Daniella Kertesz

Daniella Kertesz was born in 1989 in Jerusalem

Daniella Kertesz was born on March 11, 1989. Her father Gabriel is an architect born in Romania, and her mother Dorothy is an English teacher born in Belgium. She grew up in Jerusalem and moved with her family to Tel Aviv at 15.

She studied dance from age 3 and attended the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. She later studied at Tel Aviv's Alef High School of Arts.

At 18 she chose not to enlist in the IDF as a conscientious objector. She later left Israel and lived in the United States.

Her first role was Noa Sperling, the lead in the children's series Reds, which ran for 2 seasons. She went on to roles in Masks, Custody, Loving Anna and The Naked Truth. In 2013 she played Segen, an IDF officer, alongside Brad Pitt in World War Z.

In 2015 she appeared in the British horror film AfterDeath and the series The Goldsmith. She starred in Autonomies in 2018 and joined Shtisel in 2020. In 2025 she played the lead in the film 10 Kilo Cocaine.