Michal Yannai-Muskal (or Yanai, ; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress and children's television host.
Early and personal life
Yannai was born and raised in
Ramat 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'', as a satire of herself.
Filmography
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Neshika Bametzach'' (''The Day We Met'', 1990) as Natalie
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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
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Hakeves Ha Shisha Asar'' (''The Sixteenth Sheep'', 1999) as Michal
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88 Minutes'' (2007) as Leeza Pearson
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Mega Snake'' (2007) as Fay
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When Nietzsche Wept'' (2007) as Bertha
See also
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Television of Israel
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Theater of Israel
References
External links
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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
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