Maya Maron
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Maya Maron (Hebrew: מאיה מרון), born on May 12, 1980, is an Israeli Film Academy Award winner actress.
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[edit] Early beginnings
Maya attended the Telma Yellin high school for the arts. During 1996, after meeting a talent scout in a rock festival, she had her debut appearance in a small role in the ground breaking film "Saint Clara ". An expressionistic pseudo futuristic movie account of fringe-like youthful angst, set against the backdrop of a small imaginary Israeli "development town", during the end of the 20th century. That same year she stopped her acting studies to focus on becoming a self taught actress, switching high schools to another Tel-Aviv establishment, called municipal high school H, later to be reputed as a melting pot for the emerging rock scene of the 90s.
[edit] Major breakthrough
Two years after "Saint Clara" Maya made a liaison that would prove pivotal for her future career. Nir Bergman was producing his own film entitled "Sea horses" to be submitted as his graduation work for the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem. Maya was cast as the lead role. Beginning a collaboration which would go on to this day, Bergman had found in her his muse.
In 2002 Bergman would elaborate on the "Sea horses" theme to create "Broken wings". A highly Symbolic portrayal of a family living in Haifa and struggling to recover 9 months after the sudden and senseless loss of its father figure (himself appearing only in vague recollections and old family footage). Maya would play the lead role of the daughter struggling to come to terms with her new role as head of the crumbling household, after mother Orly Banay shunts the task. The movie won audience approval as well as international and national critical acclaim appearing in numerous international film festivals. The movie won several awards including the Ophir award for best picture, landing Maya with the best actress award.
[edit] TV career and current projects
During 2003–2004 Maya played several minor parts in movies such as "Not 17" alongside Dalia Shimko and "Tribal bon-fire" alongside both veteran actors such as Moshe Ivgy and Yehoram Gaon and young actresses such as Helly Firstenberg and Yehuda Levi. In 2005 she again played the lead in a Sam Spiegel student movie dubbed "Whatever It Takes" (hebrew: בעיניים עצומות), as the fragile and self-destructive partner in a lesbian relationship.
2005 Would see her making a move towards establishing a TV presence, playing several rolls in marginal as well as main stream series including namely the critically acclaimed series "Betipul". A series attempting to break many television box conformities, The show in fact was an attempt at a real-life depiction of psychoanalytic treatments, filmed almost exclusively in hectic one scenes, i.e. the psychologist's (played by Assi Dayan). Maya drawing from a myriad of exact emotions gave viewers the startlingly real life figure of Ayala. A self destructive teenage gymnast, forced against her will to attend psychoanalytic sessions after an accident is interpreted by those close to her as an attempt to take her own life.
In 2006 and 2007 her acting projects included a theatre roll as strophe in the tragedy "Phaedra's Love" ,Sarah Kane's modern take on the mythological tale of Phaedra and Hippolytus. As well as a TV role in the series "The middle man" that centers around power struggles in the Israeli underworld.
[edit] Personal life
Granddaughter of veteran Israeli actress Hanna Maron, Maya tries to keep her private life private. She also prefers working the odd job to compromising her acting career, which has sometimes been difficult in the Israeli cinematic industry. She has been known to tend the occasional bar, and work the occasional restaurant around downtown Tel Aviv.
[edit] filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1996 | "Saint Clara" | Libby |
| 1998 | "Sea horses" | Maya |
| 2002 | "Broken wings" | Maya |
| 2003 | "Not 17" | Sarry |
| 2004 | "Tribal Bonfire" | Esty |
| 2005 | "Whatever It Takes" (hebrew: בעיניים עצומות) | Maya |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Description |
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| 2005 | "Milluim" | Maya | The lives of reserve soldiers in the army |
| 2006 | "Betipul" | Ayala | Psychotheraputic meetings |
| 2007 | "The Middle Man" (hebrew: הבורר) | Orna | Battles for power in the Israeli underworld |
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| NAME | Maron, Maya |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Israeli actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |
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