Wissam Raymond Hanna, multi-talented, drew attention with his performance in acting, presenting programs, and modeling. He was born on April 18, 1981 in the town of Jezzine. He lived his childhood in the town of Ain al-Mir, east of Sidon, south Lebanon. Wissam Hanna grew up in the monastery, and spent a year and a half in the seminary after his mother’s wish was to become a monk, but he left due to pressure from his family. Wissam has one sister, Rita.
Wissam participated in the Miss Lebanon and Miss World competitions, where he won the title in both competitions, in addition to numerous prizes in other fields.
its beginnings
Wissam Hanna obtained a degree from the Faculty of Law in Lebanon and continued his in-depth studies in international relations and diplomacy, and then moved to the United States of America to study acting at the New York Film Academy. In 2000, Wissam was chosen as Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Information in the “youth government” formed by the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and he worked on setting a law on compulsory education until the age of fifteen, in addition to his work in a number of civil society institutions in Lebanon.
The beginning of Wissam Hanna in the world of acting and modeling
He studied acting in 2006 at Saint Joseph University with director Jalal Khoury and attended a casting in order to participate in a global film with Italian director Francor Zeffirelli, but the Lebanese war with the Israeli enemy prevented this from happening at that time. Wissam entered the fashion world and worked as a model for Nidal Basharawi Agency in 2005, in addition to being one of the advertising faces for a men’s clothing house since 2005 until now.
Titles and awards
After he was unable to participate in the Miss Lebanon contest in 2004, Wissam returned and participated the following year and won the title in 2005, after which he won the title of “Man Hunt” in the same year in Egypt, and in 2006 he participated in the Miss World contest and won the title in Singapore.
Ali also won a number of awards, including the award for Best Young Actor for the series Roots in 2013, and the award for Best Lebanese Actor and Best Supporting Arab Actor in Ramadan 2016 for his role in the series Ya Ray. .
Wissam Hanna’s career in the world of acting
And he succeeded badge In the world of acting, where his beginnings were with the writer Firas Gibran, with whom he participated in more than one series, in addition to the religious drama with the writer Claude Abu Haidar in the series Noor from Nour. Hanna entered the world of acting in 2007, where he participated in “Love has another face.” He also participated in the series “Jud” in 2009, and in the series “Old Love” in 2011, and continues to participate in works and series to this day, as it was the last work he participated in. It includes the series “Azizia Choir” and the series “London Class”.
Wissam Hanna in the world of program presentation
Wissam’s appearance was not limited to the screens with his participation in series, so it expanded to many programs that he presented, as he entered the world of program presentation in 2008. It was the first religious program he presented to move and present a program “Alam Al-Sabah” on Future TV from 2008 to 2012, and the “Shopaholic” program with the participation of Lana Khattab in 2010, and the “Tele Stars” program with the participation of Karen Salama in 2015, and he also presented the latest news bulletin on the Rotana Music channel in 2005. He became famous In recent years, Wissam has presented competition programs on the LBCI channel, where he presented the “Your Account About Us” program from 2016 to 2019, and the “Eid with Us” program in 2021 and 2022, and the last of them was the “Don’t Think Twice” program in 2023.
Wissam Hanna’s emotional life and news of his marriage to Joel Dagher
Wissam faced a wave of rumors about his married life in 2015 after pictures spread in which he appeared alongside the Lebanese actress Joelle Dagher in a white wedding dress. Later, it became clear that the pictures were from the series “Al-Haram”, which was starring them, directed by Elie Maalouf and written by Firas Gibran.
