Film and televisionרונית אלקבץ

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz was an Israeli actress, screenwriter and film director who worked in Israeli and French cinema and won 3 Ophir Awards for acting.

1964 to 2016The film GettRole in The Band's Visit3 Ophir Awards for acting

Born: 27 November 1964, Beersheba
Died: 19 April 2016, Tel Aviv
Occupation: film director, screenwriter, singer, film actor

Ronit Elkabetz was born in 1964 in Beersheba

Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Jewish family from Essaouira, Morocco. She was the eldest of 4 children and grew up in Kiryat Yam. Her brother Shlomi also became a director.

She never studied acting and began her career as a model. Her first film role was in The Appointed, opposite Shuli Rand. In 1994 she won an Ophir Award for Sh'Chur.

In 1997 she moved to Paris to study at the Théâtre du Soleil. She won more Ophir Awards for Late Marriage and The Band's Visit. With Shlomi she wrote and directed To Take a Wife, Shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, and Shiva won the Wolgin Award at the 2008 Jerusalem Film Festival.

She married architect Avner Yashar in 2010, and their twins were born in 2012. She was honorary president of the women's group Ahoti. She died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv in 2016 and is buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery.

Milestones in Ronit Elkabetz's life

1964
Born in Beersheba.
1994
Won an Ophir Award for Sh'Chur.
1997
Moved to Paris.
2001
Won her second Ophir Award for Late Marriage.
2007
Won her third Ophir Award for The Band's Visit.
2008
Released Shiva, made with her brother Shlomi.
2014
Gett was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and she was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
2015
Received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2016
Died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv.