Talleen Abu Hanna (Arabic: تالین ابو حنا, Hebrew: תאלין אבו חנא; born 30 July 1994) is an Israeli-Arab beauty pageant winner, model, actress, and television personality.
[7][8] On 8 May 2017, Abu Hanna attended a reception at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem and met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
[7] In June 2017, she gave an address at a Pride Month event hosted at the Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C..[7] She has spoken to transgender youth at shelters in Tel Aviv and at Casa Ruby, an LGBTQ community center in Washington, D.C.[7] She modeled in an advertisement campaign for the Spanish fashion label Desigual.
Abu Hanna became the first trans-Israeli actress in history to star and walk on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
[1][9] On 10 October 2016, Abu Hanna underwent gender-affirming surgery at Kamol Cosmetic Hospital in Thailand.