Adi Ashkenazi ( he, עדי אשכנזי; born 23 March 1975) is an Israeli

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and television

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Biography

Ashkenazi was born in

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...

, Israel. Her

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

family immigrated to Israel from

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. She studied acting at the

Beit Tzvi Kfar Tzvi Sitrin ( he, כפר צבי סיטרין, ''lit.'' Zvi Sitrin Village), also known as Beit Tzvi ( he, בֵּית צְבִי, ''lit.'' Zvi House) is a technical college and village in northern Israel. Located near Highway 4, it falls unde ...

School for Performing Arts. In 2004, Ashkenazi divorced the actor Coby Doron after three years of marriage. In 2010, she was arrested for illegal possession of drugs, but released immediately. In 2010, it was announced that she was pregnant by her boyfriend of six months, Eitan Ben Zakan. She gave birth to a baby girl in April 2011 and in November 2012 she gave birth to a baby son.

Media career

After graduating from Beit Zvi, she hosted children's shows on Israeli TV's Channel One. In 2000 she appeared in a renewed version of the humour show Domino Gros, together with Maya Dagan and Anat Magen. In 2002, she performed on

Yair Lapid Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the alt ...

's talk show.עדי אשכנזי בהופעה
/ref> She managed the comic part of the show and presented a stand-up show together with Maya Dagan. In 2004, she won the "Entertainment woman of the year" prize. In 2006, she was named "Television woman of the year" at the "People of the year" ceremony on Channel Two. Ashkenazi is the star of "What's that nonsense?" ().

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in the Israeli website ROFL {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashkenazi, Adi 1975 births Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent Living people Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Israeli television actresses People from Herzliya Israeli television presenters Israeli women television presenters