Despite the Emmy- and Peabody-winning comic being an open book onstage, Hannah kept their relationship private until they officially tied the knot. "I would like to introduce all y’all to Jenney Shamash. She is a producer extraordinaire. She is very funny and is really talented at reciting facts. It is a joy to behold," Hannah wrote in an April 2021 Instagram post, which featured the married duo happily chowing down on ice cream cones.
"We got married in January and we are very chuffed about it. For the record: This is me gushing. I am full of very positive feelings. This is a nice story. My heartfelt thanks to everybody who voted for marriage equality. #married #really? #yeahtotally," the post continued.
Marriage equality in Australia passed in late 2017, two years behind the U.S. Their wife, Jenney Shamash — who's worked as a producer in both London and New York — produced Hannah's 2020 sophomore Netflix special, Douglas, which earned Jenney an Emmy nomination.
It was in Douglas that the world-famous Hannah revealed their autism diagnosis to the world. "It shifted the way that I understood myself. I was always operating on the false premise that everyone saw the world like I did," they told NPR in 2020.
"People on the spectrum ... sort of feel like an alien being dropped in from outer space, and you can't quite connect properly. Being on stage and making a room full of people laugh, felt like a connection I hadn't been able to establish in any other environment," they added.