Neta Riskin ( he, נטע ריסקין; born 28 October 1976) is an Israeli actress and journalist, best known for her role as Giti Weiss in the series ''

Shtisel ''Shtisel'' () is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Haredi ("ultra-Orthodox" Jewish) family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series premiered on 29 June 2013 on yes Oh. It ...

''. Riskin coached Israeli-born American actress

Natalie Portman Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, he, נטע-לי הרשלג, ) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving mu ...

to speak

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with an Israeli accent for ''

A Tale of Love and Darkness ''A Tale of Love and Darkness'' ( he, סיפור על אהבה וחושך ''Sipur al ahava ve choshech'') is a memoir by the Israeli author Amos Oz, first published in Hebrew in 2002. The book has been translated into 28 languages and over a m ...

''. Riskin was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, Israel, to

secular Jewish Secular Jew may refer to: * A general epithet for Jews who participate in modern secular society and are not stringently religious * Nonreligious Jews, including nonaffiliated, agnostics, etc. ** Jewish atheism ** Cultural Judaism * ''Hiloni ...

architect parents. Her mother was born in Israel. Her father, a

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

survivor, was born in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. Her grandfather, Asher Gliberman, was an Israeli architect who

immigrated Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

from Belarus.

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: ''The Stars of "Shtisel"''

Filmography

Films

* ''

'' (2015) as Haya * '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'' (2016) as Hannah * ''

Damascus Cover ''Damascus Cover'' is a 2017 political thriller film, directed by Daniel Zelik Berk, from a screenplay by Berk and Samantha Newton. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by Howard Kaplan. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, J ...

'' (2017) as Yael * ''

Longing Longing may refer to: Music * ''Longing'' (Bell Witch album) (2012) * ''Longing'' (Dusty Springfield album), an unreleased 1974 album * "Longing" (song), a 1994 song by X Japan * "Longing", a song by Gackt from '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantas ...

'' (2017) as Yael * ''Shelter'' (2018) as Naomi

Television

* ''

The Gordin Cell ''The Gordin Cell'' is an Israeli psychological thriller series. The series stars Ran Danker as Israeli Air Force officer Eyal Gordin and Mark Ivanir as Russian Intelligence agent Yaakov Lundin. Plot Season 1 Diana and Mickey Gordin immigrated ...

'' (2012-2015) as Nati Ganot/Nathalia Gordin * ''

'' (2013–2021) as Giti Weiss * ''Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi'' (2016) as Ronit Levi * ''

False Flag A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term "false flag" originated in the 16th century as an expression meaning an intentional misr ...

'' (2018-2019) as Anat Kedmi * ''Very Important Person'' (2019) as Elie Shine * The Spy (2019) as Tova

References

External links

* Living people People from Tel Aviv Israeli film actresses Israeli television actresses 1976 births Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Israeli Ashkenazi Jews 21st-century Israeli actresses {{Israel-actor-stub