Ronit Elkabetz
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| Ronit Elkabetz | |||||||
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| Born | November 27, 1964 Beersheba, Israel |
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| Occupation | Actress | ||||||
| Years active | 1990- | ||||||
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Ronit Elkabetz (Hebrew: רונית אלקבץ, born November 27, 1964) is an Israeli actress and filmmaker.
[edit] Biography
Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Sephardic family and grew up in Kiryat Yam.[1] Her mother was a hairdresser and her father was a postal employee.[2] Her mother spoke French and Arabic, but her father insisted on speaking only Hebrew.[1][3] She never studied acting and started her career as a model.[2]
Her first film appearance was in The intended (1990) next to Shuli Rand, who later became her partner. They both starred in Gidi Dar's Eddie King in 1992. In 1994 she starred in Sh'Chur, for which she won the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir) Award. In 1995 she wrote with her partner, Haim Buzaglo, the script for Scar, in which she also starred, and for which she learned French.[2] In 1996 she starred in Amos Gitai's Milim.
In 1997 she moved to Paris, France, to study in Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.[1] During that period, she supported herself as a waitress.[2] She did a one-woman show on the life of the choreographer Martha Graham at the Avignon Festival.[1]
In 2001 she starred in the French film Origine contrôlée, and won her second Ophir Award for Late Marriage. In 2003 she teamed again with Gitai on Alila. In 2004 she was nominated for an Ophir Award for Or (My Treasure), and starred in the Israeli legal drama series Franco and Spector.[2]
In 2005 she wrote, directed (with her brother, Shlomi) and starred in the semi-autobiographic film Prendre Femme,[1] for which she was again nominated for an Ophir Award.[4] In 2006 she also starred in the Israeli drama series Parashat HaShavua.[2] In 2007 she starred in Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit, for which she won her third Ophir Award, as well as several other acclaims.[5][6] In 2008 she and Shlomi finished their second film, Seven Days.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Dupont, Joan. "As director, no longer a silent witness", The International Herald Tribune, 2005-02-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Yudilovitch, Merav. "Not all is black", Ynet, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. (Hebrew)
- ^ Hizkiya, Avivit. "Femme Fatale", nrg, 2001-12-05. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. (Hebrew)
- ^ "Amos Gitai's Promised Land wins peace prize in Venice", Haaretz. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ Birenberg, Yoav. "The Band Visit's victory", Ynetnews, 2007-09-21. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ Yudilovitch, Merav. "The 'Band's Visit' continues to reap awards", Ynetnews, 2007-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Israeli film maker Ronit Elkabetz", EuroNews. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
