Janine Harouni

Harouni was raised in Staten Island, New York City by a Lebanese-American father, while her mother is predominantly of Italian and Irish descent. In 2009, Harouni was grievously injured when a car crashed into a parked vehicle she was in, breaking her pelvis, femur, legs, and wrists. She moved to London in 2012. == Career ==

Stand-up comedy In 2018, Harouni won the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year. She won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2019. In 2019, Harouni performed a well received debut show, Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at that year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She returned to the Fringe in 2023, performing ''Man'oushe'' while heavily pregnant, and was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award. Acting Harouni played Thalia in the ITV show Buffering from 2021–2023, and appeared as Carla Diaz in The Batman (2022). == Personal life ==

She is married to Irish comedian and filmmaker Andrew Nolan. == Filmography ==

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