Meital Dohan

Meital Dohan is an Israeli actress and musician. She began her acting career on Israeli television, appearing on Dancing with the Stars, Esti HaMekho'eret (similar to Ugly Betty), and in Romeo and Juliet. Her work on US-television began when she appeared as Yael Hoffman on the Showtime series Weeds. a thriller which won the Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her roles in TV and film have led to two including two Ophir Awards and an Israeli Theater Award. charted No. 5 on the UK Club Pop Charts and No. 31 on the Billboard Club Chart. The tracks were remixed by numerous DJs including R3hab and Sidney Samson.

Early life, family and education

In 1994 Dohan joined the Israel Defense Forces and served in the IDF theater, later studying at Nissan Nativ acting school. The Theatrical award was in the 'Most Promising New Actress' category. A couple of years later, Israeli playwright Edna Mazia wrote a part into her play "Bad Children" specifically for Dohan. The role performance in Bad Children lead to another Best Actress award at the Israeli Tony Awards. After she filmed her scenes in the film but prior to its release, Dohan also had roles in The Legend of the Silent Man in 1998 and Instructions Not Included in 1999. Her role in Giraffes led to her first nomination for an Ophir Award (the Israeli equivalent to Oscar) in 2002. For her role in Giraffes she studied French. The film also later won at the 2003 Scottsdale Arizona Film Festival. In speaking toward her work with her co-stars, they wrote, "Their quick banter and easy back-and-forth are polished and at times charming, and together they make even the most disjointed material a pleasure to watch".

Dohan's big break in the US occurred in 2006. After the first season of the television show Weeds, Dohan secured the role as Yael Hoffman, an admissions director at the rabbinical school that one of the main characters Andy Botwin attended. Dohan appeared in every episode of Season 2. She returned for the 100th episode in 2012.

In 2008, she appeared in both the Off-Broadway and Los Angeles productions of the play Stitching Of Dohan's work in the Neilson play, The New York Times wrote "With an actress as extremely gorgeous as Meital Dohan and a script that requires her to thrash around in ways most often seen in straight-to-video steamers, you would think that Stitching would be heating up the Wild Project theater to the boiling point." They found that it did not, blaming the Neilson script for working "so hard at being gimmicky that it doesn't give Ms. Dohan and her co-star, Gian Murray Gianino, a chance to find real chemistry. No chemistry, no combustion." They granted that the two leads "give energetic, bruise-inducing performances under Timothy Haskell's direction", but that the script's manner of ricocheting "from comedy to pathos to psychosis without ever really providing the starting point that any play needs" placed too many demands on them.

In 2009, she appeared in two episodes of the online series Woke Up Dead. The series is about a young man who wakes up in a bath tub and has no heartbeat, making friends believe he became a zombie. Dohan plays the character Aurora. The online series received positive reviews, including one from the Los Angeles Times.

Dohan returned to theatre in January 2011, headlining the Alan Bowne stage play Beirut in a limited revival directed by Andrew and Zach Zoppa in New York City. Later in the year, Dohan starred in the dramatic thriller Monogamy directed and written by Academy Award nominee Dana Adam Shapiro. The film centers on the strained relationship of a Brooklyn couple, Theo (Chris Messina) and Nat (Rashida Jones). The reviewer in The Los Angeles Times determined, "Meital Dohan has no lines in the indie thriller, but her sexy, mysterious presence helps propel the film ...." It notes that even though the character has no lines in the film, she receives top billing.

Dohan authored a book, Love and Other Bad Habits.

In 2016, she joined the cast on Cabaret Maxime, starring as herself.

Music In 2011, Dohan announced the production of her solo album I'm in Hate with Love. Dohan began working with producers Rami Afuni of LMFAO and Che Pope, who was best known for his work with Dr. Dre, Eminem and Lauryn Hill. In October 2011, Dohan debuted "Yummy Boyz", a viral video that was featured on pop sites including Popdust.com, which called the tune catchy, upbeat and exuding the same sexiness and playfulness that the actress turned singer represented. In February 2012, Meital debuted her hit single, "Yummy" produced by Afuni, on iTunes, MTVu, MTV Buzzworthy, MTV LOGO and MTV Networks. Following the success of her video "Yummy Boyz" and her debut single "Yummy", Meital released the track "On Ya" featuring Sean Kingston, which PopCrush called a "club banger". The single hit No. 31 on the Billboard Dance Chart and No. 5 on the UK's Pop Chart, even before it was officially released.

Partial filmography

Television Puzzle (1 episode, 1999) Shemesh (1 episode, 2000) as Sarit Lochamey HaMasach (2002) Shaul (1 episode, 2002) My First Sony (2002) Esti HaMekho'eret (2003–2004) as Natalie Bushari-Mark Elvis, Rosental VeHaIsha HaMistorit (2005) as Natalie Bushari-Mark Elvis (2006) as Natalie Bushari-Mark The Sopranos (1 episode, 2006) as Yael Weeds (7 episodes, 2006) as Yael Hoffman Lo Hivtachti Lach (2006) Pa'am BaChayim (2007) Woke Up Dead (9 episodes, 2009) as Aurora Weeds (2012) as Yael Hoffman

Film Agadat HaIsh SheShatak (The Legend of the Silent Man) (1998) Bli Daf Hora'ot (Instructions Not Included) (1999) Girafot (2001) as Efrat Disphoria (2004) as Danielle Shark Tale (2004) as Angie (Hebrew dub) Tahara (God's Sandbox) (2004) If Only He'd Call (2006) Lirkod (The Belly Dancer) (2006) as Deby Failing Better Now (2010) Monogamy (2010) as. Subgirl Foreclosure (2011) Ponies (2010) (in production) as Aliah

Awards and nominations 2002 Ophir Award Best Actress nomination for her role in Giraffes