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 CHRISSIE LATHAM
played by Amanda Muggleton
Chrissie appears in Wentworth right from the beginning however she doesn't last very long. In episode 3, Meg Jackson's husband Bill is stabbed by one of the women during a riot. Chrissie turns out to be the guilty party and is transferred to another prison at the end of the next episode, following a closely cut hair-do by the other women.
After a while she returns to Wentworth, pregnant it seems by a prison officer from the jail she has just arrived from. This is a surprise to nobody as Chrissie is often sentenced due to prostitution. The baby arrives earlier than expected but all is well and she names her new daughter Elizabeth, after Lizzie.
She is in and out of Wentworth throughout the series. In episodes 285 - 286 Chrissie is found to be involved in Social Security fraud. She is arrested at the airport, trying to leave the country with her child. From then onwards, life takes a downward toll on Chrissie. She loses custody of Elizabeth to her sister-in-law Brenda. Officer Joan Ferguson uses Chrissie's emotional status to take advantage of her, but goes too far. Chrissie fights back but Joan beats her and almost leaves her for dead in episode 298. In true Prisoner style, she recovers but is unable to lag on Joan who threatens her once more.
Perhaps to get back at Joan, Chrissie agrees to start a diversion fire in the library during episode 326 when Bea decides that they've had enough of The Freak and lures her into the isolation cells where she will attack and kill her. Things go wrong, and two of the prison inmates die in the fire.
Chrissie is transferred to Barnhurst prison in episode 339 and we do not hear from her again.
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Classic Moment:
Chrissie and Paddy during rehearsals from the joint concert at Woodridge
Taken from Episode 322
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