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Keren Tzur

Keren Tzur is an Israeli stage, television and film actress and theatre director who won the Israeli Theater Prize for her role in the play Anda.

born 1974Lead role in the play AndaActing at the Beit Lisin TheaterTheatre directing

Occupation: actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor
Education: International School of Hamburg, University of Haifa

Keren Tzur was born in 1974

Keren Tzur was born in 1974. Her mother, Rivka Tzur, is a teacher, and her father, Eliezer Tzur, was an electrical engineer for submarines in the military. Her grandmother, Yona Weinberger, survived Auschwitz and immigrated to Israel from Hungary.

Because of her father's postings, she grew up in England and in Hamburg, Germany. She graduated from the International School of Hamburg in 1991, where she studied theater and art. She later studied acting at the University of Haifa, graduating in 2001.

She served in the Israeli Navy and in the Computer Service Directorate. After the army she worked in computer programming at Amdox while acting at the Haifa Theater.

In 2004 she left high tech to act full time at the Beit Lisin Theater. In 2008 she won the Israeli Theater Prize for her lead role in Anda. She directed Sweet Future in 2010 and appeared in the films Jerusalem Syndrome in 2013 and A Borrowed Identity in 2014.

She portrays Elizabeth in the 2024 film Mary. She is married, has 3 children and lives in Haifa.