Hari Nef

 Hari Nef

Hari Nef (born October 21, 1992) is an American actress, model, and writer.[3] Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent, for which she was nominated for a SAG award in 2016.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7] She lives and works in New York City.

Hari Nef was born in Philadelphia[3] into a Jewish family. Her parents are David Neff, an advertising executive,[3][8] and Robin Clebnik.[7] Her parents divorced when she was two and she was raised by her mother in Newton, Massachusetts.Nef graduated from Columbia University in May 2015 with a degree in theater.

Nef starred as Tante Gittel in the 2015 Emmy-winning television series Transparent. Gittel's character is a Pfefferman family ancestor that lived her life as a cross-dresser in Berlin, Germany during the Weimar Republic and eventually was murdered during the Holocaust.[11] Creator Joey Soloway wrote the part for Nef after the two connected on social media and attended a PFLAG party together.[12] She received a 2016 SAG Award nomination for the role.

In 2018, Nef starred as a major lead in Sam Levinson's comedy thriller Assassination Nation.[14] 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.[15] In 2018, Nef made her New York theater debut as a lead in Jeremy O. Harris' Daddy.In 2022, Nef starred in the comedy film 1Up, alongside Ruby Rose, Paris Berelc, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Nicholas Coombe.[17] In August, it was announced that Nef would portray Candy Darling in a biopic from Transparent writer Stephanie Kornick.

Later that year, Nef returned to the stage and starred in Denis Johnson’s play, Des Moines, at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.Nef is set to star in the upcoming HBO drama series The Idol as well as Greta Gerwig's upcoming film, Barbie.[20][21] She is set to perform in Thomas Bradshaw's debut of his adaptation of Chekhov's classic play, The Seagull, alongside Parker Posey, Patrick Foley, and Nat Wolff.