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Yael Goldman-Pfeffer ( he, יעל גולדמן; born 24 September 1978) is an Israeli television host, actress, and model.


Early life

Yael Goldman was born in
Kiryat Ono Kiryat Ono ( he, קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel. It is located east of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Modern Kiryat Ono is not to be confused with the biblical Ono, which was located in the ar ...
,
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 ...
. Both her parents Dan Goldman and Idit ( Fishler) are 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. She served as a soldier in the Intelligence Corps of the
Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
. In 2005 Goldman began studying
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an the College of Management in
Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...
near Tel Aviv. Between 2006 and 2008, Goldman studied at The Yoram Loewenstein Acting Studio.


Career


Modeling

After finishing her military service, Goldman began her modeling career in 1998, modeling for the Betty Rockaway modeling agency. Through the years she has modeled in
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and
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, in magazines, participated in a
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campaign (subsidiary of
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), and campaigns for
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,
Armani Giorgio Armani S.p.A. (), commonly known as Armani, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in Milan by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, accessories, and ...
and
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. At the same time, In Israel Goldman became the leading model of the Israel-based clothing company Crocker and in 2000 was chosen to be the leading model of the Israel-based clothing company
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. In 2004 Goldman was chosen to model in the hair products campaign of the Israeli shampoo Natural Formula after the company did a survey in which 14,000 people chose her. In the beginning of 2005 Goldman was chosen to be the leading model of the jewelry company H. Stern and later on her contract with the company was extended for another year. As part of her work for H. Stern she modeled along with
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. In addition, in 2005, Goldman was the leading model for the fashion company Bonita and led its campaign for two years. In 2008 Goldman was chosen to be the new model of the Sebocalm company instead of Michal Yanai. In 2008 Goldman participated in the campaign for the Boutique Cassidy. In February 2010 Goldman was selected as the presenter of the fashion designer Maya Negri for the spring-summer season of 2010.


Television

At the end of 2002 Goldman returned to Israel, and in January 2003 began her television career as an TV host of the Israel daily teenager show ''Exit'' on Channel 10, along with model Mali Levi, the singer
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and the TV hosts
Ofer Shechter Ofer Shechter ( he, עפר שכטר; April 8, 1981) is an Israeli actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and former model. Early life Shechter was born and raised in moshav Hadar Am, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. At the ...
and Michael Hanegbi. In April 2005, on the show, Goldman announced her plans to leave the show. In July 2005 Goldman began to host the extreme TV sports program ''AXN Mania''. During that year Goldman also participated in a videoclip of the singers Daniel Salomon and Rinat Bar. In April 2006 Goldman accompanied the participants of the fourth season of the Israeli reality show ''
Kokhav Nolad ''Kokhav Nolad'' ( he, כוכב נולד) (meaning ''A Star Is Born'') was an Israeli reality television show searching for talented new vocalists, based on the British ''Pop Idol'' model. Since its debut on Israeli Channel 2 in 2003, Kokhav Nol ...
'' during all stages of auditions, and in June of that year, Goldman participated in the show ''Once in a Lifetime'' along with
Yaakov Alperon Yaakov Alperon ( he, יעקב אלפרון; February 18, 1955 – November 17, 2008) was an Israeli mobster, head of the Alperon criminal family, which became one of the largest organized crime syndicates in Israel, until his assassination by car ...
. In May 2007 Goldman joined the cast of the Israeli science fiction series ''
Ha'Nephilim ''Ha'Nephilim'' (''The Outsiders'', he, הנפילים) is a television programme which was broadcast on Yes (Israel) written by Ruby Doanias and Chen Kliman. It is named after the biblical Nephilim, who are referred to in the show. The secon ...
'' in which she played a journalist. During the autumn of that year she appeared in the video clip of the song "You Come to Me" by
Harel Moyal Harel Moyal ( he, הראל מויאל, born April 12, 1981) is an Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series '' Kochav Nolad'' (Hebrew for ''A Star Is Born''). He has released two a ...
. At the end of 2007 Goldman became a leading reporter in the Israeli entertainment news program ''Y at Ten'', and appeared in the Israeli drama series '' Danny Hollywood''. In 2009 Goldman played in the second season of the Israeli comedy series ''
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'' as herself, and in the summer of that year she began hosting a daily television program on Channel 24 which was broadcast live from Akhziv. At the end of that year she was cast in a lead role in the Israeli drama ''Neshot Htayasim'' of Channel 10. In 2010 Goldman became the host of the variety TV show ''Y in the Evening'' alongside Ilana Berkovitz and Zohar Israel. In June 2010 she began to appear regularly on the panel of the network's coverage of the
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.


Other professional avenues

While hosting the show ''Exit'', Goldman was also employed as an assistant
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.


Personal life

On 18 June 2009 married Israeli actor
Ori Pfeffer Ori Pfeffer ( he, אורי פפר; born July 28, 1975) is an Israeli actor. He starred as Detective Golan Cohen in the TV-series ''Dig'' and in the movie ''Hacksaw Ridge''. Personal life Pfeffer was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He served as ...
. They have 3 children.


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, Yael 1978 births Israeli female models Israeli television actresses Jewish female models People from Tel Aviv Living people Israeli Ashkenazi Jews