Rona-Lee Shimon ( he, רונה לי שמעון; born January 9, 1983) is an Israeli actress and model. She is known primarily for her leading role in '' Fauda''.

Early life

Rona-Lee Shimon was born in

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, to a

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family. When she was 3 years old, she started taking ballet lessons. At age 12, she joined Israeli dance troupe Bat Dor (בת דור). After graduating high school, she attended the Royal Ballet Academy in Amsterdam on a full scholarship. She then returned to Israel to dance professionally. Her sister, Sivan Noam Shimon, is also an actress, who acted in 2015 Israeli drama film '' Blush''. Her brother, Almog Shimon, taught her how to shoot a gun for '' Fauda''.

Career

In 2005, she was a contestant on the Israeli version of ''So You Think You Can Dance'', called '' Born to Dance'' (''נולד לרקוד''). In 2006, Rona-Lee joined the cast of Our Song (השיר שלנו), a musical Israeli

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, as Shiri Gold, a singer in a military band. Rona-Lee went to the theater school for three years and performed in plays like ''Cabaret'' and ''Chicago'', with her latest role as Anita in ''West Side Story''. She is known primarily for her leading role in '' Fauda''. Her character, Nurit, is the only woman in the Israeli counter-terrorism unit formed almost exclusively of men. To perform that role, Rona-Lee did all the stunts herself as did the rest of the cast, and her training included how to fire a weapon,

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, and kickboxing. In 2020, she appeared as Mika in ''

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Filmography

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