Hari Nef born October 21 1992 is an American actress model and writer Nefs breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent for which she was nominated for a SAG award in 2016 She made her runway debut at New York Fashion Week Spring 2015 walking for both Hood By Air and Eckhaus Latta and subsequently became the first openly transgender woman signed to IMG Models She became the first openly transgender woman to appear on the cover of a major British magazine Nef has written on a breadth of topics from fine art and film to sex gender and transgender identity She lives and works in New York City Description above is from the article Hari Nef licensed under CCBYSA Full list of contributors on Wikipedia