Maya Maoz
Maya Maoz (born July 7, 1973) is an Israeli theater, film and television actress.
BIOGRAPHY
Maya Maoz graduated from the Thelma Yellin High School, served in a military troupe and studied acting (1996) in Beit Zvi Drama School alongside Alon Dahan, Yoram Toledano, Guy Loel and Sharon Zelikovsky. In 2001, she was nominated for the Israel Theater Prize, and in 2001 she was again nominated for the Israeli Theater Prize, in the category of Supporting Actress. In 2009, she won the Best Actress Award for the 10th Beit Lessin Festival. In the year 2016 she won the Best Actress Award at the Habima National Theater Awards.
IN ISRAELI THEATERS
Haifa Theater: In 1996 she played Lilith in the play "Tshuva" by Nuriel Tobias, directed by Ilan Toren. In 1997 she played Harper in the play "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner, directed by Roni Pinkovich. That year she played Teibele in the play "Teibele And Her Demon" by Isaac Bashevis Singer, directed by Michael Reznikovitch. In 1998, she played Desdemona in the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, directed by Yossi Pollak. In 1999 she played Maria in the play "To Be or Not to Be" by Ernst Lubitsch, directed by Roni Pinkovich.
Beit Lessin Theater: In 2000 she played Lisa in "My First Novel" by Donald Margolis, directed by Avishai Milstein. For her performance in this play, Maoz was nominated for the Sub-Actress category at the 2001 Theater Awards. In 2005, she played Galia in the play "Diaries" by Oren Yaakobi, directed by Karin Siegel. In 2008 she played Rebecca in the play "Alma and Ruth" by Goren Agmon directed by Micha Levinson. In 2009, she played Sara in the play "Princess Mary 7" by Yoav Michaeli, directed by Roni Pinkovich. For her performance in this play, Maoz won the Actress Award from Beit Lessin's 10th Stage Festival.
Library Theater: In 1996, she played the governor's wife in the play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Bertolt Brecht directed by Ido Riklin. In 2000, she played Frida in the play "Murder Mistake" by Janet Greene, directed by Mitko Bozkov. In the same year, she played Potiphar's wife in the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, directed by Moshe Kepten. In 2001 she played Molly in the play "Molly Sweeney" by Brian Friel, directed by Eti Reznik. In the same year she played Meryla in the musical "The Ashopian" by L.M. Montgomery, which Maoz also directed. In 2002 she played Stephanie in a play "Duet for One" by Tom Kempinski, directed by Eti Reznik.
Be'er Sheva Theater: In 2004, she played Wallace Bryer in Lisa Noer's "No Sleep", directed by Alon Ofir.
Commercial theater: In 2002 she played Helena in the musical "Chiquititas" by Smadar Shir, directed by Moshe Kepten. In 2007 she played the Queen of Narnia in the musical "Narnia" by C.S Lewis, directed by Moshe Kepten.
Cameri Theater: In 2011 she played Edna in the play "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" by Neil Simon, directed by Alon Ofir. That year she played Tziki in the play "An Ideal Husband" by Yehoshua Sobol, directed by Aya Kaplan. In 2013 she played Marie in the play "They Shoot Horses, Dont They?" by Horace McCoy, directed by Shlomi Moskowitz.
Habima Theater: In 2014 she played the character of the Viconte de Busian and the cook-lady in the play "Father Goriot" by Honoré de Balzac, directed by Shir Goldberg. That same year she played Naomi Moav in the play "Seeds of Silence" by Ruby Porat-Shoval, directed by Moshe Kepten. In 2015, she played Yokasta in the play "Oedipus" by Sophocles, directed by Hanan Snir. That year she played Zilpa in the play "Jehu" by Gilad Evron, directed by Ilan Ronen and Alan Alcock in the play "What to Do with Jenny" by D.R Wilde, directed by Hillel Mittelpunkt. For her performance in this play, Maoz won the award for best actress at the Habima National Theater Awards. In the year 2017, she played Margaret Bradley in the play "Mother said it is forbidden" by Charlotte Kitley, directed by Eti Reznik. That same year she played Ayelet in the play "Spinning" by Eshkol Nevo, directed by Roy Segev and Natasha in the play "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov and directed by Hanan Snir. In 2018 she played Martha in the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee, directed by Ilan Ronen. That same year she played Filumena in the play "Filumena Marturano" by Eduardo de Filippo, directed by Roni Pinkovich.
She has also participated in three short plays at Tzavta, in the plays "Soap", "Yud'ale" and "Atlanta Branch".
IN ISRAELI TV AND CINEMA
In 2016 she participated in the film "The Breaker" and in the series "All the World Stage - Shakespeare for Children", in 2004 as Rinat in the series "Meorav Yerushalmi" , in 2014 as Dr. Racheli Shahak in the series "Yellow Peppers" and in 2018 in the series "Messiah".
PERSONAL LIFE
In 2003, she married director Moshe Kepten and they have two children - Mika and Adam.
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