Ayelet Zurer
Biography
Ayelet Zurer is an Israeli film and television actress who began her career on the teen drama Inyan Shel Zman. She later had a regular role on Florentine from 1997 to 2000 and starred in the title role of Nina's Tragedies in 2003, winning an Israeli Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won Best Actress from the Israeli Academy of Television for BeTipul and Hostages in 2006 and 2013. Her Hollywood films include Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005), Vantage Point (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), Man of Steel (2013), and Ben-Hur (2016). She portrayed Vanessa Marianna-Fisk in Marvel's Daredevil from 2015 to 2018 and returned to the role in Daredevil: Born Again in 2025. Other television work includes Shtisel, You, and Losing Alice.
57years old
Turns 58 on June 28in 230 days
- Born Tel Aviv
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 14 years2005 to 2019
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Behind the award
In 2005, Zurer played Na'ama Lerner in the Israeli television series Betipul. The Israeli Television Academy gave her a Best Actress award for it, and the show was later remade as the HBO series In Treatment.
Ayelet Zurer movies on Netflix
Shepherd: The Hero Dogas Shoshonna
Miladaas Milada Horáková
Ben-Huras Naomi Ben-Hur
Last Days in the Desertas Mother
Last Knightsas Naomi
Man of Steelas Lara Lor-Van
Darling Companionas Carmen
Angels & Demonsas Vittoria Vetra
Ingeniousas Gina
Adam Resurrectedas Gina Grey
Vantage Pointas Veronica
Munichas Daphna
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Morgan Freeman2 films together, 2015 to 2016
Morgan Freeman's page Ben-Hur2016IMDb rating 5.7Zurer as Naomi Ben-HurFreeman as Sheik Ilderim
Last Knights2015IMDb rating 6.2Zurer as NaomiFreeman as Bartok
Ewan McGregor2 films together, 2009 to 2015
Ewan McGregor's page Last Days in the Desert2015IMDb rating 5.6Zurer as MotherMcGregor as Jesus
Angels & Demons2009IMDb rating 6.7Zurer as Vittoria VetraMcGregor as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Ciarán Hinds2 films together, 2005 to 2015
Ciarán Hinds's page Last Days in the Desert2015IMDb rating 5.6Zurer as MotherHinds as Father
Munich2005IMDb rating 7.5Zurer as DaphnaHinds as Carl
Moritz Bleibtreu2 films together, 2005 to 2008
Moritz Bleibtreu's page Adam Resurrected2008IMDb rating 6.2Zurer as Gina GreyBleibtreu as Joseph Gracci
Munich2005IMDb rating 7.5Zurer as DaphnaBleibtreu as Andreas
Box office
What Ayelet Zurer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
8 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 8 worldwide figure; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$668M43.5% of the total
- 2$486M31.6% of the total
- 3$152M9.9% of the total
- 4$131M8.5% of the total
- 5$94M6.1% of the total
- 6$3.6M0.2% of the total
- 7$1.2M0.1% of the total
- 8$693K0.0% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2003 to 2014.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV Series | Hostages | Won |
| 2003 | Ophir Award for Best Actress | Nina's Tragedies | Won |
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