Romi Aboulafia

Romi Aboulafia (Hebrew: רומי אבולעפיה) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter and filmmaker.

Romi Aboulafia
Aboulafia in 2010
Born
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationLondon Film School
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Ben Giladi
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(m. 2016)​
Children1
RelativesOrly Adelson (aunt)
Andrew Adelson (uncle)
Hana Laszlo (mother-in-law)

Early life

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.[1][2]

She was enlisted as a soldier in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Career

Acting

In 2010, she starred in John Madden’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam Worthington.[3] 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.[4] In 2012, she starred in Nony Geffen's Not in Tel Aviv,[5] 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 Anywhere Else alongside her mother-in-law Hana Laszlo. In 2018, she starred in Endemol Shine’s Harem alongside Alon Abutbul.

Filmmaking

After her two years of mandatory army service, Aboulafia moved to the UK to study film. She earned a MFA from the London Film School and directed her thesis film Eyes, which was shot in Israel. Throughout her acting career she's also worked as a film editor.

In 2019, she began developing a television series for Endeavour Content with her husband Ben Giladi and Hagai Levi.[6][7][8]

Modeling

At the age of eighteen, Aboulafia became the first spokesmodel for Israeli fashion brand Castro. Aboulafia presented the company for one season before deciding to leave the country to study film.[9][10][11] Castro spokesmodels that followed include Gal Gadot and Bar Refaeli.

Personal life

Aboulafia married Israeli film and television producer Ben Giladi in 2016.[12][13] The two have a child together and live in London.[14] She is the daughter-in-law of Israeli actress and comedian Hana Laszlo, sister-in-law of actor Mark Ivanir and the niece of television executive Orly Adelson.[15]

References
  1. "אימפריית רומי". israelhayom.co.il. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. Shabatot VeHagim, retrieved 20 December 2019
  3. Taylor, Ella (31 August 2011). "'The Debt': History's Burden, And A Moral Calculus". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. Koehler, Robert (1 August 2011). "Joe + Belle". Variety. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. "Not in Tel Aviv: AFI Fest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. White, Peter (11 April 2019). "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. "Hagai Levi to produce new thriller series". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Flipboard. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. "קסטרו: רומי אבולעפיה יוצאת, בקי גריפין נכנסת". ynet (in Hebrew). 21 December 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  10. ביין, ענת (1 September 2003). "קסטרו בודקת אפשרות להחלפת הדוגמנית רומי אבולעפיה בבקי גריפין". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  11. "קסטרו מחפשת מחליפה לרומי אבולעפיה". וואלה! תרבות (in Hebrew). 26 November 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  12. "רומי אבולעפיה התחתנה עם בן גלעדי באיביזה". mako. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  13. "רומי אבולעפיה חושפת בטן הריונית של חודש שביעי | TMI". tmi.maariv.co.il. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  14. "בלונדון התנהג כרומי". עלונדון (in Hebrew). 7 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  15. Kupfer, Ruta (6 September 2012). "Hollywood's Israeli-born Woman of Impact". Haaretz. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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