Sivan Levy

Sivan Levy (; born 4 June 1987) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and actress.

Early life

After graduating from Israel's Alon School of the Arts in 2007, Levy began her military service as a singer for the IDF Musical Ensemble.

Career

Following the completion of her military service in 2009, Sivan was cast in her first film, Burning Mooki, directed by Lena and Slava Chaplin. In 2011, she starred in Veronika Kedar's feature film Joe and Belle, and appears in Invisible, directed by Michal Aviad and starring Ronit Elkabetz.

In 2012, Sivan starred in the film 6 acts, directed by Jonathan Gurfinkel, for which she received numerous awards including the Haifa International festival Best Actress Award, The Israeli Academy Award for Best leading Actress 2013 and the Israeli critic award for 2013. Levy also plays the French speaking role of 'Ava" in the feature film Inch’Allah, a Canadian-French film, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette.

Levy began working in television in 2009, when she joined the cast of the renowned primetime TV series on Channel 2, directed by Ram Nehari. Later that year she appeared in Room Service, directed by Eitan Aner, and in 2010, Sivan reunited with directors Lena and Slava Chaplin, starring in the Israeli TV film In the Prime of Her Life, a modern adaptation of the works of Israeli author Shai Agnon. Sivan also appears in the TV series Yechefilm, directed by Ori Sivan and House of Wishes, directed by Haim Bouzaglo (2013).

Levy has created and starred in well-received short films. Cherchez la femme (2008), which Levy co-directed with Eyal Bromberg, was featured on ARTE, presented at the Tel Aviv arts museum and selected for the Berlinale in 2009 via the "Fucking Different Tel Aviv" special project. Water Wells (2010), for which she composed an entirely original soundtrack, received worldwide festival exposure including Sundance's 'Outfest'. Sivan directed her third film, Dina & Noel alongside Natalie Melamed, composed the soundtrack with Gil Lewis and starred opposite Glenn T. Perocho, competed at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, in The Generation 14 plus section.

Levy is currently working on her debut album, to be recorded in English.

Film and television credits

+ List of film and television credits Year Title Role Director Notes2007 Burning Mooki Rachel Amar (Rocha Mizrachi) Lina Chaplin and Slava Chaplin Feature film Cherchez La Femme Woman X Sivan Levy and Eyal Bromberg Video Art, 7 min. Co-created and starred. Featured on ARTE, presented at the 'Tel Aviv arts museum' and selected for the Berlinale in 2009 via the 'Fucking Different Tel Aviv' special project 2008 Rotem Ram Nehari TV series, 8 episodes. Room Service Hamotal Eitan Aner TV series, 1 episode 2009 Joe + Bellethumb|Joe+Belle Belle (Lead) Veronica Kedar The film won the Israeli Oscar for the best independent film2010 In the Prime of Her Life Tirza (Lead) Lina Chaplin and Slava Chaplin Contemporary adaptation of Shay Agnon's novel. Water Wells Inka Sivan Levy and Iyar Dyoman Short film, 14 min. co-created, starred and composed the original soundtrack 2011 Invisible Dana Michal Aviad The film won in citation from the jury in panorama category at the Berlin International Film Festival Barefoot Fanny Ori Sivan TV series, 2 episodes.2012 Inch'Allah Ava Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Screened at Toronto International Film Festival A lead role in French. Six Acts Gili (Lead) Jonathan Gurfinkel Ophir Award for Best Actress Haifa International Film Festival Award for Best actress Dina & Noel Dina Sivan Levy and Natalie Melamed Screened at Berlinale Festival, Generation 14 plus2013 The End Sivan Veronica Kedar (Post Production) House of Wishes Aya Haim Bouzaglo (Post Production)

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2013 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy Best Leading Actress Six Acts 2013 The Israeli Film Critics Award Best Actress