Hari Nef
Hari Nef is an American actor, television actor, model, author, and writer born on October 21, 1992, in Philadelphia.
Nef attended Newton South High School before going on to study at Columbia University and later Columbia University School of the Arts. Her educational path brought her through two distinct programs at Columbia, giving her a grounding in both the liberal arts and the performing arts.
As a trans woman working across multiple creative fields, Nef has built a career that spans screen acting, television, modeling, and writing. Her work in television places her among a generation of performers who have moved between the camera and the page, and her credits as both an author and a writer reflect an engagement with language alongside her visual and performative work.
English is the language in which Nef has worked throughout her career, and her output as a writer and author runs alongside her roles as an actor and model — a combination of pursuits that has defined the shape of her professional life as a United States citizen operating across entertainment and literary spaces.
Quotes by Hari Nef
I prefer men who are queer. Not gay men, but queer men - guys with an open mind. Bisexual men, because they're able to understand the different elements of the body without judging that I don't conform to a certain ideal.
I was romantically socialized as a gay man, and now that I am, for most intents and purposes, a heterosexual woman, I have to learn how to talk to straight men, which is the scariest thing I've ever done.
People make fun of me because I've been known to eat lunch things for breakfast. I'll eat a good salad. I'll maybe have some tempeh or kale in there. I try to make breakfast a lavish meal because, one, my body tells me to, and, two, that's what carries me through the day.
I travel a lot, so I don't have a morning routine because where I wake up tends to be inconsistent. But I'm always really, really hungry when I wake up, so breakfast is important.
A pink sneaker is like walking down the street at five miles per hour with a Starbucks in your hand. Nobody is getting in your way.
There's something very noble about the bowling shoe. It has very little pretense, and it's kind of naughty. You have to share them with a bunch of other people, which is so kinky in a way that I like. What other shoes would you actively share with other people?