Limor Shapira

Limor Shapira was born in 1964 in Tel Aviv

Limor Shapira was born in Tel Aviv on December 15, 1964. Her mother, Dr. Atiya Shapira, was a pianist and an oncologist, and her father, Amos Shapira, is a law professor. She spent her early childhood in New Haven, Connecticut, while her father studied at Yale.

She began playing piano at age 5 and graduated from the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. At Tel Aviv University she studied theater and French linguistics, then opera at the Academy of Music and law. She interned at the Tel Aviv District Court and has held a law license since 1998.

She served in the IDF choir and then toured Europe and the United States with the Hasidic Festival troupe. In 1987 she won third place at the Arad Festival with a song she composed to a poem by Rachel. In 1991 she appeared in the Israel Festival show celebrating Rachel.

She has played lead roles at the Cameri, Beit Lessin and in commercial productions, including The Sound of Music and Annie. In 2021 she began acting at Habima in Hotel at the End of the World. She also starred in 4 films by director Dina Perlstein.