{{short description|Australian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Hannah Diviney | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | notable_works = ''Audrey'' | years_active = | partner = | children = }} '''Hannah Diviney''' is an Australian actress, activist, and author.<ref>{{Citation | last= Northover | first= Kylie | title= Hannah Diviney took on Beyonce. Now she's breaking new ground on TV | url= https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-romcom-giving-us-a-new-perspective-on-disabled-people-20221118-p5bzea.html | periodical= Sydney Morning Herald | date= 23 November 2022}}</ref>
Diviney plays Norah in the 2024 black comedy ''Audrey''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=Hannah Diviney on her Audrey character, representation and premiering the film at SXSW {{!}} Missing Perspectives |url=https://missingperspectives.com/posts/sxsw-2024-audrey-movie-hannah-diviney/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{Citation | last= Jeffery | first= Yasmin | title= Jackie van Beek and Hannah Diviney's new film Audrey is an Australian black comedy with cult classic potential | url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/audrey-movie-jackie-van-beek-hannah-diviney-australian-comedy/104572204 | periodical= ABC Entertainment | date= 8 November 2024}}</ref> For that role she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film at the 14th AACTA Awards.<ref name="if ">{{Citation | last= Slatter | first= Sean | title= 'Better Man', 'Boy Swallows Universe' top AACTA nominations | url= https://if.com.au/better-man-boy-swallows-universe-top-aacta-nominations/ | periodical= If | date= 7 December 2024}}</ref> She was previously the lead in the SBS dramedy ''Latecomers''.<ref name="ABC"/><ref>{{Citation | last= Diviney | first= Hannah | title= I've spent a lifetime searching for someone who looked like me on screen | url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-02/hannah-diviney-latecomers-lizzo-representation-disability-tv/101720564 | periodical= ABC Everyday | date= 2 December 2022}}</ref>
Diviney, who has cerebral palsy,<ref>{{Citation | last= Diviney | first= Hannah | title= At age three, Hannah asked her parents the question they knew would come one day | url= https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/at-age-three-hannah-asked-her-parents-the-question-they-knew-would-come-one-day-20230927-p5e82d.html | periodical= Sydney Morning Herald | date= 15 October 2023}}</ref> is a disability advocate. She has campaigned for a disabled Disney princess and for Lizzo to remove an ableist slur from her ''Grrrls'' song.<ref>{{Citation | last= Gannon | first= Genevieve | title= Disability advocate Hannah Diviney opens up about the impact of social media | url= https://www.womensweekly.com.au/lifestyle/hannah-diviney-disability/ | periodical= Australian Women's Weekly | date= 5 December 2024}}</ref>
Diviney published her debut book, ''I'll Let Myself In: Breaking Down Doors'', in 2023.<ref>{{Citation | last= Kolimar | first= Eva | title= Hannah Diviney publishes her first book 'I'll Let Myself In: Breaking Down Doors' | url= https://www.theleader.com.au/story/8350832/disability-advocate-turns-a-new-page/ | periodical= St George & Sutherland Shire Leader | date= 22 September 2023}}</ref> It is an autobiography telling her story of growing up with a disability.<ref>{{Citation | last= Pettenuzzo | first= Laura | title= Book review: I'll Let Myself In by Hannah Diviney | url= https://cerebralpalsy.org.au/news-stories/book-review-ill-let-myself-in-by-hannah-diviney/ | periodical= Cerebral Palsy Alliance | date= 11 September 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|13928476|Hannah Diviney}}
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