Keren Mor

Keren Mor was born in 1964 in Israel

Keren Mor was born Keren Moreno in Bat Yam. Her father Uzi was a career soldier, and her mother Zehava was a social worker and probation officer. The family changed its name to Mor, and she grew up in Bat Yam and at the Ramat David base before finishing Rothberg High School in Ramat HaSharon.

While serving in the IDF, she studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv.

Her first major film role came in Abba Ganuv in 1987. She went on to work with director Amos Gitai and to appear on the comedy shows The World Tonight and Zehu Ze!. In 1993 she joined the sketch series The Chamber Quintet, and later its cast reunited in the drama The Bourgeoisie.

She later appeared in Shorts, On Any Saturday and the film Shiva, and led the comedy Mother's Day from 2012 to 2016. Since 2018 she has played the cashier Kochava Shavit in Kupa Rashit, which was nominated for an International Emmy. She is married to actor Menashe Noy, and they have two children.