Film and televisionמילי אביטל

Mili Avital

Mili Avital is an Israeli actress and director who has worked in Israel and in Hollywood, with roles in films such as Stargate and the series Prisoners of War.

born 1972Female lead in StargateThe series Prisoners of WarScheherazade in Arabian NightsDirecting the play Next Stop

Born: 30 March 1972, Jerusalem
Occupation: film director, stage actor, film actor, model
Education: Circle in the Square Theatre School, Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts

Mili Avital was born in 1972 in Jerusalem

Avital was born in Jerusalem in 1972 while her parents, Iko and Noni Avital, studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Her father was born in Morocco and her mother in Egypt, of Turkish-Jewish descent. She grew up in Tel Aviv and Ra'anana.

She studied theater at the Thelma Yellin High School of Arts in Givatayim. In her last school year she acted in Dangerous Liaisons at the Cameri Theater. During that period she also served in the IDF theater.

In 1991 she appeared in the film Over the Ocean and won the Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1993 she moved to New York to study acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School. An agent discovered her while she worked as a waitress, and she was cast as the female lead in Stargate in 1994.

She went on to act in films such as Dead Man, Kissing a Fool and The Human Stain, and on television in Arabian Nights, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Damages. In Israel she starred in Columbian Love, Noodle and the series Prisoners of War. As a director, her short documentary was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004, and she later directed the play Next Stop.

In 2004 she married screenwriter Charles Randolph, and they have two children. At the end of 2023 the family moved to London.