| Name |
Ninet Tayeb |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Israeli |
| Date of Birth |
21-October-1983 |
| Place of Birth |
Kiryat Gat, Israel |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Ninet Tayeb is an Israeli-pop rock singer and actress who became widely known as the first winner of Kochav Nolad (the Israeli version of Pop Idol).
She is currently performing after the release of her third album, and stars in the Israeli version of Spring Awakening.
During her IDF service, Tayeb auditioned for the first season of "Lo Nafsik Lashir – Kokhav Nolad, then a format under development. The Israeli media embraced her as a Cinderella story and named her the star, and she was in the lead all throughout the season. In the semifinal, she sang a song by Hayehudim, bringing mainstream attention to the veteran band. In the final, she performed Zohar Argov's classic Mizrahi song "Yam Shel Dma'ot" (A Sea of Tears), and won with almost half of the votes. She is the contestant with the longest-lasting and largest popularity after the show.
She is usually invited to the grand finale of the show every year and introduced as the number one winner of the show.
After winning Kokhav Nolad, Teddy productions, the production company behind Kokhav Nolad, created a daily drama to capitalize on Tayeb's popularity. The show, HaShir Shelanu ("Our Song"), was loosely based on Tayeb's life, became a hit and ran through 4 seasons, with Tayeb starring as Ninet Levi for two seasons, and as herself for the remaining two.
In 2009 the movie "Kirot", a thriller directed by Dani Lerner, was released to theaters with Ninet in the lead as a beaten woman avenging her abusing husband.
In the United States this movie is known as The Assassin Next Door
In the summer of 2010 Ninet played the roll of Wendla Bergman on the Hebrew vesion of the rock musical "Spring Awakening" written by Frank Wedekind. Ninet was nominated for the Israeli Theatre Awards for best female actress of 2010.
