Maya Maron (Hebrew: ×ž× ×™×" מרון‎; born (1980-05-12)May 12,
1980) is an Israeli actress, an Ophir Award winner.Maron was raised in
Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the youngest of four siblings. Her mother, an
office manager, was born in Siberia, where her family fled from Poland
before World War II. Her father was born in Eastern Europe and is a
diamond dealer. She grew up on Balfour Street in Tel Aviv. When she
was 12, her parents divorced after 24 years of marriage.Maron went to
the primary and secondary of School for the Arts Tel Aviv. During the
fourth grade she was sent to the theater track, but did not stand out.
In 1996, during the summer vacation between ninth and tenth grade, she
was scouted in the Arad music festival and cast in Ari Folman's film
Saint Clara, later she was nominated for the Ophir Award as a
supporting actress in that film. She started high school at the
notable Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts majoring in theatre,
but a year later she moved to Ironi He, a regular municipal high
school. She was not enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces, because she
was underweight.In 1998, Nir Bergman was producing his own film
entitled Seahorses to be submitted as his graduation work for the Sam
Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem. Maya was cast as the
lead role.
1980) is an Israeli actress, an Ophir Award winner.Maron was raised in
Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the youngest of four siblings. Her mother, an
office manager, was born in Siberia, where her family fled from Poland
before World War II. Her father was born in Eastern Europe and is a
diamond dealer. She grew up on Balfour Street in Tel Aviv. When she
was 12, her parents divorced after 24 years of marriage.Maron went to
the primary and secondary of School for the Arts Tel Aviv. During the
fourth grade she was sent to the theater track, but did not stand out.
In 1996, during the summer vacation between ninth and tenth grade, she
was scouted in the Arad music festival and cast in Ari Folman's film
Saint Clara, later she was nominated for the Ophir Award as a
supporting actress in that film. She started high school at the
notable Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts majoring in theatre,
but a year later she moved to Ironi He, a regular municipal high
school. She was not enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces, because she
was underweight.In 1998, Nir Bergman was producing his own film
entitled Seahorses to be submitted as his graduation work for the Sam
Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem. Maya was cast as the
lead role.
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