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Janine Harouni
Born: 3rd Jan 1988 Staten Island, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
Janine Harouni is a UK-based American stand-up comedian and actress. Harouni was raised in Staten Island, New York City by a Lebanese-American father and a mother of Irish and Italian ancestry. 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.
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.
Harouni played Thalia in the ITV show Buffering from 2021–2023, and appeared as Carla Diaz in The Batman (2022).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 17
Film: 7 (41%)
Television: 10 (59%)
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Filmography
Feb 2026 (first aired)
The satirical panel show with a standup twist is back! Dara Ó Briain hosts as two teams of top comedians battle to poke fun at the week's news. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
2025
The most brutal jokes you've ever heard, performed in front of a crowd in Glasgow that was baying for blood. Let the roasting commence. ... view
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Oct 2024 (first aired)
The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos ... view
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Meg Coker (1 ep.)
2023
Two hidden camera pranksters infiltrate a funeral home, unaware that the mortician they've targeted is a demented lunatic. ... view
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Jess Keaton
2022
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenche ... view
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Young Woman at Airport
2022
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as ... view
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Carla
2021
Janine's father is a lifelong New Yorker and son of Middle-Eastern immigrants. He's also an avid Donald Trump supporter. Attempting to reconcile those ... view
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Self
Aug 2021 (first aired)
A comedy series following a group of 20 somethings as they try to navigate love, work and the art of adulting. ... view
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Thalia (6 ep.)
Jan 2021 (first aired)
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains involves celebrity guests revisiting their teenage years. Each celebrity will take a trip down memory lane; competing acr ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2018
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France ... view
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Jeanne De Caillavet
2018
A gothic fairytale following three generations of women struggling with the aftermath of a divorce. ... view
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American Mum
May 2018 (first aired)
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult su ... view
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Funeral Parlour Receptionist (1 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Russell Howard offers his unique take on the week's news and current affairs, picking through the biggest UK and international stories, and offering a ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2013 (first aired)
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2011 (first aired)
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirk ... view
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Dania (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 2004 (first aired)
A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Dec 2003 (first aired)
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, w ... view
Character:
Self - Contestant (1 ep.)