Maya Shoef (; born 1 May 1988) is an Israeli

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and is most famous for her roles as a protagonist of the Israeli television series ''

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'' and ''Alex: Pros and Cons''.

Biography

Maya Shoef was born at 1 May 1988 in

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. She has one brother. When she was a child she wanted to become a veterinarian. Later, she wanted to be an actress. In her youth she was a member of the Tel Aviv Scouts Band. In 2008, Shoef appeared in the Israeli version of the

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. In 2009, she played a recurring character in the third season of the Israeli soap opera Champion. In the same year she got the lead role in the Israeli television series ''Alex Pros and Cons'' (Hebrew:אלכס בעד ונגד). She played the girl ''Alex'' who has to write a newspaper article and falls in love with ''Jordan'', a foreign worker from the library. After this she was cast for one of the main roles in the supernatural drama

. She played ''Zohar Grin'' a student and daughter of the principal for four years. Then she went to New York to study acting. In 2013 she graduated from the

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. She got back to Israel in 2014 and played a role in the television series ''Dead for a second''. In addition to being an actress, Shoef is also a singer. She was one of the hosts of the Israeli

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in 2010.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

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Maya Shoef
at Ishim (Israeli film data base)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shoef, Maya 1988 births Living people Actresses from Tel Aviv Singers from Tel Aviv Israeli television actresses Israeli film actresses Jewish Israeli actresses Jewish Israeli singers Jewish women singers 21st-century Israeli actresses 21st-century Israeli women singers 21st-century Israeli Jews