Yael Bar Zohar
{{Notability|Biography|date=February 2025}}{{Short description|Israeli actress, television host, and former model}}
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Yael Bar Zohar ({{langx|he|יעל בר זוהר}}; {{birth date|1980|1|29}}) is an Israeli television host, model, singer and actress.
Early life and career
Bar Zohar was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. Her Polish-born father Menachem Bar Zohar immigrated to Israel, and he is of Ashkenazi Jewish 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 in 1999, on an 'excellent artist/performer' clause. Bar Zohar served as a producer in the filming unit of the Israeli Air Force, although she ended her military service after a year (instead of the mandatory two for girls).
She started her modeling career wearing bathing suits in a swimwear catalogue, and filmed a commercial at the age of 15. She was cast for a role in the popular soap opera Ramat Aviv Gimmel.{{cite news|last=Ashley|first=Sharon|title=The Young & the Tzures|newspaper=The Jerusalem Report|date=Aug 24, 1995}} She then turned to modelling{{cite news|last=Shap|first=Elana|title=They've gotta have it|newspaper=The Jerusalem Report|date=11 Feb 2002|id={{ProQuest|218751650}}}} She made her musical theater debut in the Israeli play Mary-Lou, based on songs by Israeli singer Svika Pick. In 2005, she starred as Belle in the Israeli premiere of Beauty and the Beast.
She has acted as 'mistress of ceremonies' for a group wedding in 2006.{{cite news|last=Kraft|first=Dina|title=White Lace and Rocket Fire: Israeli Couples Won't Let the War Ruin Their Wedding Day|newspaper=New York Times|date=Aug 10, 2006|id={{ProQuest|433385861}}}}
She volunteers at the "LeMa'anchem" nonprofit organization, which provides medical consultation.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=יעל בר זוהר מספרת על הרב שהציל את החיים של אביה |url=https://www.kipa.co.il/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%94/1133870-0/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=כיפה |language=he-IL}}
Personal life
Bar Zohar was previously in a relationship with Israeli actor and model Yehuda Levi, her co-star in the soap opera Ramat Aviv Gimel.[https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/142332/the-break-up-that-rocked-israel THE BREAK-UP THAT ROCKED ISRAEL] Tablet. 23 August 2013 and also with {{Interlanguage link|Gil Sassover|he|גיל ססובר}}.
In September 2005, Bar Zohar married Israeli actor and television host Guy Zu-Aretz. They have three children, and reside in Ramat HaSharon, Israel.
References
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External links
- [http://www.eonline.co.il/facts.asp?id=702 Yael Bar Zohar's Eonline Page] {{in lang|he}}
- {{IMDb name|52757}}
{{See also|Bar Zohar}}
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Category:Israeli female models
Category:Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Category:Israeli musical theatre actresses
Category:Israeli television actresses
Category:Jewish Israeli actresses
Category:Jewish Israeli singers