Meital Dohan

Born and raised in Israel, Meital Dohan graduated from Nissan Nativ, Israel's prestigious acting school, and has starred in many theater, television and film productions. She earned Israeli Oscar nominations for her performances in God's Sandbox and "Giraffes". She played a central comedy role in "Ugliest Esti" - the Israeli Ugly Betty - which won the Israeli Emmy for Best Comedy Series. Meital won the Israeli Tony for Most Promising New Actress in 2000 for her work in "Best Friends", with Israel's renowned Cameri Theater. Notable credits include Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", Noga in "Lice", Phoebe in "As You Like It", and an award winning performance in "Bad Children", in the starring role especially written for her by the celebrated Israeli playwright Edna Mazya.

Meital co-wrote and starred in the Israeli television show "Screen Warriors". She has written several plays, which have been performed in both Israel and New York, including the original revue "Love and Sex on the High Holidays" with well-known Israeli singer Ivri Lider. She co-wrote and starred in the hilarious hit "Bath Party" at the Here Theatre in New York. In July 2007, Meital's first book, "Love and Other Bad Habits" was published in Israel. The third edition was recently donated to the women's organization Lady's Circle.

Meital Dohan captivated her American fan-base in her debut as the sexy rabbinical scholar Yael Hoffman, in the Showtime television series Weeds. She co-starred as Abby with John Ventimiglia of The Sopranos in both the hit off-Broadway and LA productions of Anthony Neilson's play "Stitching". The play was critically acclaimed on both coasts.

Most recently, Meital stars as Aurora in "Woke Up Dead", the new live-action zombie comedy series starring Jon Heder that premiered on October 5, 2009 on Crackle.com, Sony Picture Entertainment's online video network. She has just finished shooting several feature films that will be released later this year, among them "Monogamy", directed by Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball).