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Romi Aboulafia (Hebrew: רומי אבולעפיה) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter and filmmaker.

Romi Aboulafia
Aboulafia in 2010
Born
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationLondon Film School
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouse(s)
Ben Giladi
​
(m. 2016)​
Children1
RelativesOrly Adelson (aunt)
Andrew Adelson (uncle)
Hana Laszlo (mother-in-law)

Early life


Aboulafia was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family. She started acting at the age of six and was cast for a lead role in the award-winning Israel drama Shabatot VeHagim.[1][2]

She was enlisted to as a soldier to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.


Career



Acting


In 2010, she starred in John Madden’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam Worthing.[3] The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2011. That year, she also starred in the Israeli LGBTQ cult indie Joe + Bell by director Veronica Kedar.[4] In 2012, she starred in Nony Geffen's Not in Tel Aviv,[5] which won the Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival, as well as in Endemol Shine’s strip-club-thriller Allenby. In 2014, she participated in the television series Very Important Man alongside Yehuda Levi, as well as starring in the German film Anderswo alongside her mother-in-law Hana Laszlo. In 2018, she starred in Endemol Shine’s Harem alongside Alon Abutbul.


Filmmaking


After her two years of mandatory army service, Aboulafia moved to the UK to study film. She earned a MFA from the London Film School and directed her thesis film Eyes, which was shot in Israel. Throughout her acting career she's also worked as a film editor.

In 2019, she began developing a television series for Endeavour Content with her husband Ben Giladi and Hagai Levi[6][7][8]


Modeling


At the age of eighteen, Aboulafia became the first spokesmodel of Israeli fashion brand – Castro. Aboulafia presented the company for one season before deciding to leave the country to study film.[9][10][11] Castro spokesmodels that followed include – Gal Gadot and Bar Refaeli.


Personal life


Aboulafia married Israeli film and television producer Ben Giladi in 2016.[12][13] The two have a child together and live in London.[14] She's the daughter-in-law of Israeli actress and comedian Hana Laszlo, sister-in-law of actor Mark Ivanir and the niece of television executive Orly Adelson.[15][citation needed]


References


  1. israelhayom.co.il https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/681215. Retrieved December 20, 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Shabatot VeHagim, retrieved December 20, 2019
  3. Taylor, Ella (31 August 2011). "'The Debt': History's Burden, And A Moral Calculus". NPR. NPR. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  4. Koehler, Robert (August 1, 2011). "Joe + Belle". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  5. "Not in Tel Aviv: AFI Fest Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 November 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. White, Peter (April 11, 2019). "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  7. "Hagai Levi to produce new thriller series". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  8. "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Flipboard. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  9. "קסטרו: רומי אבולעפיה יוצאת, בקי גריפין נכנסת". ynet (in Hebrew). December 21, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  10. ביין, ענת (September 1, 2003). "קסטרו בודקת אפשרות להחלפת הדוגמנית רומי אבולעפיה בבקי גריפין". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  11. "קסטרו מחפשת מחליפה לרומי אבולעפיה". וואלה! תרבות (in Hebrew). November 26, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  12. "רומי אבולעפיה התחתנה עם בן גלעדי באיביזה". mako. June 27, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  13. "רומי אבולעפיה חושפת בטן הריונית של חודש שביעי | TMI". tmi.maariv.co.il. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  14. "בלונדון התנהג כרומי". עלונדון (in Hebrew). March 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  15. Kupfer, Ruta (2012-09-06). "Hollywood's Israeli-born Woman of Impact". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-12-05.




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