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Michal Yannai (or Yanai, he, מיכל ינאי; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress.
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 ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and man ...
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 ( he, ערוץ הילדים, The Children's Channel; Formerly: Arutz Shesh (ערוץ 6) ''channel 6'') is an Israeli youngster cable television channel owned by RGE, through subsidiary NOGA Communications Limited. It was one of ...
(the Israeli Children's Channel, "Arutz 6", ערוץ הילדים), where she was known as "The Children's Queen" (מלכת הילדים). During the 1990s Michal Yanai 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 book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of ...
'', 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 ...
'' (1991) as English girl #1
*'' 88 Minutes'' (2007) as Leeza Pearson
*'' Mega Snake'' (2007) as Fay
*''When Nietzsche Wept
''When Nietzsche Wept'' is a 2007 American art drama film directed by Pinchas Perry and starring Armand Assante, Ben Cross and Katheryn Winnick. It is based on the novel of the same name by Irvin D. Yalom. It was filmed in Bulgaria.
Plot
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'' (2007) as Bertha
See also
*Television of Israel
Television in Israel refers to television broadcasting services in the State of Israel, inaugurated on March 24, 1966. Initially, there was one state-owned channel, operated jointly by the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Israeli Educational ...
* Theater of Israel
References
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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 Israeli Jews Israeli emigrants to Greece {{Israel-actor-stub