Hannah Simone

Hannah Simone was born on 3rd August 1980 in London to an English mother with Greek, German and Italian ancestry and an Indian father. She has a brother whose name is Zach Simone. She lived in Calgary during her childhood and stayed in three different continents from the age seven to ten, also attending school education there.

She worked as a fashion model at 13 when she was in Cyprus. She attended the American Embassy School when she lived in New Delhi. After returning to Canada, she stayed at White Rock, British Columbia first and then shifted to Vancouver.

She attended the University of British Columbia and thereafter worked for a year for United Nations in London as a human rights and refugees officer, a job she still feels passionate about. She graduated from Ryerson University in 2005 which was followed by her career in the entertainment industry.

Hannah Simone entered showbiz in 2005 and hosted the first season of a television show about decoration of houses called ‘Space for Living’. Thereafter, she worked as a VJ at MuchMusic channel (also known as Much) headquarters from May 2006 to November 2008.

She worked as a news presenter for ‘Much News Weekly’ and hosted the show ‘The NewMusic’. She could connect well with the youth through music and interviewed various artists. She finally left Much channel on November 21, 2008 to move to Los Angeles.

She hosted the reality show ‘WCG Ultimate Gamer’ with Joel Gourdin on the American channel Syfy. The show was aired from 10th March 2009 to 7th October 2010.

She then acted in various television shows and finally got her break in movies in 2011. In 2013, Hannah got featured in the ‘What Women Want’ campaign for Gillette along with Kate Upton and Genesis Rodriguez.

She appeared in the music video of ‘Angel in Blue Jeans’ for the American band ‘Train’ in 2014. In June 2014 she visited India to support the international organization ‘Free The Children’ and participate in the social media campaign called ‘We Are Silent’ in collaboration with ‘The Malala Fund’.

Hannah loves doing eye make-up.

While growing up and living abroad, she was part of many local theater groups in India, Canada, Greece, and Saudi Arabia.

Her pregnancy in real-life was woven into the storyline of her character Cece in the TV show ‘New Girl,’ who expected a baby in the season finale.