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Ayelet Zurer

Ayelet Zurer
Ayelet July Zurer was born on the 28th June 1969 in Tel Aviv in Israel.
She starred in the tv series called Inyan Shel Zman (A Matter of Time) and played the lead role of Debbie in the Israeli film Nikmato Shel Itzik Finkelstein (The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein).
During this time she also participated in the tv show entitled Yetziat Hirum (Emergency Exit).
She also played the part of Shira Shteinberg in Florentin and had the lead role of Lea in the film called Ha Dybbuk B'sde Hatapuchim Hakdoshim (The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field) starring Moshe Ivgy.
Ayelet has starred in Laila Lelo Lola (A Night Without Lola) as Oshrit, Kikar Ha-Halomot (Desperado Square) as Gila and in Shilva and Ha'Block.
Her first international role was in Steven Spielberg's Munich as Daphna alongside Eric Bana, Ciaran Hinds and Daniel Craig.
She has appeared in Vantage Point, playing an exotic terrorist called Veronica with Dennis Quaid, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver and in Adam Resurrected as a nurse called Gina Grey alongside Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe and Derek Jacobi.
Ayelet starred in the tv series entitled Betipul as Na'ama Lerner opposite Assi Dayan and in Nina’s Tragedies (also known as Ha-Asonot Shel Nina) playing the part of Nina with Yoram Hattab
She has also been in the theatre plays, HaYoreshet, Madrich Nashim Le'Tohu U'Va'Vohu, Bagdei HaMelech (The King's Clothes), Boh'u Lo Nedaber Al Ze (Let's Not Talk About It), Ohavim Et Ophal, and Monologim Me'Ha'Vaginah and in the US, has appeared in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III.
Another role was in Pour Sacha as Shoshana, she has also appeared in Ish HaHashmal (Electricity Man) as Becki, Maktub as Michal and in Mashehu Matok (Something Sweet) as Tamar.
Ayelet has been in Fugitive Pieces as Michaela opposite Stephen Dillane, Rade Sherbedgia and Rosamund Pike, Rak Klavim Ratzim Hofshi (Wild Dogs) as Telma and in Lightbulb (also known as Snappers) as Gina.
A most notabe role for Ayelet is in Angels and Demons as Vittoria Vetra the daughter of CERN physicist Leonardo Vetra alongside Tom Hanks, Stellan Skarsgard and Ewan McGregor.





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Ayelet Zurer - what members say


  • Angels and Demons
  • Angels and Demons review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor
    Rated - 5 stars superb...................... 4 May 2009
    ...antimatter in the form of a bomb during a papal conclave. This film also stars Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra who is a CERN scientist, Ewan McGregor who plays the Camerlen...  

Ayelet Zurer - filmography


  • Fugitive Pieces (2009)
    Starring: Stephen Dillane,  Rade Sherbedgia,  Rosamund Pike
    Director: Jeremy Podeswa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "Fugitive Pieces" is a powerful, poetic, and emotionally-charged drama about love, loss and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WWII. As a child in Poland he is orphaned during wartime then saved by a compassionate ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 12 members
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  • Nina's Tragedies on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ayelet Zurer,  Anat Waxman,  Alon Aboutboul
    Director: Savi Gabizon,  Savi Gavizon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Fourteen year old Nadev tells us about his torn family; his parents divorce, his dying father, his wild and promiscuous mother, but most of all about his beautiful aunt Nina. After the death of her husband, Nadav moves in with her - the beginning of a wonderful period in his life. But his perfect ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 74 members
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Ayelet Zurer facts

5 most recent films

Fugitive Pieces - 3.0 stars
Angels And Demons - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars
Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars
Angels And Demons - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars
Fugitive Pieces - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fugitive Pieces - 3.0 stars
Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars
Angels And Demons - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tom Hanks - 4 times - show films
Pierfrancesco Favino - 4 times - show films
Nicolaj Lie Kaas - 4 times - show films
Ewan McGregor - 4 times - show films
Armin Mueller-Stahl - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ron Howard - 4 times - show films
Jeremy Podeswa - 2 times - show films
Savi Gabizon - 1 times - show films
Savi Gavizon - 1 times - show films