Acting

Hanani Taylor

Biography

Hanani Taylor, born June 16th, 1998, Columbus, Ohio. Musically, Hanani is known as "Hana Ni". Hanani began publicly performing, singing, acting and dancing at age 3. She won her first major singing and acting competitions in Dallas, Texas when she was 8 years old. She also had her acting debut at age 8. Since then, she has been featured on Showtime at the Apollo as a kid star of tomorrow, American Idol when she was 15 as a top 100 contestant out of 125,000 people who auditioned across the country. She has also been in television commercials, radio commercials and numerous print ads and also won Miss T.E.E.N Ohio in 2013. Her first big TV break was a guest star role on CBS's Criminal Minds. Afterwards, she booked a guest star spot on FOX's "The Orville" as well as ABC's "Speechless". She lead her first feature film, "Raise Your Hand" in 2016 and, in the same year, booked a recurring role on the Verizon series "Mr. Student Body President" and also started her own production company. In 2017, Hanani performed (under the name Hana Ni) as the opening act for R&B star, Ginuwine, Mila J, Calvin Richardson and Lyfe Jennings. She also shot and directed her own feature film titled "Rosehill Dwelling". Her first full length album released in early 2018. Her latest album entitled "Everything is Temporary" was released in January 2021. In 2019, Hanani shot her second feature film "Playground". In 2020, Hanani booked a recurring spot on the Peacock TV Original show "Punky Brewster". In 2021, Hanani booked the role of Susie Bryd in the film adaptation of NY Times Bestselling novel, "Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe". She worked alongside Eva Longoria, Lin Manuel Miranda, Kevin Alejandro, Isabella Gomez, Luna Blaze, Aitch Alberto and many more. The film is set to debut in the near future. In 2022, Hanani booked the role of "Kayla" in Nickelodeon and Paramount's film "Fantasy Football" alongside Marsai Martin, Kelly Rowland, Omari Hardwick and Rome Flynn.