Adi Ashkenazi

Adi Ashkenazi
Adi Ashkenazi
עדי אשכנזי
	Ashkenazi in 2011
Born	23 March 1975 (age 50); Herzliya, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupations	Actress; stand-up comedian; screenwriter; television presenter;

Adi Ashkenazi (Hebrew: עדי אשכנזי; born 23 March 1975) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, stand-up comedian^[1] and television presenter.

Biography

Ashkenazi was born in Herzliya, Israel. Her Sephardic Jewish family immigrated to Israel from Turkey. She studied acting at the Beit Tzvi School for Performing Arts. In 2004, Ashkenazi divorced the actor Coby Doron after three years of marriage. In 2010, she was arrested for illegal possession of drugs, but released immediately.^[2] In 2010, it was announced that she was pregnant by her boyfriend of six months, Eitan Ben Zakan.^[3] She gave birth to a baby girl in April 2011^[4] and in November 2012 she gave birth to a baby son.

Media career

After graduating from Beit Zvi, she hosted children's shows on Israeli TV's Channel One. In 2000 she appeared in a renewed version of the humour show Domino Gros, together with Maya Dagan and Anat Magen. In 2002, she performed on Yair Lapid's talk show.^[5] She managed the comic part of the show and presented a stand-up show together with Maya Dagan. In 2004, she won the "Entertainment woman of the year" prize. In 2006, she was named "Television woman of the year" at the "People of the year" ceremony on Channel Two.

Ashkenazi is the star of "What's that nonsense?" (מה זה השטויות האלה‎).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2000	Domino (דומינו)
2000–2001	Hanimnomim	Maim
2002	Yair Lapid Show	stand-up comedian
2004	HaShir Shelanu	herself
2005	What's This Bullshit
2013	Bilti Hafich	Rona
2020	Levad Babait	Nati
2021	Shitat Ashkenazi
2022	Strictly Come Dancing (Israel)
2024	Haiiti Meta

Family

In 2001 Ashkenazi married actor Kobi Doron and in 2004 they divorced. Since 2010, she has been in a relationship with Eitan Ben-Zakan and they have a son and two daughters. The two were married on October 26, 2018.

She lives in Tel Aviv.

References

^ "Israeli chic". Ynetnews. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ "עדי אשכנזי והסם: במשטרה "בודקים כך כל חשד"". ynet (in Hebrew). 3 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ "Driving the message home". www.JPost.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ "עדי אשכנזי ילדה - וואלה סלבס". וואלה (in Hebrew). 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ "עדי אשכנזי בהופעה". Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

External links

Adi Ashkenazi at IMDb (in Hebrew)
Adi Ashkenazi, in the Israeli website ROFL (in Hebrew)

[1] "Israeli chic". Ynetnews. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[2] "עדי אשכנזי והסם: במשטרה "בודקים כך כל חשד"". ynet (in Hebrew). 3 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[3] "Driving the message home". www.JPost.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[4] "עדי אשכנזי ילדה - וואלה סלבס". וואלה (in Hebrew). 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[5] "עדי אשכנזי בהופעה". Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

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