Janine Harouni

Janine Harouni (born 3 January 1988) is a UK-based American stand-up comedian and actress. Early life Harouni was raised in Staten Island, New York City by a Lebanese-American father, while her mother is predominantly of Italian and Irish descent. In 2009, Harouni was involved in a car accident in Manhattan. The car she and her friends were in pulled up on the hard shoulder after a puncture and another car crashed into them at 70mph. Harouni broke her pelvis, femur, legs, and wrists. Her sciatic nerve was crushed which paralysed her right leg for nearly three years.