Yuval Scharf

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Yuval Scharf
יובל שרף
Scharf in 2024
Born (1985-06-04) 4 June 1985
Even Yehuda, Israel

Yuval Scharf (Hebrew: יובל שרף; born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli film, television and theatre actress, and model.

Early life

Scharf was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) background.

Career

Television and Cinema

Tzachi Halevy (left) and Yuval Scharf hosting the 2019 Ophir Awards

In 2008 she played in Lost Islands.[1] In 2013 she played Yael, a young journalist in the film Ana Arabia.[2] In 2015 she played Mira in Moon in the 12th House. In 2018, she played Tanya in the BBC drama McMafia.[3] She plays Rochel, an Ashkenazi love interest of a Sephardic Israeli, in the TV show Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.[4] In 2023, she played Mossad agent Sarah in Ghosts of Beirut.[5]

Theatre

At the Beit Lessin Theater she participated in several plays: In 2008, she played Jill in the play Aquus[6] and was part of the cast in the play Alma and Ruth; in 2009 she participated in the play Conditions of Affection and in 2010 in the play Uncle Vanya.[7]

References

  1. "Lost Islands". Israel Cinema Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. Ana Arabia
  3. "McMafia star Yuval Scharf: I want to be James Norton's Bond girl". London Evening Standard. 25 January 2018.
  4. Steinberg, Jessica. "Netflix picks up Ottoman-era Israeli drama 'Beauty Queen of Jerusalem'". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Ghosts of Beirut’
  6. Perry, Tal (29 October 2008). חשיפה לתיאטרון. mako (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  7. Abramovich, Yuval (29 May 2009). השנה של יובל שרף. nrg (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 January 2018.