Hadar Ratzon-Rotem

Hadar Ratzon-Rotem was born in 1978 in Jerusalem

Hadar Ratzon was born in Jerusalem on February 22, 1978, to a family of Yemenite Jewish descent. She grew up in Hod HaSharon and studied theater at Hadarim High School.

After her army service she moved to Miami and worked at the Israeli consulate. She returned to Israel and studied at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio from 2003 to 2006, where she won 4 scholarships. During her studies she joined the Mediatheque Theater in Holon and played Mary Magdalene in a Canadian production.

In 2007 she appeared in the American film Rendition as the partner of Jake Gyllenhaal's character. In 2010 she played the lead in the musical Sigal, about Aris San and Aliza Azikri, and the show moved to the Habima Theatre. She later acted at Habima in Neither by Day nor by Night.

On television she appeared in Prisoners of War, Tyrant, The Gordin Cell and Homeland. In 2019 she played Nadia Cohen, wife of spy Eli Cohen, in The Spy. In 2025 she played police officer Mali in the Kan 11 series Jaffa.