Neta Riskin

Neta Riskin (Hebrew: נטע ריסקין‎; born 28 October 1976) is an Israeli actress and journalist. Best known for her role as Giti Weiss in the series Shtisel.[1]

Riskin coached Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman to speak Hebrew with an Israeli accent for her film.[2][1]

Riskin is born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to secular Jewish architect parents.[3][4] Her mother was born in Israel. Her father -a Holocaust survivor- was born in Lithuania. Her grandfather Asher Gliberman was an Israeli architect as well, who immigrated from Belarus.[3]

Filmography (selected)

Films

Television
  • The Gordin Cell (2012-2015) as Nati Ganot/Nathalia Gordin
  • Shtisel (2013–present) as Giti Weiss
  • Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi (2016) as Ronit Levi[5]
  • False Flag (2018-2019) as Anat Kedmi

References
  1. "Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for new film". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "Neta Riskin - Tiferet Israel – A Traditional Congregation". tiferetisrael.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. L'Chayim: The Stars of "Shtisel"
  4. "Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for her new film - Jewish Telegraphic Agency". www.jta.org. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. "Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi: A German TV film". de.Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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