Annie Hacker

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name = Annie Hacker
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portrayer = Diana Hoddinott
first = "Open Government"
last = "The National Education Service"
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occupation = Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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spouse = Jim Hacker
children = Lucy Hacker
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Anne "Annie" Hacker is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom "Yes Minister" and its sequel, "Yes, Prime Minister". She was portrayed by Diana Hoddinott.

In "Yes Minister" Annie is wife of Jim Hacker, Cabinet Minister of Administrative Affairs. In the last episode, "Party Games", her husband is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a position he holds throughout "Yes, Prime Minister". She is mother to the couple's daughter, Lucy.

Very little is known about Annie and little is divulged about her life, being a secondary character.

Character

Annie is often portrayed as the frustrated wife of a politician, whose exasperation with her husband's political aspirations is seen in the pilot episode, and throughout the series. She also laments the lack of privacy her and her husband experience (especially when Jim assumes the Premiership).

Contrastingly, she is also played as a sympathetic character, especially when her husband has been thwarted by the Civil Service apparatus (see for example The Whisky Priest).