Ayelet Zurer

Ayelet Zurer is among Israel's most popular actresses. She was born in Tel Aviv and was first discovered by Hollywood when Steven Spielberg cast her in her first English-speaking film role as Eric Bana’s wife in Munich (2005). Since her arrival in the United States, Zurer has played in Studio films, including Sony Pictures' Vantage Point featuring Dennis Quaid and William Hurt and Samuel Goldwyn's Fugitive Pieces with Stephen Dillane, Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected with Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. Ron Howard's Angeles and Demons is opposite Tom Hanks. Darling companion, a Lawrence Kasdan cast which stars Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline as well as Warner Bros. Man Of Steel in which she is opposite Russell Crow, is Ron Howard. She also filmed Rodrigo Garcia, Last days in the desert with Ewan McGregor and is waiting for the release of the movie The Last Knights by the Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya, who is also starring Clive Owen. Recently, she was honored with the Gold Nymph Award as Outstanding actress in the Drama Series at the 54th International Festival of Television of Monte-Carlo. This was due to her role in "Hostages". Ayelet won the Israeli Film And Television Academy Award for her leading role in Nina's Tragedies. Ayelet was also nominated in the category of her performances in film Only Dogs Run Free and The Dybuk, from Holy Apple Field, Desperado and Rutenberg. Zurer was also awarded the Haifa International Film Festival critic's award and was a guest in Haifa's "film Boulevard" for her international and regional accomplishments. Zurer was awarded the Israeli Television Academy Award, for her performance in "In Treatment" the critically acclaimed series of television which was later adapted for American TV by HBO. The year 2014 saw her nomination for the best show of 2014 "Shtisel". She was also named the best actress in drama for her role as an amazing surgeon confronted with a life or death dilemma in Hostages. The series was broadcast to BBC4 and Canal Plus as well as the American ABC. Golbary is among Israel's top women's fashion brands. She is the "face" of Golbary. Ayelet is a producer as well as a writer. Ayelet is currently working on few of her own projects in Israel and in the US, expressing her desire to work internationally with directors from all over the world and believes in collaborating with unknown writers/directors as well as known ones.