Noa Tishby
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Noa Tishby (born 22 May 1975 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli-born actress and singer, currently residing in Los Angeles, United States.
An actress and a singer, Tishby got her first big break at 16 playing the lead in the original hit musical "David" for which she won national recognition. She got a full scholarship with the national museum of arts and went on to play the lead in the nation's highest rated prime time drama Ramat Aviv Gimmel. She became a household name and appeared in numerous TV shows and films, among them the critically acclaimed Five Minutes Walking. Her album Nona was the first English-language album released by an Israeli artist to hit no 1 on the nation's top selling albums chart. The album was released in Japan by Virgin Records. She won critics' hearts playing "Anita" in the Israeli national theater production of West Side Story. In 1997, she also lent her voice to the role of Megara in the Hebrew-speaking version of Walt Disney's Hercules.
Her image has adorned billboards, entertainment and fashion magazine covers and she is currently serving as the spokesperson for the biggest cosmetics company in the country "Il Makiage".
In the US,Tishby completed shooting the Dreamworks production The Island with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, directed by Michael Bay. She also landed leading roles in the films Crow Hunter, Fatwa a political thriller with Lauren Holly and Lacey Chabert, Connecting Dots which won the first prize at the L.A and N.Y film festival and a supporting role in the film "Love And Suicide" for directors Demian Lichtentein and Lisa France.
She is engaged to the Australian media personality Andrew G.[1]
[edit] Filmography
- Fatwa (2005)
- The Island (2005)
- Skeleton Man (2004) (TV series)
- Connecting Dots (2003)
- Shachar (2001) (TV series)
- Ramat Aviv Gimmel (1995) (TV series)
[edit] TV guest appearances
- CSI: NY (2005)
- Charmed (2005)
- The 4400 (2005)
- Las Vegas (2005)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
- Nip/Tuck (2003)
- CSI: Miami (2003)
- The Drew Carey Show (2003)
- Coupling (2003)
- Miss Match (2003)
