Meital Dohan

Meital Dohan was born in 1976 in Givatayim

Dohan was born in Givatayim on August 24, 1976. Her mother Edna was a painter and art teacher, and her father David Dohan was a businessman. When she was 3, the family moved to Harutzim in the Sharon, where she grew up.

In 1994 she began her military service in the IDF theater. In 1995 she started studying acting at the Nissan Nativ studio and graduated in 1998. She received scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation in 1996 and 1997.

At the Cameri Theater she played in "Best Friends" and won the Israel Theater Prize as a promising actress. She played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Haifa Theatre in 2000. Her role as Efrat in the 2001 film Giraffes brought her first Ophir Award nomination, and the film Tahara brought a second.

In 2002 she performed with Ivri Lider in a show about love and sex on the High Holidays. She also had a lead comedic role in the Israeli version of Ugly Betty. In the United States she played Yael Hoffman on Weeds and appeared in The Sopranos and in plays in New York.

In 2007 she published a book of poems with nude photographs. She also turned to music, working with producer Che Pope. Her single "On Ya" with Sean Kingston came out in May 2012.