Hannah-Li Matilda Sunnanäng Widell, nee Rosander (born 7 March 1975) is a Swedish television presenter, media-personality and former beauty entrepreneur. [1] Widell was the presenter of Kanal 5:s reality series Big Brother in 2006. She has previously worked for TV4 and TV3. On TV3 she had the short-lived talk show Hannah, a Swedish version of Ricki Lake , and she also presented the reality series Harem along with Gry Forssell. [1] [2]
In 2016, Hannah and her sister Amanda invested heavily in a failed beauty store concept resulting in a subsequent lawsuit from the liquidator to return 5mSEK in funds. [3]
Hannah has also been publicly criticised for selling pills with unsubstantiated health claims to followers of her pod [4] sparking reactions from buyers, fellow influencers and others. [5]
Widell was the one that discovered and brought the Så mycket bättre concept to Sweden. [6] Along with her sister Amanda Schulman she runs the production company Perfect day since 2011. [7]
At the newspaper Aftonbladets website the two sisters runs the lifestyle project C/O Hannah och Amanda, which included blogs and the web-TV show Middag med Hannah & Amanda. [8] In 2012 the concept was expanded with the magazine C/O Hannah & Amanda which is released once a month. [9] Together they also have the podcast Fredagspodden med Hannah och Amanda.