Rona-Lee Shimon

Rona-Lee Shimon (Hebrew: רונה לי שמעון; born 9 January 1983) is an Israeli actress, dancer and model. She is known primarily for her leading role in Fauda.

Rona-Lee Shimon
Shimon in 2017 at Los Angeles Fauda panel
Born
Rona-Lee Shimon

(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983
Ramat Gan, Israel
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • dancer
Years active2006–present
Known forFauda
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Early life

Rona-Lee Shimon was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a Jewish family. When she was 3 years old, she started taking ballet lessons. At age 12, she joined Israeli dance troupe Bat Dor (בת דור). After graduating high school, she attended the Royal Ballet Academy in Amsterdam on a full scholarship. She then returned to Israel to dance professionally.[1] Her sister, Sivan Noam Shimon, is also an actress, who acted in 2015 Israeli drama film Blush. Her brother, Almog Shimon, taught her how to shoot a gun for Fauda.

Career

In 2005, she was a contestant on the Israeli version of So You Think You Can Dance, called Born to Dance (נולד לרקוד).[2] In 2006, Rona-Lee joined the cast of Our Song (השיר שלנו), a musical Israeli soap opera, as Shiri Gold, a singer in a military band.

Rona-Lee went to the theater school for three years and performed in plays like Cabaret and Chicago, with her latest role as Anita in West Side Story.

She is known primarily for her leading role in Fauda. Her character, Nurit, is the only woman in the Israeli counter-terrorism unit formed almost exclusively of men.[3] To perform that role, Rona-Lee did all the stunts herself as did the rest of the cast, and her training included how to fire a weapon, Krav Maga, and kickboxing.[4]

In 2020, she appeared as Mika in Messiah.[5]

Filmography
Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Infiltration
2011 Policeman Hila
2012 Leak
2016 A Quiet Heart
2021 Why I Didn't Report Dana Short film
2023 Black Lotus Shira [6]
TBA Dirty Angels TBA
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Our Song Shiri Gold Season 3 Episode 1
2006 The Pyjamas Young Woman Season 4 Episode 2: Tzofen Ha-Pijamot
2007 Ha'Nephilim Virtual Waitress Season 1 Episode 5: Tag Adom
2012 Summer Break Diaries Mika Season 1 Episode 1, 50
2015–present Fauda Nurit Season 1, 2, 3, 4
2020 Messiah Mika Dahan Season 1

References
  1. "18 Things to Know About Rona-Lee Shimon, AKA Nurit from 'Fauda'". Hey Alma. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Celebrity Grapevine". The Jerusalem Post. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. "FIDF Welcomes Soldier-Scholar, Combat Actress". The Atlanta Jewish Times. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. "Cast of 'Fauda' talks Season 3, filming in areas resembling Gaza and coronavirus isolation". Israel Hayom. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. "MESSIAH : IL EST DE RETOUR SUR NETFLIX". Eklecty-City. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. "Black Lotus review – kickboxer thriller looks like ad for Amsterdam tourist board". The Guardian. 13 June 2023.
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