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Michal Yannai-Muskal (or Yanai, ; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress and children's television host.
During the 1990s Yannai was a TV host and an actress on
Early and personal life
Yannai was born and raised inRamat Gan
Ramat Gan (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exch ...
to a family of Jewish
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background.
In 2003, Yanai married Israeli businessman Ofer Resles. They divorced in 2005. She remarried in March 2009, to Israeli businessman Ben Muskal. In November 2009 their daughter Alex was born, and in December 2010, a son named Yahel. They have another son together named Yuval. As of 2021, they reside in Athens
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, Greece.
Career
During the 1990s Yannai was a TV host and an actress on Arutz HaYeladim
Arutz HaYeladim (, The Children's Channel; Formerly: Arutz Shesh (ערוץ 6) ''channel 6'') (no relation to the British The Children's Channel) is an Israeli children's cable television channel owned by RGE Group, through subsidiary NOGA Comm ...
(the Israeli Children's Channel, "Arutz 6", ערוץ הילדים), where she was known as "The Children's Queen" (מלכת הילדים). During the 1990s Michal Yannai also hosted the show "Katzefet" on Arutz HaYeladim.
In 2007 she participated in the Israeli version of the stage show, ''Avenue Q
'' Avenue Q'' is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and a book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody ...
'', as a satire of herself.
Filmography
*'' Neshika Bametzach'' (''The Day We Met'', 1990) as Natalie *''Pour Sacha
''Pour Sacha'' (English title: ''For Sacha'') is a 1991 French romantic drama film directed by Alexandre Arcady and starring Sophie Marceau, Gérard Darmon, and Ayelet Zurer. The film is set just prior to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967.
F ...
'' (1991) as English girl #1
*'' Hakeves Ha Shisha Asar'' (''The Sixteenth Sheep'', 1999) as Michal
*''88 Minutes
''88 Minutes'' is a 2007 thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough and Benjamin McKenzie. In the film, famed forensic psychiat ...
'' (2007) as Leeza Pearson
*'' Mega Snake'' (2007) as Fay
*'' When Nietzsche Wept'' (2007) as Bertha
See also
* Television of Israel *Theater of Israel
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* 1972 births Living people Israeli film actresses Israeli television actresses People from Ramat Gan Thelma Yellin High School of Arts alumni Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Jewish Israeli actresses Jewish Israeli singers Jewish women singers Israeli emigrants to Greece Israeli musical theatre actresses Israeli children's television presenters Israeli women television presenters Israeli voice actresses {{Israel-actor-stub