Alena (Alona) Yiv ( he, אלונה איב, russian: Алёна Ив; born on November 30, 1979) is an Israeli actress and director.
Biography
Born as Alyona Ovsyanick (russian: Алёна Овсянник) in
Saint Petersburg,
Soviet Russia, to a psychologist mother and an economist father. She has two younger sisters, one an Israeli economist and second,
Ksenia Ovsyanick,
principal ballerina at
Berlin State Ballet, who resides in
Berlin. At fourteen years old Yiv made
Aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
to Israel with
NAALE Program. She first lived in
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
Mishmar HaEmek, where she learned
Hebrew and afterwards moved to
David Raziel youth village, where she graduated high school with specialisation in Mathematics and Music.
She continued studying
Mathematics
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afterwards at the
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. However more and more she developed interest in cinema and movie making, actively attending lectures and seminars, reading and learning about filmmaking. This led to her eventually moving to
Jerusalem to attend
Hadassah
Hadassah () means myrtle in Hebrew. It is given as the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.
Hadassah may also refer to:
* Hadassah (dancer) (1909–1992), Jerusalem-born American dancer and choreographer
* Hadassah Lieberman (born 1948) ...
College to study film and television production.
As part of the studies she also took acting classes, leading to starring in short film "Junior" (dir. Yossi Asnafy, 2006), which was nominated for the best Israeli short film in
Haifa International Film Festival (2006) and Jerusalem Film festival (2007).
Following Hadassah she moved to
Tel Aviv to join Film and Television Acting Studio founded and directed by Avi Malka. While working as assistant director and production coordinator, she also attended his acting courses.
In 2010 she starred in the Israeli TV series "Blue Natalie” (as Yulia) and was nominated for best actress in drama series by Israeli TV Academy for both seasons.
After her career progressed with her starring in Dina Zvi-Riklis movie "The Fifth Heaven" that was released in October 2012, TV mini-series "Hazoref" (as Henya, dir. Dror Sabo, 2015), Marina in "Heroine" (2016) and more.
In 2011-2012 Yiv played in Molière's "Don Juan" in
Gesher Theater (as Dona Anna, dir.
Alexander Morfov
Alexander Morfov (Bulgarian: Александър Морфов; born 9 November 1960) is a Bulgarian theater and cinema director.
Biography
Alexander Morfov was born in 1960 in Yambol. His father was an officer, and his mother was a teacher i ...
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Always having love for sports, Yiv joined Dima Osmolovsky's Stunt team in 2009.
She performed as a stuntwoman in Israeli and international TV and film productions for six years until her first pregnancy.
Along her acting career she directed a number of short films and music videos.
Personal life
She resides in
Tel Aviv with her Israeli partner and photographer Nimrod Golan, and their two children.
References
External links
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CNN blogs
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1979 births
Living people
Israeli film actresses
Israeli stage actresses
Israeli television actresses
Israeli stunt performers
Israeli film producers
Israeli film directors
Israeli women film directors
Russian emigrants to Israel