Miri Mesika

Miri Mesika was born in 1978 in Herzliya

Miri Mesika was born on May 3, 1978, and grew up in Herzliya. Her father is of Tunisian Jewish descent and her mother is of Iraqi Jewish descent. As a child she played guitar and recorder at the city music school.

In 1994 she entered HaYovel High School, where she studied theater and music. After her army service she studied at the Rimon School of Music, where she met Ori Zakh, later her husband and producer. After finishing at Rimon in 2002, she studied acting at the Sofi Moskovich School of Performing Arts.

She served in the IDF as an operations NCO in the Infantry Corps.

Her debut album, Miri Mesika, came out in 2005 under the Anana label of Hed Arzi. Its songs November and LeSham, written by Keren Peles, were radio hits, and LeSham won Song of the Year on Galgalatz. In 2005 she also acted in the Habima Theatre musical King Solomon and Shalmai the Shoemaker.

Her second album, Shalom LaEmunot, appeared in 2007 and went platinum in 2008. In 2006 she acted and sang in the film Shalosh Imahot, and in 2008 she played the narrator in a Habima Theatre musical. She was nominated for the 2023 Laurence Olivier Award for playing Dina in The Band's Visit in London's West End.