Yael Goldman-Pfeffer (; born 24 September 1978) is an Israeli television host, actress, and model.

Early life

Yael Goldman was born in

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. Both her parents Dan Goldman and Idit ( Fishler) are of

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descent. She served as a soldier in the Intelligence Corps of the

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. In 2005 Goldman began studying

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at the College of Management in

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near Tel Aviv. Between 2006 and 2008, Goldman studied at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio.

Career

Modeling

After finishing her military service, Goldman began her modeling career in 1998, modeling for the Betty Rockaway modeling agency. Through the years she has modeled in

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and

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, in magazines, participated in a

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campaign (subsidiary of

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), and campaigns for

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and

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. At the same time, In Israel Goldman became the leading model of the Israel-based clothing company Crocker and in 2000 was chosen to be the leading model of the Israel-based clothing company Castro. In 2004 Goldman was chosen to model in the hair products campaign of the Israeli shampoo Natural Formula after the company did a survey in which 14,000 people chose her. In the beginning of 2005 Goldman was chosen to be the leading model of the jewelry company H. Stern and later on her contract with the company was extended for another year. As part of her work for H. Stern she modeled along with

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. In addition, in 2005, Goldman was the leading model for the fashion company Bonita and led its campaign for two years. In 2008 Goldman was chosen to be the new model of the Sebocalm company instead of Michal Yanai. In 2008 Goldman participated in the campaign for the Boutique Cassidy. In February 2010 Goldman was selected as the presenter of the fashion designer Maya Negri for the spring-summer season of 2010.

Television

At the end of 2002 Goldman returned to Israel, and in January 2003 began her television career as a TV host of the Israel daily teenager show ''Exit'' on Channel 10, along with model Mali Levi, the singer

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and the TV hosts Ofer Shechter and Michael Hanegbi. In April 2005, on the show, Goldman announced her plans to leave the show. In July 2005 Goldman began to host the extreme TV sports program ''AXN Mania''. During that year Goldman also participated in a videoclip of the singers Daniel Salomon and

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. In April 2006 Goldman accompanied the participants of the fourth season of the Israeli reality show ''

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'' during all stages of auditions, and in June of that year, Goldman participated in the show ''Once in a Lifetime'' along with Yaakov Alperon. In May 2007 Goldman joined the cast of the Israeli science fiction series ''

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'' in which she played a journalist. During the autumn of that year she appeared in the video clip of the song "You Come to Me" by

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. At the end of 2007 Goldman became a leading reporter in the Israeli entertainment news program ''Y at Ten'', and appeared in the Israeli drama series '' Danny Hollywood''. In 2009 Goldman played in the second season of the Israeli comedy series '' Naor's Friends'' as herself, and in the summer of that year she began hosting a daily television program on Channel 24 which was broadcast live from Akhziv. At the end of that year she was cast in a lead role in the Israeli drama ''Neshot Htayasim'' of Channel 10. In 2010 Goldman became the host of the variety TV show ''Y in the Evening'' alongside Ilana Berkovitz and Zohar Israel. In June 2010 she began to appear regularly on the panel of the network's coverage of the

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Other professional avenues

While hosting the show ''Exit'', Goldman was also employed as an assistant

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Personal life

On 18 June 2009 married Israeli actor

Ori Pfeffer Ori Pfeffer (; born July 28, 1975) is an Israeli actor with the film and TV career in Israel and the United States. Personal life Pfeffer was born in Jerusalem, Israel. In the Israel Defense Forces, he served first at the Golani Brigade T ...

. They have 3 children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, Yael 1978 births Israeli female models Israeli television actresses Jewish female models People from Tel Aviv Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio alumni Living people Israeli Ashkenazi Jews