Yael Abecassis
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Yael Abecassis is an Israeli actress and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. She married Israeli actor Lior Miller
Lior Miller
Lior Miller is an Israeli film and television actor. He is also a model and popular-culture icon.-Career:He was first discovered after appearing in a commercial for Castro clothing in which he flashed himself....

 in 1996 and has one child. They divorced in 2003. Abecassis is the daughter of Raymonde Abecassis, a Moroccan-born Israeli actress.

Career

Abecassis began modeling at the age of 14. She later branched into television and film, appearing in commercials and starring as Rivka in Kadosh
Kadosh
Kadosh is a 1999 film by Israeli director Amos Gitai. It was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Kadosh is a bleak drama about the plight of women in Haredi society. In the opening scene, Meir , a young Talmudic scholar, thanks God in his morning prayers for not being born a woman...

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a 1999 retelling of The Dybbuk directed by Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...

. In the 1990s, she starred as a host on Israeli television programs for children, and produced music videos for babies and young children. Towards the end of the 1990s, she left television to pursue a career as a dramatic actress. She starred in several Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...

 movies and has won favorable reviews, especially in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Filmography

  • Shiva
    Shiva (2008 film)
    Shiva is a 2008 Israeli drama film, also known by its English title as 7 Days, by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. It is the second feature to be directed by the siblings, following 2004's To Take a Wife.-Plot:...

    , Lili
  • Survivre avec les loups (2007)
  • Sans moi (2007), Marie
  • Papa (2005/II), Léa
  • Va, vis et deviens (2005), Yaël Harrari
  • Until Tomorrow Comes (2004), Daughter
  • Alila
    Alila
    Alila is a 2003 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Yaël Abecassis, Uri Klauzner, and Hanna Laslo. The drama follows half a dozen very different characters through their lives in modern day Israel, giving Gitai an opportunity to comment on his country's top social issues.The film...

     (2003), Gabi
  • Ballo a tre passi (2003)
  • Haïm Ze Haïm (2003)
  • Miss Entebbe (2003), Elise
  • Bella ciao (2001), Nella
  • Maria, figlia del suo figlio (2000), Mary of Nazareth
  • Kadosh (1999), Rivka
  • "Shabatot VeHagim" (1999), Ella
  • "Passeur d'enfants", Yael, (1997)
  • L'enfant de la terre promise (1997), Yael
  • Enfant d'Israel, L' (1997)
  • "Hakita Hameofefet" (1995)
  • Yerusha, Ha- (1993)
  • Zarim Balayla (1993)
  • Sipurei Tel-Aviv (1992), Sharona
  • Pour Sacha
    Pour Sacha
    Pour Sacha is a 1991 French romantic drama directed by Alexandre Arcady, and starring Sophie Marceau, Gérard Darmon, and Ayelet Zurer...

     (1991), Judith

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