Hannah Simone | |
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 Simone in March 2012 | |
| Born | 3 August 1980 London, England |
| Education | American Embassy School, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model, television hostess, VJ |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Hannah Simone (born 3 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, television host, and former VJ and fashion model. She portrayed Cece Parekh on the Fox sitcom New Girl . [1]
Simone was born in London to an 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, 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 Hounslow, United Kingdom for a year, where she worked as a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations. [5]
Following her 2005 graduation from The Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), 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]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| 2019 | Awokened | Zia | TV movie |
| 2021 | Welcome to Georgia | Penelope | TV movie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | Host | 2 seasons [20] |
| 2011–2018 | New Girl | Cece | Main role; 140 episodes 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" | |
| 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 | |
| 2020−2022 | Mira, Royal Detective | Pinky (voice) | Main cast |
| 2023−present | Not Dead Yet | Sam | Main cast |
| 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 | [21] |
Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Yes Man (2008), The Happening (2008), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and Our Idiot Brother (2011). She has also ventured into dramatic film territory with Manic (2001), All the Real Girls (2003), Winter Passing (2005), Bridge to Terabithia (2007) and The Driftless Area (2015). From 2011 to 2018, she starred as Jess Day on the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.
Emily Erin Deschanel is an American actress. She played Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the Fox crime procedural series Bones (2005–2017).
Lamorne Morris is an American actor and comedian. He has played the roles of Daniel in Call Me Kat, Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), Darrin Morris in the National Geographic docudrama Valley of the Boom (2019), about the 90s tech boom, and cartoonist Keef Knight in the Hulu comedy Woke (2020–2022). He has also had supporting roles in the films Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016), Game Night (2018),Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and Yesterday (2019).
Jesse Giddings is a Canadian musician, designer, actor, artist and photographer born in Langley, British Columbia and went to high school at Langley Secondary School. He was formerly a VJ starting in 2009 at MuchMusic, a music television station in Canada.
New Girl is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for Fox that aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around a quirky teacher, Jessica Day, after she moves into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick Miller, Schmidt, and Coach .Former roommate Winston Bishop and Jess's best friend Cece Parekh later join the characters. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their late 20s and early 30s, deal with relationship issues and career choices. New Girl is a joint production between Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television and is syndicated by 20th Television.
"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of New Girl. The episode was written by Elizabeth Meriwether, and directed by Jake Kasdan. The episode first aired on Fox in the United States on September 20, 2011 to positive reviews.
The first season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011, and concluded on May 8, 2012, consisting of 24 episodes. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves around offbeat teacher Jess after she moves into a Los Angeles loft with three single men, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston. Jess's best friend Cece also appears regularly. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are around 30 years old, deal with relationships and career choices.
The second season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 25, 2012, and concluded on May 14, 2013, consisting of 25 episodes. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves around offbeat teacher Jess after her moving into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston ; Jess's best friend Cece also appears regularly. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their early thirties, deal with maturing relationships and career choices.
"Normal" is the twentieth episode of the first season of the American comedy television series New Girl. It was written by Luvh Rakhe and directed by Jesse Peretz. The episode aired on April 10, 2012 on Fox.
The third season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 17, 2013, and concluded on May 6, 2014. Season three consists of 23 episodes. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves around offbeat teacher Jess after her moving into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston ; Jess's best friend Cece also appears regularly. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their early thirties, deal with maturing relationships and career choices.
The fourth season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 16, 2014, and concluded on May 5, 2015. Season four consisted a total of 22 episodes. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves around offbeat teacher Jess after her moving into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston ; Jess' best friend Cece also appears regularly. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their early thirties, deal with maturing relationships and career choices.
Jessica Christopher "Jess" Day is a fictional title character in the FOX sitcom New Girl, where she becomes the sole female roommate in an apartment loft in Los Angeles. She is portrayed by Zooey Deschanel.
The fifth season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on January 5, 2016, on Fox in its new timeslot of 8:00 pm (Eastern). The show briefly aired back-to-back on April 19 before airing the final six episodes, beginning April 26, at 8:00 and 9:00 pm respectively.
"Prince" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American sitcom New Girl, and the sixty-third overall. It was written by David Feeney and Rob Rosell, and directed by Fred Goss. It was broadcast on February 2, 2014, on the Fox network in the United States. In the episode, best friends Jess Day and Cece Parikh are invited to a party held at Prince's house. When Jess's boyfriend Nick Miller tells her he loves her, she gives him an unexpected response, which results in Nick and his roommates crashing Prince's party, so Nick can talk to Jess. At the party, Prince gives Jess advice that helps her tell Nick she loves him too.
The sixth season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on September 20, 2016, at 8:30 pm (Eastern), and concluded on April 4, 2017. During the series, it moved to 8:00 pm (Eastern) in early 2017.
The seventh and final season of the American television sitcom New Girl premiered on Fox on April 10, 2018, at 9:30 pm (Eastern), and concluded on May 15, 2018.
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