Janine Harouni

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Janine Harouni

Acting 38 January 3, 1988

Staten Island, New York, USA

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 It…

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The Batman

The Batman

7.7 2022 Movie
Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

7.8 2011 TV Show
Colette

Colette

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Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

7.5 2018 TV Show
The Last Leg

The Last Leg

5.7 2013 TV Show
Trying

Trying

7.6 2020 TV Show
The People We Hate at the Wedding

The People We Hate at the Wedding

6.3 2022 Movie
The Franchise

The Franchise

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The Great British Sewing Bee

The Great British Sewing Bee

7.9 2013 TV Show
The Russell Howard Hour

The Russell Howard Hour

8.0 2017 TV Show
Celebrity Mastermind

Celebrity Mastermind

6.0 2003 TV Show
Live at the Apollo

Live at the Apollo

6.9 2004 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Twenty Twenty Six

    TV show Amy Huffman

  2. 2026
    Mock the Week

    TV show Self

  3. 2025
    The Roast of Have A Word 3

    Movie

  4. 2024
    The Franchise

    TV show Meg Coker

  5. 2023
    Thin Skinned

    Movie Jess Keaton

  6. 2022
    The People We Hate at the Wedding

    Movie Young Woman at Airport

  7. 2022
    The Batman

    Movie Carla

  8. 2021
    Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)

    Movie Self

  9. 2021
    Buffering

    TV show Thalia

  10. 2021
    Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

    TV show Self

  11. 2020
    Trying

    TV show Bonnie

  12. 2018
    Colette

    Movie Jeanne De Caillavet

  13. 2018
    Beast

    Movie American Mum

  14. 2018
    Patrick Melrose

    TV show Funeral Parlour Receptionist

  15. 2017
    The Russell Howard Hour

    TV show Self

  16. 2013
    The Great British Sewing Bee

    TV show Writer

More credits
  1. 2013
    The Last Leg

    TV show Self

  2. 2011
    Bob's Burgers

    TV show Dania (voice)

  3. 2004
    Live at the Apollo

    TV show Self

  4. 2003
    Celebrity Mastermind

    TV show Self - Contestant