Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te wha o ona tau, ka tiimata a Hannigan ki te puta i roto i nga panui. I neke ia ki Hollywood i te 11 o ona tau. I noho ia me tona whaea me te haere ki te Kura Tuarua o North Hollywood, i angitu ia ki te tarai mo nga kaihoko i a ia e toro ana ki tana papa i Santa Barbara. Whai muri i tana haerere i te Kura Tuarua o North Hollywood, i haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o California State, Northridge, i reira ia he mema o te Alpha Chi Omega sorority me te whiwhi tohu i te hinengaro hinengaro. Ko te mahi kiriata nui tuatahi a Hannigan i roto i taku whaea hapu he tangata ke, he komihana putaiao puta i te 1988; ko tetahi o ana hoa whetu i roto i te kiriata ko te kaiwhakaari a Seth Green, i uru atu ia ki a ia i roto i te kaiwhakaari o Buffy hei hoa rangatira i runga i te mata. I te tau 1989, ko tana mahi tuatahi i runga i tetahi raupapa pouaka whakaata i tae mai ia i te wa poto o te ABC sitcom Free Spirit. I a ia e taiohi ana, i tiaki a Hannigan i nga tamariki o tana hoa mahi o How I Met Your Mother, a Bob Saget.  Pātai: he aha te tau i haere ai a Hannigan ki Hollywood?
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