Yael Bar Zohar ( he, יעל בר זוהר; ) is an Israeli television host, model, singer and actress.
Early life and career
Bar Zohar was born in
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 ...
,
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 ...
, to a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
family. Her
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
-born father Menachem Bar Zohar
immigrated
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
to Israel, and he is of
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
descent. Her mother Ella Fogel-Bar Zohar is
Israeli-born. She has an older sister named Michal.
She was enlisted to the
Israel Defense Forces
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in 1999, on an 'excellent artist/performer' clause. Bar Zohar served as a producer in the filming unit of the
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...
, although she ended her military service after a year (instead of the mandatory two for girls).
She started her
modeling
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
career wearing bathing suits in a
swimwear
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catalogue, and filmed a commercial at the age of 15. She was cast for a role in the popular
soap opera
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''Ramat Aviv Gimmel''. She then turned to modelling She made her musical theater debut in the Israeli play ''Mary-Lou'', based on songs by Israeli singer
Svika Pick
Svika Pick (, 3 October 1949 – 14 August 2022), born Henryk Pick, was an Israeli pop singer, songwriter, composer, and television personality.
Pick first gained traction on a national level after playing a lead part in an Israeli version of t ...
. In 2005, she starred as Belle in the Israeli premiere of ''
Beauty and the Beast
''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...
''.
She has acted as 'mistress of ceremonies' for a group wedding in 2006.
Personal life
Bar Zohar was previously in a relationship with Israeli actor and model
Yehuda Levi
Yehuda Levi ( he, יהודה לוי; born June 29, 1979) is an Israeli actor and model. His breakthrough role was in the TV series ''Lechayey Ha'ahava'' (''Here's To Love'', 2001).
Early life
Levi was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. His father Y ...
, her co-star in the soap opera ''Ramat Aviv Gimel''.
THE BREAK-UP THAT ROCKED ISRAEL
Tablet. 23 August 2013
In September 2005, Bar Zohar married Israeli actor and television host Guy Zu-Aretz
Guy Yaakov Zu-Aretz (or Zoaretz, he, גיא זוארץ; ) is an Israeli television host, actor, musician, and director.
Early life
Zu-Aretz was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Ladino-speaking family of Sephardic Jewish ( Libyan-Jewish, Turkis ...
. They have three children, and reside in Ramat HaSharon
Ramat HaSharon ( he, רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן, ''lit.'' '' Sharon Heights'', ar, رمات هشارون) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon t ...
, Israel.
References
External links
Yael Bar Zohar's Eonline Page
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1980 births
Living people
Models from Tel Aviv
Israeli female models
Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Israeli musical theatre actresses
Israeli television actresses
Jewish Israeli actresses
Jewish female models
Actresses from Tel Aviv
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Jewish singers