Ayelet Zurer – Bio, Height, Wife, Children, Other Facts You Need To Know

Ayelet Zurer is an award-winning Israeli actress who rose to international fame for films such as The Tragedies of Nina and Betipul. Considered the Julia Roberts of Israel, she captured American consciousness in the mid-2000s with her appearance in Steven Spielberg’s Munich. In the years that followed, she appeared in many other films with actors such as Tom Hanks, Édgar Ramírez, Dennis Quaid, Dianne Wiest, Robert Gant and others. Here’s everything you need to know about her.

Ayelet Zurer Biography

It was on June 28, 1969 that Ayelet Zurer was born in Israel, Tel Aviv. She was born to a father who was a civil servant, a painter for most of his life, and a mother who immigrated to Israel when she was 16. Her mother survived World War II in a convent in Slovakia where she was hiding.

With a father who was a painter, it was expected that Ayelet would take up painting, so she decided to attend drama school and become an actress instead. She began attending acting school in Israel before moving to New York City, where she continued her studies while continuing her education.

In 1991, Ayelet Zurer was back in Israel and the following year she had a role in the television series I Nyan Shel Zman followed by the film Nikmato Shel Itzik Finkelstein in 1993. In her home country, she appeared in films such as Ahava Asura (1997), Kikar Ha’Halomot (2001), Ish Ha’Hashmal (2003), Ha’Asonot Shel Nina (2004), and Mashehu Matok (2004).

From 2005, she became a regular face in Hollywood after her appearance in Munich. Two years later (2007), she appeared as Michaela in Fugitive Pieces and then Veronica n Vantage Point in 2008. The same year, Zurer played Gina Gray in Resurrected Adam. In 2009 she portrayed Vittoria Vetra in Angels was an adaptation of Dan Brown’s book “Angels & Demons”. His next popular films were Man of Steel (2013), Last Knights (2015), and Ben Hur (2016).

On television, Ayelet Zurer appeared in the web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012), Shtisel (2013), Hostages (2013) and the Netflix series Daredevil in 2015 and 2018.

In her career so far, she has won several awards, including two Israeli Film Awards and two Israeli Television Awards. Interestingly, Ayelet was nominated against herself for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the Shitisel and Hostages but she won with the hostages.

More so, Ayelet Zurer won the Golden Nymph at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2014 for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, thanks to her role in Hostages 

Spouse and children

In 2003, Ayelet Zurer married Gilad Londovski, who is also Israeli. According to the actress, her wife and family were able to help her have a better perspective of

Although her husband is little known, it is known that the two children have a child, Liad Londovski, born in 2005.

the size

Ayelet Zurer is not necessarily the tallest woman there is. She is 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 57 kg (125 lb).

Other facts to know

• With a father who was a painter, she also learned to draw. It is thanks to this that Ayelet Zurer illustrated, in 1999, a book of “Badolina” written by Gabi Nitzan. actress, she would also have been successful. Ayelet also illustrated “Shorts” by the same author.
• After appearing in Man of Steel (2013) as Lara Lor-Van and Daredevil (2015) as Vanessa Marianna, she is now the first actress to appear in productions from the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes.
• One of the most successful actresses to come outside of Israel, Zurer was also a model. She was the in-house model for the Golbary chain fashion stores in Israel. After working for the fashion house for 11 years, she was told her appearance had deteriorated before she was fired for allegedly missing a photo shoot after minor surgery. This caused a lot of controversy in the country as the model decided to challenge the dismissal in court.
• As for her net worth, Ayelet Zurer is said to have a fortune of $5 million.