteenth episode of series 32, broadcast on 13 January 2018.
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Zoe Hanna enjoys being a doctor and prefers saving lives than working on paperwork, which influenced her decision to step down as clinical lead in 2014.
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Zoe Hanna later resigned from the post when she began struggling with the demands it involved.
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In 2008, Zoe Hanna became embroiled in helping Abby Evans, who was being abused and when Abby was killed, Zoe Hanna fostered and planned to adopt her daughter Sharice Brooks.
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Zoe Hanna later began a relationship with her colleague Nick Jordan, which dissolved when she lied about being pregnant with his child.
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Zoe Hanna developed close friendships with Dylan Keogh and Tess Bateman during her time in the ED.
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Zoe Hanna was appointed acting clinical lead in 2012, a role which she began permanently in early 2013.
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Zoe Hanna clashed with her deputy Connie Beauchamp over her management of the emergency department and passed over the role to her in mid-2014.
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Sarker added that Zoe Hanna's personality attracted her to the role, stating it was a "relief" to play someone feisty as she played "loveable, sweet girls" in her previous roles.
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Sarker then continued, claiming that Zoe Hanna was "layered in a lot of selfishness, a lot of righteousness, a lot of pigheadedness".
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Later on, having given up Sharice, Zoe Hanna then embarks on a relationship with department head Nick Jordan.
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Zoe Hanna continued to state they are "great" together as well as comparing them to Moonlighting's Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis.
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Hossington revealed that following their rivalry, Connie and Zoe Hanna would call a truce.
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Sarker chose to leave the role in May 2016 after eight and a half years and on 7 May 2016, Zoe Hanna's exit aired as she chose to leave Holby and Max behind and join Nick in Michigan.
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Zoe Hanna described her time on the show as "a privilege and a pleasure", before thanking cast, crew and the "wonderful fans".
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Zoe Hanna revealed that Zoe would feature in a double episode linked with the departure of Charlie Fairhead, the show's longest-serving character.
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Zoe Hanna joins the emergency department after being appointed by Harry Harper as a new consultant.
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Not long after her arrival, Zoe Hanna had an affair with Orthopedic Consultant Sean Anderson, unaware he is the husband of her colleague and friend, staff nurse Jessica Harrison.
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In series 22 episode 29, Zoe Hanna goes head to head with Maggie Coldwell for Harry's position, following his departure and successfully wins the post.
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Marilyn blackmails Zoe Hanna, threatening to reveal her affair with Sean to Jessica.
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Zoe Hanna disregards her threat, clears Maggie's name and admits her affair to everyone.
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Zoe Hanna is left upset when she discovers she cannot naturally conceive.
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Zoe Hanna later becomes close to Abby Evans, a patient she has treated who is being abused by her husband and his father.
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Zoe Hanna begins taking steps to adopting Sharice once Zoe realizes that she is struggling to balance her career and Sharice, she allows her to live with Abby's parents.
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Zoe Hanna later begins a relationship with Nick Jordan, which Nick ends when he leaves the ED at the end of series 23.
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Zoe Hanna later discovers that Nick left because he has a brain tumor and wanted to die alone.
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Nick and Zoe Hanna continue to be great friends and close colleagues.
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Zoe Hanna then begins a relationship with Joel, unaware he is only fifteen and still in school.
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Zoe Hanna discovers this and Joel steals her memory stick containing her work on, to ensure that Zoe would see him again.
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In series 26 episode 6, Zoe Hanna receives an unexpected promotion from Nick.
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Zoe Hanna later helps Linda again when she tries making her niece, Britney see that living with Linda, while her mother, Denise Andrews is imprisoned, won't be bad.
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Zoe Hanna later helps Sam when she realizes that Sam actually wants to divorce Dylan and Zoe Hanna persuades her to send the papers to Dylan.
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When Nick's girlfriend, DCI Yvonne Rippon was stabbed during the Holby Riots, Nick took extended leave to look after her and Director of Surgery, Henrik Hanssen promoted Zoe Hanna to acting clinical lead.
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Zoe Hanna is left disappointed when Dylan decides to leave Holby after realizing that he hasn't got over Sam and never will.
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Zoe Hanna continues her role as acting clinical lead for nineteen weeks, until Nick returns to work.
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Zoe Hanna then begins to worry about Nick's mental stability as he becomes more and more determined to save Yvonne from dying.
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However, when Nick helps treat a patient who wants to end her life suffering, it makes him see sense and with Zoe Hanna's help, he turns off her machine.
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Zoe Hanna is impressed when she returns the following week and finds the ED running well.
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Zoe Hanna is later seen helping Ash realize that his daughter, Ella Ashford isn't the good girl he believes.
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Zoe Hanna began a close friendship with senior nurse, Tess Bateman, after assisting her through an abortion she had while in an affair with fellow nurse, Adrian Fletcher.
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At that point, Zoe Hanna is the only other people that know who Fletch had an affair with aside from Fletch and Tess, themselves.
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Zoe Hanna later begins to panic when Tess tells her that she is planning on resigning so that she doesn't have to face Fletch again, but fortunately, Zoe Hanna manages to show her that she loves Holby City Hospital and everyone would miss her if she were to leave.
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Zoe Hanna is next seen trying to save Dixie's girlfriend, Carol Walcott from dying of a head injury she failed to alert anyone off.
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Zoe Hanna is the one that is left to tell Dixie that Carol has died.
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Zoe Hanna later helps a veteran tell her daughter that she was in fact adopted.
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Zoe Hanna begins to pester the hospital's new CEO, Guy Self for a new consultant as they have still been in need of a replacement for Dylan.
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Zoe Hanna is unaware of this and immediately clashes with her upon her arrival and becomes infuriated when she discovers that she will be sharing an office with Connie.
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However, it isn't long until Zoe Hanna is arguing again with Connie over how the ED should be run.
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Zoe Hanna is made very annoyed by Connie, when she voices her opinions over the ED to Guy.
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Weeks later, a horrific helicopter accident involving a family results in Zoe Hanna attending the scene of the accident.
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When both are rescued, Zoe Hanna's patient dies when Zoe Hanna defends the ED to the press and media, who are present due to the events that occurred last week, involving an increase of patients arriving at the ED.
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Zoe Hanna then realises that the role of clinical lead is not something she enjoys, as it involves constant meetings and paperwork and therefore less time with patients, which is what she wants to do.
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Zoe Hanna goes on to say that Zoe will always have her full support and tells Guy not to question her decision for Zoe to remain in the department.
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Also since her resignation, Zoe Hanna has spent more time with Max in their secret relationship.
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Zoe Hanna then ends her relationship with Max the way it started, with a kiss outside the pub, and Max declares his love for Zoe Hanna.
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Two months later, Zoe Hanna sends a hamper to boost staff morale in the aftermath of Jeff's death.
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Dylan tries to put it out with a fire extinguisher he requests for Zoe Hanna to bring up to him but a gas canister is soon alight and it explodes.
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Zoe Hanna suffers a severe case of hypothermia, but is released from hospital soon afterwards.
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Max initially refuses, but surprises Zoe Hanna by joining her on her flight to Spain.
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Zoe Hanna liked her characterisation, particularly how she was not without fault.
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Zoe Hanna named the character's friendship with Dylan, and relationships with Nick and Max as highlights to her time in the serial.