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Never one to miss an opportunity to make a quick buck, Latham sets up an escape for fellow cell mate Hannah Simpson for a small fee. Two grand richer, it is actually Chrissie that finally absails down the Loading Bay wall and on to the top of the get-away van... as poor Hannah suffers The Freak's advances in solitary. Life is never dull in Wentworth !

With barely an episode or two to reflect upon her recent (bad) behaviour, Chrissie falls madly in lust with hot new prison nurse Neil Murray. Unfortunately for Chrissie, Penny Seymore and Tina Gibson, he is a psychotic serial killer with a penchant for dead prostitutes. He busts Chrissie out for the day after securing her hospitalisation with a fake illness. However, during a snooping session in the prison infirmary, Steve Fawkner finds some incriminating evidence just in time to save the day. Murray is shot and wounded by police as he tries to spear Chrissie through the heart with a kitchen knife.

It takes a lot to keep a good woman down though, and Chrissie quickly recovers from her ordeal by tarring and feathering Margo and MC'ing the Woodridge Mens Prison Concert. She's reunited here with one of her cohorts from the earlier escape, and also Neil Murray who gets a second chance to bump her off. Kudos to Paddy Lawson's beau, Andy who steps in just in the nick of time to save her. But heartache is never far away and the next hurdle for Chrissie comes when scheming sister-in-law, Brenda Latham serves her with custody papers. She signs them and promptly turns her attention to getting revenge on Joan Ferguson...

A five-against-one Freak bashing takes place on the back stairs, and Barbara Fields cops a body search/cell trashing, before Chrissie decides to become bossom-buddies with Top Dog Bea Smith. They join forces to burn down Wentworth during Episode 326 whilst Smith goes "Freak hunting". Actually, they just mean to start a small diversionary fire, which Latham does in the Library, leaving just enough time for Bea to clobber Ferguson. Unfortunately, Margo tosses a molotov cocktail into a store room stocked to the rafters with turps and hey presto, goodbye Wentworth, Barbara Fields and Heather "Mouse" Trapp.

The women head off to Woodridge, where Chrissie and Bea deliver Jeanie Stanton's baby (Christopher) and bash the hell out of Margo for lagging to the cops about who started The Great Fire at Wentworth. Chrissie then suggests some great screw-baiting with a points chart in retaliation to one of Erica Davidson's good behaviour schemes which see's Chrissie antagonise The Freak for the very last time ! Whilst fellow inmate Paddy Lawson comes to a watery end thanks to the evil Nola McKenzie, the last we see of Chrissie is when the paddy wagon comes to take her to Barnhurst, and she is dragged off kicking and screaming duing Episode 338.

Amanda left Prisoner in late 1982 (still on air in early 1983) after 106 episodes as Chrissie. Directly after leaving the show, she appeared in the hugely successful Theatre Production "Steaming" and due to a steady stream of job offers and exciting new roles, never had the time to return for a 6th visit behind bars.

Her Favourite Storyline : "Smashing plates and trashing the apartment she shared with Elizabeth's father"

Her Catch-Phrase : "What about my baby, Bea?"

Her Favourite Dialogue : "Ere. Why don't we stick Vinegar in the dryers until she comes out all pink and fluffy like one of them dunny seat covers!"

Her Favourite Character: "Lizzie Birdsworth, played by the gorgeous Sheila Florance"