Chelli Goldenberg

Chelli Goldenberg was born in 1954 in Tel Aviv

Rachel "Chelli" Goldenberg was born on May 25, 1954, in Tel Aviv. She grew up in the Ramat HaHayal neighborhood, the middle of 3 children of Aliza and Meir.

She began modeling at age 16 and worked as a model in Israel in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1973 she joined the IDF and served in the Air Force. Later she studied acting in New York at the Stella Adler Studio and the Lee Strasberg Institute.

She appeared in Operation Thunderbolt in 1977 and had her breakthrough in Ha-Lahaka in 1978. She then acted in Dizengoff 99 and The Delta Force. In the 1980s and 1990s she appeared in ads for Milky, Telma and Pelephone.

In the 2000s she acted in TV series such as Brown Girls and Esti HaMekho'eret and hosted the show Our Life. She wrote 2 children's books, and from 2006 she wrote a blog and a column in Yediot Aharonot. Since January 2017 she has hosted a radio show on 103fm.

She was married to TV host Avri Gilad, and they have 1 daughter. She lives in Afeka, Tel Aviv.