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 "Imalle" 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)
[[File:San Sebastian Film Festival, 6Acts.png|alt=Winner of San Sebastian film festival – Other Look.|thumb|Winner of San Sebastian film festival – Other Look.]]
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.
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