Hannah Simone

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Summary

Hannah Simone is an actor and former television host known for playing Cece Parekh on New Girl and for roles in Not Dead Yet and Mira, Royal Detective. Her work includes comedy, female friendship and coming-of-age stories. She has described her casting on New Girl as important for the representation of brown women, praised female-led storytelling and spoken about the value of South Asian representation for children. In a 2014 essay, she credited her father’s feminist approach to challenging patriarchy and gender inequality with shaping her education and independence. No public partisan campaigning or political affiliations are on record.