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Hari Nef        

Model, Actress, Activist & First Trans Woman Signed to IMG Worldwide

Hari Nef is an American actress, model, and writer. Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series "Transparent," for which she was nominated for a SAG award in 2016. She made her runway debut at New York Fashion Week Spring 2015 and subsequently became the first openly transgender woman signed to IMG Models. She also 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.

In 2018, Nef starred as a major lead in Sam Levinson's comedy thriller "Assassination Nation." In the same year, she had a recurring role as Blythe on the Lifetime psychological thriller television series "You," and made her New York theater debut as a lead in Jeremy O. Harris's "Daddy." Nef also stars in the 2022 American comedy film, "1Up," alongside Ruby Rose, Paris Berelc, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Nicholas Coombe.

Nef has spoken with Lena Dunham in a “Women of the Hour” podcast and visited the White House as part of its “Champions of Change” tribute to LGBTQ+ artists.

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