Hari Nef

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Hari Nef
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Nef in 2017
Born (1992-10-21) October 21, 1992 (age 32)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Columbia University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • writer
Years active2011–present
Modeling information
Height5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) [1]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorHazel
Agency IMG Models (worldwide) [2]

Hari Nef (born October 21, 1992) [3] is an American actress, model, and writer. [4] Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent , for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016. [5]

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She made her runway debut at New York Fashion Week Spring 2015, walking for both Hood By Air and Eckhaus Latta, and subsequently became the first openly transgender woman signed to IMG Models. [6] [7] She became the first openly transgender woman to appear on the cover of a major British magazine. Nef has written on a breadth of topics from fine art and film to sex, gender, and transgender identity. [8] She lives and works in New York City.

Early life and education

Hari Nef was born in Philadelphia [4] into a Jewish family. Her parents are David Neff, an advertising executive, [4] [9] and Robin Clebnik. [8] Her parents divorced when she was two and she was raised by her mother in Newton, Massachusetts. [8] She attended Newton South High School and was part of the school's South Stage program.

Nef graduated from Columbia University in May 2015 with a degree in theater. [10] [11]

Career

Acting

Nef starred as Tante Gittel in the 2015 Emmy-winning television series Transparent. Gittel's character is a Pfefferman family ancestor who lived her life as a cross-dresser in Berlin, Germany during the Weimar Republic and eventually was murdered during the Holocaust. [12] Creator Joey Soloway wrote the part for Nef after the two connected on social media and attended a PFLAG party together. [13] Nef received a 2016 SAG Award nomination for the role. [14]

In 2018, Nef starred as a major lead in Sam Levinson's comedy thriller Assassination Nation . [15] The film stars Nef alongside Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, and Abra. In the same year, she had a recurring role as Blythe on the Lifetime psychological thriller television series You . [16] In 2018, Nef made her New York theater debut as a lead in Jeremy O. Harris' Daddy. [17]

In 2022, Nef starred in the comedy film 1Up , alongside Ruby Rose, Paris Berelc, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Nicholas Coombe. [18] In August, it was announced that Nef would portray Candy Darling in a biopic from Transparent writer Stephanie Kornick. [19]

Later that year, Nef returned to the stage and starred in Denis Johnson's play, Des Moines, at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn. [20] She performed in Thomas Bradshaw's debut of his adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, The Seagull , alongside Parker Posey, Patrick Foley, and Nat Wolff in spring 2023. [21]

Nef starred in the 2023 HBO drama series The Idol followed by a role in Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig. [22] [23]

Writing

Nef at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con Hari Nef (43620745531) (cropped).jpg
Nef at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

Nef has written profiles on various artists and cultural figures including director John Waters, singer/actress Cristina Ortiz Rodriguez, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's Spanish biographical series Veneno , painter Nash Glynn, and Lucas Hilderbrand's book, “The Bars Are Ours." [24] [25] Nef wrote a regular sex advice and experience column for Sarah Nicole Prickett's Adult magazine. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum , Dazed , Vice , Original Plumbing , L'Officiel , and BlackBook . [26] [27]

Modeling

In 2014, Nef was on the cover of Frische Magazine. [28] That same year, she was placed at number 68 on Dazed's 100 list. [10] Nef also moved to the top of the Dazed Readers 100, ranking number one overall, [10] and appeared in the i-D Pre-Fall Issue twice. [29]

In 2015, she again walked shows during New York Fashion Week, including Adam Selman, VFiles, Vejas, Degen, and Eckhaus Latta once more. [30] [31] In May of the same year, Nef was signed to IMG Models, making her the first openly transgender model signed to that agency. [32] [33] [34] In the summer of 2015, Nef was cast in the second season of Amazon Prime's Transparent , which debuted in December 2015. [35] She also starred in The Drums' music video "There Is Nothing Left" in August. [36] The Forward newspaper included her in the Forward 50, a list of the year's 50 most influential Jewish-Americans. [9]

Elle printed special collectors' covers for their September 2016 issue, and one of them featured Nef, which was the first time an openly transgender woman had been on the cover of a major commercial British magazine. [37]

In January 2017, Nef starred in a television commercial for the L'Oréal Paris True Match line alongside Blake Lively, Lara Stone, and Xiao Wen Ju. The campaign was premiered at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards telecast. [38]

Nef walked nine runways during New York Fashion Week for the Spring/Summer 2023 season. [14]

Personal life

Nef is transgender. In an interview with Elle, Nef said, "[As a teenager,] I wanted to wear certain clothes and couldn't. I sort of did it anyway, but there was always a friction with my peers and a mother who was less close-minded than worried." [39] Nef began transitioning while attending Columbia University and is an advocate for transgender women and girls. [40]

As of 2024, Nef lives in New York City and is currently in a relationship with journalist and The Nation editor, Ludwig Hurtado. [41]

Nef has spoken out against Israel and in support of Palestine. [42] [43] [44]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013HellawareCy
2014She Told Me She Was DeadAmber MugabeShort film
2015Self AwareHariShort film
Family TreeHariShort film
2016CrushClareShort film
2017A–Z of HairShort film
2018 Mapplethorpe Tinkerbelle
Assassination Nation Bex Warren
2020First DateAlexShort film
2022 1Up Sloane
Meet Cute Chai
2023 Barbie Doctor Barbie
Bad Things Cal
TBAWho Am I?†DepressionPost-production
Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Transparent GittelRecurring role
2017Love AdventHerselfEpisode: "Hari Nef"
2018 You BlytheRecurring role
Camping NiaEpisode: "Up All Night"
2020 Acting for a Cause Polonius Episode: "Hamlet"
Room 104 KatherineEpisode: "The Murderer"
2022 And Just Like That... Rabbi JenEpisode: "Seeing the Light"
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel L. Roy DunhamEpisode: "Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest"
2023 Extrapolations AnnaEpisode: "2068: The Going-Away Party"
The Idol TaliaRecurring role

Theater

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
2019 "Daddy" Alessia The New Group Off-Broadway
2022 Des Moines Jimmy Theatre for a New Audience
2023The Seagull/Woodstock, NYSashaThe New Group

Podcasts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Day by DayAnnabelle Clarke (voice)Episode: "#AnnabelleClarkeIsOverParty"

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