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Ayelet Zurer

Acting Born Jun 28, 1969 Tel Aviv, Israel 24 credits

Biography

Ayelet Zurer (born 28 June 1969) is an Israeli TV and film actress. She began her career on the Israeli teen drama Inyan Shel Zman and has starred in numerous Israeli TV and film roles. She received awards for Best Actress at the Israeli Academy Awards in 2003 and Best Actress by the Israeli Academy of Television in 2006 and 2013.

Zurer has also appeared in numerous Hollywood films, such as Munich (2005), Vantage Point (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), Man of Steel (2013), and Ben-Hur (2016). She also portrayed Vanessa Marianna-Fisk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Daredevil (2015–2018) and its revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present).

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Known for

You

as Dr. Chandra

Marvel's Daredevil

as Vanessa Marianna

Daredevil: Born Again

as Vanessa Fisk

Legacies

as Seylah Chelon

Law & Order: Organized Crime

as Tia Leonetti

House of David

as Queen Ahinoam

Full filmography

  • You (2018) as Dr. Chandra
  • Marvel's Daredevil (2015) as Vanessa Marianna
  • Daredevil: Born Again (2025) as Vanessa Fisk
  • Legacies (2018) as Seylah Chelon
  • Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) as Tia Leonetti
  • House of David (2025) as Queen Ahinoam
  • Taken (2017) as Leah
  • Man of Steel (2013) as Lara Lor-Van
  • Touch (2012) as Rosemary Mathis
  • Transparent (2014) as Ronit
  • Angels & Demons (2009) as Vittoria Vetra
  • Vantage Point (2008) as Veronica
  • Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) as Mehaffey
  • Ben-Hur (2016) as Naomi Ben-Hur
  • Munich (2005) as Daphna
  • Rake (2014) as Fiona Rinaldi
  • Last Knights (2015) as Naomi
  • Shtisel (2013) as Elisheva Rothstein
  • Moonhaven (2022) as Maite Voss
  • Hostages (2013) as Dr. Yael Danon
  • Losing Alice (2020) as Alice
  • Daredevil: Born Again Official Podcast (2026) as Self - Vanessa Fisk
  • For Sasha (1991) as Shoshana
  • BeTipul (2005)