Efrat Dor ( he, אפרת דור; born 6 January 1983) is an Israeli actress. She is best known for portraying Magdalena Gross in the film '' The Zookeeper’s Wife'', as Lizzie DeLaurentis in the

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Early life

Dor was born in

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, Israel, to a family of Aschkenazi

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descent. She grew up in its neighboring affluent town of

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with her parents, a writer and an engineer, and three brothers. Her Polish-Jewish grandmother's mother, father, and his brother were all murdered by the

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."Interview with Efrat Dor"
''Cliché Magazine'' 13 July 2017, accessed 06 June 2019 Dor attended Eshel Ha'Nasi high school where she studied drama. She also trained as a ballet dancer at the Bat-Dor Beer-Sheva professional dance school in Beersheba. She went on to study acting at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts in Israel and

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in New York.

Career

Dor began her professional acting career in 2007 with small roles in Israeli television. She made her feature film debut in 2009 in the Israeli film ''Phobidilia'' which featured in the

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that same year. She first gained recognition in Israel in 2010 for her role as Shir Ambar in the TV drama ''

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''. In 2012, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Awards of the Israeli Television Academy for the role of police recruit Alex Yudayov in '' Achat Efes Efes''. In 2017, she attracted attention for her depiction of the Polish sculptor Magdalena Gross in the

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film ''The Zookeeper’s Wife'' alongside Jessica Chastain. In 2018, Dor starred in the English-language French film ''

Holy Lands ''Holy Lands'' is a 2017 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written and directed by Amanda Sthers and starring James Caan, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rosanna Arquette, Efrat Dor and Patrick Bruel. It is based on Sthers' novel ''Les Ter ...

''. In 2019, she won acclaim for her portrayal of con artist Lizzie DeLaurentis in the third season of Amazon's hit show ''Sneaky Pete''. Later that year, she was cast in the regular role of Eva McCulloch in the latter half of season six of ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dor, Efrat 1983 births Living people Actors from Beersheba Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Israeli film actresses Israeli television actresses Israeli Ashkenazi Jews Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent 21st-century Israeli actresses