Inbar Lavi

Inbar Lavi

Lavi at the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, 2012
Born (1986-10-27) October 27, 1986
Ramat Gan, Israel
Residence California, U.S.
Nationality Israeli
Alma mater Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present

Inbar Lavi (Hebrew: ענבר לביא‎‎, born October 27, 1986) is an Israeli-American actress, best known for portraying Raviva on the MTV series Underemployed.

Early life

Lavi was born and raised in Ramat Gan to Israeli parents. Her mother is of Moroccan-Jewish descent, while her father is of Polish-Jewish descent.[1] As a child, she suffered from asthma, and had to use a nebulizer for 45 minutes at a time. During that time, she watched movies, and "fell in love with cinema". One of her early inspirations was the performance of Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman in Léon: The Professional.[2] Another of her role models was Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer.[3]

Lavi studied ballet and modern dance at the Kiryat Sharet high school in Holon, Israel. She then studied acting at the Sophie Moskowitz School of Acting in Tel Aviv.[4]

Acting career

In 2004, at the age of 17, Lavi moved to New York City, where she performed in various off-Broadway productions. After eight months, she moved to Los Angeles,[2] after being accepted with a full scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Among her earliest English-speaking roles was Cordelia in a 2006 production of King Lear, starring and directed by Tom Badal.[4]

Starting in 2009, Lavi had guest appearances on television shows including Entourage, The Closer, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami and In Plain Sight.[4]

She has also appeared in films including Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010), Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011) and House of Dust (2013).

Lavi appeared in the 2012–2013 TV series Underemployed as Raviva, a pregnant aspiring singer.

She portrayed Veronica "Vee" Dotsen in the 2014 television series Gang Related and street prostitute Winsome in Season 7 of Sons of Anarchy. In 2016 she joined "Prison Break" reboot as Sheeba.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Synonymous Shalev Short film
2010 Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire Alana
2011 Street Kings 2: Motor City Leilah Sullivan Video
2011 Getting That Girl Jenna Jeffries
2011 Underground Lillith Trog
2012 For the Love of Money Talia
2013 House of Dust Emma
2015 Last Witch Hunter, TheThe Last Witch Hunter Sonia

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Privileged Fiona "All about Honesty"
2009 Closer, TheThe Closer Vanessa Almassian "Maternal Instincts"
2009 Entourage Sadie "Security Briefs"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Brianna "See No Evil"
2009 Criminal Minds Gina King "The Performer"
2009 Crash Sydney "Master of Puppets"
2010 CSI: Miami Maya Farooq "Dishonor"
2010 In Plain Sight Flora Montero "A Priest Walks into a Bar"
2011 Charlie's Angels Dominique Berry "Royal Angels"
2012 Immigrants Miri Yechiel TV film
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Chastity/Heather Tile "Strip Maul"
2012–2013 Underemployed Raviva Main role
2014 Gang Related Veronica "Vee" Dotsen Main role
2014 Sons of Anarchy Winsome "Greensleeves", "Faith and Despondency"
2015 Castle Farrah Darwaza "In Plain Sight"
2015 Last Ship, TheThe Last Ship Lt. Ravit Bivas Recurring role

References

  1. ↑ https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrg.co.il%2Fonline%2F47%2FART2%2F304%2F529.html&edit-text=&act=url
  2. 1 2 Galkin, Alexandra (December 6, 2012). "Actress Inbar Lavi on MTV's 'Underemployed' and Being Underemployed". Bullett Magazine.
  3. ↑ Hugette (December 26, 2012). "Inbar Lavi… Far From Underemployed". DISfunkshion Magazine.
  4. 1 2 3 Meehan, Ryan (November 14, 2012). "5 QUESTIONS WITH INBAR LAVI". First Order Historians.
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