Hannah Simone

Hannah Simone born 3 August 1980 is a Canadian actress television host and former VJ and fashion model She is best known for portraying Cece Parekh on the Fox sitcom New Girl Simone was born in London to an Indian father and a mother of German Italian and Greek Cypriot descent Simone spent her early childhood in Calgary Alberta From ages 710 Simone moved through three continents attending schools in each At the age of 13 Simone was living in Cyprus and was working as a fashion model and was featured on the covers of a local fashion publication At 16 years old Simone lived in New Delhi India and attended the American Embassy School and at 17 returned to Canada Initially settling at White Rock British Columbia she subsequently relocated to Vancouver Simone received a BA in International Relations and Political Science from University of British Columbia In 2004 she received a BA in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University For two years she was a researcher for a book by Lloyd Axworthy previously a Foreign Affairs minister under the Jean Chrétien cabinet After this she moved to the UK to volunteer for a short time with the United Nations While studying at Ryerson she also worked as a radio host at the campusbased CKLNFM