Ayelet Zurer
Biography
Ayelet Zurer was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel by her two loving parents. After she completed her required army service she decided to move to New York to pursue her acting career. In 1991 Zurer returned to Israel and received a role starring in the television series Inyan Shel Zman. By 1993 she played Debbie in the film Nikamato Shel Itzik Finkelstein.
From there Zurer gained more and more prestige as an actress in the Israeli television and film world. She received many great roles and won a Best Actress award for her stunning performance as Nina in Nina's Tragedies. Zurer's first international film was Steven Spielberg's Munich. Her career as an international actress has been quite successful, especially playing the lead female role in The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels and Demons. Ayelet Zurer is continuing to work in Hollywood at the moment and living in California with her husband and son.
Filmography
Awards
Wins
2006, Best Actress for Betipul, Awards of the Israeli Television Academy2003, Best Actress for Nina's Tragedies, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy2003, Best Actress for Nina's Tragedies, Jerusalem Film Festival
Nominations
2006, Best Supporting Actress for Only Dogs Run Free, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy2001, Best Actress for Rutenberg, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy2000, Best Supporting Actress for Desperado Square, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy1997, Best Actress for The Dybbuk, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
Articles & Interviews
"Indeed, 2005 was a big year for Zurer. In addition to the Spielberg movie, in which she played the wife of a morally conflicted Mossad agent, she starred on “Betipul” (“In Treatment”), a nightly Israeli TV drama that became a ratings phenomenon and eventually earned Zurer her homeland’s version of an Emmy." - Nathan Burstein, Hollywood Story: Israeli Lands (Another) Big Role. The Jewish Daily Forward, February 22, 2008.
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She is now perhaps the most prominent Israeli actress of her generation..." - Naomi Pfefferman,
Illuminating Ayelet Zurer. JewishJournal.com, April 29, 2009.
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