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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 - 5.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Fugitive Pieces
  • Fugitive Pieces review by rafi from Beverley
    Rated - 4.0 stars Sensitive drama about kindness and endurance 16 January 2010
    ...creen, all are full of character, all shine with beauty: Rosamund Pike as Alex; Ayelet Zurer as Michaela, Rachelle Lefevre as Naomi, and Nina Dobrev as Bella. ...   Read customer review

Ayelet Zurer - filmography


  • Angels and Demons - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Ayelet Zurer,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    ANGELS AND DEMONS re-teams director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks for the sequel to their international blockbuster adaptation of Dan Brown's novel THE DA VINCI CODE. Although the book Angels and Demons was written before the novel THE DA VINCI CODE, the movie transpires after the events of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 12,326 members
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  • Fugitive Pieces (2009)
    Starring: Stephen Dillane,  Rade Sherbedgia,  Rosamund Pike
    Director: Jeremy Podeswa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 67 members
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  • Angels and Demons on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Ayelet Zurer,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 49,937 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 112 members
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Ayelet Zurer facts

5 most recent films

Angels and Demons - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Fugitive Pieces - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars
Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fugitive Pieces - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Nina's Tragedies - 3.0 stars
Angels and Demons - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Angels and Demons - 3.5 stars
Fugitive Pieces - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Armin Mueller-Stahl - 5 times - show films
Stellan Skarsgard - 5 times - show films
Tom Hanks - 5 times - show films
Pierfrancesco Favino - 5 times - show films
Nicolaj Lie Kaas - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ron Howard - 3 times - show films
Jeremy Podeswa - 2 times - show films
Savi Gabizon - 2 times - show films
Savi Gavizon - 2 times - show films