Hari Nef

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

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.

  1. ^ "Hari Nef - IMG Models". Imgmodels.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Ferrier, Morwenna (May 27, 2015). "Top modelling agency IMG signs transgender model Hari Nef". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Inside Hari Nef's Birthday Party in New York City". W Magazine. October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Wellington, Elizabeth (August 12, 2015). "Mirror, Mirror: Philly-born transgender model is breaking down fashion barriers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "SAG Awards Nominations: Complete List". Variety. December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Hari Nef: After Dark at NYFW #2 – visions, revelations". Dazed. September 10, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  7. ^ Galore Girl (October 2014). "Hari Nef On Being a Successful Transgender Model in the Binary Fashion Industry". Galore. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  8. ^ Schulman, Michael (September 18, 2016). "Hari Nef, Model Citizen". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2016.