Levana Finkelstein Actress - Resume

Professional Actress Since 1967

Born:      1947

Height: 5` 5``

Hair:    Brown

Eyes:    Brown

Languages: Hebrew, English, Bulgarian, Spanish and French

 

FILM:

Title                              Role                            Producer

Silence                      Levana and Lilly         Israeli Film Production by Zarhin (2022)

                                                               Nominated for best acctress award bythe Israeli Film Academy

Cracks                      Judith                       Israeli Film Production by Lubatski (2018)

The Kind Words         Yona                         Israeli Film Production (2015)

The Farwell Party        Levana                     Israeli Film Production (2014)

                                    Winner of best actress award in the Haifa International Film Festival

                                    Winer of best actress award in the International Valladolid Film Festival Spain

                                    The film won the people�s Choice in the Venice Days Festival and in the Valladolid

                                     Film Festival Spain.

The World is Funny                                        Israeli Film Production (2012)

Valley of Strength          Riva                            Dan Wolmann Israel Film Production (2011)

A Matter Of Size           Mona The Mother       Israeli-German Co-Production

                                      Winner of the Israeli Film Academy Best Supporting Actress award

 

The Little Traitor           Mrs. Kotchinski         Israeli-American Co-Production 

Eskimos In The Galilee Mirralle                      Israeli Film Production

Aviva My Love            Aviva's mother             Israeli Film Production

The Mechanik               Mary Abramoff           New Image, US Feature

Diana's Child                Orna                            Israeli TV Drama

My Son, Short Film       Nurse                          Israeli Film Production

Abroad                          Alice                           Israeli Film Production

Jewish Revenge            Wife and Mother         Co-Production Israel and Russia

Aya                               The Actress                  Israeli Film Production

Kinneret's Secrets         The Principal               Israeli Film Production

Women                          Vida The Mother         Israeli Film Production

A Story that Begins-      The Grandmother        Israeli Film Production

-With a Snake�s Funeral

The Inheritance             The Sister                    Co-Production Israel and Spain

Real Time                     Ricki                            Israeli Film Production

The Cherry Season       The Widow                  Israeli Film Production

Behind the Bars II         Wife and Mother          Israeli Film Production

One Thousand-              The Gossip                  Israeli Film Production

-Wives of Naftali

Wooden Horse              The Nurse                    Israeli Film Production

Midnight Entertainer      Miriam                        Israeli Film Production

Salamoniko                    Joya                             Israeli Film Production

The Tzanani Family       Mrs. Tzanani               Israeli Film Production

I Love You Rosa            Jamila the Arab           Israeli Film Production, Directed by Oscar Winning

  Director Moshe Mizrahi

My Love In Jerusalem    Margo                         Israeli Film Production

 

TELEVISION:

Leads and Features roles in TV movies, series and variety shows in Israel including the following:

 

The Emabassy               Ambassador's Mom   Israeli Television Series (2023)

Main Cash Register        The Teacher              Israeli Television Series (2020)

In Pupick's Yard             Levana                     Israeli Educational TV (2015 to 2018)

Ramzor                         Working Mother        Israeli Television Series

Family Day                    Grandma                   Special for HOP channel

Mother V                       Mother V                                                       

                                     Winner of Jerusalem-  Israel TV Drama

                                     -International Film Festival Best Actress Award

Reserves II                    Pnina                           Israeli Television Series � recurring role

Kinneret's Secrets          School Principal         Israeli Television Series � recurring role

Basic Training               Ricki                           Israeli Television Series � recurring role

                                                                          Winner of Best Series of the Decade

Egoz                               Madam Anette-           Israeli Television Series

                                       - Abutbul

Apples From the-           Mazal                          Israeli Television Production � Short Movie

- Desert                                                              Winner of Best Actress Award

The Cohen Tribe             Dorit                           Israeli Television Series � recurring role

The Boy From Sybil       The Mother                 Israeli Television Production

Zehu Ze                           Guest Star                   Israeli Television Series

 

THEATER:

Play                                 Role                            Theater group

King Solomon and           Bat-Sheva Solomom's Mom Habima National Theater, Israe

     the Cobler Shalmai              

Labriut                            Mrs. Rosa                  Tzavta

His Lifetime Work           Miriam                       Haifa Theater, Israel    

Village                             Rivka                         Gesher Theater, Israel (Performed also-

                                                                           in New York, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Rome,

                                                                           Riga, Warsaw and Moscow)

Slihot                               Malka                         Beit-Lessin Theater, Israel

Breaking News                Head Nurse                Beit-Lessin Theater, Israel

Trumpet in the Valley      Um Huda                    Haifa Theater, Israel

Merchants of Glory         Madam Bashle�          Beer-Sheva Theater, Israel

Shmaryahoo                     Bertha                        The Children and Youth Theater, Israel

Small Family Business    Poppy                         Habima National Theater, Israel

The Physicists                 The Mother                 Habima National Theater, Israel

On the Sidewalk              Juliet                          Beit-Lessin Theater, Israel

Between Us                     The Wife                    Haifa Theater, Israel

Killing Time                    Mrs. Framer               Kameri Theater, Israel

Shira                                Henrietta                    Kameri Theater, Israel (Performed also-

                                                                           in Chicago, Leningrad and Moscow)

Trapped in the Web         Dorothy                      Beer-Sheva Theater, Israel

The Wild Duck                Gina                           Beer-Sheva Theater, Israel

Molli Bloom                    Molli Bloom             Off Off Broadway Production, New York

Remember Me                 The Israeli                 Off Off Broadway production, New York

Donna Rosita                   Housekeeper              HB Play write Theater, New York

Poor Murderer                The Second Actress    HB Play write Theater, New York

The Princess-                  The Princess               Private Production, Israel

and the Clown

2-1=0                              The Lover                   Private Production, Israel

The Good Woman-          Shente/Shuita              Habima National Theater, Israel

-of Szechuan

Richard The III                Lady Ann                    Habima National Theater, Israel

The Italian Straw Hat      Hellen the Bride         Habima National Theater, Israel

Mother Courage              Evete                          Habima National Theater, Israel

The Seagull                     Masha                         Kameri Theater, Israel

The Scapegoat                 Katie                          Kameri Thearter, Israel

Hahnasat Kala                 Pesale the Bride         Habima National Theater, Israel

Stempenyu                       Rachel                        Habima National Theater, Israel

Herod and Miriam          Miriam                        Habima National Theater, Israel

One Penny Opera            Lucy                            Haifa Theater, Israel

Blood Wedding              The Bride                    Haifa Theater, Israel

A Letter in-                     The Leader                  Habima National Theater, Israel

Wonderland

The Peace                       The Slave                    The Actors Stage Company, Israel

Uria Tales                       Bat-Sheva                   The Actors Stage Company, Israel

Telemachus Clay             Barbara                      The Actors Stage Company, Israel

 

One Woman Show:

Anna Karenina                                                  Theaterneto, Israel

61 Pleasant Moments                                         Independent Production, Israel

One Woman Show for soldiers                          IDF military service, Israel

 

Training:

H.B. Studio � New York City, with Ms. Uta Hagen

Beit Zvi Drama School � Ramat Gan, Israel

 

Awards:

Winner od Best Supporting Actress Award of the Israel Film Academy

Winner of Best Actress Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival for Mother V

Winner of Best Actress Award in Television for Apples From the Desert

The Tamar Rubins Award for Lifetime Achievement of an Actress in the Theater.

                                                                 

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