Romi Aboulafia (Hebrew: רומי × ×'ולעפי×"‎‎; born January
21, 1984) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter and filmmaker.Aboulafia
was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family. She
started acting at the age of six and was cast for a lead role in the
award-winning Israel drama Shabatot VeHagim.She was enlisted to as a
soldier to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.In 2010, she starred in John
Madden’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam
Worthing. The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2011.
That year, she also starred in the Israeli LGBTQ cult indie Joe + Bell
by director Veronica Kedar. In 2012, she starred in Nony Geffen's Not
in Tel Aviv, which won the Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival, as
well as in Endemol Shine’s strip-club-thriller Allenby. In 2014, she
participated in the television series Very Important Man alongside
Yehuda Levi, as well as starring in the German film Anderswo alongside
her mother-in-law Hana Laszlo. In 2018, she starred in Endemol
Shine’s Harem alongside Alon Abutbul.
21, 1984) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter and filmmaker.Aboulafia
was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family. She
started acting at the age of six and was cast for a lead role in the
award-winning Israel drama Shabatot VeHagim.She was enlisted to as a
soldier to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.In 2010, she starred in John
Madden’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam
Worthing. The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2011.
That year, she also starred in the Israeli LGBTQ cult indie Joe + Bell
by director Veronica Kedar. In 2012, she starred in Nony Geffen's Not
in Tel Aviv, which won the Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival, as
well as in Endemol Shine’s strip-club-thriller Allenby. In 2014, she
participated in the television series Very Important Man alongside
Yehuda Levi, as well as starring in the German film Anderswo alongside
her mother-in-law Hana Laszlo. In 2018, she starred in Endemol
Shine’s Harem alongside Alon Abutbul.
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