
Ayelet Zurer
Department: Acting
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).
Known For

Munich
2005

Vantage Point
2008

Nina's Tragedies
2003

Angels & Demons
2009

Only Dogs Run Free
2007

Adam Resurrected
2008

Fugitive Pieces
2008

Man of Steel
2013

The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field
1997

For Sasha
1991

Hide Away
2011

Ingenious
2009

Maktub
2004

Something Sweet
2004

Desperado Square
2001

Apparat
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Last Days in the Desert
2016

Ben-Hur
2016

The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein
1993

איש החשמל
2003

Darling Companion
2012

Last Knights
2015

Milada
2017

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
2020

Duel
1993

BeTipul
2005

Moonhaven
2022

Marvel's Daredevil
2015

You
2018

Hostages
2013

Rake
2014

Touch
2012

Shtisel
2013

The Best Worst Thing
2024

Daredevil: Born Again
2025

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
2012

Legacies
2018

House of David
2025

Losing Alice
2020

Taken
2017

Transparent
2014