# Janine Harouni

Janine Harouni is a UK-based American stand-up comedian and actress.

## Early life

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.

## 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
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | A Viewfinder | Luz | Short film |
| 2017 | Anti Social: Comic Relief | Mel | Short film |
| 2018 | Colette | Jeanne de Caillavet | |
| 2018 | Beast | American Mum | Short film |
| 2022 | The Batman | Carla | |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding | Young Woman at Airport | |
| 2023 | Thin Skinned | Jess Keaton | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Bucket | Yoga Teacher | Episode 4 |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Funeral Parlour Receptionist | Mini-series; Episode 1: "Bad News" |
| 2018 | Modern Horror Stories | Kara / Jeanette / Doctor / Lauren / Samantha | Mini-series; 6 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | BBC Quickies | Janine | Mini-series; 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Soft Border Patrol | Miss Truth | Series 2; Episode 5: "The Light That Guides You Through" |
| 2019 | Modern Horror Stories Does Comic Relief | (unknown) | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Super Unit | Winter Leigh | Mini-series; Episode 1: "Bumfield Council Division" |
| 2019 | Very Valentine | Pamela | Television film |
| 2021 | The Emily Atack Show | Various characters | Series 2; Episodes 1 & 4: "Holidays" and "Modern Life" |
| 2021 | Comedians Giving Lectures | Herself - Guest Lecturer | Series 2; Episode 2 |
| 2021–2023 | Buffering | Thalia | Series 1 & 2; 11 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | The Stand Up Sketch Show | Various characters | Series 3–5; 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Avoidance | Riley | Series 1; Episode 5 |
| 2022 | Question Team | Herself - Panellist | Series 2; Episode 4 |
| 2023 | Pointless Celebrities | Herself - Contestant | Series 15; Episode 25 |
| 2024 | The Franchise | Meg Coker | Episode 3: "Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost" |
| 2024 | Bob's Burgers | Dania (voice) | Series 15; Episode 3: "Colon-y the Dronely" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Star Ocean: Anamnesis | Hrist (voice) | English version |
| 2016 | Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission | Red Four (voice) | |
| 2017 | The Surge | Mallory (voice) / Various voices | |
| 2017 | Need for Speed: Payback | Natasha Nova (voice) | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | Voice Talent / Acting Talent (voice) | |
| 2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Newt (voice) | English version |
| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 | Laracer (voice) | |
| 2018 | Insurgency: Sandstorm | Assassin (voice) | |
| 2019 | Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space | Amy (voice) | English version |
| 2019 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Dr. Maggie Hanover / Deep State DLC (voice) | |
| 2020 | Haven | Yu (Female) (voice) | |
| 2022 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | (unknown) (voice) | |