Ayelet Zurer

After essaying a series of roles in her native Israel that carried her through her thirties, actress Ayelet Zurer relocated to Los Angeles and achieved a dual breakthrough in 2005: Steven Spielberg cast her as the wife of a Mossad agent in his #92;period #92;thriller Munich, and Israeli producers recruited her to play one of the leads on BeTipul ("In Treatment"), a blockbuster prime-time #92;drama on local television in Israel. Zurer subsequently chalked up a covetable series of Hollywood roles, typically playing characters of variable Middle Eastern origin; projects included Paul Schrader's Holocaust-themed #92;drama Adam Resurrected (2007) and Pete Travis' assassination-themed #92;political thriller Vantage Point (2008, as a European paramedic with possible ties to clandestine groups). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

• Also Credited As:
  Ayelet July Zurer
• Born:
  Ayelet July Zurer on June 28, 1969 in Tel Aviv, Israel
• Job Titles:
  Actress

Milestones

• 1991 Made feature debut in “For Sasha,” a drama set during Israel’s 1967 Six-Day War
• 1993 Appeared in the Israeli feature, “The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein”
• 1997 Cast as Shira Shteinberg in the Israeli series, “Florentine”
• 1998 Co-starred in the Israeli film, “The Dybbuk of Holy Apple Field”
• 2001 Appeared in the TV-movie, “A Night Without Lola”
• 2003 Received critical acclaim for her role in “Nina’s Tragedies”
• 2005 Cast in the first season of the Israeli drama, “Betipul/In Therapy”
• 2005 Played Eric Bana’s wife in Steven Spielberg’s “Munich”
• 2008 Appeared opposite Matthew Fox and Dennis Quaid in the thriller, “Vantage Point”
• 2009 Cast opposite Jeff Goldblum in the drama, Adam Resurrected
• 2009 Played the female lead, opposite Tom Hanks, in Angels and Demons, a sequel to The Da Vinci Code