Amit Farkash

Amit Farkash was born in 1989 in Toronto

Amit Farkash was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1989. When she was 2, her family moved back to Israel and lived in Ramat HaSharon and Caesarea. She went to school at Maagan Michael.

In 2006 her brother, Captain Tom Farkash, was killed in a helicopter crash during the Second Lebanon War. She recorded the song Millions of Stars in his memory and first sang it at his funeral. The song was played widely on Israeli radio.

She served in the Israeli Air Force Band. During her service she was cast in the Israeli stage version of High School Musical, which opened in 2008.

In 2009 she starred as Ella Rosen in the fantasy drama Split. She appeared in the Festigal, came third on Dancing With the Stars in 2012, and hosted children's programs. In 2014 she slowed her stage and screen work to study at the Yoram Loewenstein acting studio.

She later focused on musical theater, playing Maria in The Sound of Music and appearing in Spring Awakening at Habima. In 2024, during the Swords of Iron War, she released the song Dear Brother with Tal Ramon. She married Yair Yonas in 2019.