Evelyn Kaplun

Evelyn Kaplun was born in 1971 in Saint Petersburg

Kaplun was born on 4 November 1971 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, in the Soviet Union. In 1987 she left her parents' home, moved into a dormitory in her city and began studying at an acting school.

In 1990 she immigrated to Israel without her family. Her first film role came in 1997 in Afula Express, alongside Zvika Hadar and Esti Zakheim. In 1999 she played Yana, a young immigrant from Russia during the Gulf War, in Yana's Friends, directed by Arik Kaplun.

In 2000 she and her husband moved to Los Angeles, where she studied and worked in film editing. After returning to Israel she appeared in The Syrian Bride and starred in What a Wonderful Place in 2005.

From 2006 she worked as an assistant editor on the TV series HaShminiya and played the character Lina in it. She appeared in Nir Bergman's Intimate Grammar in 2010 and in The House on Fin Street in 2021.

She is married to director Arik Kaplun, and they have a daughter, Aya.