Ayelet Zurer

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most highly regarded actresses. Her birthplace is in Tel Aviv and was first noticed by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking role , Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). After arriving in the United States, Zurer has appeared in Studio films like Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt as well as Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected in the role of Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion Lawrence Kasdan's cast which stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, and Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. Ewan McGregor filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert. She eagerly awaited the release of The Last Knights, a film by Kazuaki Kiriya that stars Clive Owen. As the Hostages as the lead actress she was awarded the Gold Nymph Award at the 54th Festival of Television of Monte-Carlo. Ayelet received the Israeli Film And Television Academy Award for her role as the lead in Nina's Tragedies. She was nominated to be a part of the Academy Awards for her performance in the films Only Dogs Run Free (from the Holy Apple Field), Desperado, Rutenberg, and The Dybuk from Holy Apple Field. She was also honored with the Haifa International Film Festival critic's award, as well as a role in Haifa's "film Boulevard" for her international and regional accomplishments. Zurer was awarded the Israeli Television Academy Award, due to her performance in "In Treatment" which was a highly acclaimed series of television which was later adapted for American television by HBO. In 2014, she was nominated as an apposite for the best show of 2014 "Shtisel". The actress was also awarded the best actress award in drama for playing a brilliant surgeon who is facing a life or death choice in Hostages. This show was broadcast to BBC4 and Canal Plus as well as the American ABC. The "face " of one of Israel's most renowned women's clothing companies- Golbary. She is a producer, writer and illustrator. She is also a co-author on "Shorts" which is the first adult novel by Gabi Nitazn. Ayelet has been working on several of her own ideas in Israel as well as the US and has expressed an the desire to collaborate with directors from all over the world as well as joining other unknown directors/writers, as well as famous ones.