Yael Bar Zohar

Yael Bar Zohar was born in 1980 in Tel Aviv

Yael Bar Zohar was born on January 29, 1980, in Tel Aviv and grew up in the Ramat Aviv neighborhood. Her father, Menachem Bar Zohar, was born in Poland and worked as a physical education teacher. Her mother, Ella Fogel-Bar Zohar, was born in Israel and works as a nurse. She has an older sister, Michal.

She studied at the Alliance school in Ramat Aviv. In high school she belonged to a youth theater troupe, and in 1995 she played Bathsheba in the musical David.

She joined the IDF in 1999 under a special status for artists and served in the Air Force filming unit. She was released after about a year, in 2000.

She acted in the soap opera Ramat Aviv Gimel and hosted youth and children's shows, winning the Golden Screen award in 1999. In 2005 she played Belle in the Israeli premiere of Beauty and the Beast. Later she hosted many programs and ceremonies, including the 2021 Independence Day torch lighting ceremony and the 2022 Maccabiah opening.

In 2005 she married actor and television host Guy Zu-Aretz. They have 3 children and live in Ramat HaSharon.