Mili Avital
Birthday: 30 March 1972, Jerusalem, Israel
Height: 164 cm
Mili Avital began her career, at the age of 17, in Christopher Hampton's "Dangerous Liaisons", at the Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv. Among her Israeli films, she won the 1992 Israeli Acade ...Show More
I don't need legitimization to take part in Israeli productions; I am a good actress. To work in Isr Show more
I don't need legitimization to take part in Israeli productions; I am a good actress. To work in Israel is a financial investment for me. I do it for emotional, not artistic, reasons. Hide
I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.
I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.
My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.
My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.
I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set Show more
I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set designer; I cast my girlfriends in parts, and I suggested to the local kindergarten teachers that we do free performances for the children. Hide
In Israel, I think I have the image of an 'Ashkenazi woman' as a stereotype. Someone once told me th Show more
In Israel, I think I have the image of an 'Ashkenazi woman' as a stereotype. Someone once told me that I look like a deodorant commercial. But my appearance is misleading; I can be emotionally aggressive, too, and in 'Law and Order,' I once played a murderer. I see no limitations. I see both my toughness and the softness. Hide
It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.
It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.
Mili Avital's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (29)
Mili Avital'S roles
Sha're
Thel Russell
