Mili Avital
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Mili Avital (Hebrew: מילי אביטל; born 30 March 1972) is an Israeli-American actress. Avital built a successful international career. She started in her native Israel, starring on stage, film and Television, winning the Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1992, and nominated for Best Actress in 1994. That year she moved to New York and started to work almost immediately in America. She has maintained her career in both countries since.
Avital was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of graphic designers Noni and Iko Avital. Her family is Jewish. She was raised in Tel Aviv and Ra'anana. She attended the Thelma Yellin High School of Arts in Givatayim. She moved to New York in 1994, and continues to reside there with her husband, screenwriter Charles Randolph (The Life of David Gale, The Interpreter, Love & Other Drugs), and their two children.
Avital served as a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Haifa from 2009 to 2013.
As one of the most highly regarded actresses in her native Israel, Avital has achieved international success with her diverse starring roles in film and television. She began her professional career on stage, during her senior year in high school, in Dangerous Liaisons at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv.
Acting
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Marta Stevens
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laurie Colfax
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ava Parulis / Irina Burton
1999
Movie
Stargate
as Sha'uri
1994
Movie
Dead Man
as Thel Russell
1995
Movie
The Human Stain
as Young Iris
2003
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lenore Abrigaille
2001
TV
Damages
as Anna Mercado
2007
Movie
Mary
as Mariamne
2024
TV
666 Park Avenue
as Danielle Tyler
2012
Movie
Uprising
as Devorah Baron
2001
Movie
The End of Violence
as Featured Performer
1997
Movie
Kissing a Fool
as Samantha Andrews
1998
TV
Arabian Nights
as Scheherezade
2000
Movie
Polish Wedding
as Sofie
1998
TV
Prisoners of War
as Nurit Halevi-Zach
2010
Movie
When Do We Eat?
as Vanessa
2006
Movie
After the Storm
as Coquina
2001
TV
Haunted
as Eryn Towne
2002
Movie
Noodle
as Miri Calderone
2007
Movie
Wedding Doll
as Bride
2015
Movie
Colombian Love
as Tali Shalev
2004
Movie
Invasion of Privacy
as Theresa Barnes
1996
Movie
Bad Seed
as Emily Tylk
2000