Romi Aboulafia
Romi Aboulafia | |
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Born | January 21, 1984 |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | London Film School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | (m. 2016) |
Relatives | Hana Laszlo (mother-in-law) Mark Ivanir (brother-in-law) |
Romi Aboulafia (Hebrew: רומי אבולעפיה; born January 21, 1984) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter and filmmaker.
Early life[]
Aboulafia was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family. She started acting at the age of six and was cast for a lead role in the award-winning Israel drama Shabatot VeHagim.[1][2]
She was enlisted to as a soldier to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Career[]
Acting[]
In 2010, she starred in John Madden’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam Worthing.[3] The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2011. That year, she also starred in the Israeli LGBTQ cult indie Joe + Bell by director Veronica Kedar.[4] In 2012, she starred in Nony Geffen's ,[5] which won the Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival, as well as in Endemol Shine’s strip-club-thriller Allenby. In 2014, she participated in the television series Very Important Man alongside Yehuda Levi, as well as starring in the German film Anderswo alongside her mother-in-law Hana Laszlo. In 2018, she starred in Endemol Shine’s Harem alongside Alon Abutbul.
Filmmaking[]
After her two years of mandatory army service, Aboulafia moved to the UK to study film. She earned a MFA from the London Film School and directed her thesis film Eyes, which was shot in Israel. Throughout her acting career she's also worked as a film editor.
In 2019, she began developing a television series for Endeavour Content with her husband Ben Giladi and Hagai Levi[6][7][8]
Modeling[]
At the age of eighteen, Aboulafia became the first spokesmodel of Israeli fashion brand – Castro. Aboulafia presented the company for one season before deciding to leave the country to study film.[9][10][11] Castro spokesmodels that followed include – Gal Gadot and Bar Refaeli.
Personal life[]
Aboulafia married Israeli film and television producer Ben Giladi in 2016.[12][13] The two have a child together and live in London.[14] She's the daughter-in-law of Israeli actress and comedian Hana Laszlo, sister-in-law of actor Mark Ivanir and the niece of Television executive Orly Adelson.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ israelhayom.co.il https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/681215. Retrieved December 20, 2019. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Shabatot VeHagim, retrieved December 20, 2019
- ^ "'The Debt': History's Burden, And A Moral Calculus". NPR. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ Koehler, Robert (August 1, 2011). "Joe + Belle". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ "Not in Tel Aviv: AFI Fest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 November 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ White, Peter (April 11, 2019). "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Hagai Levi to produce new thriller series". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Flipboard. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "קסטרו: רומי אבולעפיה יוצאת, בקי גריפין נכנסת". ynet (in Hebrew). December 21, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ ביין, ענת (September 1, 2003). "קסטרו בודקת אפשרות להחלפת הדוגמנית רומי אבולעפיה בבקי גריפין". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "קסטרו מחפשת מחליפה לרומי אבולעפיה". וואלה! תרבות (in Hebrew). November 26, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "רומי אבולעפיה התחתנה עם בן גלעדי באיביזה". mako. June 27, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "רומי אבולעפיה חושפת בטן הריונית של חודש שביעי | TMI". https://tmi.maariv.co.il. Retrieved December 13, 2019. External link in
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(help) - ^ "בלונדון התנהג כרומי". עלונדון (in Hebrew). March 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
External links[]
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Tel Aviv
- Film people from Tel Aviv
- Israeli film actresses
- Israeli female screenwriters
- Alumni of the London Film School
- Israeli Jews
- Sephardi Jews
- Mizrahi Jews