Background
Hasnaoui was born in Morocco to a Norwegian mother and Moroccan father. When she was four years old her parents divorced and she moved to Norway with her mother.
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In Oslo she attended a strict Catholic French kindergarten and then later a French school until fourth grade.
Career
Her maternal grandfather was Nobel Prize–winning economist Ragnar Frisch. She became a Norwegian citizen at the age of eighteen. During the 1980s she was a dancer, among other places at Den Nationale Scene.
She was an employee of TV2 from 1993 to 2004, hosting shows such as God morgen, Norge and Jakten på det gode liv.
In 2003 she was host of the television show Hasnaoui. Hasnaoui has said she was at first amused by the opportunity as it was much like a Norwegian child in Morocco having a show there called "Olsen".
In 2004 she joined the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, hosting shows such as Kvitt eller dobbelt and various shows related to the Song Contest. She speaks English, French, Italian and Norwegian.
Hasnaoui first became associated with in 1992, when she provided the Norsk Rikskringkasting radio commentary for the 1992 Contest.
In 2004, Hasnaoui presented the Junior Song Contest 2004 in Lillehammer, Norway. In 2005 Hasnaoui provided Norwegian commentary on the Fiftieth Anniversary Special alongside former veteran Jahn Teigen. Hasnaoui presented the Song Contest 2010 in Bærum in May 2010 with Haddy Jatou North"jie and Erik Solbakken.
She also read out the Norwegian votes for the 2011 and 2012 contests.
