Biography for
Yasmine Hanani More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

5 June 1980, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Birth Name

Jameela Yasmine Hannaney

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Mini Biography

Yasmine Hanani was born in Baltimore but grew up in Southfield, Michigan and later lived in Orange County, California. She is a high honors graduate of the University of Southern California. After working as an investment banking analyst on Wall Street, the former child actress made her return to the industry working on the 2004 documentary "Voices of Iraq". Other documentary work includes "My Country, My Country" and "The Blood of My Brother". Yasmine has quickly gained attention as a skilled performer on stage and screen and will next be seen in Peter Berg's "The Kingdom" (2007) and starring in Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" (2008).

IMDb Mini Biography By: JMK

Trivia

Her mother, Maryanne is a surgeon. Her father, Joseph is an engineer. She has one younger sister, Noor.

Competed as "Miss Iraq" in the Miss Asia cultural pageant. This marked Iraq's first participation in a beauty pageant.

Briefly worked as an investment banking analyst in NYC