about
Born in a suburb of Northern Israel in 1983, Hen Yanni left home at the age of seventeen when she was offered the chance to build a modeling career in Paris. Hen's modeling took her to Paris, London, and New York, where she was photographed by the likes of Mario Testino, David Sims, and Craig McDean for major campaigns, like Dolce and Gabbana, Kenneth Cole, and Paul & Joe, as well as magazines like French Vogue, Italian Vogue, ID, The Face, and V Magazine.
After several successful years modeling, Hen decided to return home to her native Israel to study acting at the Theater Arts Studio of Yoram Levinstein, considered one of the country's best. While still in the program, Hen was already acting in independent films and then appeared in several other films and television series before exploding onto the big screen in the dual lead role of the feature film Melting Away, where she portrayed an eighteen-year-old boy who transforms himself into a woman and takes a painful journey to return back to her parents. Hen's work in Melting Away earned her a breakthrough performance award at the LGBT Tel Aviv International Film Festival, as well as a best actress Israeli Academy Award nomination.
After several successful years modeling, Hen decided to return home to her native Israel to study acting at the Theater Arts Studio of Yoram Levinstein, considered one of the country's best. While still in the program, Hen was already acting in independent films and then appeared in several other films and television series before exploding onto the big screen in the dual lead role of the feature film Melting Away, where she portrayed an eighteen-year-old boy who transforms himself into a woman and takes a painful journey to return back to her parents. Hen's work in Melting Away earned her a breakthrough performance award at the LGBT Tel Aviv International Film Festival, as well as a best actress Israeli Academy Award nomination.
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HEN YANNI
Date of Birth: 20 January 1983
LanguagesHebrew, English
Education
2006-2009 Yoram Levinshtein School of performing arts (Tel Aviv)
2005-2006 Preparatory course at Nisan Nativ Acting School
1996-1999 Kirayt Bialik ORT High School
Acting Experience
2011 Lead role in “Melting Away” feature film directed by Doron Eran
2010 Guest appearance in season 3, episodes 8 and 9 of “The Arbitrator” television series created by Shay Kanot and Reshef Levy
2010 Guest appearance in episode 5 of "My Trouble with Women” television series
2010 Supporting role in “Melach Yam” feature film directed by Itay Lev
2009 Supporting role (Chief of Staff of GSS) in “Blank Blank” directed by acclaimed Israeli director Haim Buzaglo
2009 Lead role (Olwen) in “Dangerous Corner” play by J.B. Priestley
2009 Supporting role (Paulina) in “The Seagull” play by Anton Chekhov
2008 Supporting role (Helena) “the Belgrade Trilogy” play by Biljana Srbljanovic
2008 Lead role (Naama) in “The Other War” feature film directed Tamar Glazerman.
1999 - 2003 Did modeling in Paris, London, New York, and Israel
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Date of Birth: 20 January 1983
LanguagesHebrew, English
Education
2006-2009 Yoram Levinshtein School of performing arts (Tel Aviv)
2005-2006 Preparatory course at Nisan Nativ Acting School
1996-1999 Kirayt Bialik ORT High School
Acting Experience
2011 Lead role in “Melting Away” feature film directed by Doron Eran
- Dual role of a transgender character
- Won the breakthrough performance award at the LGBT Tel Aviv International Film Festival
- Nominated for Israeli academy award for best lead actress
2010 Guest appearance in season 3, episodes 8 and 9 of “The Arbitrator” television series created by Shay Kanot and Reshef Levy
2010 Guest appearance in episode 5 of "My Trouble with Women” television series
2010 Supporting role in “Melach Yam” feature film directed by Itay Lev
2009 Supporting role (Chief of Staff of GSS) in “Blank Blank” directed by acclaimed Israeli director Haim Buzaglo
2009 Lead role (Olwen) in “Dangerous Corner” play by J.B. Priestley
2009 Supporting role (Paulina) in “The Seagull” play by Anton Chekhov
2008 Supporting role (Helena) “the Belgrade Trilogy” play by Biljana Srbljanovic
2008 Lead role (Naama) in “The Other War” feature film directed Tamar Glazerman.
- The movie was nominated for “Best Drama” at the Haifa International Film Festival and participated in numerous film festivals worldwide including San Francisco and China.
1999 - 2003 Did modeling in Paris, London, New York, and Israel
Magazines:
- I.D. Magazine
- The Face
- V Magazine
- French Vogue
- Italian Vogue
Major Campaigns:
- Dolce & Gabbana
- Kenneth Cole
- Paul & Joe
