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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

Genres

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  1. 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

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Angels & Demons2009 Mystery, Thrilleras Vittoria Vetra

    IMDb rating 6.7329K votes

  2. Munich2005 Drama, History, Thrilleras Daphna

    IMDb rating 7.5256K votes

  3. Man of Steel2013as Lara Lor-Van

    IMDb rating 7.1877K votes

  4. Vantage Point2008as Veronica

    IMDb rating 6.6159K votes

  5. Ben-Hur2016as Naomi Ben-Hur

    IMDb rating 5.751K votes

  6. Last Days in the Desert2015as Mother

    IMDb rating 5.64.7K votes

  7. Adam Resurrected2008as Gina Grey

    IMDb rating 6.24.8K votes

  8. Milada2017as Milada Horáková

    IMDb rating 6.31.5K votes

Most often with

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.

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Films together

Box office

What Ayelet Zurer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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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.

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Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Man of Steel2013as Lara Lor-Van
    $668M43.5% of the total
  2. 2
    Angels & Demons2009as Vittoria Vetra
    $486M31.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Vantage Point2008as Veronica
    $152M9.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Munich2005as Daphna
    $131M8.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Ben-Hur2016as Naomi Ben-Hur
    $94M6.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Last Knights2015as Naomi
    $3.6M0.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Darling Companion2012as Carmen
    $1.2M0.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Milada2017as Milada Horáková
    $693K0.0% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors from 2003 to 2014.

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Ayelet Zurer's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2014Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV SeriesHostagesWon
2003Ophir Award for Best ActressNina's TragediesWon

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