Ayelet Zurer - Personal Life

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Ayelet Zurer (Hebrew: איילת זורר‎; born June 28, 1969) is an Israeli actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Nina’s Tragedies, Adam Resurrected, Munich and Angels & Demons. She is one of the most critically acclaimed actresses in Israel, often compared to Julia Roberts.

Zurer, who has appeared in many Israeli films and television series, was nominated for numerous awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Israeli Academy Awards and the Israeli Television Academy Awards. She won Best Actress awards for her roles in the Israeli film Nina’s Tragedies and Betipul, an Israeli drama series which was later adapted into the award winning HBO series, In Treatment. Aside from Betipul, her past television roles include Israeli series Inyan Shel Zman, Florentin, Zinzana, Hadar Milhama and others.

Personal Life

Zurer was born and raised in Tel Aviv. Her father was a government worker and her mother spent World War II in hiding in Czechoslovakia. After the war, Zurer's mother was reunited with her parents, former lumber manufacturers who survived the Holocaust in hiding. The family relocated to Tel Aviv, where Zurer was born and raised.

After finishing her military service, she moved to New York, where she developed her acting skills at the New Actors Workshop School.

Zurer has appeared in Israeli plays such as Ha'Yoreshet, Madrich Nashim Le'Tohu Va'Vohu, Bigdei Ha'Melech, Bo'u Lo Nedaber Al Ze, Ohavim Et Ophal, and Monologim Me'Ha'Vaginah. In the United States, she has appeared in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III.

Zurer has also modeled for fashion companies such as HONiGMAN and Golf. She was chosen ninth in TCCandler.com's 100 most beautiful faces of 2008. Zurer has also illustrated the pictures for the 1999 fantasy book Be'Edulina by Gabi Nitzan, an Israeli author.

As of 2007, Zurer lives in California with her husband Gilad Londovski and their son, Liad, born in 2005.