Hannah Simone

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Hannah Simone
File:Hannah Simone (2) (cropped).jpg
Simone in March 2012
Born (1980-08-03) 3 August 1980 (age 45)
London, England, U.K.
Alma materRyerson University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • television hostess
  • VJ
Years active2005–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Children1

Hannah Simone (born 3 August 1980) is a British and Canadian actress. She portrayed Cece Parikh on the Fox sitcom New Girl.[1]

Early life

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Simone was born in London to a British Indian father and a British mother of German, Italian, and Greek Cypriot descent.[2] She has a brother named Zack.[3] Simone spent her early childhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. From ages 7–10, Simone moved through three continents, attending schools in each one. At the age of 13, Simone was living in Cyprus and was working as a fashion model. At 16 years old, Simone lived in New Delhi where she attended the American Embassy School. A year later, at 17, she returned to Canada. Initially settling in White Rock, British Columbia, she subsequently relocated to Vancouver[4] where she attended the University of British Columbia. After her first degree, she returned to London, for a year, where she worked as a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations.[5]

Career

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Following her 2005 graduation from Ryerson University, Simone became host of HGTV Canada's television show Space for Living for its first season.[6]

Simone worked at MuchMusic as a VJ at MuchMusic Headquarters, as a news presenter for "Much News Weekly" and, the host of the show The NewMusic. From May 2006 to November 2008, she worked as a VJ for MuchMusic in Canada. She interviewed artists and bands during her time at Much. She then stated that she had plans to move to Los Angeles, California.[7]

Simone hosted WCG Ultimate Gamer alongside Joel Gourdin on Syfy.[8][9] The series premiered on 10 March 2009 and ended after its second season on 7 October 2010. From 2011 to 2018, Simone appeared in Fox's comedy New Girl.[10]

Alongside Kate Upton and Génesis Rodríguez, she was featured in Gillette's "What Women Want" campaign in 2013.[11]

In 2014, she starred alongside Danny Trejo in Train's music video "Angel in Blue Jeans".[12]

In 2016, she starred in music video "Same Air" from The Rocket Summer. In 2017, she hosted the reality competition television series Kicking & Screaming.[13]

On 12 February 2018, Simone was announced as the lead in ABC's reboot of The Greatest American Hero;[14] however, ABC declined to pick up the series.[15]

She began cohosting Welcome to Our Show, a New Girl rewatch podcast with co-stars Lamorne Morris and Zooey Deschanel, distributed by iHeartRadio, in January 2022.[16]

Personal life

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In 2016, after dating for nearly four years, Simone married musician Jesse Giddings; like Simone, he is also a former VJ at MuchMusic.[17] Simone announced her pregnancy in April 2017, and she gave birth to their son in early August 2017.[18][19]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Sati Shaves Her Head Nikki Short film
2013 Oldboy Stephanie Lee
2015 Miss India America Sonia Nielson
Lemonade Tasha
2016 Flock of Dudes Beth
Folk Hero & Funny Guy Emily
Odd Squad: The Movie Weird Emily
2017 Band Aid Grace
Killing Gunther Sanaa
TBA Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers TBA Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Kevin Hill Larissa Episode: "Only Sixteen"
Kojak Sexy Girl 2 episodes
2006 Beautiful People Customer Fix Café Episode: "A Tale of Two Parties"
2009–2010 WCG Ultimate Gamer Herself / Host Reality TV
2011–2018 New Girl Cece Main cast
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Breakout Performance — Female
2012 H+: The Digital Series Leena Param Web series
2013 1600 Penn Princess Abigail of Andorra Episode: "Bursting the Bubble"
So You Think You Can Dance Herself / Guest judge Episode: "Las Vegas Callbacks", reality TV
Hot Package Model Episode: "Pilot"
2017 Kicking & Screaming Host
2018 Single Parents Dr. Monica Dewan 3 episodes
2019 Weird City Phephanie Episode: "Chonathan & Mulia & Barsley & Phephanie"
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Amber TV special
Awokened Zia TV movie
2020−2022 Mira, Royal Detective Pinky (voice) Main cast
2021 Welcome to Georgia Penelope TV movie
2023−2024 Not Dead Yet Sam Main cast

Other media

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List of acting appearances in music videos
Year Title and Artist Role Refs
2014 "Angel in Blue Jeans" by Train Title character [12]
2016 "Same Air" by The Rocket Summer Free Falling Girl [20]

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