Eden Harel ( he, עדן הראל; born Adva Harel, February 10, 1976) is an Israeli actress. She was an

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VJ during the 1990s.

Biography

Early life

Harel was born in

Eilat Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan ...

. Growing up, she went to the boarding school of WIZO Hadasim. After she finished high school, she moved to

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

MTV career

In 1994, at the age of eighteen, she became an MTV VJ on

. Between 1994 and 2000, Harel was one of the best known VJs on MTV. She hosted several shows, including the phone-in show ''

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'', ''The Dance Chart'' and ''

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''. She also appeared on some special events such as the

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and in 1998, she hosted the Miss World Pageant with singer

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(in which the Israeli candidate won).

Post-MTV

After her contract with

ended, she went to

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for a year and lived in a

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monastery. By 2001 she returned to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. With her return to Israel, she co-hosted a live children's television show. In 2002 she became the host of the Israeli reality show ''Project Y'' and was the host of a radio show. In 2003 she was the host of a children's talent contest and a consultation program. In 2005 she hosted a celebrity interview show and appeared in the series ''In the Sign Venus'', hosted the ''

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'' show, and began to write a column for the Israeli magazine ''Go''. She also hosted a ''Survivor''-related talk show. Presently she appears in a fashion campaign for the Israeli "Aristo Shmat".

Private life

Her spouse is the Israeli TV host

Oded Menashe Oded Menashe (born 29 September 1969) is an Israeli actor, magician and television presenter. Filmography * 1992 - '' Inyan Shel Zman'' * 1999 - '' Around the World in Eighty Days'' * 2004 - '' HaPijamot'' * 2005 - ''Ringer is me'' * 2007 - ''Th ...

. The couple married on February 22, 2007, and have six children together. Their first son was born on January 29, 2008. (Harel also has a child from a previous marriage.) They live in

Ra'anana Ra'anana ( he, רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. "Fresh") is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, 1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important ...

. Harel is

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(she became religious) and observes the

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harel, Eden 1976 births Living people Israeli television actresses Israeli Jews VJs (media personalities) People from Eilat 21st-century Israeli actresses