Ayala Ingedashet

Ayala Ingedashet was born in 1978 in Ethiopia

Ingedashet was born in Ethiopia on August 21, 1978, and came to Israel with her family at age 2. The family lived in Jerusalem for several years and then settled in Ashdod. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother raised the family alone in a religious home.

At 14 she joined a youth band in Ashdod. In the IDF she sang in the Navy band, the first Beta Israel member of an IDF music ensemble.

After her service she acted in plays such as Little Tel Aviv and Fuenteovejuna and hosted on the Briza channel. Mooki and Piloni of Shabak Samech supported her musically. Working with producer Roy Edri and Hed Arzi, she released her self-titled debut album in March 2007.

She sang the national anthem at the opening of the 2009 Maccabiah Games and recorded songs for the series Yeladei Beit haEtz. She also appeared in the cast of Shalom Sesame. In 2019 she released her second album, BaSchuna MiMul.

She is the eldest of four sisters, two of whom are singers and one an actress. She is married with 3 children and lives in Ramat Gan.